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Magic Coloring Picture Book

Education and Games

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From the hit TV channel, BabyFirst, comes the perfect art app for toddlers! Even the youngest of...

Ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis: 2016

Hadley Wickham and Carson Sievert

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This new edition to the classic book by ggplot2 creator Hadley Wickham highlights compatibility with...

Screen Adaptations and the Politics of Childhood: Transforming Children's Literature into Film: 2016

R. McCallum

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In seeing adaptation as a dialogic process that results in an intricate web of intertextuality, this...

Laura Doe (1350 KP) rated Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in Books

Jan 19, 2021 (Updated Jul 13, 2022)

I had forgotten just how much I loved reading the Harry Potter series until I picked this book up again.
Following Harry after losing his parents, finding out he is a wizard and then all of his antics at Hogwarts took me right back to my first time reading this as a child. Although very similar to the films, the book (as is the case most of the time) was so much better and had a few changes and scenes that weren’t in the film, which would have been amazing to see on screen.
Harry, Ron and Hermione are the lovable Golden Trio of my childhood. But I was amazed at just how long into the book Harry and Ron became friends with Hermione, I didn’t think it was that long! I loved the introduction to magic that we had and all of the different basic classes that young witches and wizards have to be taught before they can start practising magic. Hogwarts is such an amazing place and this fictional castle has always held a special place in my heart!
This has only strengthened my love of Harry Potter and I will be reading through the rest of the series in the next few weeks to see what else I have forgotten!!