Saturday, December 13, 2008

The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling


Many people thought that the Harry Potter saga ended with the last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. But of course J.K. Rowling can never let go the one story that she truly loves. Last year at a charity auction the book, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, was sold for a very high price. J.K. Rowling took that as an opportunity to publish the book and distribute it world wide for her charity, Children’s High Level Group.
This book was the same book mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows when Professor Dumbledore left it for Hermione Granger in his will. The Tale of the Three Brothers and three other short stories are, according to J.K. Rowling, famous bedtime stories for wizard children. Now this book is really cool because after all the short stories you get an in depth look on the stories through the perspective of Albus Dumbledore. This book provides a whole new way of getting into Dumbledore’s mind and they way this truly intelligent, powerful, clever, and slightly odd headmaster of Hogwarts really thinks. If you are a Harry Potter fan I really suggest you read this book (it is also very short so it’s an easy read!).

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