Tales of Beedle the Bard

Take a look at this:

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LONDON - J.K. Rowling has completed her first book not to feature teen wizard Harry Potter an illustrated collection of magical fairy stories titled "The Tales of Beedle the Bard."
Only seven copies of the book are being printed, Rowling said Thursday. One will be auctioned next month to raise money for a children's charity, while the others have been given away as gifts.
Rowling drew the illustrations herself and provided the handwriting for the five stories that make up the collection of fairytales.
"The Tales of Beedle the Bard" is mentioned in the final Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," as a gift left by headmaster Albus Dumbledore to Harry's friend Hermione, and provides clues that help destroy evil Lord Voldemort.
"'The Tales of Beedle the Bard' is really a distillation of the themes found in the Harry Potter books, and writing it has been the most wonderful way to say goodbye to a world I have loved and lived in for 17 years," Rowling said in a statement.
The volume, bound in brown morocco leather and mounted with silver and semiprecious stones, will be auctioned at Sotheby's on Dec. 13 with a starting price of $62,000. Proceeds will go to The Children's Voice, a charity that helps vulnerable children across Europe.
"Deathly Hallows," the seventh and final installment in Harry's adventures, was published in July. The seven books have sold nearly 400 million copies and have been translated into 64 languages.
Rowling told the British Broadcasting Corp. that the book of fairytales had helped her say goodbye to Harry's world.
"It's not about Harry, Ron and Hermione, but it comes from that world," she told BBC radio in an interview broadcast Thursday. "So it's been therapeutic in a way."
Rowling said she was working on a new book, "a half-finished book for children that I think will probably be the next thing I publish."
On Wednesday, Rowling and the makers of the Harry Potter movies filed a lawsuit against RDR Books, a small U.S. publisher that plans to bring out a companion volume based on the Harry Potter Lexicon fan Web site.
Rowling has said she plans to produce her own encyclopedia of the wizarding world and says the book would infringe on her intellectual property rights.

http://omg.yahoo.com/rowling-completes-post-harry-potter-book/news/3619

I wished I had one

Wow, I wouldn't mind having one as well, I can't believe she is only making seven copies of the book. Seven people out of billions...

Amazon.com won the auction for this book, and have started posting info on it on their site, here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000179911

I had that exact thought :D

I think it's great and everything that this version was put up for auction for charities, but I'd like to see it published for the fans as well.

If it worked out like the comic relief school books, where all money from the sales of the books goes to charity, then she'd still make a LOT of money for the charity.

I have a feeling that it will be published for the masses in the future.

You can read reviews of them on Amazon.com go to TLC or Mugglenet for the link.

i hope J.K. ublishes them for everyone, along with her H.P. Encyclopedia :]
if she dosnt, I have an angry mob of American fans waiting XD
haha

Oh wow... the fairy tales sound so interesting, and that little book is soo pretty! The drawings and things... and it was all handwritten!

I want one! haha

So I'll join those who are waiting for it to be open for the public to buy

I hope that Amazon takes it on tour for everytone to read and enjoy. I would definitly go to see it.

kathrineee_anne wrote:

i hope J.K. ublishes them for everyone, along with her H.P. Encyclopedia :]
if she dosnt, I have an angry mob of American fans waiting XD
haha

I'll join you in that Katherine! hehehehehe!

Hey

I know this may seem a bit selfish but.....Its not fair on all of the huge Harry Potter fans, like ME and YOU, who want to have this book (ohh...this amazing book) in there hands to read...I DON'T JUST WANT TO BE STUCK READING SOME STUCK UP "OH, WE'VE READ THE BOOK" REVIEW! Is this how others feel too?

Oh...sorry for expressing such angry thoughts...I only get like this when there's something of Harry Potter I don't know or haven't read.

I really do hope it gets published for the public to read and that JK Rowling also writes that 8th book and the Magical World Encyclopedia.

LucyXX

Yeah I suppose it would....soz If my little rant sounded a bit selfish...

LucyXX

Only 7 copies!?!?! that's terrible! *joins the angry fans*

how can she make only 7?!?! What about the rest of us? lol

Beedle the Bard is going to be published in December.

Leaky has the story:

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/7/31/j-k-rowling-s-charity-to-publish-beedle-the-bard-in-december

BWhAHAHA!!!!!

I got this today!!!! Ive read the first one adn the opne about the three brothers. Its really good for children, but not older people. I like it though, the drawings are really good to.

Wow!! First day, and you already have a copy! Ohh, wish I can have mine this afternoon.

Gee.. I just found out that it was not out in here, yet.

I finished it.....my mom is gonna me mad. That was one of my favorites to Polly, but I really like the Three Brothers one.

I really didnt get the Hairy heart one

I got this, but I've only read the first one and DD's commentary of it so far.

It's cute!

I do love Beedle the Bard... cute little book. I love fairy tales, so Wizard fairy tales were <3

I like quirky spin-offs like the Bard, JK does them so well too. Not like some silly short story about some other vampire... like a certain vampire series we know.

They were all so cute! And with awesome interpretations by Dumbledore. (; I loved it!

Hahha, yay for the bookstore! They also need Hogwarts: A History...and the Gilderoy Lockheart books...and every other book mentioned. (;

Man I'd love a Hogwarts: A History.

That was a fun class here on HE :D

I don't think I've done that class yet....Perhaps I will.

I liked it. It was a creative one, so I had fun.

Oooo, that would be cool! -goes to search google-

You never know. There's a lot of stuff out there.

So far I haven't really found anything

Oh... that's sad then.

THE INTERNET HAS FAILED!

Makes sense, I guess

Haha one day!!