Harry james potter was born on 31 july, 1980, to james and lily potter nee evans, two members of the original order of the phoenix at the height of the first wizarding war, only hours after his classmatetobe neville longbottom lily and james went into hiding in late 1979 when they discovered she was pregnant. Rowling, having delivered the third harry potter book to bloomsbury and now working on the fourth, says she didnt consider her possible audience when she conceived the series. Daniel radcliffe is an english actor who rose to international stardom as harry potter in the series of films based on the hugely popular books by j. So harry james potter, was born on the 31st july 1980. Jul 8, 1999 harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban published. I had read them all when they were first published and she was able to answer my questions and correct any mistakes i made. My friends 7yo is very competent reader and has just started reading them and i have no idea is this normal or advanced. Rowling released harry potter and the sorcerers stone more than 20 years ago, kids have been devouring the books, watching the. Harry as an infant faces death for the first time at the hands of lord voldemort. Someone else might have read the first book or two to you, but that doesnt make the series any less impacting. Wondering when the right age to read harry potter is.
The battle of hogwarts ended 3rd may 1998, so by the end of harry potter and the d. The second book, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, is published in the united kingdom, with a first print run of over 10,000 copies. Since the books take place in the 1990s, that would put him squarely in his 30s. Harry is of course the young wizard featured in numerous incredibly famous books written by author jk rowling. Readers may have grown up thinking harry potter was the same age as them but hes a decade older than daniel radcliffe. It was caput draconis which is latin for dragons head and that definitely fits as a straightforward password for the common room. From the opening line of harry potter and the sorcerers stone through the poignant end of harry potter and the deathly hallows, few book series are as gripping as j. Culture books news why harry potter s aged 35, not 26. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban is the last book in the harry. An iconic moment, harry potter and the philosophers stone boasted the very first utterance of a gryffindor password. Harry potter books and movie release dates timeline. Enjoyed the little setups for future books that werent supposed to make sense on first.
A few thoughts about reading harry potter everyday reading. K rowing will have a much higher value even if it isnt an early edition or part of harry potter first edition set. The harry potter movies in chronological order by date of. So when he starts at hogwarts on the 1st september 1991 he would have been 11 years old. Harry potter timeline timeline the harry potter lexicon. Harry potter is 11 in book one and 17 in the final book. As soon as we finish the first book, emmett wants to jump into the second.
But there are plenty of age appropriate books available for little ones who adore magic and mystical, outofthisworld creatures. What was harry potters age in the first book answers. By the time the fourth book in the series was released harry potter mania had well and truly taken hold and copies were printed by the millions. Its one of those books that fails to get old and you can read over and over again. Harry potter was one year old in the first chapter.
That said, harry is 11 years old in the first book in the series and 17 by the final. Your agebyage guide to all things harry potter red tricycle. The book is an instant success, selling well and winning several awards. My youngest granddaughter had read all the harry potter books before she was 6. My eagerness to share it with him hasnt dimmed, only my impatience. Harry potter will come, and i still look forward to the day when well read it with him. The first book in the harry potter series was released on june 1997. This is where i would sit and read the half blood prince, my first in the series. The book then skips ahead nine years and harry is ten. What the age you were when you first read harry potter. I never thought about writing for children childrens books. Vladimir mityukov you just start the first book at 11, then add one book a year. Decades after the tales of the boy who lived were first published, these books continue to enchant and inspire readers of all ages. What to read to younger children when harry potter gets too dark.
William remains the same age despite appearing in books published. What was the original intended audience for the harry. Just read the first harry potter book at the age of 29. Wondering whens the best age for kids to read harry potter. All of which is to say that when i frequently get asked what the right age to read harry potter. Question about harry potter and the order of the phoenix. In the case of harry potter, the main character begins as an elevenyearold and ends up as a seventeenyearold. This book is the second book in the harry potter series, and in it harry and his friends meet tom riddle for the first time, and battle a serpent.
