Hi there!
I wanted to buy the audio book for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from amazon.co.uk website (by Stephen Fry by the way). I am not sure what the difference is between the adult edition and Children's Edition in audio books.
Any one of you heard the Harry Potter adult and childrens editions earlier? What is the difference? For an adult like me, will it really matter what edition I choose?
2007-07-09 03:29:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
the difference between the adult version and the childrens version is the same as it is with the books, the childrens versions cover is a bright cartoon type drawing with inspiration taken from the book . the adult version has a dark cover in black and grey with some white with a slightly sinister type of illustration, this is to make adults feel better about reading a childrens book the thought is that if it does not look like a childrens book no one can ridicule them for reading it, the content of both is exactly the same so it is up to you which one you choose
2007-07-09 07:19:34 · answer #1 · answered by tish the bi@ch 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The books read by Stephen Fry are amazing aren't they?
To my knowledge the only difference between the adult and the childrens version of the books is the picture on the cover.
I'm not sure there is actually any difference as far as the audio books go.
2007-07-09 22:17:23 · answer #2 · answered by Julie R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are only two editions of audio books, American and British... one read by Jim Dale, the other by Stephen Fry.
The differences between the American and British audio books (and the regular books) are the British-English and American-English translations... some examples:
Weasley Jumper = Weasley Sweater
car boot = car trunk
take the mickey out of = make fun of
So, simple words are changed, but content is not changed and, in fact, there were no "translation" changes in books 5 and 6, in an effort to keep the books more authentic.
There are absolutely no content changes between the British Children's edition and the British Adult edition
2007-07-09 04:37:06 · answer #3 · answered by HP Wombat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Compare the number of audio tapes or reading time for the two. Without knowing exactly, I suspect that the children's is shorter (for lower attention spans) and edited for content. It might also be the nature of the reading - more dramatic voices for kids, more "mature" reading for adults.
2007-07-09 03:35:02 · answer #4 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is NO difference between the Adult and Children's versions what so ever.
2007-07-09 22:46:59 · answer #5 · answered by k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's exactly the same reading in both audio versions, just different covers.
2007-07-09 03:35:25 · answer #6 · answered by Smiler 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes the children issue has less details then the adult issue also eisier words but its your choice
2007-07-09 03:37:21 · answer #7 · answered by JoshA1 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why dont you just read it?
2007-07-09 03:35:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