Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Illustrated Edition (Harry Potter, 1)

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A newspaper report later describes an attempted robbery at the same vault in Gringotts from which Hagrid retrieved an item for Hogwarts' headmaster Albus Dumbledore on the same day. The object beneath the trapdoor is the philosopher's stone, which grants its user immortality and the ability to turn any metal into pure gold. Firenze, a forest centaur, warns Harry that Voldemort is plotting to steal the stone to restore his body. When Dumbledore is lured from Hogwarts under false pretences, Harry, Hermione, and Ron fear the theft is imminent and descend through the trapdoor. Stephen Brown noted that the early Harry Potter books, especially Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, were a runaway success despite inadequate and poorly organised marketing. Brown advised marketing executives to be less preoccupied with rigorous statistical analyses and the "analysis, planning, implementation, and control" model of management. Instead he recommended that they should treat the stories as "a marketing masterclass", full of enticing products and brand names. [52] For example, a real-world analogue of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans was introduced under licence in 2000 by toymaker Hasbro. [52] [94] Release history [ edit ] Country Harry Potter finale sales hit 11m". BBC News. 23 July 2007. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008 . Retrieved 21 August 2008.

Dammann, Guy (18 June 2008). "Harry Potter breaks 400m in sales". London: Guardian News and Media Limited. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013 . Retrieved 17 October 2008.Main articles: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001 video game), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Game Boy Advance video game), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Game Boy Color video game), and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2003 video game)

A year later, the US edition was selected as an American Library Association Notable Book, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1998 and a New York Public Library 1998 Best Book of the Year and won Parenting Magazine 's Book of the Year Award for 1998, [21] the School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and the American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults. [14] In 2012 it was ranked number 3 on a list of the top 100 children's novels published by School Library Journal. [37] Some reviewers compared Philosopher's Stone to the stories of Roald Dahl, who died in 1990. Many writers since the 1970s had been hailed as his successor, but none had attained anything near his popularity with children and, in a poll conducted shortly after the launch of Philosopher's Stone, seven of the ten most popular children's books were by Dahl, including the one in top place. The only other really popular children's author of the late 1990s was an American, R. L. Stine. Some of the story elements in Philosopher's Stone resembled parts of Dahl's stories. For example, the hero of James and the Giant Peach lost his parents and had to live with a pair of unpleasant aunts‍—‌one fat and one thin rather like Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, who treated Harry as a servant. However Harry Potter was a distinctive creation, able to take on the responsibilities of an adult while remaining a child inside. [14]

Illustrated Editions

Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (GBA)". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011 . Retrieved 26 May 2009. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Cube)". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010 . Retrieved 26 May 2009. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Illustrated Edition". Bloomsbury Publishing. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017 . Retrieved 26 December 2017. a b "BBC "Red Nose Day" Online Chat Transcript". BBC. MuggleNet. 12 March 2001. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013 . Retrieved 2 August 2013. urn:lcp:harrypotterphilo0000rowl_k0s6:epub:70a1ee54-a2fe-4173-963c-51f186a77dd9 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier harrypotterphilo0000rowl_k0s6 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t2b971m53 Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780747589945

Argus Filch, the school caretaker who knows the school's secret passages better than anyone else except, perhaps, the Weasley twins. His cat, Mrs. Norris, aids his constant hunt for misbehaving pupils. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson bring Harry, Ron and Hermione to life for Warner Bros. Pictures' 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' ". Warner Brothers. 21 August 2000. Archived from the original on 4 April 2007 . Retrieved 26 May 2007. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Xbox)". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011 . Retrieved 26 May 2009.Conn, Jennifer J. (2002). "What can clinical teachers learn from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?". Medical Education. 36 (12): 1176–1181. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.463.8854. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2002.01376.x. PMID 12472752. S2CID 22560995. a b c Brown, Stephen (2002). "Marketing for Muggles: The Harry Potter way to higher profits". Business Horizons. 45 (1): 6–14. doi: 10.1016/S0007-6813(02)80004-0.