Join Harry Potter as he sets out on the magical journey of a lifetime in this large print edition of the first book in J.K. Rowling's multi-award-winning series. Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin! J.K. Rowling's internationally bestselling Harry Potter books continue to captivate new generations of readers. Harry's first adventure alongside his friends, Ron and Hermione, will whisk you away to Hogwarts, an enchanted, turreted castle filled with disappearing staircases, pearly-white ghosts and magical paintings that flit from frame to frame. This gorgeous large print edition features a spectacular cover by award-winning artist Jonny Duddle, and is perfect for those who have difficulty reading standard size print. Get ready to lose yourself in the biggest children's books of all time. SORTING - SPELLS - SECRETS Seven magical stories, one epic adventure.

A special large print edition of the first adventure in the spellbinding Harry Potter series, the publishing phenomenon that changed the world of books forever

About the Author
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was J.K. Rowling's first novel, followed by Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, as well as three books written for charity and inspired by the Harry Potter novels: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Quidditch Through the Ages and The Tales of Beedle the Bard. The Harry Potter novels have now sold over 400 million copies worldwide and been translated into 70 languages. J.K. Rowling has generated huge popular appeal for her books across the generations in an unprecedented fashion: she was the first children's author to be voted the BA Author of the Year, and also to win the British Book Awards Author of the Year. J.K. Rowling lives with her family in Edinburgh.

Awards
Winner of Whitaker Platinum Book Award 2001 and Smarties Book Prize Gold Award 1997. Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003. Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003 and LA Carnegie Medal 1998.



Book Information
ISBN 9780747554561
Author J.K. Rowling
Format Hardback
Page Count 464
Imprint Bloomsbury Children's Books
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 829g