Flavorwire

We don’t know about you, but when we read the Harry Potter series for the first time, we always paused over those delicate pencil illustrations that headed every chapter, peering into them, little clues as to what our favorite characters would be forced to deal with next — be it three headed dogs or first kisses. Still, we were surprised by how much we loved this chronological collection of Mary GrandPré’s illustrations, which tell the whole Harry Potter saga, from bassinet to epilogue, in gentle strokes. It’s like watching our own childhoods as well as Harry’s. Now if only someone would make this into a real poster that we could buy. [via Vulture]