He receives training to become a wizard at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Would you consider the audio edition of harry potter and the sorcerer s stone, book 1 to be better than the print version. So far it has won the national book award, the smarties prize, the children s book award, and is shortlisted for the carnegie medal, the u. Scholastic published the book the following year in the united states with the title harry potter and the sorcerers stone. It was published in the united states the following year by scholastic corporation under the title harry potter and the sorcerers stone. Signed and inscribed by rowling to the dedication paper. Harry potter and the philosophers stone was published in the uk in june 1997 and released in the u.
It was published in the united states as harry potter and the sorcerers stone by scholastic corporation in 1998. Debut author and single mother sells childrens book for. Rowling went on to write six harry potter sequels that became the basis of a film franchise consisting of eight movies, all of. That s 20 years ago this month and a lot of things have since. After realizing that voldemort might be after the stone, albus dumbledore had it moved it to hogwarts for safekeeping. Every time i thought the plot was predictable, rowling flipped the script and surprised me. Harry potter was first introduced in the novel harry potter and the philosophers stone 1997.
The first harry potter book was published as harry potter and the philosophers stone, so why was the title changed for readers in the united states. There is, as there always is for me, so much enjoyment in reading for myself with my own timing, like stopping to imagine a scene, rereading something that made me laugh, etc. Harry potter and the philosophers stone the harry potter. The book became a smash success, winning the uk national book award 1997 and the gold medal smarties prize 1997, and being named a best book of the year 1998 by both publishers weekly and. Rowlings harry potter and the sorcerers stone, fully illustrated in brilliant color and featuring exclusive interactive paper craft elements, including a foldout hogwarts letter and more. Harry potter and the philosopher s stone was published in the u. Hardcover published in 2003, kindle edition published in 2015, kindle edition published in 2015. Harry potter and the philosophers stone book 1 englisch gebundene ausgabe 26. He discovers he is a wizard and passes through a time warp into a world of. On his 11th birthday harry discovers that his parents were a witch and a wizard and that he, a wizard himself, has been invited to attend hogwarts school of. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone was published in the united states in 1998.
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When the book was first published in the united kingdom in 1997, it was under the title harry potter and the philosophers stone. By far the most valuable book in the series is the first, harry potter and the philosophers stone, published on 30 june 1997 by bloomsbury in. The harry potter books were the reason i fell in love with reading and makebelieve worlds and i have jk rowling to thank for that. It was first published in britain in 1997 and appeared in the united states the following year under the title harry potter and the sorcerers stone. Oct 10, 2019 harry potter and the philosophers stone hardcover first edition first printings of this 1997 book have become the holy grail for potter collectorsonly 500 were published and 300 went. Harry potter is actually a series of seven epic fantasy novels authored by the british writer j. She sent the book to many publishers until one yay bloomsbury. Jun 26, 1997 harry potter and the philosopher s stone is a fantasy novel written by british author j.
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