Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Illustrated Edition (Harry Potter, 1)

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Main articles: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001 video game), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Game Boy Advance video game), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Game Boy Color video game), and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2003 video game) Scholastic Reveals New Book Cover For 'Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone' ". The Huffington Post. AOL Lifestyle. 13 February 2013. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014 . Retrieved 14 December 2013.

Cassy, John (16 January 2003). "Harry Potter and the hottest day of summer". The Guardian. London: Guardian News and Media Limited. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013 . Retrieved 27 September 2008. Harry Potter lives with his abusive uncle and aunt, Vernon and Petunia Dursley, and their bullying son, Dudley. On Harry's eleventh birthday, Rubeus Hagrid, a half-giant, delivers an acceptance letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, revealing that Harry's parents, James and Lily Potter, were wizards. When Harry was just a year old, a powerful but malevolent dark wizard named Lord Voldemort murdered his parents; Harry survived Voldemort's killing curse that rebounded and seemingly destroyed the Dark Lord, leaving a lightning bolt-shaped scar on his forehead. Unknown to Harry, this act made him famous in the wizarding world. Argus Filch, the school caretaker who knows the school's secret passages better than anyone else except, perhaps, the Weasley twins. His cat, Mrs. Norris, aids his constant hunt for misbehaving pupils.All-Time Bestselling Children's Books". Publishers Weekly. 248 (51). 17 December 2001. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013 . Retrieved 22 January 2009.

Speed-reading after lights out". The Guardian. London: Guardian News and Media Limited. 19 July 2000. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013 . Retrieved 27 September 2008. Winerip, Michael (14 February 1999). "Children's Books". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008 . Retrieved 12 January 2009. Jury, J. (22 December 2001). "Harry Potter hides fall in number of books sold a downturn in book sales". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 7 July 2010 . Retrieved 16 May 2009.Rowling also imagined a supporting cast of adults. The headmaster of Hogwarts is the powerful, but kind wizard Albus Dumbledore, who becomes Harry's confidant. Rowling described him as "the epitome of goodness". [7] His right hand is severe Minerva McGonagall, the friendly half-giant Rubeus Hagrid, who saved Harry from the Dursley family and the sinister Severus Snape. Professor Quirrell is also featured in the novel. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PSX)". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010 . Retrieved 26 May 2009. Awards". Arthur A. Levine Books. Archived from the original on 29 April 2006 . Retrieved 21 May 2006. Harry Potter finale sales hit 11m". BBC News. 23 July 2007. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008 . Retrieved 21 August 2008.

Burbank Public Library offering digital copies of first 'Harry Potter' novel to recognize the book's 20th anniversary". Burbank Leader. 5 September 2018. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020 . Retrieved 3 September 2020. Gumm, Callum (August 2018). "Why is it Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and not the Philosopher's Stone?". Fansided. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019 . Retrieved 31 January 2019.

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 11 July 2009 . Retrieved 20 July 2007.