Harry Potter comes to your home 

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Potter heads: Harry Potter in your home Harry Potter comes to your home London JK Rowling wants to make it a little easier for kids, parents and teachers stuck at home due to COVID-19 to enjoy "Harry Potter," with the author launching a website featuring a handful of school-friendly activities based on her popular book series. The new site, dubbed harrypotterathome.com, promises to "bring Hogwarts to you" via themed quizzes, videos, puzzles, and other activities. "We're casting a banishing charm to boredom!" the site claims. Rowling’s first book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" will be available this month as a free audiobook. The book will be made available on Audible's Stories platform, and the audiobook will also be available in more than a dozen languages on Overdrive library app. The announcement comes after Rowling recently announced teachers were free to read all seven "Harry Potter" books to their students via video chat. Her book series has sold more than half a billion copies worldwide since 1997, and spawned eight feature films starring Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson.

JK Rowling wants to make it a little easier for kids, parents and teachers stuck at home due to COVID-19 to enjoy “Harry Potter,” with the author launching a website featuring a handful of school-friendly activities based on her popular book series.

The new site, dubbed harrypotterathome.com, promises to “bring Hogwarts to you” via themed quizzes, videos, puzzles, and other activities. “We’re casting a banishing charm to boredom!” the site claims.

Rowling’s first book in the series, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” will be available this month as a free audiobook. The book will be made available on Audible’s Stories platform, and the audiobook will also be available in more than a dozen languages on Overdrive library app.

The announcement comes after Rowling recently announced teachers were free to read all seven “Harry Potter” books to their students via video chat. Her book series has sold more than half a billion copies worldwide since 1997, and spawned eight feature films starring Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson.


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