Hogwarts: A Cinematic Yearbook

by Scholastic Inc.

Imagine your first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! What would it be like to ride on the Hogwarts Express from King's Cross station, shop in Diagon Alley, be sorted into one of the four Hogwarts houses, attend a Potions class and try out for Quidditch? Packed with fun activities and pictures from the eight Harry Potter films, including an 8-page fold-out Hogwarts Diary and full-page character posters. Anything can happen at Hogwarts!

Genres: Harry Potter, Childrens, Fantasy

64 pages, Hardcover

Published January 31, 2017

About the author

For more than 100 years, Scholastic has been meeting children where they are – at school, at home and in their communities – by creating quality content and experiences, all beginning with literacy. Scholastic delivers stories, characters, and learning moments that empower all kids to become lifelong readers and learners through bestselling children's books, literacy- and knowledge-building resources for schools including classroom magazines, and award-winning, entertaining children's media.

Reviews

[Marina · Rating 3 out of 5]

** Books 102 - 2017 **

3,2 of 5 stars!

such a fun activity books dedicated for Harry Potter Fans! There are some postcards inside, you can also draw your own marauder’s map, and write your own magical family tree (like sirius blacks family tree in HP 5)

[ren · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just wanted to pop in and say that I wish I had found Harry Potter when I was a kid.

One of my little cousins got this at her school book fair (man, do I miss book fairs) and I flipped through it. It's full of fun little activities and I really wish I had known Harry Potter when these types of fun activity books were available to me.

[Jaimie · Rating 2 out of 5]

You all know I love me some Harry Potter books, but do we need to have every single idea actually made real? This book markets itself as a cinematic yearbook, taking readers through their first year at Hogwarts with a variety of activities to complete from drawing magical creatures to writing a howler. The concept itself isn’t terrible (what kid doesn’t like activity books and expanding a favoured created universe in their own style), but do we need half of the pages taken up by screencaps from the film? A few carefully placed graphics to guide readers would have been more than enough, since you know if readers are buying this book in the first place that they’re already experts on the Harry Potter Wizarding World… And for those of us who are collectors, the hardcover volume doesn’t exactly lend itself to the creative and slightly careless nature of regular activity books, so we’re pretty unlikely to actually mar its pages.

[Bedford · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn’t realy like it because I wrote it 3 years ago and I don’t understant everything

[Aibhla · Rating 4 out of 5]

BOUGHT THIS AT THE SCHOOL BOOK FAIR IN LIKE YEAR 6 AND WAS SO OBSESSED WITH IT LMAO NOW IM TRANS AND GAY RIP MY HARRY POTTER PHASE YOU SHALL BE MISSED

[Shelley Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh my! As an avid Harry Potter fan I couldn’t resist treating myself to this activity book (yes, I bought it for me, not my kids!). It’s a luscious hardback; very reminiscent of the annuals I used to get for Christmas when I was young.

It’s packed with activities for the reader to enjoy, my favourite being the ‘Breaking News’ pages where you get to be a writer for The Daily Prophet and pen a story worthy of the front-page.

You can design a potion, draw your own marauder’s map, and write your own magical family tree (complete with muggles). There are also a variety of postcards you can cut out and use, as well as a great selection of full-page posters from the films.

I haven’t plucked up the courage to write in my copy yet (eek!) but I’m sure when I do finally ‘conjure’ up my quill and ink I’ll have fun getting creative.

This is a beautiful book for any Potter fan and would make a charming gift.

[Just_me · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book, have done some of the activities with my 10 year old daughter.

[Stephanie Brady · Rating 2 out of 5]

not much info. Just mainly gimmicky for younger fans to create their own Hogwarts yearbook

[mallory · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good