Happy birthday to one of kidlit's most beloved and backlashed big-name characters, Harry Potter! (He'd be thirty-nine this year. Holy hippogriff.)

The Horn Book has had a lot to say — good, bad, and damn, these books are long — about The Boy Who Lived over the years. Here's a roundup of reviews, articles, and blog posts about the series, including Roger Sutton's breakdown of how it's changed publishing.


Book reviews
Movie reviews

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part One
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part Two
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Editorials

• "Parallel Play" (September/October 2005)
• "Classic Reckoning" (July/August 2002)
• "Hansel, Hobbits, and Harry" (March/April 2002)
• "When Harry Met Dorothy" (January/February 2001)
• "Potter’s Field" (September/October 1999)

Cover art (right): José-Luis Olivares

Articles

• "Was Jo March a Ravenclaw?" by Shoshana Flax (May/June 2016)
• "What Hath Harry Wrought?" by Roger Sutton (May/June 2012)
• "The Curious Incident of the BBC Radio Show" by Madelyn Travis (September/October 2005)
• Letters to the Editor: September/October 2000
• "Hunting Down Harry Potter" by Kimbra Wilder Gish (May/June 2000)

Blog posts

• Lolly's Classroom: "Harry Potter and the Travel Ban"
• Family Reading: "Jim Dale's soporific magic"
• Out of the Box: "Harry Potter's World, right on our doorstep"
• Out of the Box: "Let Your Fan Flag Fly"
• Out of the Box: "Wrock 'n' Roll"
• Out of the Box: "Always: remembering Alan Rickman"
• Out of the Box: "Kidlit crafts"
• Out of the Box: "Headmaster?"
• Out of the Box: "What a long, magical trip it’s been"
• Read Roger: "It’s Not How Long You Make It, Is It?"
• Read Roger: "The science museum had lost its charm"

• Read Roger: "Three Little Words"

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