What age is harry in harry potter and the philosophers. According to the books we wont even go into extended canon yet snape was the same age as lily. Shruti the one who reads this book surely forget their age. He then wanted me to read aloud the second book, and. I tried wiki but kept getting the movies, except for with the first book.
Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban is the last book in the harry potter sequence that feels good to read to most younger children, but what to fill the gap with while they wait to be old. As a result, our evenings were nightmarefree, though the books themselves werent ruined. Rowlings first harry potter book is on display at the british library. His pleas are as unrelenting as before, but this time we resist. The harry potter movies in chronological order by date of release. Michael gambon who took over the role, starting in harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, after harriss death was also 70 in the last film. Now after seeing the movies i read her name as spoken in the movies, but did rowling ever give us a phonetic. Below is the order of all of the harry potter books, as well as recommendations for other books like harry potter.
This is what the harry potter characters looked like in. Depending on the variant that youre reading i believe that the page numbers differ between countries so im using the copies that i have to hand. The first three harry potter books are great to read aloud to kids aged from about six or seven up. Books to read when your child isnt ready for harry potter. How to tell if you have a harry potter first edition set. The first book is constructed with two scary scenes that are sort of the.
From the stands, professor quirrell tries to knock harry off his broom with magic during the read more. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone, first published in england as harry potter and the philosophers stone, continues to win major awards in england. Every child should read harry potter, but not every child is ready to read the entire series in one go. At what age should you read each harry potter book. He turns 11 early in the book and as such, is of age to attend. This is the first of the war against voldemort harry potter books. When i first read the harry potter books at age 8 hermiones name always vexed me. As harry potter daniel radcliffe begins his sixth year at hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as the property of the halfblood prince and begins to learn more about lord voldemorts ralph fiennes dark past.
What excited me was how much i would enjoy writing harry potter. When so many adult critics were carrying on about the incredible originality of the first harry potter book, i read it to find out what the fuss was about, and remained somewhat puzzled. Just wondered what age your kids first read harry potter. Its not the best written book out there but its more the way its written that intrigues so many. I mentioned in my post about how to choose chapter books for kids that the age of the protagonist is a good general guideline for the age of the reader. Scholastic publishes the first book, renamed harry potter and the sorcerers stone, in the united states. For this important gryffindor v slytherin quidditch match harry potter s first ever, harry s friends in the audience support him with a banner reading potter for president and cheer him on. Also, lilys tombstone says she was born in january 1960, which means that snape would have been born between september 1959 and august 1960.
The books have also launched the infamous movie series. Goblet of fire, the fourth book in the harry potter series, begins with a single theme in mind. In general, kids like to read about characters a couple of years older than them. Rowling im the biggest harry potter fan on the planet and reading the first three to ella this year was everything id hoped it would be.
What to read to younger children when harry potter gets. It was followed by six further books, all of which have been hugely popular around the world, selling over 450 million copies. First, harry is invited to the magical worlds finest sporting event, the quiddith. Her elder sister,aged 9, is also a voracious reader, and also read all the harry potter books but im not sure at what age. So far it has won the national book award, the smarties prize, the childrens book award, and is shortlisted for the carnegie medal, the u. A copy was submitted to bloomsbury publishing and was a significant step in convincing them to offer j. Wish i havent watched the movies as the plot twists were mostly expected, but luckily i forgot quite a bit. I have a a harry potter deluxe gift set in a red box from bloomsbury press. That said, harry is 11 years old in the first book in the series and 17 by the final book, and kids generally like to read about protagonists in their age range or a. The characters in this book are funny, courageous, fiercely loyal and very endearing. I read the first book aloud to my 5 12year old son, and he become completely entranced with it, reading and rereading it compulsively, playing games that all centered around harry and magic, a harry potter birthday party, etc. Certainly most children both boys and girls will love them from. Why ill have my kids wait to read harry potter book riot.
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