It began with just the first four books... I received them at each at age 10, where I began reading them and growing up alongside Harry himself. From then onwards, I purchased the following books as they were released right up until I was 15. Amidst these teenage years however, I began to keep my love a secret. I was ridiculed in High School for rocking a Harry Potter pencil case and so I thought it best to blend in instead. As a result I never purchased or read Deathly Hallows until just this year!!!
In addition to the novels, I have been lucky enough to find some other Harry Potter inspired treasures hidden amongst the shelves of second hand book stores. The first supplement I came across was The Tales of Beedle the Bard. This is the wizarding world's equivalent of our Brothers Grimm, and appears in Deathly Hallows as a gift bequeathed to Hermoine from Dumbledore himself. I found my copy to be incomplete, and so I added the deathly hallows symbol at the top for authenticity.
I stumbled across the other two supplements while I was browsing another second hand store just the other day. The first, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, is a copy of a text book that belonged to Harry in the very first novel. The second, Quidditch Through the Ages, is another text book, this time belonging to Hogwarts Library.
I think the best part about owning this entire collection is knowing that the original purchaser's of the novelty companions have contributed to donating over $30 million to Comic Relief and The Children's Voice charity campaigns! Three cheers for Rowling's philanthropic work!
P.S. For those with brilliant eyes, no I am not missing The Chamber of Secrets. It was just on loan to someone when this photo was taken.
You forgot to mention the short story 'prequel' she wrote for a charity auction, which was later made available online. You can read an article about it via http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2517306/Harry-Potter-prequel-sets-short-story-sales-record.html
ReplyDeleteAnd the story itself can be found here: http://crushable.com/entertainment/the-harry-potter-prequel-read-it-here/
Oh thank you for that link! I know I'll never get my hands on a copy. So I've decided to print the story on marbled paper, and just roll it up into a scroll and place it on top! :)
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ReplyDeletehhaahhhaa i drew the symbol in my copy of the tales of beedle bard too <3 Little bit embarrasing ;)
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Eva xxx