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With the phenomenally successful film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the bespectacled boy wizard's popularity shows no signs of slowing. Here is a charmer of a book for everyone who has ever read and loved a Harry Potter book. Now available in paperback, this is a collection of warm and amusing letters in which kids from all over the world express their admiration and affection for the imaginative, resourceful Harry. In addition to a generous sampling of children's enthusiastic, candid, and often humorous messages that illuminate reader's love affair with Harry Potter, this book also includes interviews with a number of the letter-writers. In the interviews, Harry's fans and newfound companions explore their personal enchantment with the young wizard as they consider the effect of the magical Harry on their lives. "The authors ... excitement for and love of the novels are apparent." — School Library Journal

The narrative explores a gripping scenario where fear unites a group of individuals, highlighting their shared vulnerability and the absence of traditional heroism. Each character contributes to their collective struggle, facing overwhelming challenges that test their limits. The story delves into themes of courage in the face of terror and the human experience when confronted with dire circumstances, emphasizing that bravery can manifest in various forms, often in the quiet actions of ordinary people.

A collection of letters from the Allied soldiers who fought and won World War II reveals the horror, humor, and boredom of this great conflict.

Everyone has a funny story, an anecdote they like to whip out when it's time to amuse. Here are some of the reminiscences, self-mythologizations, and gags spun by some of the 20th century's most significant figures. Inside are the tales told by everyone from Pope John XXIII to Groucho Marx, John F. Kennedy to Yogi Berra, Albert Einstein to John Lennon. With about two hundred lively bits of humor, accompanied by dozens of Al Kilgore's great caricatures, there's a laugh any time you need one.Bill Adler was a genius of the book field, creating best sellers ranging from The Kennedy Wit to Who Killed the Robbins Family?Al Kilgore was a lifelong cartoonst and caricaturist best known for his "Rocky & Bullwinkle" comic strip.

Genuine letters sent from the kids of the early 1960s to JFK show you the dreams, obsessions, and general attitude of America's children. New York Times best-selling book creator worked with the White House mail department to find letters that were delightful, intriguing, and representative of the thousands of letters that would stream in each week. The book is augmented by dozens of delightful illustrations by Louis Darling, better know for this work on Beverly Cleary's Beezus & Ramona books. Out of print for half a century, this book is now back in this paperback edition!

Originally published: New York: E.F. Dutton & Co., 1968.