Live from Studio 1A: Harry Potter Hits the Road!

Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007 9:21 AM by Elizabeth Neumann
Filed Under: Live from Studio 1A, Harry Potter

What is it about Harry Potter that has everyone feverish with anticipation for the last book?  This morning we had a large crowd - both on our plaza for the Big and Rich concert, but also across the street gathered in front of a large, triple-decker, bright purple bus.  They were there because they, like millions of others, have caught the Harry Potter bug.  The Knight Bus is the newest addition to the countdown to J.K. Rowling's seventh and last installment of Harry Potter and is modeled after the bus first mentioned in book three, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. 

Why have these stories caught the attention not only of children and young adults, but old adults too?  Five children were in traditional Harry Potter garb today for the reveal of the bus, and I caught up with them to get their take on the magical world of a marked wizard. 

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