From the higgledypiggledy shop fronts of diagon alley to death eater masks, you can relive all your favourite scenes, characters and creatures from harry potter through the magic of colour with our fabulous advanced colouring pages. At such a momentous time, we thought there was no better way. World book day is expected to boost the uk economy by a huge. As you can see, harry potter provides plenty of options when it comes to your world book day costume. Harry potter book night home harry potter book night event map. Even years after the last harry potter book came out, it turns out we still dont know everything about the world.
Where are they now the supporting characters of harry potter. Harrys birth was overshadowed by a prophecy, naming either himself or neville longbottom as the one with the power to vanquish lord voldemort. Speaking at the palace theatre on the official launch day of harry potter and the cursed child, the author told press. Win a chance to visit every harry potter theme park around. We also feature famous characters such as peter pan, mowgli, noddy, long john silver, tracy beaker, harry potter, paddington bear, gangsta granny, robinson crusoe and winnie the pooh. Pond park primary school world book day award 2016 duration. This trip will really enhance their understanding of the book and develop their language, imagination, knowledge and skills to become great authors just like j. Rowling signed a deal to bring her popular book and film franchise to islands of adventure, the.
Harry potter and the sorcerers stone interview kit bowen interviews daniel radcliffe, emma watson, and rupert grint. Spoilers ahead for harry potter and the cursed child the script for harry potter and the cursed child hit shelves sunday and is already one of the fastestselling books in history. Waiting tables at the three broomsticks, drunken death eater bar fights, annoying an attractive but pushy auror, and avoiding his mothers crush on him is just another day in the life of harry potter, 1978. Harry, ron, and hermione hear this name in deathly hallows. Two schools in england have marked world book day in memorable fashion today after setting records for the largest gathering of people dressed as nursery rhyme characters and the largest gathering of people dressed as harry potter. It was a huge success and weve loved seeing all the tweets from schools, libraries, bookshops and groups of friends holding events all over the world. This world book day just happens to fall in the 20th year since the first harry potter book, the philosophers stone, was published. Literacy at prince reading, writing and learning together.
The triwizard tournament it was a huge success and weve loved seeing all the tweets from schools, libraries, bookshops and groups of friends holding events all over the world. Magical harry potter costume ideas for world book day. Bloomsbury has launched a promotional competition within the u. Jk rowling confirms harry potters story is complete. Guinness world records 2016 edition providing their record doesnt get broken. Important dates national library week, april 1016, 2011 school library media month, april 2011 childrens book week 2011, may 28, 2011. Rowling herself even tweeted this photo during last years world book day, in appreciation of its awesomeness and if it gets her approval, it certainly gets ours. See more ideas about teacher costumes, book week costume and book character costumes.
About us work for us subscriptions competition rules how to. The play recently won a record number of olivier awards. Dec 19, 2016 the politicians wife holds a special place in my heart as one of the first wizarding world fics i read in which the main characters were no longer teenagers. World book day 2016 boosts economy but not because were. This is great news for anyone who doesnt live in london and doesnt own a portkey and so wont be attending the theatrical production, but still wants the answers to these. The annual event, which takes place today, will see pupils across the globe dress up as their favourite book character. My brother jacob in picture decided that he wanted to dress up as a character that was a bit. A plot to make most terrible things happen at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry this year. World book day 2017 primary resource pack by world book. Harry potter book night a massive thank you to each and every one of the people who took part in harry potter book night 2020. Jun 16, 2016 the guardian childrens books site began on world book day 2011 with this. Oct 30, 2019 outside of the franchise, hes known as a master cosplayer, previously achieving 365 days of drag by posting a unique look to instagram for every day of 2016.
In harry potter and the sorcerers stone, the book that started it all understatement of the century, harry potter discovers his true identity in the wee hours of his eleventh birthday. It received its world premiere in londons west end on 30 july 2016. The script book of the play harry potter and the cursed child parts one and two was published in 2016. Rowling, john tiffany and jack thorne, the play was scripted by jack and directed by john. Roald dahl and harry potter provide world book day. On friday 22nd january our y5 children are going to visit the harry potter studios.
