[HPforGrownups] Cover Art/UK 'adult' GoF?

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 8245

Star wrote (in response to my post about the UK covers)

<<<<Here in America I've never seen the kid versions of the first two over
the internet. Up close in stores I see the same covers i own, what must be
considered Adult covers.  I've never seen the UK Dragon cover, what i have
whic must be both American and adult shows all the Champions HArry up front
with his wand up in one hand the egg under his other arm, along the bottom
is a bunch of blacl figures in ropes and wizard hats which is the crowd, on
back there is the goblet and a look along the maze with some of it's
creatures including what i think is a blast ended screwt.>>>>

I think the US  publisher, Scholastic, has only released one set of covers -
those you have seen.  It hasn't released any adult-oriented covers (and
that's not to imply that the covers it has used are necessarily aimed at
kids, they are just not obviously aimed at adults).  As far as I am aware,
the UK publisher, Bloomsbury, is the only one that has released exactly the
same books with two different designs in an apparent attempt to market to
two separate age groups.

Does anyone know if any other countries have done this?

Neil
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