Comic Relief

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

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I admit it I'm a Potter obsessed maniac !!! - Rated
Maybe I'm a little too obsessed, I've read and reread and read some more, Ive read all the "theory of.." and "behind..."s, I've read all the quiz books and have found them very easy, I've even been on every rumor page i can find and spread any as many theories that my little brain can come up with.

.....any way i think the point i was going to make was that for die hard potter fans who've brought all the books and everything else they can get there hands on, a book like quidditch through the ages is bliss. It's as clever as the HP books and just gives the story's more history and realism.

for less obsessed fans these comic relief books are just refreshingly clever an innovative and make you want to e-read the book. Any one who's read the books should read them.

Only for the fans... - Rated
Well, if you believe that various editions of "Harry Potter" books and glorious films of the same name aren't enough, then you're in for a treat! "Quidditch Through the Ages" is a history of No1 wizard sport and it's great fun! It is written as a Hogwarts Library book, with names of our favorite characters scrambled throught the book as if they really used it. And there is substance. Lots of it. It is evident that Mrs Rowling (cleverly signed as Kennilworthy Whisp) knows her world in details, as this book is totally in the spirit of the books. It is witty and interesting, just like "Harry Potter" books are. Although it is obvious only true fans will enjoy it, "Quidditch Through the Ages" is truly a delight!

A fun book - Rated
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!

Quidditch for the fans - Rated
This book, with Magical Creatures, was written for Comic Relief and translated into many languages. Although I liked the Magical Creatures book better, this book also gives you more insight into the magical world of Harry Potter. It shows the amount of detail J.K. Rowlings puts in writing her books. Like George Lucas, director of the Star Wars movies once said: Fiction is so much harder to think up than reality; when you make up a fantasy world, every rule you think up is forever, and when you start, it is hard to imagine how this rule you have started will affect future events.

In this little book, J.K. Rowlings shows that she really did think of all the effects of the rules she made up in her fantasy world. While describing the evolution of Quidditch, she carefully maintains all the boundaries she has set in the Harry Potter books.

You can see how Harry must have enjoyed reading this book.

Charity's one thing but why this..... - Rated
Ok i;ve got nothing against the author i'm sure she's a very nice lady but i don't think she wrote this and in saying this i've read the Brewers gride to myths and fairy tales and the strange thought of "repertation" and "cut and paste2 kept leaping into my head. it's raied millions for chartiy so it's a good thing but i don't think she was the author of this book