- Turtleback
- Publisher: Demco Media (Mar 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0439334640
- ISBN-13: 978-0439334648
- ASIN: 0606221417
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13.7 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (83 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 642,257 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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JK Rowling takes her enviable ability to turn paper into gold to the next level by cleverly teaming up with Comic Relief 2001 to bring Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (a set text during Harry's first year at Hogwarts) and Quidditch Through the Ages (Harry's favourite book), to the masses--and all the money goes to charity. --Susan Harrison
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Did you know that: there are 700 ways of committing a foul in Quidditch? The game first began to evolve on Queerditch Marsh? What Bumphing is? That Puddlemere United is the Oldest team in the British and Irish League (founded 1163)
Did you know that: there are 700 ways of committing a foul in Quidditch? The game first began to evolve on Queerditch Marsh? What Bumphing is? That Puddlemere United is the Oldest team in the British and Irish League (founded 1163)
All this information and much more could be yours once you have read this book. This is all you could ever need to know about the history, rules - and the breaking of the rules - of the noble wizarding sport of Quidditch. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This cute little book was actually part of a pair (along with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) produced by J.K. Rowling for the charity Comic Relief. Written in a tongue in cheek manner, this books appears to be straight from the Hogwarts School Library, complete with borrow & due date list that includes one H. Potter! Purportedly written by one Kennilworthy Whisp, this book covers the evolution of Quidditch from its inception, and along the way explains how Quidditch is played.
This is a fun book for any Harry Potter fan to own. It's a good, light-hearted read, and helps explain Quidditch to us muggles, in a manner much more clear than in the regular Harry Potter books. Bet this book!
54 of 56 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
At risk of giving away too many of the laughs contained within this slim volume, I promise that I shall reveal only one of them at the end of this slender review.
I'm proud to be one of the many adult fans of Ms Rowling and have thoroughly enjoyed her superb novels to date. The only hint of boredom being the early section of Book IV (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) which deals with the Quidditch World Cup and may probably only have had interest for true fans of Quidditch, yet is somewhat dull for the rest of us.
However, I am now a complete convert! Kennilworthy Whisp has written an unusual thing in the world of sports books. That is, one which will be read with pleasure by many who are not fans.
Finally, the presentation of 13 teams in the U.K. league encourages the reader to select their own team. Mine is the Chudley Cannons. Why? How can you NOT support a team which changes its team motto from "We shall conquer" to "Lets all just keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best".
UP THE CANNONS!!!!!
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
... For any up and coming Quidditch star this book is a must; it contains the complete history of this magnificent game from when the witch Gertie Keddle first saw and wrote in her diary about the strange game she saw people playing on Queerditch Marsh way back in the eleventh century, right up until now. It explains all the ingenious anti-Muggle precautions put in place to stop Muggles coming across a game where people are flying around on broomsticks. How the game has spread worldwide, how technical advances in broom technology have improved the players' performance. And there is also a very intriguing chapter on how the Golden Snitch arrived in the game....
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The game from Queerditch Marsh
As an extra book to the Harry Potter saga, this volume really shows the depth of this wizard game, called Quidditch, that J K Rowling has written about in her series. Read more
Published 6 days ago by Omnes
Disappointing
I read this book as I aim to read all of the Harry Potter series. I understand that this book has raised and awful lot of money for charity, but it really isn't very interesting,... Read more
Published 12 days ago by Martensgirl
Very good.
I first saw these books when I was visiting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter however it was extremely over priced due to where it was. Read more
Published 19 days ago by Jade.
Fantastic!
This book is such a fun and insightful book into the world of quidditch. Rowling herself has put so much thought into not only the origins of the game but also the evolution. Read more
Published 28 days ago by Orla McHugh
A must for every Potterhead!
This book is a must for every Harry Potter fan :)
It was great reading about the history of Quidditch and about the rules. I felt like playing Quidditch afterwards!
It was great reading about the history of Quidditch and about the rules. I felt like playing Quidditch afterwards!
Published 1 month ago by J. Dhillon
Awesome
Another great title by J.K Rowling - quiditch through the ages provides exquisite knowledge on everything to do with - well, quidditch!
Published 3 months ago by Charlz
Amazing book (:
I found this was a very good companion book to the Harry Potter series. It's amazing to actually see what they are talking about when they get a book out of the library, for... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Tilly
fantastic book
This book is really interesting and I love it, fantastic read, I'd seriously reccomend it to the whole Potter fandom.
Published 3 months ago by RioAshcroft
My Review for QTHA
The product was extremely good quality, small, and easily goes into a bag for light reading throughout the day. Read more
Published 3 months ago by F.R.A.N-S.P.A.C.E
WOW
just like the harry potter series this book was not only entertaining, it was also strangely informing in to every detail of the sport. Read more
Published 4 months ago by kimmie
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