Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The book was published in the United Kingdom on 8 July 1999 by Bloomsbury and in the United States on 8 September 1999 by Scholastic Inc.[1][2][3][4] Rowling found the book easy to write, finishing it just a year after she had begun writing it. The book sold 68,000 copies in just three days after its release in the United Kingdom, and since has sold over three million in the country.[5] The book won the 1999 Whitbread Children's Book Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the 2000 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, and was short-listed for other awards, including the Hugo. Plot[edit] On an illegal visit to the village of Hogsmeade (thanks to The Marauder's Map, given to him by George Weasley and Fred Weasley), Harry overhears some of his teachers talking with Fudge about Black, saying that Black was a friend of Harry's parents, but he betrayed them and gave Voldemort access to their house, and that he also killed thirteen Muggles and his former friend Peter Pettigrew.
Pre-release history[edit] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The book was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury and in the United States by Scholastic on 16 July 2005, as well as in several other countries. It sold nine million copies in the first 24 hours after its release, a record at the time which was eventually broken by its sequel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. There were many controversies before and after it was published, including the right to read the copies delivered prior to the release date in Canada. Reception to the novel was generally positive and it won several awards and honours, including the 2006 British Book of the Year award. Reviewers noted that the book took on a darker tone than its predecessors, though it did contain humour. Synopsis[edit] After Dumbledore's funeral, Harry is devastated and tells his friends that he will not be returning to Hogwarts next year and will instead search out and kill Voldemort by destroying all of the Horcruxes.
Development[edit] Franchise[edit] Background[edit] Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Plot[edit] At Hogwarts, Harry learns that Dolores Umbridge, an employee to the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, would be the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Umbridge and Harry clash, as she, like Fudge, refuses to believe that Voldemort has returned. She punishes Harry for his rebellious outbursts by having him write "I must not tell lies" with a blood quill that carves the phrase into his skin with his own blood. She also refuses to teach her students how to perform defensive spells, prompting Harry, Ron and Hermione to form their own Defense Against the Dark Arts group, called Dumbledore's Army.
Many students sign up, including Neville Longbottom, Fred and George Weasley and Luna Lovegood. There, Umbridge provokes the centaurs by insulting them and is taken captive by them. Dumbledore explains to Harry that the prophecy states that neither Harry nor Voldemort can live while the other survives. US cover of Order of the Phoenix. Publication and release[edit] Film[edit] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The book was published in the United Kingdom on 2 July 1998 by Bloomsbury and in the United States on 2 June 1999 by Scholastic Inc. Although Rowling found it difficult to finish the book, it won high praise and awards from critics, young readers and the book industry, although some critics thought the story was perhaps too frightening for younger children. Much like with other novels in the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets triggered religious debates; some religious authorities have condemned its use of magical themes, while others have praised its emphasis on self-sacrifice and on the way in which a person's character is the result of the person's choices.
Several commentators have noted that personal identity is a strong theme in the book, and that it addresses issues of racism through the treatment of non-magical, non-human and non-living characters. Plot[edit] Lockhart turns out to be an incompetent teacher, more concerned with personal celebrity than teaching. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Most reviews were very favourable, commenting on Rowling's imagination, humour, simple, direct style and clever plot construction, although a few complained that the final chapters seemed rushed.
The writing has been compared to that of Jane Austen, one of Rowling's favourite authors, or Roald Dahl, whose works dominated children's stories before the appearance of Harry Potter, and of the Ancient Greek story-teller Homer. While some commentators thought the book looked backwards to Victorian and Edwardian boarding school stories, others thought it placed the genre firmly in the modern world by featuring contemporary ethical and social issues. Synopsis[edit] Plot[edit] Before the start of the novel, Lord Voldemort, considered to be the most evil and powerful dark wizard in history, murders married couple James and Lily Potter but mysteriously disappears after attempting to murder their infant son, Harry. For ten years, Harry is tormented by the Dursleys. The Vicar of Nibbleswicke. The Vicar of Nibbleswicke is a children's story written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.
