Philosopher’s Stone 6-17 Canon Celebration
Description
Ready to have some fun exploring? Here we go!
Podcasts:
Trunks by Selena Gallagher
Platform Nine and 3/4 by Steve VanderArk
How Many Students Are There at Hogwarts? by Steve VanderArk
Whatever Happened to Sally-Ann? by Steve VanderArk
The Significance of Hallowe’en by Rosie Payne
Free Will, Divination and Time Travel Part 1 by Abby Koop
Reader’s Guides:
These guides were originally written in March of 2002. Since that time, a few edits were made here and there but basically the text remained the same. To get ready for this Canon Celebration, our editors have been revising each one. We’ve added fan artwork to the Guide which illustrates the text. At the bottom in the Commentary section we’ve added a gallery of additional artwork. So even if you’ve read our guides before, please give them another look. And if you’re doing a re-read of the first book, have the Guide to each chapter open as you go! I’m sure you’ll find a lot of information you didn’t know.
Harry’s Life at School “Pre-Hermione” 
The Duo becomes a Trio and Investigates
The Showdown Under the School
Calendars
Fitting the first book into the real-life calendars isn’t easy! In fact, it’s impossible. But that didn’t stop us:
Day by day calendar of events in the book
Essays
The Riddle of the Potions by Prefect Marcus
Nicholas Flamel and the Philosopher’s Stone by Brian Dormand
What Came Before the Hogwarts Express? by Owen de Lyon
The Hogwarts Express, or In Search of … Platform Nine and Three Quarters by Ravenclaw Rambler
Why Do All the Kids Have to Go to King’s Cross? by Steve VanderArk
Secrets of the Classlist by Diana Summers
Did Albus Dumbledore Set Up Events So That Harry Potter Would Go After the Philosopher’s Stone? by Micheal Hagel and Corinne Demyanovich
Quirrell’s Leave of Absence by Melissa Erin Friedline
Thoughts on Socks by Sandra L. Diersing
Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Socks by Morag Traynor
Unicorns by Susan
That Had to Hurt…or Did It? by Steve VanderArk and Michele Worley
Interesting Artwork
We have hundreds and hundreds of pieces of fan artwork in our collection. Some subjects get a lot of depictions — Diagon Alley is a favorite topic, for example, and, well, of course it is! But there are a few pieces which illustrate more unusual moments in the text. Here are a few examples:
A boy with dreadlocks was surrounded by a small crowd.
“Give us a look, Lee, go on.”
The boy lifted the lid of a box in his arms, and the people around him shrieked and yelled as something inside poked out a long, hairy leg. (PS6)
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