I was watching CNN Today and they were talking about some of the new toys at Toy Fair: “Here is something brand new. This is from the people at Mattel, and Harry Potter is going to be big. This is the Levitating Challenge. Look at this magic, levitating ball here and I have to have …read more!

The Family Almanac section of the Washington Post has an interesting question-and-answer about a child scared after being read the book series.

The Mirror reports that a Polish priest claims Harry Potter to be evil: “A POLISH priest has warned his congregation that Harry Potter is a heathen living in a world “ruled by supernatural powers” and said the books should not be read by children. “

We believe we’ve located a picture of the actor playing Argus Filtch – David Bradley. Bradley is famous for playing the part of Rogue Riderhood in the BBC production of “Our Mutual Friend”, the lecherous baronet Sir Pitt Crawley in a six-part BBC Mini-Series “Vanity Fair”, a 1990 role as The Fool in the National …read more!

Amazon.com is stating that Book 5 will not be published until 2002. The good news is that you can start pre-ordering. No sign of the book on Borders or Barnes and Noble yet.

The Journal reports that the Enesco Harry Potter Series I products are beginning to arrive in the UK.

The Sunday Telegraph reports that Warner Bros. has not only bought the movie rights for the current 4 Harry Potter books but the 3 that have yet to be written as well. They also shed some light as to why it’s taken so long to produce the film and why we keep seeing pictures of …read more!

An editor of the San Antonio Express News find out just how hard it is to get a copy of an autographed Harry Potter book.

The Orlando Sentinel explains what the rules may be to playing the Hogwarts 3D Game. Hogwarts School of Wizardry is Harry’s school in the popular series of children’s books and the coming movie, based on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The [Hogwarts 3D] game, in which players collect school supplies and learn spells, should …read more!

It looks like the French didn’t listen to one of their own who said Harry Potter was sexist – the books have been a best seller in the country.