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The Harry Potter Collection (Harry Potter #1-4)
The exciting tales of Harry Potter, the young wizard-in-training, have taken the world by storm, and fans just can't get enough of the magical world of Hogwarts and beyond. If you buy one of the Harry Potter books, we guarantee you'll want the next...and the next...and the next -- so why not have them all, right at your fingertips? With the Harry Potter Hardcover Box Set (...more
Hardcover, 0 pages
Published
November 1st 1999
by Scholastic, Inc.
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My nephews and nieces gave me this set, and I've so much enjoyed reading them. This family got me hooked onto Harry. I'd be at their House, and they'd have Harry games, Harry this and Harry that. I could tell I better get caught up quick, so I read the first four books quite quickly, then I felt I was caught up with my family. As the movies started coming out, I'd read all the book up to and including the movie book each time, so I've read or listened to them all at least 3 or more times each, u...more
This was not a series of books for me. This was (and although I rarely admit it, is) my life. I read the series every year - always aiming to finish it on July 31st: Harry's birthday. I used to (and still would if I could) pretend to be Harry, or Hermione in reception! I told all my friends to read them (just as my sister had when she was younger and the first books had only just come out) - always persisting that these books were nothing short of revolutionary (considering I was in primary scho...more
Harry Potter is, at this point, an Iconic kids book. I am still up in the air at this point wether to book is good enough for 'everyone' to read wether you like fantasy or not, so I am going to give it 4 stars, but it is close. Rowlings captures the wonder of magic, and being thrown into the center of that world at a young age as she wisks the reader along for the journey that harry takes from starting school to leaving school. The thing I found most interesting was that with each book, the stor...more
This series is an integral part of my childhood. It taught me to dream, imagine, create- and all other things that are essential to life. I remember my grade school and how I and my classmates would imagine that we are in Hogwarts. It was that good. It inspired young children and even adults to believe and imagine. All great things come to an end but the epic that is Harry Potter will continue to live on. Someday when I'll have a family of my own, I'll encourage my children to read Harry Potter....more
I'm reading the first book right now. And I love it! I'm going to start and possibly finish the whole series this summer. I love J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books because they give excitement to her readers and I'm pretty sure at the end they leave the readers thinking what happens next. Even though I'm not at the end yet I'm pretty sure that it WILL leave me thinking what happens next so I can read the other 6 books. I can't wait to read the next book Harry Potter and the chamber os Secrets bec...more
I don't care to admit how many times I've read this series, because it's a little indecent. Let's just say I'm a fan, okay? Having grown up reading C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia and Tolkien's The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings trilogy, I was primed for another installment of a young, unlikely hero marked by fate to battle the forces of evil, getting by with a little help from his friends. Unlike some Tolkien/Lewis buffs, I am not offended by Rowling's similarities to their works, because archet...more
I grew up reading the Harry Potter books. I started reading them when I was in 5th grade. I love the way that J.K. Rowling did not keep the same reading level for all the books. As the characters in the book aged, the reading level got higher. When I started reading, the books were easy and they got harder as they got closer to the end. The ending frustrated me at first but after I read more, I was accepted how it ended, and decided that I could not imagine another ending.
I still remembered that day, years ago, when I stumbled upon the first book. I thought, why on earth that a book about young wizard sitting on the popular bookshelves. I took one home out of curiosity and from then on, I am enchanted.
I also still remembered the scent of the last book of the series, so bittersweet, because after that turn of the last page, there will be no more stories about friendship, love, sacrifice and moreover, courage.
I also still remembered the scent of the last book of the series, so bittersweet, because after that turn of the last page, there will be no more stories about friendship, love, sacrifice and moreover, courage.
Wondering what all the fuss was about, I checked the first one out from the library.
Having finished it by morning, I checked out 2, 3 & 4 (5 had not yet come out). I finished those over a weekend.
Knowing I was going to re-read them until they were in tatters, and not wanting to share, I went out and bought the boxed set just before OotP came out. Which I purchased and read the night it was released. But that's another review. :)
Having finished it by morning, I checked out 2, 3 & 4 (5 had not yet come out). I finished those over a weekend.
Knowing I was going to re-read them until they were in tatters, and not wanting to share, I went out and bought the boxed set just before OotP came out. Which I purchased and read the night it was released. But that's another review. :)
I never thought that the Harry Potter books would be very interesting and a fun read. My family borrowed the books on CD at the library and we listened to them during our road trip. The time went by quickly that way. Right now I am reading the 6th book of the series and am loving it. I would totally read these books over and over again. I would recommend them to anyone. Even if wizards aren't your thing, you will enjoy these books.
První čtyři pohádkové roky v Bradavicích.Harry si najde své nejlepší kamarády Hermionu a Rona se,kterými zažije nejednou dobrodružství.Také ředitele Bradavic,naše milované i nemilované učitele.A nastane i několik chvil,kdy se setká s tím-jehož-jméno-nesmíme-vyslovit Lordem Voldemortem.První čtyři roky v Bradavicích byly kouzelné,pohádkové a nevinné.Na ty úchvatné časy s mým milovaným Harrym jentak nezapomenu.
The Harry Potter Collection is good for children reading on an advanced level (4th or 5th grade). The books start out innocently enough, and get darker and darker as Harry gets older. So, you should expect the child to read one book a year based on J.K. Rowling's sequencing. It's about a boy whose parents were killed and he was left behind to live with his aunt and uncle. Harry discovers that he has powers and ends up going to a magic school. Throughout his life he tries to find out how to kill...more
There's nothing that can be said about the Harry Potter phenomenon that hasn't been said already. Its a must read for kids and adults. I am as addicted as my child -- to the extent that we made a trip to Florida just to see the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando. I am looking forward to reading J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults, "The Casual Vacancy."
