Harry Potter

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Official Harry Potter Links J.K. Rowling's website Warner Bros'. Harry Potter movie site Scholastic's Harry Potter book site JK Rowling Biography Links Biography Resource Center: articles about J.K. Rowling Available at any SJCPL branch, as well as from your home computer with a valid SJCPL library card. Biography.com's J.K. Rowling biography IMDB's J.K. Rowling information Harry Potter Fan Sites HPANA (Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator) Harry Potter Lexicon Immeritus (Sirius Black Fan Club) Into the Pensieve The Leaky Cauldron MuggleNet

About the Author: J.K. Rowling

Did you know that the author of the Harry Potter series is now thought to be richer than the Queen of England? Or that she has three children and lives in Edinburgh, Scotland with her husband, who practices medicine? Learn much more about the creator of Harry's world at the biography sites listed on the side.

Contents 1 About the Author: J.K. Rowling 2 Books in the Harry Potter series 2.1 Other Books by J.K. Rowling 3 Harry Potter movies 4 If you liked Harry Potter... 4.1 For children and teens 4.2 For adults 5 Books about the Harry Potter series available @ SJCPL 6 Videos about the Harry Potter series available @ SJCPL

Books in the Harry Potter series

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Other Books by J.K. Rowling

• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Quidditch through the Ages

Harry Potter movies

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which was released in November in the US, is the first Harry Potter movie to be rated PG-13. Reviewers note that parents of smaller children may want to think carefully about whether their children will be able to handle the scarier moments.

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  • about the movie
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  • about the movie
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  • about the movie
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • about the movie

If you liked Harry Potter...

For children and teens

• Lloyd Alexander: The Chronicles of Prydain (series)
• Patricia Baehr: The Search for Happily Ever After
• L. Frank Baum: The Wizard of Oz (series)
• Peter Beagle: The Last Unicorn
• John Bellairs:
  • The Dark Secret of Weatherend
  • The House with a Clock in its Walls
• Susan Cooper: The Dark is Rising (series)
• Bruce Coville: The Dragonslayers
• Roald Dahl:
  • Matilda
  • The Witches
• Diane Duane: Wizard (series)
• John Duel: Wide Awake in Dreamland
• Edward Eager: Tales of Magic (series)
• Michael Ende: The Neverending Story
• Cornelia Funke:
  • Inkheart
  • Inkspell
• Brian Jacques: The Redwall (series)
• Norton Juster: The Phantom Tollbooth
• David Kirschner: Pagemaster
• Madeleine L'Engle:
  • A Wrinkle in Time
  • A Wind in the Door
  • A Swiftly Tilting Planet
  • Many Waters
• Tanith Lee:
  • Black Unicorn
  • Red Unicorn
• Gail Levine: Ella Enchanted
• C.S. Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia (series)
• Margaret Mahy: The Changeover
• E. Nesbit: Five Children and It
• Christopher Paolini: Inheritance Trilogy
• Tamora Pierce: The Song of the Lioness (series)
• Phillip Pullman: His Dark Materials (series):
  • The Golden Compass
  • The Subtle Knife
  • The Amber Spyglass
• Pamela Service: Wizard of Wind and Rock
• Sherwood Smith:
  • Wren's War
  • Wren's Quest
  • Wren to the Rescue
• E.B. White: Charlotte's Web
• Elizabeth Winthrop:
  • The Castle in the Attic
  • The Battle for the Castle
• Patricia Wrede:
  • Calling on Dragons
  • Talking to Dragons
  • Searching for Dragons
  • Dealing with Dragons
• Jane Yolen: Wizard's Hall
• Mary F. Zambreno:
  • Plague of Sorcerers
  • Journeyman Wizard

For adults

• Piers Anthony: Xanth (series)
• T.A. Barron: Merlin (series)
• Terry Brooks: Shannara (series)
• Dave Duncan: A Handful of Men (series)
• David Eddings:
  • Belgariad (series)
  • Elenium (series)
  • Malloreon (series)
  • Tamuli (series)
• William Goldman: The Princess Bride
• Terry Goodkind: Sword of Truth (series)
• Frank Herbert: The Dune chronicles
• Diana Wynne Jones: Dalemark Quartet
• Robert Jordan: Wheel of Time (series)
• Stephen King: The Dark Tower (series)
• Stephen Lawhead: Pendragon (series)
• Anne McCaffrey: Pern (series)
• Patricia McKillip: Cygnet (series)
• Robin McKinley:
  • The Blue Sword
  • The Hero and the Crown
• L.E. Modesitt: Magic of Recluce
• Garth Nix: Sabriel
• Tamora Pierce: Circle of Magic (series)
• Dian Curtis Regan: Princess Nevermore
• Robert Silverberg: The Majipoor Chronicles
• Christopher Stasheff: A Wizard in Rhyme (series)
• Mary Stewart:
  • Crystal Cave
  • Wicked Day
  • Hollow Hills
  • Last Enchantment
• J.R.R. Tolkien:
  • The Hobbit
  • The Lord of the Rings trilogy

Books about the Harry Potter series available @ SJCPL

• A charmed life: the spirituality of Potterworld
• Fact, fiction, and folklore in Harry Potter's world: an unofficial guide
• God, the devil, and Harry Potter: a Christian minister's defense of the beloved novels
• The Gospel according to Harry Potter: spirituality in the stories of the world's most famous seeker
• Harry Potter and the Bible: the menace behind the magick
• Looking for God in Harry Potter
• The magical worlds of Harry Potter: a treasury of myths, legends, and fascinating facts
• A Muggle's guide to the wizarding world: exploring the Harry Potter universe
• Muggles and magic: J.K. Rowling and the Harry Potter phenomenon
• New clues to Harry Potter, book 5: hints from the ultimate unofficial guide to the mysteries of Harry Potter
• A parent's guide to Harry Potter
• The science of Harry Potter: how magic really works
• The sorcerer's companion: a guide to the magical world of Harry Potter
• Ultimate unofficial guide to the mysteries of Harry Potter
• What's a Christian to do with Harry Potter?

Videos about the Harry Potter series available @ SJCPL

• Discovering the real world of Harry Potter
• The magic of Harry Potter