Sorry if this has already been mentioned. On JK Rowling's website there is an Ancient Rune's made easy book in the links section. The rune on the UK children's edition cover isn't there, but it has a meaning and symbol for the numbers 0-9. But, for number 7 it says "The symbolic meaning for the number seven is yet to be known." I thought this was interesting because 7 is the magic number, you know.

WAS I THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED!! If you look at the cover of the childrens UK boof there is a white pale hand grabbing harry by the shoulder and you can see a little bit of white hair on the back of harry of that same person ( which I can only asume is either voldemort or a spirit) is also grabing the sword which looks like it could be Griffindor's!!! Check it out!!

I love the US cover which I think is outside because you can see stuff on the ground that looks like tree trumps. And the orange sky sorta looks like smoke from a fire or something.maybe can't wait to read the book, it's amazing how everyone is noticing stuff on all the covers

I was looking at the US cover...are those death eaters in the background by the columns? They look like shadows, I just assume death eaters...

Anagrams: Deathly Hallows= Who? Death's Ally.....is death's ally Voldemort? Will Voldemort (the WHO? is presumably him) die?

I just looked at the UK children's cover...I think the thing on Harry's back is a house elf...maybe Dobby or Kreature. Did any one else notice the helmet/suit of armor, and how there was a curled up dragon on the top of it? What does it all mean??? AHHHHHH

I don't think they're Death Eaters; I think they're the spirits of the people Voldy killed...but that's just my opinion. Ash_potter_lover, I think the hand pulling Harry back is Kreacher's, though I suppose it could be Dobby. Again, a matter of opinion at this point in time. But I'm confused: on the US cover, people were freaking out and saying "Oh, there's no scar!", but it's there...Idk, I feel kind of stupid:(

Who? Death's Ally

Mnemone07: lol so did i think i was stupid until you said there was a scar. well maybe im not the only one losing it because its clearly visible on the U.S. cover. btw what does you screename mean cause it sounds like eninime or whatever in the ocean. cat_lover: i do believe that is a dragon on the U.K. you look at it from the front and i kinda looks like Fawkes but i think its a snake. it resembles the snakes in the crystal ball on the back U.K. as well. also, did anyone notice the faces in a small mirror by harry's hand on the U.K.? is that a foe glass, anyone?

I can't wait! I wonder whats in that pouch (?) around Harry's neck? And Why does this look like Rome? So many questions, I can't wait!

i meant to say earlier that its probably a snake, not a dragon. cygnet: im thinking it looks similiar to the Coliseum because its the deathchamber with the veil. harry and voldy could have their 'showdown'/last battle behind the veil...but that would mean they are dead. interesting theory that is, i dont find it unplausible because harry needs to die, honestly-- maybe die for ginny (as if the wizarding world isnt enough) so they could together *mwauh* and all along harrys wanted to be with sirius and his parents.

All this analizing...the anticipation of really knowing is KILLING me!!! I look at the covers, and try to decifer what is significant and what is not...but every little detail is rattling my brain! I think the pouch thing is the locket. The one we see on every cover. I am wondering if they will go back to Hogwarts since the castle is on the cover, and the door is open and welcoming with lights on. And the clouds look a little like spirits...but not sure...something significant is there I'm sure and I just can't put my finger on it. And will dementors be important since we see Harrys pertronis? (the stag) It's so hard to tell!! AHHHH!!!! I'm not sure if that is a foe glass, or the reflection of what is on the other side of harry. I wonder where they are falling into...hmmm

i think this is the best cover yet by a long stretch

dumbldore isnt the man! ohmigosh whats your problem we are soposed to stick it to the man! we cant stick it to dumbledore! okay sorry. jack black is hott moment. but anyway @cat_lover: i like what you said about dementors cause ive been thinking about the wierd smoke on the back of the UK. people said maybe the forest is on fire but what if its....fog? demented dementor fog?

they are definitely at the veil (hence the curtains) and notice in both the sky of the us and uk children version the sky is like the same co,lor, maybe the uk one has like anentrance into some room from where we see harry in the us one. also, in the us one, the shadows in the vbackground are obviously the "people beyond the veil"

i think the coloration is a sunet. that would be symbolic of the end.

*sunset

Talkin about HP is making me even more excited!!! I can't wait!!!!!!

Do you guys like the anagram for Deathly Hallows? "Who? Death's Ally" sounds really cool!

