--- title: Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban Cover Illustration Photo description: The Harry Potter series' illustrated editions are giving fans are getting a whole new look at J.K. Rowling's wizarding world. canonical: https://time.com/4693801/harry-potter-azkaban-cover-2017/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-07T20:31:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:59:01.202Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: You've Never Seen Harry Potter Look Like This Before og:description: Welcome to the Knight Bus, on the new cover art for Prisoner of Azkaban og:url: https://time.com/4693801/harry-potter-azkaban-cover-2017/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: You've Never Seen Harry Potter Look Like This Before twitter:description: Welcome to the Knight Bus, on the new cover art for Prisoner of Azkaban twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # You've Never Seen _Harry Potter_ Like This Before  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 7, 2017 8:31 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 7, 2017 8:31 PM CUT The story of [_Harry Potter_](http://time.com/4607327/harry-potter-inspirational-quotes/ "undefined")may be officially “[done](http://time.com/4432264/jk-rowling-harry-potter-end-series/ "undefined"),” but thanks to the series’ [illustrated editions](http://time.com/3665692/harry-potter-illustrated-edition/ "undefined"), fans are getting a whole new look at [J.K. Rowling’s](http://time.com/4691778/j-k-rowling-on-trump-vicky-pollard/ "undefined") wizarding world. After releasing the art-filled installments of _Sorcerer’s Stone_ and _Chamber of Secrets_ in 2015 and 2016, respectively, Scholastic and Bloomsbury unveiled the magical new cover for _Prisoner of Azkaban_ Tuesday. Illustrated by award-winning artist Jim Kay, the image features Harry stepping out of the path of the Knight Bus — which is being driven by Ernie Prang — before he is picked up outside of Number 4 Privet Drive. Harry’s first encounter with the magical triple-decker bus is widely considered an iconic moment from Rowling’s third book. See the cover below.  Scholastic _Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The Illustrated Edition_ hits shelves Oct. 3. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4693801/harry-potter-azkaban-cover-2017/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4693801/harry-potter-azkaban-cover-2017/"},"headline":"You've Never Seen Harry Potter Like This Before","datePublished":"2017-03-07T20:31:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:01.202Z","description":"Welcome to the Knight Bus","url":"https://time.com/4693801/harry-potter-azkaban-cover-2017/","keywords":["Books","Harry Potter"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4693801/harry-potter-azkaban-cover-2017/","name":"You've Never Seen Harry Potter Like This Before"}}]}] ```