07-10-2017, 02:26 PM
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'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' new U.S. & UK illustrated covers revealed
Bloomsbury and Scholastic released the two different covers for the U.K. and U.S. editions of the upcoming Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them updated edition, set for publication this November 7, 2017.
The American edition features a Griffin, while the British cover includes the Occamy, one of to the creatures added to the new edition by J.K. Rowling, all illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill. Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education, and media company, today reveals the stunning cover of the full-color illustrated edition of Newt Scamander’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling. Illustrated by fine artist Olivia Lomenech Gill, the cover features the griffin, a beast with the head and front legs of a giant eagle, and the body and hind legs of a lion.
Publishing on November 7, 2017, this glorious new color edition of the updated Hogwarts library classic features an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Olivia Lomenech Gill, a Kate Greenaway Medal shortlisted artist, has illustrated every beast from Acromantula to Yeti, using a variety of techniques, including prints and etchings, watercolor, and charcoal sketches.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has been an approved textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since its original publication. Newt Scamander’s masterpiece has entertained wizarding families through the generations and is an indispensable introduction to the magical beasts of the wizarding world. Scamander’s years of travel and research have created a tome of unparalleled importance. Some of the beasts will be familiar to readers of the Harry Potter books – the Hippogriff, the Basilisk, and the Hungarian Horntail. Others will surprise even the most ardent amateur Magizoologist.
Based on the textbook, the 2016 film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them takes us to a new era of J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, decades before Harry Potter and half a world away. Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne stars in the central role of wizarding world Magizoologist Newt Scamander, under the direction of David Yates, who helmed the last four Harry Potter features. The film marks the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, whose script was inspired by the Hogwarts textbook of the same name, written by her character Newt Scamander
For every sale of this book, Scholastic will donate 10% of the suggested retail price to two charities selected by the author J.K. Rowling: Comic Relief, a UK-based charity that strives to create a just world, free from poverty (Comic Relief), and Lumos, a charity founded by J.K. Rowling that works to end the institutionalization of children (wearelumos.org).
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