NEW YORK, March 20 -- Scholastic released today the cover of the highly anticipated Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling's fifth Harry Potter book due in stores on June 21. Once again, the stunning cover art was created by Mary GrandPré, the highly acclaimed illustrator of all four previous Harry Potter books.

The cover of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix depicts an intense portrait of 15 year-old Harry Potter holding his wand in front of a series of doors. It is drawn in tones of midnight blue, indigo and flame blue. Mary GrandPre has also illustrated such notable children's books as Pockets, The House of Wisdom and, most recently for Scholastic, Plum.

Scholastic recently announced that based on high pre-publication demand for the book, a second printing of 1.7 million copies has been added to the already unprecedented first printing of 6.8 million, bringing the total print run to 8.5 million copies. Scholastic has approximately 80 million copies in print of the first four Harry Potter books.

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc also released their cover image for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which will be used on their editions. In addition to Britain these are also published in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and many other countries throughout the world.