Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

The Bookshelf Chronicles

The episode is an excerpt from the first book in the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". It depicts the events leading up to Harry's eleventh birthday when he learns he is a wizard and receives his acceptance letter to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The excerpt focuses on the prejudice Harry faces from the Dursleys, who try to hide his magical heritage from him, and his eventual discovery of his true identity with the help of Hagrid, the Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts. It then follows Harry as he goes to Diagon Alley to purchase his school supplies, attends his first ever Quidditch game, and ultimately helps to protect the Sorcerer's Stone from the dark wizard Voldemort.