This month’s book club pick is J.K. Rowling‘s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone first published 21 years ago in 1997. Click here to read my post.
A beautiful, hardcover, full-colour illustrated edition was released in 2015. Kate Greenway Medal winning illustrator Jim Kay has captured Rowling’s magic world in over 100 gorgeous, detailed illustrations.
At 267 x 226 it is a large book, so not one for reading on the bus or train. It also has a red ribbon to use as a bookmark.
Kay’s illustrated editions of Chamber of Secrets and The Prisoner of Azkaban are sitting on my bedroom floor waiting to be devoured.
Check out this video of Jim Kay discussing his process illustrating Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
The Teen Book Club 
2 replies on “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – illustrated edition”
It’s pretty 😊 but that portrait of Harry looks kinda depressing.
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Jim Kay’s illustrations are very detailed but he does highlight the darkness of Rowling’s stories, particularly in the later illustrated editions like ‘Prisoner of Azkaban’.
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