The special anniversary cover of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"(Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine; $30.00) depicts 11-year-old Harry lookinginto the Mirror of Erised, which Harry comes across in his first year atHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and learns that the mirrorshows you what you most desire.

"It's a real treat for me to get another chance to visually bring Harryback to his fans in not only a new scene, but in a new light," saidAmerican illustrator of the Harry Potter books, Mary GrandPré. "Goingback to draw the first cover for the anniversary edition was an opportunityfor me to show another side of Harry... a vulnerable side. Having come toknow and love Harry the way we all have, after experiencing the wholeseries, I think we can appreciate him even more on an emotional level."

Published in the United States in September 1998, "Harry Potter and theSorcerer's Stone" was praised by The New York Times as, "... as funny,moving and impressive as the story behind the writing. [J.K. Rowling] hadwizardry inside, and has soared beyond her modest muggle surroundings toachieve something quite special." There are currently 28 million copies of"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in print in the U.S. alone, and375million copies of the seven books in the Harry Potter series have soldworldwide in 65 languages.

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