Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
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This issue's cover is from Colin McNaughton's Hmm... Colin McNaughton discusses the thinking behind his book in Windows into Illustration. Thanks to Collins Children's Books for their help in producing this cover.
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Read by Stephen Fry
Anyone who has missed reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone should happily skip the pleasure and move straight onto the tape instead. Stephen Fry's reading of the first of the books about the young wizard and his friends in their school story setting is simply brilliant. His reading is lightly humorous, keeping just on the right side of sending up Hogwart's School for Witchcraft and Wizardry as a latter day Chalet School. He captures the strong spirit of adventure that propels the book and holds attention absolutely through the twists and turns of its beguiling and complex plotting. For eight years and upwards.
