Product Description

Did you know that : there are 700 ways of committing a foul in Quidditch? The game first began to evolve on Queerditch Marsh - What Bumphing is? That Puddlemere United is oldest team in the Britain and Ireland league (founded 1163). All this information and much more could be yours once you have read this book: this is all you could ever need to know about the history, the rules - and the breaking of the rules - of the noble wizarding sport of Quidditch.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #84652 in Books
• Published on: 2001-03-12
• Released on: 2001-03-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 42 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
JK Rowling takes her enviable ability to turn paper into gold to the next level by cleverly teaming up with Comic Relief 2001 to bring Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (a set text during Harry's first year at Hogwarts) and Quidditch Through the Ages (Harry's favourite book), to the masses--and all the money goes to charity. --Susan Harrison

From the Publisher
An Outline
Did you know that: there are 700 ways of committing a foul in Quidditch? The game first began to evolve on Queerditch Marsh? What Bumphing is? That Puddlemere United is the Oldest team in the British and Irish League (founded 1163)

All this information and much more could be yours once you have read this book. This is all you could ever need to know about the history, rules - and the breaking of the rules - of the noble wizarding sport of Quidditch.

About the Author
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was J.K. Rowling's first novel - she plans to write seven novels in all featuring Harry Potter. JK Rowling is the winner of the 1998 Bookseller's Association Author of the Year Award, and the 1999 Nibbies Author of the year Award, both the first time these awards have been given to a children's author. Film rights have now been optioned by Warner for the first two Harry Potter stories, and the film of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is due in November 2001. JK Rowling has won many awards for the Harry Potter titles, including the Nestle Smarties Award (three times), the Children's Book Award, and the Young Telegraph Book Award. Total sales of Harry Potter in the Uk, Canada and Australia currently total over an incredible 16 million copies.

Customer Reviews

A fun book
This cute little book was actually part of a pair (along with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) produced by J.K. Rowling for the charity Comic Relief. Written in a tongue in cheek manner, this books appears to be straight from the Hogwarts School Library, complete with borrow & due date list that includes one H. Potter! Purportedly written by one Kennilworthy Whisp, this book covers the evolution of Quidditch from its inception, and along the way explains how Quidditch is played.

This is a fun book for any Harry Potter fan to own. It's a good, light-hearted read, and helps explain Quidditch to us muggles, in a manner much more clear than in the regular Harry Potter books. Bet this book!

Excellent money-raiser for charity
... For any up and coming Quidditch star this book is a must; it contains the complete history of this magnificent game from when the witch Gertie Keddle first saw and wrote in her diary about the strange game she saw people playing on Queerditch Marsh way back in the eleventh century, right up until now. It explains all the ingenious anti-Muggle precautions put in place to stop Muggles coming across a game where people are flying around on broomsticks. How the game has spread worldwide, how technical advances in broom technology have improved the players' performance. And there is also a very intriguing chapter on how the Golden Snitch arrived in the game....

Only for the fans...
Well, if you believe that various editions of "Harry Potter" books and glorious films of the same name aren't enough, then you're in for a treat! "Quidditch Through the Ages" is a history of No1 wizard sport and it's great fun! It is written as a Hogwarts Library book, with names of our favorite characters scrambled throught the book as if they really used it. And there is substance. Lots of it. It is evident that Mrs Rowling (cleverly signed as Kennilworthy Whisp) knows her world in details, as this book is totally in the spirit of the books. It is witty and interesting, just like "Harry Potter" books are. Although it is obvious only true fans will enjoy it, "Quidditch Through the Ages" is truly a delight!