Enjoying a Butterbeer Forget the Sorting Hat for a moment, because the absolute first thing any Harry Potter fan must do in ...

Music creates unity among peoples, cultures and nations. Music can touch the soul, making it our universal means of communication. 2 Is this what Dumbledore means when he defines music as "a magic ...

Since I first read and subsequently reread and rereread all the Harry Potter books I have been thinking about the recurring themes, such as a mother's love or a hero's journey. The thing my mind ...

When I finished reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, I was seriously bummed. Dumbledore dying? I mean, I expected it to happen at some point, but I just wasn't ready for it this soon.

Besides J.K. Rowling's well-publicized plans for a total of seven books tracing the life of Harry Potter and his seven years of schooling at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, there are ...

There are many forms of authority. Those exercised in the books include legal, parental, and moral authority. The use of authority relies first on the acknowledgement by both parties to the ...

J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, has called Leaky “my favorite fan site” and “a wonderfully well-designed mine of accurate information on all things Harry Potter” that ...

"When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love¦" - Professor Slughorn 1 I want to look at Snape to try and answer this question: Did Snape ...

A British woman writing about a fictional high school for the magically gifted has quietly reinvented higher education in the United States. Harry Potter, "the boy who lived' has become the boy ...

The most maddening and deliciously exciting thing about reading the Harry Potter series is J.K. Rowling's ability to introduce the most unassuming detail and turn it into a major plot twist.

Snape wears robes that have special sleeves that flare out a lot at the arms and are split up to the shoulder. Use the How-To Slytherin Robes tutorial available on about.com in their DIY Fashion ...

US 6 (4 mm) or US 8 (5 mm) 12-16" (30.5 cm - 40.6 cm) circular needle, size dependent on gauge ...