Scholastic Original Harry Potter Book Covers
The enduringly popular adventures of harry ron and hermione have sold over 500 million copies been translated into over 80 languages and made into eight blockbuster films the last of which was released in 2011.
Scholastic original harry potter book covers. Harry potter and the sorcerer s stone scholastic illustrated edition cover illustrated by jim kay 7 of 58 applications. The cover artist for the books is kazu kibuishi who is best known for his bestselling graphic novel series amulet. Best selling author and award winning artist brian selznick has reimagined all seven harry potter books with his inimitable black and white drawing style with jewel toned typography all to celebrate 20 years since.
Each book cover will depict a pivotal scene from the respective book. Bonus decorative stickers are included in each boxed set. The outer shipping carton may state the title harry potter and contents on the outside i b br br b book titles b.
The book was first published by bloomsbury children s books in june 1997 and by scholastic in the us as harry potter and the sorcerer s stone in september 1998 under the name j k. Since the release of harry potter and the philosopher s stone in 1997 the seven potter books have been published around the world with more than 200 different covers. This boxed set includes the seven phenomenal harry potter hardcover books by best selling author j k.
The books are housed in a collectible trunk like box with sturdy handles and privacy lock. Rowling is best known as the author of the seven harry potter books which were first published between 1997 and 2007. The story of harry potter and the wizarding world will live forever but the book cover art that depicts his adventures will not.
The universe assembled our favorite pieces of cover art for each. Neil murray in 2001 and a brother for jessica david was born in 2003. The original covers of the uk editions always made the books look.
The harry potter covers by mary grandpré are so fantastic and iconic kibuishi told scholastic for their press release. In conjunction with the first live action harry potter movie scholastic is proud to offer this beautiful poster book each page featuring an image from the film to display and treasure. About two or three years ago bloomsbury re released the entire harry potter series with beautiful minimalist covers.