the tales of beedle the bard
American cover of the public release of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, due for release on December 4, 2008. [1]
The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book of children’s stories by British author J. K. Rowling. [2]
Profits from The Tales of Beedle the Bard will go to Rowling’s charity for Eastern European children. [3]
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a Wizarding classic, first came to Muggle readers’ attention in the book known as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. [4]
It purports to be the storybook of the same name mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the last book of the Harry Potter series. [2]
- A new book by JK Rowling, patterned on one mentioned in the final Harry Potter installment, is set to be released tomorrow, Reuters reports. [3]
The stories are accompanied by delightful pen-and-ink illustrations by Ms. Rowling herself, featuring a still-life frontispiece for each one. [4]
The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book written by J. K. Rowling, which was published on November 1, 2007. [...] A dedication in the front of the book read “Six of these books have been given to those most closely connected to the Harry Potter books during the last 17 years. [...] Tucked in its own case disguised as a wizarding textbook found in the Hogwarts library, the Collector’s Edition includes an exclusive reproduction of J.K. Rowling’s handwritten introduction, as well as 10 additional illustrations not found in the Standard Edition or the original. [1]
The first mention of The Tales of Beedle the Bard appeared in J. K. Rowling’s 2007 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final novel of the Harry Potter series. [2]
But the true jewel of this new edition is the enlightening and comprehensive commentary (including extensive footnotes!) by Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, who brings his unique wizard’s-eye perspective to the collection. [1]
This story was about brothers who meet Death on the road and each try to outwit him. [5]
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 “Nearly Headless Nick”), as well as other professors at Hogwarts and the past owners of the Elder Wand. [4]
One of them was offered for auction in late 2007 and was expected to sell for ? 50,000 ($ 103,000); ultimately it was bought for ?1.95 million ($3.98 million) by Amazon.com, making the selling price the highest achieved at auction for a modern literary manuscript. [2]
Sources:
[1] The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Real) - Harry Potter Wiki (harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/
[2] The Tales of Beedle the Bard - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
[3] News Articles Relating To The Tales Of Beedle The Bard. (www.newser.com/tag/18824/1/
[4] J.K. Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard - Scholastic Books (www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/
[5] The Tales of Beedle the Bard - Harry Potter Wiki (harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/