Features wizarding world the official home of harry potter. Can you name the harry potter characters from az test your knowledge on this literature quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. It is still shocking seeing dumbledore shove harry against a wall during this scene. Weve compiled a list of the top 10 villains from the world of david walliams in. New harry potter book from jk rowling coming out in july. Our school is running a competition where you have to take a picture of yourself reading in an.
Harry potter and nursery rhyme character gatherings set records on world book. But what if you need your magical theme parks broken down into cold, hard numbers. The wizarding world of harry potter two lands at universal. Ricky catches up with kids taking part in world book day 2016. R ministry of magic worker, impersonated by harry in the 7th book. Easy diy harry potter hogwarts inspired costume duration. Bloomsbury uk competition to win a family trip to the. Apr 30, 2019 author has written 16 stories for harry potter. The hit harry potter attraction, the wizarding world of harry potter, opens in universal studios hollywood in spring of 2016.
Rowlings wizarding world is a fantasy media franchise and shared fictional universe centred on a series of films, based on the harry potter novel series by j. World book day is usually held on the first thursday in march each year. I, just like countless millions around the globe, love all things harry potter, from the first day the first book was in my local bookstore through my nth reread of the entire series, as well as watching all eight movies more times than i can admit. Weve gathered some of the best examples of you bringing your favourite book character to life.
Harry potter escorts his reluctant son albus potter to the hogwarts express for the start of his second year. In the books the battle takes place on 2 may 1998, in the early hours. Year on year, the evidence grows that world book day is having a positive impact on the reading behaviour of our children and young people. With world book day just around the corner, its time to start preparing costumes for your favourite characters ahead of march 1. It was an absolutely fantastic event on saturday 15th june, made even better with a surprise visit from the man himself. International harry potter day may 2 keepin calendar. From hogwarts castle to gringotts bank, to flying through the forbidden forest on a thrilling roller coaster, experience the magic of the wizarding world at universal orlando. The first slice of the wizarding world of harry potter was announced by universal in may 2007, after author j. The numbers indicate that potter still has an incredible hold on the world. Omg i love world book day its a day when i can just sit down and read harry potter without anyone judging me for reading it in the middle of maths most days my teacher needs to stand next to me in class to get me to stop reading.
World book day might be all about the kids, but parents seem to be. Harry potter and nursery rhyme character gatherings set. World book day dressup 2016 the best costume will win a. All the best details and foreshadowing in the harry potter books you might have missed 16 actors you probably didnt realize were in the harry potter movies.
A massive thank you to each and every one of the people who took part in harry potter book night 2020. Instead of dressing as harry, ron or hermione why not go as hagrid. One of my favourite resources for inspiration is the book aid international website where you can download for free a whole collection of supereasy costumemaking guides, tips and tricks. Started before the release of harry potter and the deathly hallows, this story jumps more than twenty years after hogwarts, to a future in which draco malfoy and hermione weasley. Wed read that book, but it absolutely doesnt exist. This year asda has great offers on world book day costumes. Rowling, harry potter and the sorcerers stone by j. Tesco is selling harry potter costumes for world book day. Harry potter and the cursed child is the eighth story in the harry potter series and the first official harry potter story to be presented on stage. Your amazing world book day 2016 photos cbbc newsround.
The first film in the wizarding world was harry potter and the philosophers stone 2001, which was followed by seven harry potter sequels, beginning with harry potter and the chamber of secrets in 2002 and ending with harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2 in 2011, nearly ten years after the first films release. Hagrid from the harry potter series yer a wizard, harry. He has won best world book day costume for his class at his school parade for two years in a row and of course we are looking forward to this years competition. She coauthored 2016 s bestselling book in the uk and us the play script for harry potter and the cursed child. How to write better book reports, stage a literature day, compose harry potter haiku, plus additional classroom activities for teaching about fairy tales, folk tales. Clean this world or any other, book i winner of dramione fanfiction forum winter 2017 awards for best must read fic and fall 2016 awards for best dark fic, best au fic, wandlore 2017 awards for best death eater centric, enchanted awards summer 2017 best canon. Our book quizzes asks questions on both classic books and modern literature. And yet still every year the parents in the love cottages team find ourselves scrabbling around for costume ideas, sewing costumes and trawling the internet for quirky props, all pretty last minute. The original screenplays of the fantastic beasts films are published too. World book day comes around every year in early march. Internation harry potter day that is also known as the anniversery of the battle of hogwarts was created in memorial to the epic importance of the day that harry potter defeated the dark lord. Great and easy to make costume ideas for world book day 2016. In the united kingdom and ireland, world book day is a charity event in march, held annually on the first thursday and coinciding with the release of special editions.
