Resources for Teachers for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling

Harman, William, and C. Hugh Holman. A Handbook to Literature. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996.

Sarnoff, Jane, and Reynold Ruffins. If You Were Really Superstitious. New York: Scribner, 1980.

Schwartz, Alvin. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat: Superstitions and Other Beliefs. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1974.

Harry Potter Lexicon Website. www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon
This is a good site. It is an index with lists of everything from the novels ranging from candy to creatures. There is also a Harry Potter timeline.

Scholastic Harry Potter Website.
www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/home.asp
This is a fabulous site for teachers and students. There are discussion guides for the novel and a link for teachers to other book and teaching information through Scholastic.

Utah State Office of Education Website.
www.usoe.k12.ut.us/
This site gives the Utah State guidelines and goals for teachers for each grade level.

Other Books With Themes Similar to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone that students might enjoy:
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Hobby, Passager, and Merlin by Jane Yolen
The Once and Future King by T. H. White
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
I Am Mordred by Nancy Springer

Diana Anderson, Brigham Young University 2000