{"id":61979,"date":"2018-10-08T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/?p=61979"},"modified":"2020-04-24T11:53:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T18:53:02","slug":"harry-potter-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/harry-potter-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: These 2 Beautiful Books Add Harry Potter Enchantment to Your Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Harry Potter<\/em> arrived in the U.S.A. 20 years ago. Scholastic published the first American edition of the first book in J.K. Rowling\u2019s instantly popular and now cherished series about The Boy Who Lived on September 1, 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Harry and his whole marvelous Wizarding World live on in other books from other publishers as well, including these two lovely volumes from Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n<p>Each one will make an enchanting addition to your <em>Harry Potter<\/em> book collection &#8211; or, as we look toward the holiday season, a bewitching gift for special Potterheads in your life!<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Show Off Spellbinding Movie Moments in Pop-Up Perfection<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62596 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ad7572eedaea4f00967e40eb898f3647lg-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ad7572eedaea4f00967e40eb898f3647lg-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ad7572eedaea4f00967e40eb898f3647lg-380x380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ad7572eedaea4f00967e40eb898f3647lg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ad7572eedaea4f00967e40eb898f3647lg.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Harry Potter and his world are a perfect match for the pop-up book format. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/product\/prh3695880?utm_source=ee-blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=product\">J.K.Rowling\u2019s Wizarding World: A Pop-Up Gallery of Curiosities<\/a> proves it!<\/p>\n<p>Paper engineer James Diaz and illustrator Sergio G\u00f3mez Silv\u00e1n cleverly recreate five fabulous scenes from the <i>Harry Potter<\/i> films and <em>Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Once you open the book\u2019s sturdy, magnetically sealed door-like covers &#8211; which are illustrated to resemble a mysterious, leather-covered box adorned with cameo portraits and silver filigree &#8211; you\u2019ll be able to\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Relive Harry\u2019s nerve-wracking Sorting Hat ceremony<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share Jacob Kowalski\u2019s astonishment at Newt\u2019s bottomless suitcase<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch the Whomping Willow do its worst to the Weasleys\u2019 flying Ford Anglia<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See Newt catch his coin-loving Niffler in the bank vault<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chuckle as Cornish Pixies cause mayhem in Gilderoy Lockhart\u2019s classroom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The book packs an impressive amount of detail into its small size. Each pop-up scene expands outward (after some gentle pulling on the reader\u2019s part) to create depth. Diaz\u2019s paper engineering qualifies him as a master of illusion. Thanks to his clever, multi-layered scene constructions, the candles in Hogwarts\u2019 Great Hall actually \u201cfloat\u201d and the bank vault truly appears cavernous.<\/p>\n<p>The book will stand on a flat surface with its covers open. You can use the elastic bands at the back to display your favorite scene.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/product\/prh3695880?utm_source=ee-blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=product\">A Pop-Up Gallery of Curiosities\u00a0<\/a>captures the wizarding world\u2019s wonder and whimsy so completely, it seems magical &#8211; but good old-fashioned Muggle ingenuity, artistry, and imagination deserve all the credit!<\/p>\n<p>(Maybe Mr. Weasley needs a copy for his collection of Muggle artifacts?)<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Explore America\u2019s Wizarding World with Newt Scamander\u2019s Scrapbook<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62597 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/c2be8774c3ca49e28de47971dca12ad2lg-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/c2be8774c3ca49e28de47971dca12ad2lg-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/c2be8774c3ca49e28de47971dca12ad2lg-380x380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/c2be8774c3ca49e28de47971dca12ad2lg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/c2be8774c3ca49e28de47971dca12ad2lg.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After 20 years of\u00a0<i>Harry Potter<\/i>, you may know your way around the wizarding world across the pond better than Hermione knows her way around the Restricted Section in Hogwarts\u2019 library.<\/p>\n<p>But how familiar have you become with the North American magical landscape we first saw two years ago in?<i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Let <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/product\/prh3695903?utm_source=ee-blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=product\">Newt Scamander: A Movie Scrapbook<\/a> be your passport.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a lavishly illustrated, highly interactive guide to the people, places, and, of course, creatures who populate the U.S. magical world in the Roaring Twenties<\/p>\n<p>Rick Barba\u2019s entertaining text reintroduces you to all the main characters and enchanted animals &#8211; the Niffler, Mooncalf, Murtlap and more &#8211; from <i>Fantastic Beasts<\/i>. Barba also includes behind-the-scenes info about the moviemakers\u2019 inspirations and creative process.<\/p>\n<p>And almost every page features full-color photographs, giving you an up-close look at the highly imaginative costumes, props, and effects used in the film. The concept art depicting Newt\u2019s menagerie is spectacular and makes the book a must-have for <em>Fantastic Beasts<\/em> fans.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, the scrapbook includes 10 paper artifacts from Newt\u2019s travels, including a luggage tag, a hand of wizarding playing cards, a sampling of postcards reproducing covers from <em>The Witch\u2019s Friend<\/em> (inappropriately glorious Art Deco style), a spinning replica of Newt\u2019s Ministration Chart, and two folding maps: one of MACUSA\u2019s Spell Contraventions, and the other a world map from Wiseacre\u2019s Wizarding Equipment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/product\/prh3695903?utm_source=ee-blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=product\">Newt Scamander: A Movie Scrapbook<\/a> is a fun way to reacquaint yourself with the wonderful, unseen world alongside the muggle no-maj while you wait for <em>Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald<\/em> this fall.<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Accio Books!<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p>J.K. Rowling fans, you\u2019ll want both these books on your shelves. No need to cast a summoning spell &#8211; simply order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/product\/prh3695880?utm_source=ee-blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=product\">the pop-up book<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/product\/prh3695903?utm_source=ee-blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=product\">Newt Scamander scrapbook<\/a> on Entertainment Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, we can\u2019t deliver by owl\u2026 but we promise you\u2019ll have these books to give to <em>Harry Potter<\/em> fans or to read and treasure for yourself before you know it!<\/p>\n<p><em>What favorite scene from a Harry Potter or Newt Scamander film would you want to design as a pop-up? Tell us in the comments below and let your ideas cast a spell on everyone!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Potter arrived in the U.S.A. 20 years ago. 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