Coronavirus: JK Rowling launches Potter kids portal at home

(ANSA) - NEW YORK, APRIL 01 - Some of the magic of HarryPotter to entertain children forced home by the coronavirus. JK Rowling has in fact launched a portal to the most famous wizard in the world, 'Harry Potter at Home', which also wants to be an educational tool available to teachers, forced to online lessons, and parents who in many cases have had to improvise themselves as educator closing of schools. The portal includes articles, videos, puzzles and an audiobook version of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone', available in different languages ​​for free.
"Parents, teachers and carers working to keep children entertained and interested while they are inlockdown may need some magic - Rowling said in a statement -. For over twenty years, Hogwarts (the institute imaginary school that constitutes the main setting of the Harry Potter novels) represented an escape for everyone, readers and fans, young and old, in the unusual times in which we find ourselves, we want to welcome you back to Hogwarts, where you will find a refuge for you, yours family and those you care about. "
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