book covers of OoTP

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 53977

Kewpie wrote: 

> So what do you guys think? Any guesses on what the doors and 
> candles could mean?
 
and Gina responded:

> I thought the Leaky Cauldron article said the cover artists were 
> not privvy to the contents of the book.  So, I wouldn't read too 
> much into the symbols on the US cover.  

now me:

My understanding from the information on Leaky is that the UK artists 
didn't get to read the book before creating the covers (based on a 
BBC article).  It's unclear whether Mary Grand Pre has been able to 
read the book.  In the past, Grand Pre has said that she's drawn her 
illustrations after reading the book.  Whether that's true now isn't 
clear, though.

I liked the UK adult cover as well, although it's disappointing that 
both of the UK covers don't tell us anything about the plot (since we 
already *know* that phoenixes are reborn from fire).

As for the US cover - is there anywhere in canon that says that Harry 
is left-handed?  Grand Pre has Harry holding his wand in his left 
hand.  The many open doors suggest to me that Harry will have to make 
some sort of significant choice at some point during the book - and 
given that he's the only one in the picture, he'll have to make this 
choice alone.

~Phyllis