Moose Jaw Times-Herald: A magical birthday celebration for Harry Potter

Lucy Wattam, summer programmer at the
Moose Jaw Public Library, reads the story, The
Wizard and the Hopping Pot, from Tales of Beetle
the Bard during a Harry Potter party at the
library on Harry's birthday on July 31, 2014.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy


Harry Potter turned another year older on Thursday.

Sixteen kids aged six to 10 celebrated his birthday in style at the Moose Jaw Public Library. Four tables were set up in the library basement, with names written on the paper tablecloths in corresponding house colours — Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin.

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