Scholastic Unveils New Cover for Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire by Award-Winning Illustrator Kazu Kibuishi in Celebration of Harry Potter 15th Anniversary

NEW YORK, June 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

New trade paperbacks and boxed set with covers byKibuishi will be released on August 27, 2013

Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children's publishing, education and media company, today unveiled the new cover for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - the fourth of seven trade paperback editions with new covers illustrated by New York Times bestselling author and illustrator, Kazu Kibuishi.  Arthur Levine, Vice President and Publisher, Arthur A Levine Books unveiled the new cover in Chicago, IL at the annual American Library Association convention.  The complete series of new books and a new boxed set will be available on August 27, 2013, as part of Scholastic's celebration of the 15^th anniversary of the U.S. publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the original book in J.K. Rowling's best-selling Harry Potter series.

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In each of the new cover illustrations, Kibuishi perfectly captures a pivotal moment from that particular book. For Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the artwork captures the triumphant moment when Harry uses his Firebolt broom to retrieve the golden dragon's egg he needs to move forward in the Triwizard Tournament as the crowd cheers him on. 

Fifteen years after the first U.S. publication of J.K. Rowling's first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in September 1998, there are more than 150 million Harry Potter books in print in the United States alone and the series still hits bestseller lists regularly. The seven Harry Potter books are published in over 200 territories in 74 languages and have sold more than 450 million copies worldwide.

About Kazu Kibuishi:
Kazu Kibuishi is the Eisner-nominated creator of the #1 New York Times bestselling Amulet series of graphic novels, as well as the comic collection Copper, both published by Graphix/Scholastic. He is also the founder and editor of the Flight Anthologies, a critically acclaimed comic series; and the creator of Daisy Kutter: The Last Train, which was named a YALSA Best Book for Young Adults. Kazu Kibuishi lives in Alhambra, California with his family. Visit him at http://www.boltcity.com and on Twitter at @BoltCity.

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For more information about Harry Potter and the new paperback releases, visit http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/harrypotter where downloadable images of the new cover for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, as well as previously released covers of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban are available.  Three more new covers will be revealed in the coming weeks.

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