If you are looking for a wizard-themed gift for some young Harry Potter fan and you don't know the books yourself, the toys listed on these pages all stick with the Harry Potter theme for imaginative play. Here are some useful guidelines for gift shopping: * Wizards and witches are characters throughout all the Harry Potter books; * The head of the Hogwarts School where Harry goes is named Dumbledore and is very old with a long white beard and half-moon shaped spectacles; * Prof. Dumbledore has a pet phoenix named Fawkes; * The head of Gryffindor, Harry's house (dormitory) at Hogwarts, is a witch from Scotland named Minerva McGonnogal; * Prof. McGonnogal is able to transform herself into a tabby cat; * Each of the four "houses" (dormatories) has a different creature as its symbol and different house colors: Gryffinfot - lion (scarlet & gold); Slytherin - snake (dark green & grey); Hufflepuff - ; and Ravenclaw - * Harry's owl Hedwig is a Snowy Owl; * In the wizarding world, the mail is delivered by all varieties of owls; * Harry's best friends, Ron and Hermione have pets -- Hermione acquires a "ginger" (orange) cat in the third book, while Ron has a pet rat called Scabbers in the first three books, and a tiny miniature owl called Pig in the fourth book; * Harry's friend, Neville Longbottom, has a pet toad named Trevor; * Unicorns live in the forest on the school grounds; * Giant spiders live in the forest on the school grounds; * Centaurs live in the forest on the school grounds; * Fairies live in the bushes in the Hogwarts School gardens at the time of the Christmas Ball; * A giant squid lives in the lake on the Hogwart's School Ground; * Merpeople (mermaids and mermen) live in the lake on the Hogwart's School Ground; * Gnomes live in the yard and garden at Ron's house, resulting in the occasional need for "de-gnoming" the garden....; * A major character appearing in book 3 and later books, is a werewolf; * Harry's friend, Hagrid the Gamekeeper has a baby dragon called Norbert in the first book; * In the fourth book, the tournement includes 4 magical dragons of different colors: black, green, red, and blue. (In addition to the magical items listed below, you will find a whole section of HARRY POTTER GIFTS in the links on the left margin of this page.) ********************************************* REACH US BY EMAIL AT purcifuls@yahoo.com OR BY PHONE AT (806) 239 2927 during business hours. IF YOU DON'T GET A LIVE PERSON -- JUST KEEP TRYING! THIS TIME OF YEAR WE TAKE LOTS OF CALLS!! ********************************************************* BE SURE TO CLICK THE GLOBE ICON AND GO TO OUR FRONT PAGE FOR CURRENT SPECIAL OFFERS AND COUPONS!!! ********************************************************* FOR COMPLETE SHIPPING DETAILS (what kinds are offered, how long it takes, how to choose etc....) CLICK THE "SHIPPING INFO" BUTTON on the left side of any page. ********************************************************* To find out about Purciful's Policies -- privacy, security, returns, placing orders by mail and phone, or just about us -- go to the ABOUT PURCIFUL'S AND POLICIES link -- it's in the column of purple buttons on the left side of every shopping page!