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William and Bobby Cannon at Homewood Public Library's second annual Harry Potter Book Night on Feb. 2, 2017.
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Harry Potter fans at Homewood Public Library's second annual Harry Potter Book Night on Feb. 2, 2017.
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Snacks such as butterbeer and Honeydukes popcorn were served at Homewood Public Library's second annual Harry Potter Book Night on Feb. 2, 2017.
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Price Kilgore at Homewood Public Library's second annual Harry Potter Book Night on Feb. 2, 2017.
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A Harry Potter fan gets sorted into her house at Homewood Public Library's second annual Harry Potter Book Night on Feb. 2, 2017.
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Homewood Public Library's Teen Department was decorated with letters from Hogwarts, which included the names of members of the library's Teen Advisory Baord, at the library's second annual Harry Potter Book Night on Feb. 2, 2017.
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Jaden Prewett stands next to Severus Snape at Homewood Public Library's second annual Harry Potter Book Night on Feb. 2, 2017.
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Visitors could create Valentines (to be delivered by Owl Post) for Children's of Alabama patients at Homewood Public Library's second annual Harry Potter Book Night on Feb. 2, 2017.
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A Harry Potter fan gets sorted into her house at Homewood Public Library's second annual Harry Potter Book Night on Feb. 2, 2017.
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(From left) Jill Ferderber, Jack Motl, Kate Motl and Andrew Ferderber (front) pose with Fluffy at Homewood Public Library's second annual Harry Potter Book Night on Feb. 2, 2017.
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Harry Potter fans watch Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone at Homewood Public Library's second annual Harry Potter Book Night on Feb. 2, 2017.
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Harry Potter fans watch Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone at Homewood Public Library's second annual Harry Potter Book Night on Feb. 2, 2017.
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Jordan and Price Kilgore dressed up for Homewood Public Library's second annual Harry Potter Book Night on Feb. 2, 2017.
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Homewood Public Library hosted its second annual Harry Potter Book Night on Feb. 2, 2017.
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William and Bobby Cannon at Homewood Public Library's second annual Harry Potter Book Night on Feb. 2, 2017.
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A young Harry Potter fan watches Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone at Homewood Public Library's second annual Harry Potter Book Night on Feb. 2, 2017.
Harry Potter fans had the opportunity to celebrate their favorite books during Homewood Public Library's second annual Harry Potter Book Night. The event is nationwide, and each year the theme changes.
The 2017 theme was "The Professors of Hogwarts," so the crafts and stations focused more on the professors, said teen librarian Judith Wright. Library staffers look forward to Harry Potter Book Night, Wright said, because while there are people who are reading the series for the seventh or eighth time, "every day, every week," there is someone who comes into the library and picks up Harry Potter for the first time.
Crafts included creating kitten plates, modeled after Professor Dolores Umbridge's office decor; creating a team pennant for one of the Hogwarts Houses and writing Valentines to be delivered by "owl post." The Valentines would be sent to Children's of Alabama, Wright said. Other stations included a station where visitors could fight a troll, a station to get a wand and test it out and a Sorting Hat area.
Potterheads could also snack on Butterbeer and Honeydukes popcorn while watching Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone on a projector.
