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Exploring Harry Potter (Beacham's Sourcebooks for Teaching Young Adult Fiction) (Paperback)

by Elizabeth D. Schafer (Author)
2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 479 pages
  • Publisher: Ebury Press; Second Impression edition (30 Nov 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0091879302
  • ISBN-13: 978-0091879303
  • Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,104,153 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Designed for those reading with, teaching or parenting Harry Potter fans, this guidebook helps adults encourage young readers to gain enhanced enjoyment of the Potter legend. It explores the origins and mysteries of Harry's world, its history, science, magic, mythology, setting, characters, themes, food and sports. The sourcebook includes projects and activities for young readers, questions that should generate lively discussion between parents and children, website details for internet research by young surfers, lesson plans for teachers, and resources for librarians.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed., 10 Jun 2001
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Reading the blurb I really thought the book would offer a lot more than it actually did. looking at it from the outside it looks very good - a nice thick book promising a lot, but you open it up and see the large, spaced out print. And then you start reading, and you realise that it's not really what you were expecting. The information it gives you is either very obscure, which does not help you to understand the book as it is probably not what the author meant, not relevant, or just extremely mediocre facts you probably either already know, or don't want or need to know. I think I knew more than this book told me by discussing with some people on a message board, and I was very cynical and critical of what this book was telling me. I expected more information on tradition which influenced Harry Potter, but there was not much there. A serious waste of money and time.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Don't bother with this book, 23 Feb 2002
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On the surface this should be a good book. However Elizabeth Schafer draws conclusions about certain areas of Harry Potter that make me think she hasn't even read the books e.g. her ideas on what Red Caps are, when it is fully explained in both the "Prisoner of Azkaban" and "Fantastic Beasts and where to find them". Others are so obvious they're laughable e.g. the similarities between "Lucius" and "Lucifer". My advice is that if you want to know more about the background to Harry Potter, buy "The Magical World of Harry Potter". You get better information and more thought out information for a lot less money.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointing, 19 Mar 2001
Oh dear! This book could have been so good - and it isn't. If the author had just researched her subject a little more instead of relying on widely known facts and shaky links to fairy tales (inaccurately quoted) and mythology (limited scope). Lucius Malfoy for example. According to this book, the name 'Lucius' sounds like 'Lucifer'. Oh dear, oh dear! No further research into the name, where it came from, why it is suitable for the character. A real let-down, especially when you consider fine books to which they are supposed to be a guide.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of time, Waste of money
I brought this book after reading the Harry Potter books thinking that it would expand my knowledge and understanding. Unfortuantly I have been greatly let down. Read more
Published on 26 Mar 2001

3.0 out of 5 stars Promises a lot but disappoints
I was expecting more from this book, however I was disappointed. One quarter of the book is not about Harry Potter at all! Read more
Published on 13 Mar 2001 by jgregory@abingdoncollege.ac.uk

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of time, energy and effort
I have to admit that I only read about half the book - but nowhere in those pages did I see anything discussed by the author which has not been a topic of conversation on the... Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2001 by Heidi Tandy

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good reading.
This book has loads of good information, on where the main charaters names and charateristics come from, to legends which already exist and perhaps influenced Rowling. Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2001

1.0 out of 5 stars Complete & utter b*ll
I have yet to find a single sentence in this book that actually says something I didn't know. Don't buy this unless you really haven't got a clue. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2001 by Daniel A. Barnhoorn

5.0 out of 5 stars A book which will be treasured for life
Like the Harry Potter books I was unable to put this book down it really gave me a better undersatnding of the magic. Read more
Published on 4 Dec 2000 by neverquit40@hotmail.com

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