at the age of one and sent to live
with his non-wizarding relatives, Harry finds out
on his eleventh birthday about his special powers.
He then attends Hogwarts, the
school for witches and wizards, and embarks upon all
sorts of adventures with his best friends Ron and
Hermione. There is a mortal enemy, Voldemort, and
plenty of goblins, ghosts, beasts, and spells thrown
in for good measure.
The movie of this book is filled
with special effects to dazzle the eyes and fire the
imagination. But as any die hard Harry Potter fan
will tell you, the fun is doubled when you have actually
read the books and can see everything coming to life,
just as you imagined it when reading the book. Ron's
red hair, Harry's awful Muggles (non-magic) relatives,
Hagrid's illegal dragon, Snape's ferocious scowl all
assume an even more enchanting quality when you have
seen all of this happening in your mind is eye before
seeing it being played out on the big screen.
And this is where you as parents
or teachers come in. Why not get your child involved
in reading Harry Potter so that he or she will then
be able to anticipate the movie with even greater
pleasure? Without the book, the movie is just another
two hours of entertainment. With the book, the movie
becomes an exciting coming-to-life of characters and
events that can only be described as truly magical.
Harry Potter has captured the
minds and hearts of children all over the world because
of its imagination, the total involvement in its fantasy
world, and the very real struggle of an ordinary boy
with extraordinary powers to fit in and find his place
in that world. It encompasses the
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