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Hermione Granger is one of three friends in the Harry Potter series. She was first introduced in the Sorcerer’s Stone, which was published in 1997. She initially appears in the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, as a new student on her way to Hogwarts.

As the series progresses, she becomes close friends with Harry Potter and often uses her quick wit and encyclopaedic knowledge to help him. Along with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger helps solve the mysteries surrounding the school and saving people from Lord Voldemort.

Hermione is known as a very smart individual who always has the answers. She tends to enjoy showing off her intelligence. She knows many of the school books by heart and often quotes from them.

Hermione panics at the thought of her grades falling five percent below maximum. Her mother and father are Muggles, both of whom are dentists. Hermione’s parents are open-minded and fully support their witch daughter.

You can create your own Hermione Granger costume by following the steps below.

Hermione has long, sandy-blonde, flyaway hair. You could style your hair or buy a wig.  At Hogwarts school the wizards use a plain black robe, hat and gloves. You can buy one at a religious store. These are usually worn by church choir members.  Get an old book bag. Hermione loves her studies more than anyone. Thus, carrying a book bag gives you a better portrayal of the character.  Stuff the book bag almost full with book-sized objects. It doesn’t need to be a real book. You could put book-sized styrofoams.

For an added touch carry around a few Harry Potter books. Along with the book bag, carrying books give the impression of a bookworm. Hermione carries books most of the time.  Wear a white collared button down dress shirt and tie. This should go on underneath the black robe.  Don’t forget to wear a skirt, Hermione almost always wears a skirt. Finally, Make sure to carry a wand. Hermione and the rest of the Harry Potter characters always carry wands, so make sure you have one too. It doesn’t matter how it looks as long as you have a wand.

For more stylish costumes for this Harry Potter character, there are plenty to choose from. Many websites offer readily designed costumes ready for purchase.

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British author J.K. Rowling of Harry Potter fame has written a new book entitled The Tales of Beedle The Bard. The actual book was first mentioned in the Harry Potter series, in particular, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. While fans might be trying to get their hands on a cheap copy of The Tales of Beedle The Bard, the origins of it coming into print was via a more expensive route.

J.K. Rowling originally produced only seven copies of the new book, where each was individually handwritten and drawn by the author herself. Via an auction, one copy was sold to Amazon.com for almost 2 million pounds, a record of sorts. While the auction proceeds were donated to charity, the book was then further put into mass publishing for the general public, in order to provide a long term return for the charity at the same time.

As mentioned, the book originally appeared in the fictional series itself. Albus Dumbledore, who oversaw the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the world of Harry Potter, gave The Tales of Beedle The Bard to Hermione Granger. What Hermione had in his possession was typical of such items in a mythical and fantasy world. With embossed runic symbols on its cover and a roughshod binding in place, it also served as a tool in the introduction of the Deathly Hallows.

True to her ability to stir the imaginations of children and adults worldwide, J.K. Rowling had originally made seven copies of the book. To reproduce a feeling of ancient mysticism and a product of a fantasy world, the books were produced from special material, such as Moroccan leather and embellished by various precious stones. In fact, Rowling only decided to add a seventh copy of the book in order to lend her cause to the charity The Children’s Voice, with which she has a personal connection to and relation with.

Barry Levine
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Many people have discovered the joys of listening to their favorite fiction authors on audio book, but not many realize the great detail and behind the scenes preparation that goes into the recording and production of an audio book. The total length of the audio book versions of the immensely popular “Harry Potter” series, for instance, is 117 hours and four minutes. According to officials at Listening Library, the Random House division that publishes the audio books, it would take five days to listen straight to all seven books. The final audio book in the series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” alone, s 21 hours, 38 minutes long and consists of 17 CDs or 12 audio cassettes. The narrator for all seven “Harry Potter” audio books is English actor Jim Dale, who has won Grammy awards for his performances of more than 200 characters in the fiction series. He holds the record for creating the most voices in an audio book in the Guinness Book of World Records. Recording audio books is tricky, says Dale, who only saw his material two or three days before his recording was to begin. And he never knew where the story was going as he never got the chance to read the entire book before he started. On a good day, Dale read the audio books at a rate of 18 to 20 pages an hour, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with several breaks to protect his voice. It usually took ten days to complete the audio book recordings. The published print version of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” is 784 pages, and it required almost two and a half weeks to record the audio book. The publishers kept digital files of all the voices Dale used so that he could recreate them for each audio book. But he had to take into the account the aging of the main characters Harry, Ron and Hermione, who started out as 10 and 11 in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” and who are now 17 and 18 in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” For new characters, Dale used a tape recorder to record one or two sentences in a new voice and noted the place in the text. At the studio he would rewind until he found the right voice and play it back to refresh his memory before recording the audio book. The producers were great sticklers to being absolutely verbatim to the text of the audio books, and Dale admits there were many mistakes, especially when he stumbled on words not on the author’s list. He would have to record it in context in several ways to account for every possible pronunciation. “If she says ‘someone laughs, ha, ha, ha, and I do four ha’s,’ I am stopped and told, ‘Just do three,” says Dale.

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There has always been a lucrative market for books for children. Parents will know that the bedtime story is an opportunity for parent and child to bond. For some reason, human beings need stories and children particularly need that parallel world. Fairy stories, as well as being entertaining, also served to teach good moral values in the child. Then, books for children tended to split into stories for boys and stories for girls. This demarcation line is more blurred today.

Boys have always tended to read adventure stories involving pirates, explorers, and soldiers. Girls were apt to read about ponies, finishing schools, and training to be a nurse. Occasionally in books for children, there would be a tomboy such as George in the Famous Five books. The past told of an idyllic world where children could safely play all day in the woods or on the river, unsupervised by interfering adults. In today’s books for children, the girls get stuck into dangerous situations as much as the boys. Take Hermione from the Harry Potter books, for instance.

The modern reader may think the classic books for children from yesteryear to be a little quaint, but that’s part of their charm. Reading them is similar to snuggling in front of an old black and white movie. It’s a comfort blanket. The world of Peter Pan and Wind In The Willows is reassuring.

Every so often, children’s fiction throws up a genius. Roald Dahl was one such man, when he wrote books for children, creating edgy stories in which few grown ups were to be trusted. There is more cynicism and less naivety in his books. The world sadly lost Roald Dahl, but there was another genius waiting around the corner, and her name was JK Rowling.

The Harry Potter books seem to appeal as much to boys and girls. Boys who had never expressed any interest in reading voluntarily now await the next Potter book impatiently. Some critics say there is no place for religion in the Potter world, and children should not be exposed to the dark arts of magic. Read any of the Potter books for children, and the child will learn about comradeship, loyalty and courage. Not bad values for any of us.

Publishers are desperately looking for the next success story in books for children. It could be someone being rejected right now. JK Rowling was turned down nine times before her first book was accepted.

Susan Atkinson
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