Sporcle Quizzes for Kids

Sporcle is an online quiz website. If you haven't already tried it now seems like the ideal time! They have a dedicated kids quiz page which contains quizzes at different school levels and covers everything from books and reading to maths, geography and science.

Image taken from Sporcle.com/kids HERE

J. K Rowling launches Harry Potter at Home

Here's the Link

Fantastic Beasts : The Crimes of Grindelwald teaser trailer

The second prequel movie from the the world of Harry Potter  ...

Another Harry Potter Book Sculpture

Image from Pinterest HERE

This book sculpture by Jamie B Hannigan. You can see some other Harry Potter book sculptures by Jamie on my earlier post HERE, and more of his book sculptures on his website HERE.

How to Make Harry Potter Wands!

Have you ever wanted your own Harry Potter Wand?

Well now you can make your own!

More Harry Potter Book Sculptures

"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" sculpture
 by Jamie B Hannigan (Image from HERE)

"Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkhaban" sculpture
 by Jamie B Hannigan (Image from HERE)

"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" sculpture
 by Jamie B Hannigan (Image from HERE)

All of these sculptures were created by Jamie B Hannigan and if you visit the website HERE you can click on the images and see views of them from lots of different viewpoints.

Jamie has created book sculptures for lots of other books too including "Where the Wild things Are", "Hunger Games : Mockingjay", "Robin Hood", "Moby Dick" and lots of others all of which you can see on the website HERE too.

Harry Potter Book Sculptures

Harry, Hermione & Ron stand on the Deathly Hallows  (Image from : All Things Paper HERE)

Hermione, with a little help from Harry, translates the scrolls of Beedle the Bard
 (Image from HERE)

These Harry Potter themed book sculptures were created by artist Jodi Harvey-Brown. You can find more of her book sculptures on her website HERE, you can also find out about Jodi and see more sculptures HERE.

New Harry Potter Book

Image via Twitter HERE

Have you heard? There's going to be a new book about Harry Potter!!

The book will be released on Harry's birthday, the 31st of July 2016. It will be different to the other books because it won't be a novel, it will be the script of the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts I & II, in book form. The play opens in London the day before the book is released. As you will imagine A LOT of Harry Potter fans in New Zealand, and around the world, will not be able to go to London to see the play, so although it's not the novel we might have all wished for, at least we'll find out whats happened to Harry after he's left Hogwarts.

I've adapted the above information from HERE and HERE - where you can also go to find out more.

Harry Potter Prequel Movie - First Pictures Released

The first pictures from the Harry Potter prequel movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them were released earlier this month...

Image from HERE

You can find more still shots from the movie HERE too.

What House Would You Be In At Hogwarts?

Have you ever wondered what house you'd be in if you went to Hogwarts?

Image from HERE.

You can find out by taking the Sorting Hat Quiz HERE. 

According to the quiz I'd be in Hufflepuff. What house would you be in? 

Let me know in the comments below...and don't worry, if you end up in Slytherin you can always take the quiz again!

Jennifer Lawrence reading Harry Potter

I found this image HERE

Lego Harry Potter & Voldemort

I found this image at Kerikeri Covertocover blog HERE

Favourite Harry Potter Character - And the Winners Are:

 According to the Harry Potter UK Book page and The Guardian the results are:

Professor Severus Snape         Photo source

Professor Severus Snape has been voted the number one character from the Harry Potter novels. Some 70,000 people voted in the Bloomsbury poll, and 20% of these agreed that

the Potions Master & Head of Slytherin is No.1!   

Hermione Granger came 2nd

and Sirius Black 3rd

Hermione Granger               Photo source



Sirius Black                          Photo source

 

 The Top Ten Characters were:

1. Severus Snape
2. Hermione Granger
3. Sirius Black
4. Harry Potter
5. Ron Weasley
6. Luna Lovegood
7. Ginny Weasley
8. Albus Dumbledore
9. Dobby
10. Draco Malfoy 

For a full list of all 40 characters and where they finished you can follow this link and scroll to the bottom of the page.

Favourite Harry Potter Character - Update

Less than two days to vote for your favourite Harry Potter character, so if you haven't already, VOTE NOW!

The Poll closes on 26th August  (which here in N.Z. might mean about midday on 27th August) and the results will be announced by Bloomsbury Publishers on Tuesday 30th August.  Results will be available here on our library blog as soon as I know they are available.

Two people have commented about who they voted for on my first blog post  about the favourite Harry Potter character, and they both voted for different characters, Hermione and Harry.  I can tell you I voted for someone else too, Professor Snape (I know, I know.... he is a bad guy most of the time but really he is one of the good guys, you just don't find that out till almost the end).

So.... if the official poll is as close as our comments indicate it could be very close indeed.

Harry Potter Fans

Just a little over one month to wait till the release of the final Harry Potter movie: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2.  If you haven't seen the movie trailer yet you can watch the trailer here.

If you feel the Harry Potter books and movies have been a big part of your life over the last few years, think about what the movies have meant to the actors, especially those young ones just beginning their acting careers.

If you had to describe your Harry Potter experience in one word, what would that word be?

Watch this video to find out the words some of the actors chose.

Favourite Harry Potter Character

Something for Harry Potter fans as they wait for the release of the eighth and final movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 on the 14th of July.

Do you have a favourite Harry Potter Character?

Picture source

Bloomsbury, the publisher of the Harry Potter books, is asking Harry Potter Fans everywhere to vote for their favourite character and help decide who is the official Favourite Harry Potter Character.

Voting closed on Friday 26th August 2011.

You can see the results here.

Who do you think the favourite will be?

I can't help but think the favourite character will be Harry Potter .... but, it could be Professor Dumbledore .... or then again it might be Professor Snape .... Oh I don't know, I guess we'll just have to wait till 30th August to find out.

I found out about the Favourite Harry Potter Character poll here too.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1

This picture is from HERE

Harry Potter and his Hogwarts friends will be on everyone's mind again soon as the latest movie adaption, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1, will be in cinemas from November 18.
If you would like a sneak peak you can watch the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 movie trailer here:

Click here to watch the Movie Trailer

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 is due for release in July 2011.