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Article: THE FANTASTIC Harry Potter.(using the Harry Potter books as teaching aids)
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- Instructor (1990)
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- August 1, 2000
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The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling has become one of the most popular children's series of our time. Featuring a young orphan who discovers--at the age of 11--that his parents had magical powers and that he is a wizard, the books chronicle Harry's adventures in magic at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. With such an appealing, noble hero and a vividly drawn cast of friends and enemies, it's easy to understand why these books have kindled a nationwide interest in fantasy. Chances are many of your students spent the first part of the summer in rapt anticipation of the release of the fourth book in the series, published just last month.
The fantasy ...