J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World: Movie Magic Volume Two: Curious Creatures

by Ramin Zahed

Overview

Meet the magnificent creatures and fantastic beasts of J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World.

Thunderbirds and Nifflers, house-elves and Hippogriffs—J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World abounds with magical creatures of all kinds. But how does a Bowtruckle come to life on the big screen? Is an Occamy a snake or a bird? And what’s the truth about Mooncalf poop?

Featuring detailed creature profiles, stunning artwork, and captivating insights from the making of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and all eight Harry Potter films, these pages reveal everything fans want to know about how these creatures were created. Jam-packed with bonus material—pop-ups, lift-the-flaps, removable posters, and other goodies—this book offers young readers a thrilling backstage pass to the wizarding world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763695835
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	03/14/2017
Series:	J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World Series
Edition description:	Media Tie-in
Pages:	104
Sales rank:	1,137,781
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 10.50(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	10 - 14 Years

About the Author

Ramin Zahed is a journalist who has covered the film and television industries for over twenty years. His writing has appeared in Variety, the Hollywood Reporter, the Los Angeles Times, and Movieline. He is also the author of The Art of Puss in Boots, The Art of Rise of the Guardians, and The Art of DreamWorks. Ramin Zahed lives in Los Angeles, CA.

Editorial Reviews

2017-05-31
A menagerie of magical creatures from the movie worlds of Harry Potter and Newt Scamander.Like Jody Revenson's Extraordinary People and Fascinating Places (2016), this album features spare assortments of flimsy pop-ups, stickers, and detachable character cards along with sheaves of film stills, sketches, concept art, and glimpses behind the scenes. In the narrative portion, Zahed occasionally gets away from the typical companion volume's standard-issue puffery, though, to offer insights into the real animals that portrayed or inspired the 49 creatures profiled here. Fans of the Potterverse will welcome the chance to see beasts and beings from Nifflers and Murtlaps to Swooping Evil, Centaurs, and creepy Inferi posing for close inspection the way they never did in the films. And even nonfans of the Potterverse (if there are any) may be intrigued to discover that Hagrid's mastiff, Fang, was played by six live dogs and a drooling animatronic version, for instance, or that designers studied the facial features of rhinos, snakes, lizards, and tortoises—plus "an angry Doberman pinscher"—before crafting the Hungarian Horntail dragon.Problematic for library shelves but a keepsake likely to inspire repeat browsing. (folded poster) (Novelty. 7-11)

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