What picture shows a dramatic gold and orange sky and a teenage boy in glasses reaching upward? Its the cover to the seventh and final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, coming out July 21. As always, the cover was designed by illustrator Mary GrandPre, U.S. publisher Scholastic, Inc., announced Wednesday. J.K. Rowlings fantasy series has sold more than 325 million copies worldwide. Deathly Hallows has an announced first printing of 12 million in the United States alone. Read the Associated Press story at delawareonline.com.
Posted by Louise Ash on 28 March 2007 in Children's Literature