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   もしも人生最初の10年間を、自分をひどく嫌う一家の階段の下で寝泊まりするとしたら？ そこを途方もない、「魔術的な」運命のいたずらで、いきなり魔法使いや、カゴに入ったシロフクロウや、不死鳥の羽根の入った杖や、イチゴ味、カレー味、草味、イワシ味…などなどのゼリービーンズに取り囲まれたとしたら？ いや、そればかりか、なんと自分まで魔法使いだとわかったとしたら！

   これらはまさに、J.K.ローリングの魅力的で笑いにあふれるデビュー作、『Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone』（邦題『ハリー・ポッターと賢者の石』）の主人公、幼いハリー・ポッターの身に起こったことなのだ。魔法とは無縁の人間（「マグル」）の世界では、ハリーは何者でもなく、おじやおばから邪魔者扱いされているばかり。おじとおばはハリーの両親が邪悪な魔法使い、ヴォルデモートに殺されたあと、いやいやハリーを引き取ったのだ。ところが魔法使いの世界では、小柄でやせっぽちのハリーは、ヴォルデモートに殺されそうになりながらも生き残った子どもとしてきわめて名の通った存在。死を免れたハリーには稲妻形の額の傷と、驚くほど研ぎ澄まされた感覚だけが残ったのだった。それに、あふれるほどの不思議な力が、自分はおばやおじや、わがままでブタそっくりのいとこのダドリーとはまったく…何から何まで違うんだと気づかせてくれるのだった。

   気さくな巨人、ハグリッドが届けてくれた不思議な手紙がもとで、マグルに虐げられていた、惨めなハリーの生活は一変する。「貴殿にホグワーツ魔法魔術学校の入学許可が下りたことをお知らせできるのは誠にうれしいかぎりです」。当然、バーノンおじさんはめちゃめちゃ不機嫌になってわめき出す。「気の狂ったまぬけじじいがこいつに魔法なんぞを教えるのに、わしは金なんか出すつもりはないぞ！！」ところが、あっという間にハリーはフクロウのヘドウィグとともにホグワーツ校に到着している。この学校で、本当の冒険── 愉快で不気味でスリル満点の冒険── が始まるのだ。

 『Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone』は当初イギリスで『Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone』として出版され、その後イギリスの主な賞を獲得し続けている。これまでに英国文学賞、スマーティーズ賞、児童文学賞を受賞、カーネギー賞やニューベリー賞英国版の候補にもなった。この不思議な魔力で心を引きつける本は、将来も古典となって読み続けられることだろう。本書を読んだ子どもたちは、『Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets』（邦題『ハリー・ポッターと秘密の部屋』）や『Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban』（邦題『ハリー・ポッターとアズカバンの囚人』）も夢中で読みたがるはずだ。 --このテキストは、 CD 版に関連付けられています。

世界中の子どもから大人までが物語に惹きこまれ、映画化も実現した「ハリー・ポッター」シリーズの第1作。
両親を亡くしたハリー少年は、赤ちゃんのころに人間の親戚に預けられたが、11歳の誕生日を迎えるとき、ホグワーツ魔法学校からハリーのもとに入学許可証が届く。魔法学校では誰ひとりとしてハリーを知らない者はいない、魔法使いの子だと、はじめて知らされるハリー。
友だちや信頼できる先生と出会い、魔法を身につけながら、自分の両親の命を絶った邪悪な力との運命の戦いを繰り広げてゆく。戦いに挑む勇気と大切な人を守る勇気を合わせもち、ハリーは冒険を続けてゆく。全7巻のうち、現在出版されているのは5巻。子どもたちに「本を読む楽しさ」を味わわせてくれるシリーズだ。(か)
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Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon's house, which he thinks is normal for someone like him whose parents have been killed in a "car crash". He is rescued into a world where magic lessons are the order of the day. --このテキストは、絶版本またはこのタイトルには設定されていない版型に関連付けられています。

Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon's house, which he thinks is normal for someone like him who's parents have been killed in a 'car crash'. He is bullied by them and his fat, spoilt cousin Dudley, and lives a very unremarkable life with only the odd hiccup (like his hair growing back overnight!) to cause him much to think about. That is until an owl turns up with a letter addressed to Harry and all hell breaks loose! He is literally rescued by a world where nothing is as it seems and magic lessons are the order of the day. Read and find out how Harry discovers his true heritage at Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, the reason behind his parents mysterious death, who is out to kill him, and how he uncovers the most amazing secret of all time, the fabled Philosopher's Stone! All this and muggles too. Now, what are they? --このテキストは、 ハードカバー 版に関連付けられています。

Here is a very special edition of the book that started it all: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Shortly after publication, J.K. Rowling's debut became a runaway bestselling award winner, and each new title in the sequence has all but created riots in the streets, as delirious fans chomp at the bit for the latest escapades of Harry Potter and his cohorts. For the true devotee of the series, this collector's edition is a must. Gold foil stamping on an embossed leather cover marks the book as a bona fide treasure. Most exciting of all is a previously unpublished sketch of Harry by Rowling herself! Don't miss this opportunity to collect a beautiful version of a modern classic. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is JK Rowling's enchanting debut novel. This magical, gripping, brilliant book--a future classic to be sure--will leave children clamouring for a sequel. Say you've spent the first 10 years of your life sleeping under the stairs of a family who loathes you. Then, in an absurd, magical twist of fate you find yourself surrounded by wizards, a caged snowy owl, a phoenix-feather wand and jellybeans that come in every flavour, including strawberry, curry, grass and sardine. Not only that, but you discover that you are a wizard yourself! This is exactly what happens to young Harry Potter as the story unfolds. In the non-magical human world--the world of "Muggles"--Harry is a nobody, treated like dirt by the aunt and uncle who begrudgingly inherited him when his parents were killed by the evil Voldemort. But in the world of wizards, small, skinny Harry is renowned as a survivor of the wizard who tried to kill him. He is left only with a lightning-bolt scar on his forehead, curiously refined sensibilities and a host of mysterious powers to remind him that he's altogether different from his aunt, uncle and spoilt, pig-like cousin Dudley.

A mysterious letter delivered by the friendly giant Hagrid, wrenches Harry from his dreary, Muggle-ridden existence: "We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry". Of course, Uncle Vernon yells most unpleasantly, "I am not paying for some crackpot old fool to teach him magic tricks!" Soon enough, however, Harry finds himself at Hogwarts with his owl Hedwig... and that's where the real adventure--humorous, haunting and suspenseful--begins. (Ages 8-13) --Karin Snelson --このテキストは、 ハードカバー 版に関連付けられています。

The breakaway bestseller is now in paperback. In a starred review, PW said, "Readers are in for a delightful romp with this debut from a British author who dances in the footsteps of P.L. Travers and Roald Dahl." Ages 8-12.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

This is the braille version of the international bestseller. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" has reached a level of best-sellerdom never before achieved by a children's novel in the United States--The New York Times, April 1, 1999. If you haven't heard about this book, you've been asleep. Written for 8 to 12-year olds, "Harry Potter" appeals equally to adults. Who is Harry Potter? Harry Potter is an old-fashioned hero. He learns that choices show more of who one is than abilities. If you're looking for magic and adventure, read this book. Four volumes in braillle.

'J.K. Rowling is a fantastic author and I would encourage any child to read the Harry Potter books' Wayne Rooney, The Independent --このテキストは、 ハードカバー 版に関連付けられています。

"A charming, imaginative, magical confection of a novel." -- Boston Globe
"Harry is destined for greatness." -- The New York Times

J.K. Rowling was a struggling single mother when she wrote the beginnings of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone on scraps of paper at a local cafe. But her efforts were soon rewarded with an award from the Scottish Arts Council enabling her to finish the novel. She has since won numerous awards including the ABBY Award (American Booksellers Award) 1999.