J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series

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When Harry Meets SCARY
The new Potter is a lot darker and seeks a new audience: older kids

The Dark Side of Potter
In his second movie adventure, the world's favorite wizard grows up a little and gets into plenty of terrifying trouble. Are your kids ready for scary harry?

Faking It
Harry Potter and the Dread Pirates of Intellectual Property

Wizardry Without Magic
The Harry Potter film has loads of technical expertise but lacks the enthralling life of Rowling's original

The First Look At Harry
Just how high does the boy wizard fly in the year's most anticipated movie?

A Case Of Fowl Play
A less magical book tries to horn in on Harry Potter

Magic 101
Harry Potter's textbooks now cast their own spell

The Magic Of Potter
J.K. Rowling's wizardry turned on a new generation to that old technology, the wondrous printed word

Harry Potter and the Delayed Pub Date
Planning to read Harry Potter V next summer? Don't count on it — until at least 2002

Why 'Harry Potter' Did a Harry Houdini
J. K. Rowling's books were cluttering up the country's most-watched best-seller list, writes TIME's Richard Corliss, so the New York Times kicked them off. Now a truly mature author is number one: Danielle Steel

The Wait Was Worth It: That Old Harry Magic Is Back Again
TIME book reviewer Paul Gray zipped through the new Harry Potter — all 734 pages — and concluded that for those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like

They're Just Wild About 'Harry' (Potter, That Is)
TIME.com's piece about adult fans of the publishing sensation launched an avalanche of e-mail. Here's a selection...

Extra! Extra! Page One of the New 'Harry Potter'
TIME.com associate producer Jennifer Hunt had the thrill of touching, holding — yes! — one of the first copies of the latest episode. Here, she explains her obsession with all things Potter...

Wild About Harry
The exploits of a young wizard have enchanted kids and adults alike and brought a new kind of magic to children's literature

Abracadabra!
J.K. Rowling's magical Harry Potter books have cast a spell on kids around the world

Fiction Drills
Summer's here, and your child isn't reading? Time to start a book boot camp—for both of you

The Wizard of Hogwarts
A novice sorcerer's exploits are magical to kids—and adults