Scholastic Book Cover

[justcarol67]

Maddy wrote:
> 
> Some people are speculating that the thing that Harry and Dumbledore
are leaning over/looking at is some sort of pensieve or some other
kind of basin.
> 
> But to me it looks like ....a PILLAR!
> 
> Storgé, anyone? *giggles* <snip>



How about an ancient, cracked Pensieve (surely not Dumbledore's own)
resting *on* a Corinthian column? I haven't checked all the posts yet
so I may be duplicating information, but here's a link (sent to me by
Borders Books) to a more than half-size photo of the Scholastic cover.
You can further enlarge it by clicking the plus sign in the magnifying
glass thingy in your cursor:

http://f.chtah.com/i/9/276579820/halfblood_cover_308.jpg

Judging from both the Scholastic cover and the kids' edition cover
from Bloomsbury, Harry is back on good terms with Dumbledore. But I'm
more interested in knowing what's up with Snape. I'd say from the
Bloomsbury adult cover that Harry's taking NEWT Potions, which will
provide some great interaction with our favorite Potions Master--and
with Draco Malfoy and Theo Nott if they're also in that class. I don't
for a moment think that anyone but Snape will teach NEWT Potions. I
doubt that any other Hogwarts teacher (except possibly Dumbledore, and
he already has enough to do) is even capable of teaching the course.

(Note to SSS: You can get your long URLs to link by unchecking "Wrap
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Carol