In honor of the fifteenth anniversary of Harry Potter, Scholastic (the American publisher of the Harry Potter books) has announced that they ill be re-releasing all seven of the Harry Potter books with new covers, designed by Kazu Kibuishi.
They announced that the estimated release date is in September 2013, and will be available in the paperback format.
The cover of the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, was released and can be seen below.
“When I was asked to submit samples, I initially hesitated because I didn’t want to see them reinterpreted! However, I felt that if I were to handle the project, I could bring something to it that many other designers and illustrators probably couldn’t, and that was that I was also a writer of my own series of middle grade fiction. As an author myself, I tried to answer the question, ‘If I were the author of the books – and they were like my own children – how would I want them to be seen years from now?’ When illustrating the covers, I tried to think of classic perennial paperback editions of famous novels and how those illustrations tend to feel. In a way, the project became a tribute to both Harry Potter and the literary classics.”
-Kazu Kibuishi; Cover artist
The Hardcover and Digital editions of the book will continue to use the classic design from Mary GrandPre.
What do you think of the new cover?
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