"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" Special Anniversary Edition to Be Released on September 23, 2008 by Scholastic

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Tue May 20, 2008 10:16am EDT 

  NEW YORK, NY, May 20 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
 "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," the first book in J.K. Rowling's
phenomenallybest-selling series, will be released in a special anniversary
edition on
September 23, 2008.  The book, published by Scholastic, will feature exclusive
bonus material from J.K. Rowling as well as new cover art and a four-color
frontispiece by Mary GrandPre. 

    The special anniversary cover of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
(Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine; $30.00) depicts 11-year-old Harry looking into the
Mirror of Erised, which Harry comes across in his first year at Hogwarts
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and learns that the mirror shows you what you
most desire.

    "It's a real treat for me to get another chance to visually bring Harry back
to
his fans in not only a new scene, but in a new light," said American
illustrator of the Harry Potter books,  Mary GrandPre.  "Going back to draw the
first cover for the anniversary edition was an opportunity for me to show
another
side of Harry... a vulnerable side.  Having come to know and love Harry the
way we all have, after experiencing the whole series, I think we can appreciate
him even more on an emotional level."

    Published in the United States in September 1998, "Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone" was praised by The New York Times as, "... as funny, moving
and impressive as the story behind the writing.  [J.K. Rowling] had wizardry
inside, and has soared beyond her modest muggle surroundings to achieve
something quite special."  There are currently 28 million copies of "Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in print in the U.S. alone, and 375million
copies of the seven books in the Harry Potter series have sold worldwide in 65
languages.

    For more information about Harry Potter visit
www.scholastic.com/harrypotter.

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