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*Updated review* I just finished reading this gorgeous illustrated version of the 1st Harry Potter book with my kids in preparation for our first visit to Universal. My daughter had read it independently, but it was my son's first experience with the book. The movies are lovely, but Rowling's use of language is really special. I had forgotten a lot of details in the almost 20 years (!!!) that had gone by since the first time I read this. So much fun to share and experience with my kids.

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I had, unfortunately and quite stupidly, considered myself a bit too cool to read Harry Potter books until about the time the fifth book came out, and I decided to give it a try. I was amazed and felt like kicking myself. It's too rare that an author produces a work of honestly imaginative and original work, and I had missed out on it for years. The world the author created in this book absolutely delighted me with it's scope and detail; I loved the cleverly named wizarding world and the sense of childlike wonder of it all. Fantastic book.