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Author Boyle, Fionna.

Title A Muggle's guide to the wizarding world : exploring the Harry Potter universe / Fionna Boyle.

Publication Info. Toronto : ECW Press, [2004]
©2004

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 823.914 BOYLE    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  823.914 BOY    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Children's Department  J823.914 BOYLE    Check Shelf
Description 466 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Note "This book has not been authorized by J.K. Rowling, Warner Bros., or anyone associated with the Harry Potter books or movies."--Cover, p. 1.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (435-440) and index.
Contents Part one: The characters. Potters -- Grangers -- Weasleys -- Dursleys -- Blacks -- Longbottoms -- Lovegoods -- Malfoys -- Hogwarts staff (present) -- Hogwarts staff (former) -- Hogwarts students -- Miscellaneous witches and wizards -- Muggles.
Part two: Hogwarts. Hogwarts: a history (and much more!) -- Getting to Hogwarts -- Grounds -- Castle -- Student activities and appointments -- Ghosts -- Houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenelaw, Slytherin -- Academics: Ancient runes, Arithmancy, Astronomy, Care of magical creatures, Charms, Defence against the dark arts, Divination, Herbology, History of magic, Muggle studies, Potions, Transfiguration, Flying, Legilemncy and occlumency -- Other wizarding schools -- Triwizard Tournament -- Hogwarts Quidditch teams and matches.
Part three: the wizarding world. Quidditch -- Quidditch World Cup -- Professional Quidditch teams and players -- Dragon Alley -- Knockturn Alley -- Hogsmeade -- St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries -- Ministry of Magic -- Order of the Phoenix -- Dark arts -- Magical beings and creatures -- Pets -- Gizmos and gadgets -- Wizarding publications -- Other locations in the wizarding world: Britain, the rest of the world -- Wizarding language.
Part four: the Muggle reader's world. British translation guide -- Differences between the books and films -- Wizarding tour of Britain -- How to host your own Harry Potter party -- World wide (wizarding) web: selected Harry Potter web sites.
Summary Presents a comprehensive guide to the characters, locations, creatures, symbolism, and mythology contained in the Harry Potter series, which includes all five books.
Subject Rowling, J. K. -- Stories, plots, etc. -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Rowling, J. K. -- Characters -- Harry Potter -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Potter, Harry (Fictitious character) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Wizards in literature.
Magic in literature.
Animals, Mythical, in literature -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genre/Form Fantasy fiction, English.
Subject Fantasy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Wizards -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Magic -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Added Title Exploring the Harry Potter universe
ISBN 155022655X
9781550226553
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