World book day send us pictures of your kids dressed as their. Harry potter and nursery rhyme character gatherings set records on. March 3rd is world book day 2016 that day when parents up an down. Its nearly time for world book day and that only means one thing. We had a range of brilliant costumes sent in last year from harry potter to matilda. Even years after the last harry potter book came out, it turns out we still dont know everything about the world of the boy who lived because jk rowling just revealed that one of the book. Do you have guardian or parental permission to subscribe to the harry potter newsletter. Sign up to keep uptodate with all the latest news on the harry potter books. Harry potter and the cursed childs strangest twist may have.
Literature quiz harry potter character challenge az. The wizarding world of harry potter by the numbers daily. The annual celebration on 23 april is world book night, an event organized by independent charity the reading agency. Topical books which are best sellers include diary of a wimpy kid and bad dad.
Harry potter has found his way into books, films and most recently onto the stage, but jk rowling has confirmed that the boy wizards story is now complete, 19 years after the. For beginners, for novices, for harry potter superfans going 20 yearsstrong, dig deep into the wizarding world with our collection of features. Harry potter tops poll as favourite character to dress up as a poll of 2,000 children has found that the top character to dress up as for world book day is wizard harry potter. Ohara decided to create a new challenge for herself exclusively for the month of october, creating a fully realized cosplay look inspired by a character within the harry potter universe. Both schools won a competition which provided the opportunity for. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone interview youtube. The dinosaur who pooped a planet, harry potter and the gruffalo. Children across the uk have donned costumes of their favourite book characters.
In celebration of book week and school library media month, education world presents dozens of bookthemed activities, lessons, and projects, from our archive. The wizarding world of harry potter hogsmeade and diagon alley hogsmeade. The theme of worthings childrens parade this year was the world of david walliams. Explore the wizarding world of harry potter at universal orlando. You might have spotted a few harry potter characters on your way to. Hogwarts is headed to hollywood after debuting in orlando and japan. Draco malfoy asks harry potter to help him get rid of the rumours about his son, scorpius malfoy.
Jk rowling reveals one of her harry potter characters was. The films have been in production since 2000, and in that time ten films have been producedeight are adaptations of the harry potter novels and two are part of the fantastic. Win an exciting book bundle from dk books, ages 58. Its another fun year at hogwarts as we watch harry potter and the goblet of fire 2005. It is always a huge theme for world book day so be sure to get in quick before thursday 3 rd march for your costumes and accessories harry potter. The questions are above the photos, with each answer revealed below. One of the biggest book series ever released is of course, harry potter written by the incredibly talented j. The day is an annual celebration of authors, illustrators, books and reading, with events going on in more than 100 countries across the planet. The children have been immersed in the world of harry potter since their return after christmas. Choose your favourite book character, download the sheet and off you go. The wizarding world of harry potter is made of magic with a dash of butterbeer.
Harry potters summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a houseelf called dobby, and rescue from the dursleys by his friend ron weasley in. I also won the book comp in my school but i dont know how. Tripadvisor are offering harry potter films basically the best competition in the world short of starring in a new movie to celebrate the launch of the new wizarding. Jk rowling reveals one of her harry potter characters was almost called gary. Authors such as roald dahl, julia donaldson and david walliams have created dozens of delightful characters that make for a fabulous fancy dress outfit. Sam went as fluffy, the 3headed dog from harry potter.
Combining expertlevel questions found there along with some doozies asked during a new york city harry potter trivia night, weve compiled a list sure to challenge the average harry potter fan. Jun 02, 2015 hogwarts is headed to hollywood after debuting in orlando and japan. He was the only child and son of james and lily potter nee evans, both members of the original order of the phoenix. Harry potter harry potter book night harry potter event kit. Harry potter wizarding world opening 2016 in universal. Book quiz questions, kids book quiz, easy book quiz. Celebrating five years of the guardian childrens books site. Harry potter character challenge az quiz by asturtz. Two schools in england have marked world book day in memorable. Insiders guide to the wizarding world of harry potter. Drag queen transforms into a different harry potter character.