Quidditch through the ages : a magical companion to Harry Potter

Rowling, J. K (author.). Gravett, Emily, (illustrator.).

Summary: Grab your omnioculars and get the low-down, the high-up and the in-between on the wizarding world's favourite sport. Discover everything you ever needed to know, and more, about Quidditch, as Kennilworthy Whisp whisks you on a whistle-stop tour through the hilarious (and often foul) history of the noble sport, with illustrations plucked from the magical imagination of Muggle (and twice winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal) Emily Gravett.

Record details

ISBN: 9781526608123 (hardcover)
Physical Description: regular print
143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Kennilworthy Whisp is a fictitious author created by J.K. Rowling.

First published in Great Britain in 2001 by Bloomsbury Publishing.

"In association with Whizz Hard Books, 129B Diagon Alley, London."

"A magical companion to Harry Potter"--Cover.

"Hogwarts Library"--Lining page.

Includes fold out pages.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword by Albus Dumbledore -- About the author -- The evolution of the flying broomstick -- Ancient broom games -- The game from Queerditch Marsh -- The arrival of the Golden Snitch -- Anti-Muggle precautions -- Changes in Quidditch since the fourteenth century: Pitch -- Balls -- Players -- Rules -- Referees -- Quidditch teams of Britain and Ireland -- The spread of quidditch worldwide -- The development of the racing broom -- Quidditch today.