Product Description

An illustrated map and guide book to the legends behind the Harry Potter series Hidden in the Harry Potter stories are references to mythical crea-tures, legendary characters, real history and J.K. Rowling's own life. A beautifully illustrated poster-sized map takes readers on a worldwide treasure hunt to uncover those hidden clues. The accompanying Book of Secrets reveals even more incredible facts behind the magical places and people readers will come across in their journey.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #103613 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07-01
• Released on: 2005-06-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780312340506
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

from the author
Unfortunately, some people seem to have mistaken this item, which is a large map that comes with a very short booklet of explanations, for my full book on the subject, "The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter." The map, which was drawn by Virginia Allyn, is great. (She gets all five stars in the rating I gave it.) It's interesting and it's very funny. There's a lot of Rowling-like humor in Virginia's drawings. But obviously a map isn't going to have the same amount of information as a 40,000-word book. It's a fun poster that also happens to have substance, and it's meant for either very young fans or for those older fans who already know the background of myths and legends in Potter but want to see it all as a picture.

Great Book
Author David Colbert has done a great job in THE HIDDEN MYTHS book. Focusing on the creatures, characters and other hidden meanings within the Potter series of books, Colbert has created a book that is both easy to read and follow for all HP fans. The map is a fun addition. With Book 7 still a long way from being published, I especially found it especially entertaining to finish this book and then immediately read the new ULTIMATE HARRY POTTER TRIVIA BOOK by author Daniel Lawrence to test how much I really know (or should I say "don't" know) about Harry Potter and Books 1-6. Excellent companion book. Being both a librarian and Harry fan, I highly recommend.

waste of money
the only good part of this book is the map but even that isn't useful. i strongly suggest you don't waste your money or time on this one. You'd get the same and actually more extensive information from almost any of the other books. One of the best but even that is missing a few important things is.. Fact, Fiction, and Folklore in Harry Potter's World: An Unofficial Guide. If you want to read my review of that I'll be writing one as soon as I'm done with this.