{"product_id":"harry-potter-and-the-philosopher-s-stone-illustrated-edition-paperback","title":"Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Illustrated Edition (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJim Kay's dazzling depiction of J.K. Rowling's wizarding\nworld has won legions of fans since the Illustrated Edition of \u003ci\u003eHarry Potter\nand the Philosopher's Stone\u003c\/i\u003e was published in hardback in 2015, becoming a\nbestseller around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis irresistible smaller-format paperback edition of J.K.\nRowling's novel brings the magic of Jim Kay's illustration to new readers, with\nfull-colour pictures, French flaps and a handsome poster pull-out at the back\nof the book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis edition has been beautifully redesigned with selected\nillustration highlights – the fully illustrated edition is still available in\nhardback.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhen a letter arrives for Harry Potter on his eleventh birthday, a decade-old\nsecret is revealed to him that apparently he's the last to know. An incredible\nadventure is about to begin!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ.K. Rowling\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the enduringly popular\nHarry Potter books. After the idea for Harry Potter came to her on a delayed\ntrain journey in 1990, she plotted out and started writing the series of seven\nbooks and the first, \u003ci\u003eHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, was\npublished in the UK in 1997. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe series took another ten years to complete, concluding in\n2007 with the publication of \u003ci\u003eHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe Harry Potter books have now sold over 600 million copies\nin 85 languages, been listened to as audiobooks for over one billion hours and\nmade into eight smash hit movies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTo accompany the series, J.K. Rowling wrote three short\ncompanion volumes for charity: \u003ci\u003eQuidditch Through the Ages\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFantastic\nBeasts and Where to Find Them\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Tales of Beedle the Bard\u003c\/i\u003e, in\naid of her international children's foundation Lumos. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them\u003c\/i\u003e went on to\ninspire a new series of films featuring Magizoologist Newt Scamander. Harry's\nstory as a grown-up was continued in a stage play,\u003ci\u003e Harry Potter and the\nCursed Child\u003c\/i\u003e, which J.K. Rowling wrote with playwright Jack Thorne and\ndirector John Tiffany, and which is now playing in locations around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eShe is also the author of a bestselling crime fiction series\nwritten under the pen name Robert Galbraith, and two stand-alone children's\nnovels,\u003ci\u003e The Ickabog \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Christmas Pig\u003c\/i\u003e. J.K. Rowling has\nreceived many awards and honours for her writing, including the OBE and\nCompanion of Honour, and a Blue Peter Gold Badge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eShe supports a wide number of humanitarian causes through\nher charitable trust Volant and is the founder of the international children's\ncare reform charity Lumos. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJim Kay won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2012 for his\nillustrations in \u003ci\u003eA Monster Calls\u003c\/i\u003e by Patrick Ness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe studied illustration at the University of Westminster and\nsince graduating has worked in the Library \u0026amp; Archives of Tate Britain and\nthe Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. After producing a one-man exhibition at\nRichmond Gallery he was approached by a publisher and his freelance\nillustration work began. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJim has produced concept work for film and television, and\ncontributed to a group exhibition at the V\u0026amp;A museum in London. 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