Hogwarts Textbooks

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., linman6868 at a... wrote:
> HOGWARTS TEXTBOOKS
>
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> Questions:
> 
> 1. If you were writing a wizarding textbook, what would yours be 
called, and what would your pen name be?  (You can write several; 
heck, Lockhart did.)

* Wizarding Throughout the World, by Vanna TraVell 

> 
> 2. Do you suppose the Hogwarts textbooks are like ours nowadays, 
with chapter units and comprehension questions, and an annotated 
teachers' edition?  Or are they different?

*  I'd think that Hogwarts professors wouldn't need annotated copies 
(pictures Snape seething at the very thought).  I think they'd be 
more along the lines of informational texts.  That way the students 
can use them as reference later in life (though what you'd reference 
in Lockhart's books for I've no idea).

> 
> 3. How do you think the choosing process works at Hogwarts?  
Obviously, Lockhart was able to demand that his students buy all his 
books, but surely other professors, such as Snape and Sprout, would 
have to coordinate their choices?  Does Dumbledore have a say in it?

*  I'd bet that all textbooks have to be approved by Dumbledore, but 
since he's rather a free spirit, his approval process is quite open.  
Just think of Hagrid's book that bit back, or the books on 
Invisibility the bookstore owner never found....

> 
> 4. Wizards seem to write their books based on field experience.  
Are there fields in which one doesn't need experience to compile a 
textbook?

*  Oh, absolutely!  Look at all the books muggles publish with no 
thought whatsoever.  <vbg>  I'd say many types of textbooks could be 
complied by wizards that are not experts in their field.  Guides to 
Magical creatures (complied from research rather than experience), 
Dark Arts (ditto; just look at what happened to poor Quirrell when he 
tried to go out in the field)  and Spells (I'm thinking a textbook 
based on someone's personal Book of Shadows).


And BTW, I figured that it would take a magical bookcase to hold all 
those books on magic! ;) 

Thanks for the fabulous post!! 

- Denise

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