Comic Relief: Quidditch Through the Ages (Harry Potter's Schoolbooks)

.....any way i think the point i was going to make was that for die hard potter fans who've brought all the books and everything else they can get there hands on, a book like quidditch through the ages is bliss. It's as clever as the HP books and just gives the story's more history and realism.

for less obsessed fans these comic relief books are just refreshingly clever an innovative and make you want to e-read the book. Any one who's read the books should read them.


Only for the fans...   January 17, 2006
 9 out of 9 found this review helpful

Well, if you believe that various editions of "Harry Potter" books and glorious films of the same name aren't enough, then you're in for a treat! "Quidditch Through the Ages" is a history of No1 wizard sport and it's great fun! It is written as a Hogwarts Library book, with names of our favorite characters scrambled throught the book as if they really used it. And there is substance. Lots of it. It is evident that Mrs Rowling (cleverly signed as Kennilworthy Whisp) knows her world in details, as this book is totally in the spirit of the books. It is witty and interesting, just like "Harry Potter" books are. Although it is obvious only true fans will enjoy it, "Quidditch Through the Ages" is truly a delight!


A fun book   December 10, 2004
 14 out of 14 found this review helpful

This cute little book was actually part of a pair (along with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) produced by J.K. Rowling for the charity Comic Relief. Written in a tongue in cheek manner, this books appears to be straight from the Hogwarts School Library, complete with borrow & due date list that includes one H. Potter! Purportedly written by one Kennilworthy Whisp, this book covers the evolution of Quidditch from its inception, and along the way explains how Quidditch is played.

This is a fun book for any Harry Potter fan to own. It's a good, light-hearted read, and helps explain Quidditch to us muggles, in a manner much more clear than in the regular Harry Potter books. Bet this book!


Quidditch for the fans   May 2, 2004
 15 out of 16 found this review helpful

This book, with Magical Creatures, was written for Comic Relief and translated into many languages. Although I liked the Magical Creatures book better, this book also gives you more insight into the magical world of Harry Potter. It shows the amount of detail J.K. Rowlings puts in writing her books. Like George Lucas, director of the Star Wars movies once said: Fiction is so much harder to think up than reality; when you make up a fantasy world, every rule you think up is forever, and when you start, it is hard to imagine how this rule you have started will affect future events.

In this little book, J.K. Rowlings shows that she really did think of all the effects of the rules she made up in her fantasy world. While describing the evolution of Quidditch, she carefully maintains all the boundaries she has set in the Harry Potter books.

You can see how Harry must have enjoyed reading this book.


Charity's one thing but why this.....   January 29, 2004
 1 out of 80 found this review helpful

Ok i;ve got nothing against the author i'm sure she's a very nice lady but i don't think she wrote this and in saying this i've read the Brewers gride to myths and fairy tales and the strange thought of "repertation" and "cut and paste2 kept leaping into my head. it's raied millions for chartiy so it's a good thing but i don't think she was the author of this book