It was first published in London in 1991, after Dahl's death, by Century.[1] The protagonist is a dyslexic vicar, and the book was written to benefit the Dyslexia Institute in London (now Dyslexia Action), with Dahl and Blake donating their rights.[2] Summary[edit] The Reverend Robert Lee, the new vicar of Nibbleswicke, is suffering from a rare and acutely embarrassing condition: Back-to-Front Dyslexia, a fictional type of dyslexia that causes the sufferer to say the most important word (often being the verb) in a sentence backwards, creating comedic situations.
For example, instead of saying knits, he will say stink; god would be dog etc. It affects only his speech, and he doesn't realize he's doing it, but the parishioners of Nibbleswicke are shocked and confused by his seemingly outrageous comments. Editions[edit] References[edit] The Vicar of Nibbleswicke. Esio Trot. Esio Trot is a 1990 children's novel written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. Story[edit] Mr. Hoppy is a shy old man who lives alone in an apartment building . For many years, he has been secretly in love with Ms. Silver, a woman who lives below him. Mr. Hoppy frequently leans over his balcony and exchanges polite conversation with Ms. Ms. Mr. Mr. Over the next few days, Mr. The following day, when Mrs. Over the next 8 weeks, Mr. Mr. Mr. Editions[edit] ISBN 0-670-83451-3 (hardcover, 1990)ISBN 0-14-034728-3 (paperback, 1991)ISBN 0-14-131133-9 (paperback, 2001)ISBN 0-14-036099-9 (paperback, 2002)ISBN 0-14-130464-2 (paperback, 2002)ISBN 0-7857-0158-3 (library binding, 2002)ISBN 0-224-06492-4 (paperback, 2003) Adaptations[edit] Stage[edit] Esio Trot was adapted to stage by Cambridge University student Ryan Ammar.
Film[edit] A 90-minute film adaptation of Esio Trot, written by Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, starring Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench as Mr. References[edit] The Twits. The Twits is a humorous children's book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. It was written in 1979, and first published in 1980. The Twits as a book has remained so successful since its publication in 1980 that it was adapted for the stage in 2007.[1] Overview[edit] The idea of The Twits was triggered by Dahl's desire to "do something against beards", because he had an acute dislike of them himself. The first sentence of the story is, "What a lot of hairy-faced men there are around nowadays! " Plot[edit] A hideous, vindictive, spiteful couple known as the Twits live together in a brick house without windows with their abused, mistreated family of pet monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, and they continuously play practical jokes on each other out of hatred for one another; Mrs.
Mr Twit[edit] Mr Twit is a horrible person, having hair that covers his entire face, with the exception of his forehead, eyes, and nose. Mrs Twit[edit] Mrs. The Tricks[edit] The Glass Eye[edit] Mrs. Film[edit] Fantastic Mr Fox. Fantastic Mr Fox is a children's novel written by British author Roald Dahl. It was published in 1970 by George Allen & Unwin in the UK and Alfred A. Knopf in the U.S., with illustrations by Donald Chaffin. The first UK Puffin paperback edition, first issued in 1974, featured illustrations by Jill Bennett. Later editions have featured illustrations by Tony Ross (1988) and Quentin Blake (1996). The story is about Mr Fox and how he outwits his farmer neighbours to steal their food from right under their noses. Two audio readings were released, one with the author narrating (ISBN 0-060-53627-6) and another with Martin Jarvis narrating (ISBN 0-141-80787-3).
Plot summary[edit] The story revolves around an anthropomorphic, tricky, clever fox named Mr. The farmers then dig up his burrow using first spades and then Caterpillar tractors. Suddenly, Mr. Film version[edit] The book was adapted into a film by director Wes Anderson. Stage adaptations[edit] Opera[edit] References[edit] Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's book by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. The story was originally inspired by Roald Dahl's experience of chocolate companies during his schooldays. Cadbury would often send test packages to the schoolchildren in exchange for their opinions on the new products. At that time (around the 1920s), Cadbury and Rowntree's were England's two largest chocolate makers and they each often tried to steal trade secrets by sending spies, posing as employees, into the other's factory.
Because of this, both companies became highly protective of their chocolate-making processes. It was a combination of this secrecy and the elaborate, often gigantic, machines in the factory that inspired Dahl to write the story.[2] Plot[edit] The story revolves around a poor young boy named Charlie Bucket born to a penniless, starving family.