Harry Potter Cover

03/10/05
Anticipation for the sixth Harry Potter book was fanned yesterday by publisher Scholastic with the release of the cover, again illustrated by artist Mary GrandPré.

When J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" goes on sale July 16, it will show the wizard at age 16 as he gazes with wise, old Dumbledore into a cauldron that emits a green light.

Says the artist:

"I wanted the colours to be strong and I chose upward lighting and dramatic shadows to convey a kind of surreal place and time," she added.

"Individually, each jacket is like a concentrated visual taste of the book inside, and collectively they form a portrait gallery of a boy growing up very much in the public eye" Arthur Levine, Vice President, Arthur A. Levine Books, Scholastic and editor of the Harry Potter books said.

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