Rick DeMonico

"Hogwarts Through the Years" is a nice keepsake for any die-hard fan of the Harry Potter films. It features photos from all five movies to date ("Harry potter and the Order of the Phoenix"). There are pictures of the Hogwarts staff and student portraits of the various Houses as well. Included are pictures of Quidditch scenes and other Hogwarts school organizations (stand-outs were Dumbledore's Army & the Inquisitorial Squad).

The book has a glossy hardcover, which lends it a nice appearance show more (looks great standing next to my other hardcover HP books). But I can only give this book four stars since Instead of high-quality images, some of the photos of students are nothing but cropped, low-resolution screen caps from the movies. They're blurry and look bad juxtaposed with the other higher-quality images. And I did wish that Scholastic waited for the movie adaption of the magical beasts instead of presenting the readers with paintings.

Still, I don't regret the purchase; it does provide you with a longer time to pore over the movie stills of the world of Harry Potter than you normally would if you were watching the movies.

Book Details:

Title Hogwarts Through The Years Poster Book
Author Scholastic Inc.
Reviewed By Purplycookie show less

Hogwarts Through the Years Poster Book is a collectible companion for Harry Potter fans, featuring full-color posters and images taken directly from the Warner Bros. films. Rather than telling a new story, the book presents iconic scenes, character portraits, location shots, and memorabilia-style artwork from Hogwarts and the wizarding world. Readers can pull out the posters to display or keep them in the book as part of a visual collection.

Pictures - no words! Or at least, nearly no words. Very nice slightly over-sized photos from the Harry Potter movies through Goblet of Fire. Set up very much like a school annual, with pictures of students, staff, sports, and candids of student life.