Awards and Reviews For Book One

Awards: National Book Award (UK) Gold Medal Smarties Prize Publisher's Weekly Best Book of 1998 School Library Journal Best Book of 1998 Parenting Book of the Year New York Public Library Best Book of the Year 1998 An ALA Notable Book FCBG (Federation of Children's Books Group) Children's Book Award 1997 Birmingham Cable Children's Book Award 1997 Young Telegraph Paperback of the Year British Book Awards' Children's Book of the Year Sheffield Children's Book Award Anne Spencer Lindbergh Prize Sorcieres Prix 1998 Premio Cento per la Letteratura Infantile 1998 Booklist Best Book of the Year 1998 Booklist Editor's Choice 1998 Whitaker's Platinum Book Award 2001 Reviews: "I think Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a great book - it's excellent. You have to just unlock the key and the story goes straight into your head. It is very funny. I would love to be Harry and make up some magic to play on my teachers." - Tom El-Shawk (11), Smarties Young Judges "Harry Potter is a spectacular book. You start it and you just cannot put it down. I know, because my mum kept telling me off because every night I was using up the electricity very LATE! I showed Harry to my dad and he's reading it now. It's for all ages and it's BRILLIANT!" - Katrina Farrant (10), Smarties Young Judges "Splendid stuff! It's got just the right mix of normal life vs. magic to make it extraordinary and hugely readable." - David Morton, Daisy and Tom "I just loved this book, it is full of pace and interest and so very funny. There is something about Harry Potter that reminds me of Charlie Bucket in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory..." - Fiona Waters, Fiona Waters Associates "Mystery, magic, a spectacular cast of characters and a splendid plot - this is a bold and confident debut from a splendid writer and storyteller." - Lindsey Fraser, Book Trust Scotland "This is a story full of surprises and jokes; comparisons with Dahl are, this time, justified." - The Sunday Times "...Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone has all the makings of a classic... Rowling uses classic narrative devices with flair and originality and delivers and complex and demanding plot in the form of a hugely entertaining thriller. She is a first-rate writer for children." - The Scotsman "A richly textured first novel given lift-off by an inventive wit." - The Guardian "Funny, imaginative, magical... Rowling has woken up a whole generation to reading. In the 2020s, thirty-something book-lovers will know each other by smug references to Diagon Alley and Quidditch." - The Times "This is a terrific book." - Sunday Telegraph "And you thought wizardry was for children. Harry Potter will make you think again. He casts his spells on grown-ups too." - James Naughtie "A delightful award-winning debut from an author who dances in the footsteps of P.L. Travers and Roald Dahl." - Publishers Weekly

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