J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World: Movie Magic Volume One: Extraordinary People and Fascinating Places

by Jody Revenson

Overview

Featuring all eight Harry Potter movies and the upcoming movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, this magical book is the ultimate insider’s guide to the films from J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World for young fans.

From the gilded halls of Gringotts and Hogwarts to the New York City of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, each page of this book delivers a fun, interactive experience for young readers as they discover how the extraordinary places and fascinating characters of the wizarding world took shape onscreen. Filled with lift-the-flaps, stickers, and other engaging inserts, this engrossing book overflows with captivating facts about the movie magic used to create a world fit for witches and wizards. Including insights from the actors who played Harry Potter, Professor Dumbledore, Newt Scamander, and many more, this book is a must-have for young fans of the Wizarding World.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763695828
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	10/18/2016
Series:	J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World Series
Edition description:	Media Tie-in
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	638,151
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	10 - 14 Years

Editorial Reviews

This gorgeous book has interactive features that set it apart from some other tie-in titles on the market, and they really give Movie Magic Volume One a sense of fun and whimsy.
—MuggleNet

Featuring all eight Harry Potter movies and the upcoming movie FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM, this magical book is the ultimate insider’s guide to the films from J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World for young fans.
—TeenReads.com

Glimpses of sets, costumes, and characters from the Harry Potter films and 2016's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them...A handful of small folded posters, postcards, stickers, and face masks are tucked into pockets or attached by one corner to a few pages.
—Kirkus Reviews

Filled with lift-the-flaps, stickers, and other engaging inserts, the book overflows with facts about the movie magic used to create a world fit for witches and wizards.
—Hartford Courant

A great book.
—Newsday

From the Publisher

2016-11-16
Glimpses of sets, costumes, and characters from the Harry Potter films and 2016's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.Being more a pricey keepsake than a comprehensive introduction to the filmic Potterverse, this album mixes stills, portraits of the nearly all-white casts, concept art, storyboard sketches, and set photos featuring assorted actors and locales. There are also brief nods to a very few of the Muggles and No-Majs who worked behind the scenes. Revenson, author of several previous HP spinoffs, contributes short blocks of puffery designed to tantalize rather than inform: "Eddie Redmayne loved wearing Newt's coat with its endless pockets." "When the director and producer saw [Evanna Lynch's] audition tape, they said, ‘Evanna is Luna!' " Etcetera. The first section introduces major players in Fantastic Beasts without spoilers or reference to the plotline; the second looks back through the eight previous films with profiles of, in no particular order, Harry and the rest, Gringotts and Diagon Alley, the Frog Choir, Hogsmeade, and three dozen other people, places, or things. A handful of small folded posters, postcards, stickers, and face masks are tucked into pockets or attached by one corner to a few pages. Handsomely designed but, even as media tie-ins go, thin sauce. (Novelty. 7-10)

Kirkus Reviews