Ready to begin your Hogwarts journey? Simply flip open the first Harry Potter book, or switch on your audiobook, and let’s begin.
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Draco Malfoy is the icy blond Hogwarts student that Harry meets at Diagon Alley, although he doesn’t quite like him much. Harry soon learns that Draco looks down at other people a lot – being mean to Ron when he first meets him! How dare he!
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Learn more about Flourishs and Blotts, a bookseller with shelves stacked to the ceiling full of every type of wizarding book you can imagine.
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James and Lily Potter were Harry Potter’s parents. Sadly, they died when Harry was only a baby – at the hands of Lord Voldemort. Harry is often told he takes after them, with the same hair and personality traits as his dad, and the same eyes as his mum.
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Rubeus Hagrid is the man who changes everything for Harry Potter – the person who tells him he is, indeed, a wizard. At Hogwarts, Hagrid is the Hogwarts ‚Keeper of the Keys‘ and gamekeeper, living in a wooden hut on the Hogwarts grounds.
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Wizard’s chess is just like Muggle chess – except the pieces come to life and knock each other out! Ron Weasley is a noted master of the game.
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Have you noticed how witches and wizards have weird and wonderful names? When you’ve read this list of our favourites, you can discover your own wizarding world name with Bloomsbury’s Harry Potter Name Generator!
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Rubeus Hagrid might have been the person to tell Harry that he’s a wizard, but did you know that he isn’t allowed to do magic himself? We explore why this beloved character is not allowed a wand.
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Meet the Dursleys: Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia, and cousin Dudley…
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To get into Hogwarts you must have the ability to produce magic. Obviously, children don’t use a wand until they attend school – so young witches and wizards demonstrate they are magical by doing something accidentally, often when scared or angry.
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