The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a Wizarding classic, first came to Muggle readersรขโฌโข attention in the book known as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Now, thanks to Hermione Grangerรขโฌโขs new translation from the ancient runes, we present this stunning edition with an introduction, notes, and illustrations by J. K. Rowling, and extensive commentary by Albus Dumbledore. Never before have Muggles been privy to these richly imaginative tales: รขโฌลThe Wizard and the Hopping Pot,รขโฌย รขโฌลThe Fountain of Fair Fortune,รขโฌย รขโฌลThe Warlockรขโฌโขs Hairy Heart,รขโฌย รขโฌลBabbitty Rabbitty and Her Cackling Stump,รขโฌย and of course, รขโฌลThe Tale of the Three Brothers.รขโฌย But not only are they the equal of fairy tales we now know and love, reading them gives new insight into the world of Harry Potter.
The stories are accompanied by delightful pen-and-ink illustrations by Ms. Rowling herself, featuring a still-life frontispiece for each one. Professor Dumbledoreรขโฌโขs commentaryรขโฌโapparently written some eighteen months before his deathรขโฌโreveals not just his vast knowledge of Wizarding lore, but also more of his personal qualities: his sense of humor, his courage, his pride in his abilities, and his hard-won wisdom. Names familiar from the Harry Potter novels sprinkle the pages, including Aberforth Dumbledore, Lucius Malfoy and his forebears, and Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (or รขโฌลNearly Headless Nickรขโฌย), as well as other professors at Hogwarts and the past owners of the Elder Wand. Dumbledore tells us of incidents unique to the Wizarding world, like hilariously troubled theatrical productions at Hogwarts or the dangers of having a รขโฌลhairy heart.รขโฌย But he also reveals aspects of the Wizarding world that his Muggle readers might find all too familiar, like censorship, intolerance, and questions about the deepest mysteries in life.
Altogether, this is an essential addition to our store of knowledge about the world and the magic that J. K. Rowling has created, and a book every true Harry Potter fan will want to have for their shelves.
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