Cover subjects

[Amy Z]

It's interesting that certain scenes seem to leap out at the cover 
illustrators.  A quick look at covers around the world shows Harry & 
Hermione on Buckbeak is the clear favorite for PoA, and Harry vs. the 
Horntail is the clear favorite for GoF (or at least, Harry with the 
Horntail featured somehow, as in the US, French, and Italian covers). 
 I wonder if the illustrators are swayed by one another's choices, or 
if these are the scenes with such a perfect mix of visual impact and 
importance to the story that if you gave 10 illustrators the coverless 
books to read and asked them to pick a scene/motif for the cover, 9 of 
them would say "the first task"?

The Danish cover is a very nifty exception--it shows the second task 
and really catches the creepiness of the underwater scene.

Amy Z

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    "We didn't give it to him because he's a Muggle!"
 said Fred indignantly.
    "No, we gave it to him because he's a great bullying
 git," said George.  "Isn't he, Harry?"
    "Yeah, he is, Mr. Weasley," said Harry earnestly.
                 --Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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