{"product_id":"harry-potter-and-the-philosopher-s-stone-tv-tie-in-edition-paperback","title":"Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - TV Tie-In Edition (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLoved by millions of readers worldwide, the first Harry\nPotter book is now an HBO Original Series exclusively on HBO Max. The magic\nstarts here!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHarry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping\non the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on\nyellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his\ngrisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-­eyed\ngiant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry\nPotter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and\nWizardry. An incredible journey is about to begin.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHogwarts is an ancient, turreted castle filled with moving staircases,\nenchanted ceilings and silvery ghosts. Harry has joined an extraordinary world\nof Potions classes, Quidditch matches and friends who will stand, through\neverything, by his side. But when the first-year hears of a stone with great\npowers, he learns that his school has some dark secrets of its own …\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRead the novel behind the HBO Original Series, and discover the story that\ninspired a global phenomenon.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ.K. Rowling \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the enduringly popular\nHarry Potter books. After the idea for Harry Potter came to her on a delayed\ntrain journey in 1990, she plotted out and started writing the series of seven\nbooks and the first, \u003ci\u003eHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, was\npublished in the UK in 1997. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe series took another ten years to complete, concluding in\n2007 with the publication of \u003ci\u003eHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows\u003c\/i\u003e. The\nHarry Potter books have now sold over 600 million copies in 85 languages, been\nlistened to as audiobooks for over one billion hours and made into eight smash\nhit movies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTo accompany the series, J.K. Rowling wrote three short\ncompanion volumes for charity: \u003ci\u003eQuidditch Through the Ages\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFantastic\nBeasts and Where to Find Them\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Tales of Beedle the Bard\u003c\/i\u003e, in\naid of her international children’s foundation Lumos. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them\u003c\/i\u003e went on to\ninspire a new series of films featuring Magizoologist Newt Scamander. Harry’s\nstory as a grown-up was continued in a stage play,\u003ci\u003e Harry Potter and the\nCursed Child\u003c\/i\u003e, which J.K. Rowling wrote with playwright Jack Thorne and\ndirector John Tiffany, and which is now playing in locations around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eShe is also the author of a bestselling crime fiction series\nwritten under the pen name Robert Galbraith, and two stand-alone children’s\nnovels,\u003ci\u003e The Ickabog \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Christmas Pig\u003c\/i\u003e. J.K. Rowling has\nreceived many awards and honours for her writing, including the OBE and\nCompanion of Honour, and a Blue Peter Gold Badge. She supports a wide number of\nhumanitarian causes through her charitable trust Volant and is the founder of\nthe international children’s care reform charity Lumos. To find out more about\nJ.K. Rowling visit jkrowling.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46479508635855,"sku":"9781037217098","price":19.94,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_500c00b9-4f9d-4d26-80f0-d82dadabaf52.jpg?v=1794365065","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/harry-potter-and-the-philosopher-s-stone-tv-tie-in-edition-paperback","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}