I am pretty skeptical about LV and Harry being behind the veil. If they are behind it, what is in harry's pouch around his neck? It wouldn't be a horcrux if they were behind the veil, dead, would it? and I don't think LV would lead Harry into the veil for the final battle or vice a versa. I don't know what it would be if they aren't behind the veil, though. I think the UK version had a lot more clues on the back then the front. It shows hogwarts, so we must see something significantly more than we are expecting. the Forrest seems to be on fire, because the tree is dead and the clouds are too dark to be just clouds. I like the theory that someone on here had about the patronuses and dementors having a battle (sorry, I forgot who said it). Then on the front cover, I think they are in the Black's gringotts vault, looking for Regulus's real locket horcux. those are just my ideas.

freakinHEIGHTS: Lol, so I'm not the only one feeling a bit behind! But really, I am very slow today- I only just figured out that the silvery objects on the bottom were armor...*smacks forehead* Also, what you said at the bottom of your first comment on this page- faces?!? Where? I don't see them, but then again my vision is obviously failing too :/ As for my name, I got it from Mnemone Radford, who was the witch of the month back in...oh...I think it was January...(my memory's going too, apparently). I believe she was the first Ministry Obliviator, or something like that. I picked it because I like to think that I have a good [long term] memory (not that this comment commends it or anything), and it sounded cool. Yes, now that you mention it, it does sound like "sea anemone"...lol. I must ask you though, where did you get your screen name?

Those shadowy things in the US version, are probably the 'voices' heard in the ffth book. This, of course, only counts, if they are beyonde the veil. But here is the thing about the veil, is going through it the same as dying?

Ahhh keep having things to add. Okayyyyy...obviously Dumbledore was wrong about Godric Gryffindor's sword not being a Horcrux (he did say that being more intelligent than most people meant that his mistakes would be correspondingly huger, and this would clearly be one of his larger mistakes). But this poses some problems: if Gryffindor's sword is a Horcrux, then Voldy must have made it into one during his interview with Dumbledore for the DADA post. So far this makes sense, because I don't think he seriously believed that Dumbledore would give him the job, so he came solely to make the Horcrux (I'm going to abbreviate it Hcx, Godric Gryffindor will be GG, and Dumbledore will be DD, because it's getting annoying to type out all these long names). But the only incriminating motion that Jo drew attention to during that memory was when his hand twitched towards his pocket and wand. We know that Voldy is quite capable of wandless magic, but for a Hcx? And in a split second? I doubt it. This also means that Harry and his scar can't be Hcxs because the spell obviously does not need to be made before or during a murder (more proof for this is that in HBP, Voldy asks Slughorn about Hcxs after he has killed his parents). I am sorely confused because I was on the fence to begin with regarding the Harry-is-a-Horcrux theory, and this is just really perplexing. I was leaning toward Harry's scar just a few hours ago, when I still thought that his scar was missing from the US cover, but now...gahhh. I don't know. What do you guys think? Sorry for the long post!

Who? Death's Ally Hey! Harry traps death at low, end of h*ll

I dont think harry is a horcux, there is no proof to back it up.

OMGSH! is it just me or does Harry look evil and voldemort look scared? EEK! lol...

ok so omgsh, maybe i'm behind but in the UK cover, Ron is holding a sword with red rubies on it, (hmmm,Hmmm) Godric Gryffindor's Sword. :-)

The UK Children's Edition cover is only about a thousand times better than the US one. It's made well but pretty colourless and boring in comparison. It reveals nothing and anyone who says otherwise is just envious that they won't get that version. I agree that Harry looks very nice though. ;) The back of the UK Edition is better than the front. :)

ok i know i am posting many comments but, just one more. On the back of UK, i think the school is durmstrang, not hogwarts. I also see in the sky i figure coming on the left of the castle thing like it looks like a octopus but it could be something else. I also see that Ron looks like something scared the poo out of him (lol). :-)

i might be crazy, but in all of the gold and rubies on UK(v) i see dementors reflected, not all of the but most of them and ahhhhhaaa! i figured something out, they poeple who go beyond the veil could turn into dementors, i'm pretty dure that doesnt happen though :-P, i swear this is the last comment.

me and my friend have been looking really hardcore at all the other covers...and after seeing the cover for sorcerer's stone US edition...we decided that the curtains probably dont mean anything the inside covers of that book have curtains as well...One is orange and the other red. they have wierd swirly designs on them and signify nothing in that book the curtains may just symbolize the ending of the series as it symbolized the opening.

OMG! THE VEIL! OMGTHEVEILTHEVEIL! *dies*

...Is it just me or is the UK Children's cover somewhat...hideous? The adult cover is very cool, though.

In the UK childrens one, when I first noticed that it wasn't Ron but someone else holding up the sword, I thought it was Dobby. But then I thought that it could be Voldemort because he looks a bit similar to the US's rendition of him on their cover. Not sure about the elfish ears though. And I was wondering what the symbol on the binding was, a circle within a triangle. These pics usually have something to do with the book, like in HBP they had the cracked ring on there.

