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Discover Jim Kay´s magical illustrations in this new paperback edition of J.K. Rowling´s Harry Potter and the Philosopher´s Stone - in a gorgeous smaller format with French flaps and selected full-colour illustrations from the glorious, bestselling illustrated hardback

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Jim Kay´s dazzling depiction of J.K. Rowling´s wizarding world has won legions of fans since the Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher´s Stone was published in hardback in 2015, becoming a bestseller around the world. This irresistible smaller-format paperback edition of J.K. Rowling´s novel brings the magic of Jim Kay´s illustration to new readers, with full-colour pictures, French flaps and a handsome poster pull-out at the back of the book. This edition has been beautifully redesigned with selected illustration highlights - the fully illustrated edition is still available in hardback.
When a letter arrives for Harry Potter on his eleventh birthday, a decade-old secret is revealed to him that apparently he´s the last to know. An incredible adventure is about to begin!

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Kay´s illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher´s Stone is a triumph - a book so alive it seems to jump, explode and slither out of your hands as you read Telegraph

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Rowling, J.K.
J.K. Rowling is the author of the record-breaking, multi-award-winning Harry Potter novels. Loved by fans around the world, the series has sold over 500 million copies, been translated into 80 languages, and made into 8 blockbuster films. She has written three companion volumes in aid of charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (in aid of Comic Relief) and Lumos, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard (in aid of Lumos), as well as a film script inspired by Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which marked the start of a five-film series to be written by the author. She has also collaborated on a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two, which opened in London´s West End in the summer of 2016 and on Broadway in early 2018. In 2012, J.K. Rowling´s digital company Pottermore was launched, where fans can enjoy news, features and articles, as well as original content from J.K. Rowling. She has also written The Casual Vacancy, a novel for adult readers, and the Strike crime series, written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. As well as receiving an OBE for services to children´s literature, she has received many awards and honours, including an OBE and Companion of Honour, France´s Légion d´honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

Kay, Jim
Jim Kay won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2012 for his illustrations in A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. He studied illustration at the University of Westminster and since graduating has worked in the Library & Archives of Tate Britain and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. After producing a one-man exhibition at Richmond Gallery he was approached by a publisher and his freelance illustration work began. Jim has produced concept work for film and television, and contributed to a group exhibition at the V&A museum in London. He now lives and works in Northamptonshire with his partner.

You can find out more about Jim at ww.jimkay.co.uk/.

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