Stories and projects will help bring your child's imagination to life. Includes patterns for costumes, toys, and party invitations.

You're invited . . . to learn the Wizard's secrets for creating fantastical and enchanting parties! Every sorcerer worth his wand knows you don't spend all your time doing good deeds and making magic by yourself. You get together with other magicians to have fun, too! So the Wizard is sharing his tricks for throwing great theme parties and seasonal celebrations. Construct a Throne of the Realm for Merlin's Birthday Parley, build a Merry Maypole for...

"Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, is one of the most recognizable and mysterious figures in the Harry Potter series. As an unscrupulous beetle-like journalist once said, he's 'a biographer's dream.' Is he omniscient or limited? Is he benevolent or malevolent? What really drove him in the last years of an extraordinary life? Dumbledore dives between the lines of the Harry Potter books to create a portrait of the controversial...

"Discover magical places, study the art of potion-making, encounter fantastic beasts, and find out about the witches and wizards who lived. From the Sorting Hat to the secrets of the Forbidden Forest, it's all inside this official companion to the Harry Potter books."--Back cover.

Complementing the British Library exhibit, provides an overview of the Hogwarts curriculum, covering thousands of years of magic history and displaying artifacts released from the Library's archives, previously-unseen materials, and items from throughout the world.

New York Times—Bestselling Authors: Diehard fans share opinions and debate questions about the beloved series from the funny to the philosophical. • Should we pity Voldemort or hate him? • Is Severus Snape really a hero? • Should J.K. Rowling have left Dumbledore's sexual orientation a secret? • Did Harry actually die in Deathly Hallows? • Were the Slytherins too demonized, the Hufflepuffs too lame, and the Gryffindors too glorified? •...

Accompanied by charts, stories, and spells, contains twenty-four lessons for aspiring wizards, and answers such questions as "What is the spell for summoning a unicorn familiar?" and "What tools to you need should you encounter a Western wizard?"

You hold in your hands an immersive, one-of-a-kind guide to the wizards, sorcerors, and other magic-makers from the world's most beloved tabletop role-playing game--DUNGEONS & DRAGONS. Featuring amazing new illustrations and expert insights, Wizards & Spells shines its torchlight on the mystical side of D&D, with descriptions of the game's essential magical characters and explanations of how spells are created and used. If you're eager to create your...

"Featuring an astounding array of entries exploring everything from classrooms to feasts to forbidden library books, The Unofficial Harry Potter Hogwarts Handbooks highlights all there is to konw about the wizarding world's most famous school as gleamed from the Harry Potter universe. Packed with a full semester's worth of intel about the school's layout, academic calendar, courses, grounds and beyond, it's a must-read for any fan who has ever wished...