So you thought the days of daydreaming about flying a broomstick to magical worlds were long gone?

Think again. Since J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was released in August 1998, thousands of young--and old--Americans have reentered a magical world via Harry Potter.

The Scottish Rowling has now written three books, The Chamber of Secrets and The Prisoner of Azkaban in addition to her first, which are currently the top three books on The New York Times Bestseller List. The Sorcerer's Stone has been on that list for the past 50 weeks.

That's no small feat, considering that Charlotte's Web in 1952 was the last book in this age group to do the same, according to one children's book specialist.

And Harry Potter is inspiring almost as much loyalty as E. B. White's lovable spider has.

Harry Potter is a small, bespectacled British boy with a charming rags-to riches-story.

After growing up in suburban London, Harry discovers he is a wizard, and is whisked away from his evil relatives to study at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Although it seems like a standard children's story line, the books have created a worldwide sensation.