![]() ![]() But in the right hands we’re always happy to make the trip again. We have been here before - in Roald Dahl, Ursula Le Guin, “Star Wars,” Dune. Her characters are just as conventional: a wise, slightly daft wizard a gentle Disneyish giant, who speaks haltingly (and names a terrifying three-headed dog Fluffy) a raspy-voiced villain of oily evil (paging Jeremy Irons), and the obligatory snide and snooty classroom rival. Rowling takes a ripping English school story, then adds an account of the education of the young-protagonist-with-special gifts-and-a-mysterious past, a thrilling against-all-odds sports triumph, strange beings who move unseen among us, and an all-powerful object that must not fall into the wrong hands - or perhaps claws. ![]() Charm counts for a lot in kids’ books, one genre where it’s less important to make everything new than to put in just the right things. ![]() Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone - the British Children’s Book of the Year - strikes me as completely unoriginal and absolutely top-notch. Interact with over 20 memorable characters from Harry's world including Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Rubeus Hagrid, Peeves and the mysterious Professor Snape Learn More Collect Famous Witches and Wizard Cards, Chocolate Frogs and Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans Learn More Use combinations of your spells to solve magic puzzles Learn More A. ![]()
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