A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration

"The ideal starting point for every student of Transfiguration."

- Advert at Flourish and Blotts.

A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration is a textbook on Transfiguration by Emeric Switch. It was a required textbook for Transfiguration classes for first and second year students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A copy of this book costs 1 Galleon at Flourish and Blotts.

Contents

 * Reparifarge
 * Snail to Teapot

History
Before Ginny Weasley's first year at Hogwarts, Lucius Malfoy managed to slip Tom Riddle's diary into her second-hand copy of the book in Flourish and Blotts, leading to the re-opening of the Chamber of Secrets in that term.

Behind the scenes

 * The book's cover is brown in the film but violet in the first game and red in Pottermore.
 * In the PS1 version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, this book is titled A Beginner's Guide to Transformation.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
 * Pottermore
 * Harry Potter Trading Card Game

Notes and references
Guía de transformación para principiantes Manuel de métamorphose à l'usage des débutants Guida pratica alla Trasfigurazione per principianti Руководство по трансфигурации для начинающих