Neville Longbottom is a forgetful Gryffindor student who shares the same Hogwarts dormitory as Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. Neville is nervous and not very good at magic, often making mistakes in classes and even hurting himself in his flying lessons.
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Draco Malfoy is the icy blond Hogwarts student that Harry meets at Diagon Alley, although he doesn’t quite like him much. Harry soon learns that Draco looks down at other people a lot – being mean to Ron when he first meets him! How dare he!
Fun Fact Draco, his mother and father all live together in a huge building called
Rowena Ravenclaw, ‘from glen’, was the most brilliant witch of her time, but her story is a sad one. Read more about it here…
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There are many classes students take at Hogwarts Schoo of Witchcraft and Wizardry – but can you match them to the professors who teach them?
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From the cupboard under the stairs to a new life at Hogwarts, Harry Potter’s journey has as many ups and downs as a Gryffindor vs Slytherin Quidditch match. Harry worries that he won’t be as good at magic as the other kids. If only he knew!
And through it all, Harry is always a true Gryffindor: brave, true, and loyal.
Lord Voldemort is the Dark wizard who plunges the wizarding world into a war. But when he tries to attack a baby Harry Potter, his spell backfires and Voldemort mysteriously disappears, leaving Harry as an orphan with a lightning bolt scar.
But all is not so simple when it comes to Lord Voldemort’s disappearance, and Harry
To get into Hogwarts you must have the ability to produce magic. Obviously, children don’t use a wand until they attend school – so young witches and wizards demonstrate they are magical by doing something accidentally, often when scared or angry.
However, this time he bounced all the way down the garden and into the road, showing
Start your journey into the wizarding world at the beginning. We’ve got the first chapter of the first Harry Potter book available here for you to listen or read – for free!
She told him over dinner all about Mrs.
Gringotts is the Diagon Alley bank where witches and wizards can store their gold and other treasures, and where Harry Potter first learns of his parent’s fortune – and the Philosopher’s Stone! Learn more here.
It’s a snowy-white building with burnished bronze doors that towers over all the
At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, students don’t have to take Maths, English or any other ’normal‘ lessons. Read on to learn more about the classes Harry Potter and his attend instead!
In their first year, all Hogwarts students must take the following seven core subjects