I am really excited about these covers. The UK Adult cover is obvious, being the locket horcrux mentioned in book six, but the UK childrens and U covers leave much more to be analyzed. I haven't read all the posts, so I am not sure if any of these theories have been mentioned, but here is what I think. First, I think the house elf on Harry's back in the UK edition is Dobby and the place setting is at Malfoy manor. Dobby would know all the secret chambers of the house and the Malfoys are wealthy. It would make sense to search for a horcrux there even if there wasn't one. Also, I really like the orange cover color for the US edition. I have read some reviews that do not like it because it is bright and the book is supposed to be dark. However, I attribute this brightness to a symbolism being that in the end, good will ultimately triumph, almost like a dawn after the long night. The previous book covers, in my oppinion have been consistantly darker, reflecting the growing power of LV and his followers. I think, because this cover is so bright, Harry and the good side will win over the bad side, meanig a happy ending. YAY!!! P.S. Snape is good and Harry will not die. (Just my opinion)

The Us cover is ok i guess. too much orange though.but the UK cover is the ugliest of all covers. i cant believe my last HP book will have that kiddish cover. we should seriously ask them to change it!!!! and why didn't they made harry's scar noticeable ???

I love the UK cover, but do the British spell installment different than us? Just wondering, because it says on the left flap: "In this final, seventh instalment...". Should someone be notified? haha.

Mwahahaha! This is too awesome.

I love this cover (us cover) but I am not a fan of the UK children's edition. Thankfully I am in the US and getting the Us cover. But I think I might, when I save up enough money, buy the UK children books to make my collection complete.

I think the thing around Harry's Neck in the US edition is the locket, not a pouch, kinda like DD was wearing the ring.

Maybe they are in the "love room" the room in the ministry that Harry could not open, maybe that has a veil thing too or something.

Maybe they are in the "love room" the room in the ministry that Harry could not open, maybe that has a veil thing too or something.

Emotional book? Emotions can be very different, this is a very manipulative statement by Mr Levine.

im sorry to all those UK cover lovers... but I don't like it very much at all... Hermy looks really off... and the colours are way to bright and in your face. But I ♥ the US cover i think its really really good

last comment...!!!

I like the US cover better, but the UK one is way more interesting. The hand grabbing Harry is defionitely a house elf. You can see the odd-shaped head and pointed ears behind him.

i dont have time to read everything, but i noticed something about the US cover art. harry's eyes are argumentally both blue and green. i also noticed that parts of his hair are grey. another thing: voldemort looks like he's putting his hand out to stop something from coming. maybe death eaters are advancing behind harry and voldemort is stopping them??

Okay people! Here is my theory: Harry and Voldemort are inside the portal of the ministry of magic! On the UK children's cover, you see a round portal they are being sucked into. Inside, you see a small piece of orange sky. Look familiar? On the US cover, they are standing under the sky. I am guessing that the people standing around them are others who have been sucked in, such as Sirius! Voldemort and Harry have no choice but to work together to get out. They are not fighting each other, reaching for anything, or fending off anything. They are trying to get everyone out! What do you think?

I don't know guys...personally, I doubt that Dobby would be wielding the sword because, while he's absolutely adorable, he wouldn't be able to help Harry much. I am of the belief that the house elf on the cover is Kreacher- he was a former servant of the Blacks, and since RAB is Regulus Black, Kreacher definitely helped him to get Slythern's locket from the cave some 15 years ago and replaced it with the fake Horcrux. Hasn't anyone read the Mugglenet book? Dobby isn't involved in the war, nor will he likely be drawn into it in DH. Kreacher, on the other hand, has clues for Harry. If by some lucky chance Dung wasn't able to filch the locket from Grimmauld Place, I think it would be in Kreacher's den, though it is more likely that Aberforth took the Horcrux from Dung outside the Hog's Head (why would Dung willingly sell something from headquarters to the brother of the head of the OOTP?). Another thing- in the US cover, Harry looks like he's running and doing wandless magic with his left hand, even though his right arm is his wand arm. His right hand is calm, but his left hand is stretched out awkwardly. Also, I don't think the figures in the back ground are dementors- they wouldn't be standing placidly along the colonnade, they'd be swarming around Harry, trying to feed off of his emotions (which would probably be very strong at that time). It was a good idea though, Bekiam; it's still possible that they are.

Has anybody noticed the black silhouette of a rat on the back of the UK children's book cover? The rat seems to running towards Hogwarts Castle. Does that mean Peter Petigrew will make an appearance at Hogwarts? There are some bits of armour on the front of the UK childrens version. The helmet has got what looks like a baby dragon on top. Anyone got an idea what that could mean? Are Harry, Ron and Hermione being sucked in through the arch or being thrown out? Who would like to start a poll: Who is holding Goderic's sword behind Harry's back: Dobby, Kreacher or a goblin?