Of all these books, the first was my favorite. The series gets very dark--extremely thought provoking which I absolutely loved. And yet, nothing is like the whimsy and falling in love-ness I associate with the introduction we get to Hogwarts, Harry, Hermione and Ron. Thoroughly delightful--all of my children have also enjoyed these well-written imaginative stories.
Hey, I read Harry Potter before he was famous. I don't know why I said that...just being annoyingly pretentious I guess. I'm weird like that.
Anyway, it was a warm summer's day in 2000 when I picked up this boxset of the first four books of the HP series. Even though I wasn't the target audience for these books I nevertheless found it good enough to invest the time to read them all.
Now that the series has ended I can ask myself what was so great about the Potter books? They certainly aren't the...more
Anyway, it was a warm summer's day in 2000 when I picked up this boxset of the first four books of the HP series. Even though I wasn't the target audience for these books I nevertheless found it good enough to invest the time to read them all.
Now that the series has ended I can ask myself what was so great about the Potter books? They certainly aren't the...more
I enjoyed taking a journey back into my childhood and living vicariously through the world of Harry Potter. A delightful, fun, exciting series for all ages! (My opinion of age appropriate reading: if a child can truly tell the difference between fact and fiction, then it would be fine to allow a child to enjoy this magical, frightening tale.)
WOW! I had seen the films and so I thought I new the main story and wouldn't read the books but someone told me to read them and I'm VERY glad they did. It's amazing how when you're reading this you feel like you're actually there experiencing the magic. Harry Potter is a book that everyone should read and I'm so glad to now be a potterhead. :)
This series. How do I explain? It is life-changing. It is filled with lessons of friendship, family, and love. It is deep and intense and really makes you feel for the characters. It makes you want to be part of the Weasley family and be best friends with Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived. Read these books, you will not regret it <3
Jul 11, 2012
Elizabeth Rachow
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5 of 5 stars
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modern-fantasy
I grew up with these since I was 11 all the way until I was 21! So 10 years of these. I felt like I invested so much of my life into them sometimes I felt a little crazy, standing in line at Walmart to get books at midnight, dressing up for midnight showings, but it was a lot of fun with friends and it was a great time, but I miss them already!
harrys at his 2 year at hogwarts and thars a lot of seacerets in hogwarts and onley some of them have been dicoverd. harry finds or hears a snake in the bilding and some people are blaming it on harry will thay find the trouth befor it is to late?you have to read the book to find out who the person that is controling the coba is.
i like harry potter i really frickin do but like idk the writing is weird and awkward but you dont really notice it the first few times you read the books then you wait like a year and reread them and go wow this is weird how did i read this but the plot is always good and so are the characters i like harry potter a lot
To be honest I didn't know what to do when Harry Potter ended, I read the books in Dutch and I'm reading them in English at the moment ... I grew up reading the books and they're definitely my favorite. I hope there 'll be more series like this, although I think it won't be easy to compete with J.K.Rowlings books.
The writing style is easy, fun, and instantly places you inside the minds of the characters. JK Rowling speaks in the voice of characters who act their age, and the reader can see that voice change as the characters grow; young readers can grow with them and get pulled into the strong archetypal world.
i really love this book!, I always wanted to enroll in hogwarts and to have a magic like harry potter possesses, believing that it is really real in life, when i was in my childhood ! haha! J.K rowling is one of the best authors, for she have a broad imagination that she apply in harry potter.. :))
I was rather late to the Potter party, but I'm so glad I came!! I read the full series in under 3 months, lived and breathed Harry the whole time! I can't wait until my children are old enough to enjoy these books and I will not be allowing them to watch the films until they've done so! :)
May 13, 2010
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nice book i like it very much..
First time i read it, it was unbelievable like a real fantasy.. so cool man the story. I still want to read the other book again.
I just finish reading 2 first series, harry potter and the sorceress stone; and harry potter and chamber of the secret
First time i read it, it was unbelievable like a real fantasy.. so cool man the story. I still want to read the other book again.
I just finish reading 2 first series, harry potter and the sorceress stone; and harry potter and chamber of the secret
This series was my childhood. I can't think of a better series for a child to grow up with. Three best friends, very creative adventures, a spine tingling scary villain, a magical school, etc. I can't recommend this series enough to anyone. I honestly think everyone should read it.
The whole collection is magnificent! It started as a lovely children's story, but as the characters got older, each novel was more complicated and dark. The books are wonderfully crafted pieces of literature. I really missed my Potter friends once I was done with the series.
Had to add to my collection here on Goodreads, as Harry Potter will always be an excellent example of a YA series appealing to every reader. I quite literally grew up with these books, and still wouldn't have any trouble skipping meals to read them cover to cover.
I loved Harry Potter and so did my son. We both devoured them. Rowling is an excellent writer. There are lots of great kids book out there but for these books to be so well liked by both kids and their parents is truly saying something.
I highly recommend these!
I highly recommend these!
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Although she writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling, pronounced like rolling,her name when her first Harry Potter book was published was simply Joanne Rowling. Anticipating that the target audience of young boys might not want to read a book written by a woman, her publishers demanded that she use two initials, rather than her full name. As she had no middle name, she chose K as the second initia...more
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