All harry potter book covers11/7/2022 ![]() ![]() Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Scholastic’s August 2013 cover by Kazu Kibuishi. These days, it’s not surprising to see more serious, scary images on children’s book covers. Children’s literature has evolved much since the Harry Potter novels were first published and the evolution of the covers certainly show that. ![]() The same goes for the original UK covers, which were designed by Thomas Taylor, Cliff Wright, Giles Greenfield, and Jason Cockcroft. Even as the book became more serious the covers still maintained a sense of innocence. Mary Granpré, who designed the original US covers, maintains a cheerful/innocent tone that was probably perceived as more appealing to younger kids. Harry is usually drawn as a smaller figure in comparison to the other images in the scene to portray the enormity of the events he faces. Jonny Duddle, the UK illustrator of Bloomsbury’s September 2014 books, emphasizes the obstacles Harry faces. So Harry is always placed in the foreground sometimes as larger than the other characters or with a spotlight (glowing glasses). Kazu Kibuishi, who illustrated Scholastic’s 2013 covers (The illustration of Hogsmeade above is by Kibuishi.), always tries to place the focus on Harry, which makes sense because the story is about him. When placed together, it’s easy to see the different elements the illustrators chose to emphasize. I will highlight my favorites and will list the covers I like that were published in other countries. Here, I will compare the covers (the original vs. Last year, Scholastic released new covers for the US edition of the books for its fifteenth anniversary. But for now I’ll focus on the covers.īack in July, Bloomsbury announced that it will publish new covers for the UK edition of the Harry Potter books this September. The Harry Potter bug usually bites me once a year and infects me with a need to reread a Harry Potter novel, usually the first book. I guess I will be rereading the seventh book soon as well. Yes, this is just an excuse to indulge in my Harry Potter fanaticism. While laying in bed this morning contemplating what to write, the idea popped into my head to do a post on my favorite Harry Potter book covers. ![]()
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