Beedle and the Bard????

Question

I pre-ordered this book in WHSmith thinking it was a good offer. It's J.K. Rowling's new book and I absolutely LOVE Harry Potter so I'm now kind of wondering what it's about 'cos they didn't really describe the book so can anyone help me out.... I'm choosing best answer so 10 points for the best one!

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QuestionGirl

Answer 1

It's going to be the children's book in DH. with 5 stories!

Answer 2

Its a book that Dumbledore left Hermione in the last book. Its about wizard fairy tales, like the Cinderella, Snow White, and 3 Little Pigs of the wizarding world.

Answer 3

it's a book of wizarding stories, mentioned in harry potter and the deathly hallows, has professor dumbledore left it to hermione granger in his will (or at least wizarding equivalent), and it helped them defeat he who shall not be named, originally their was only 1 copy available to buy, has it was sold for charity, which the internet company amazon bought, but on the 31st july, jk rowling announced that it would be published on the 4th december

hope it helps

Answer 4

It's a book that's referred to in Deathly Hallows.  Rowling originally produced a few copies for gifts and a charity auction, but recently decided to publish it.  According to Wikkipedia:

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book of children's stories written in 2007 by British author J. K. Rowling. 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]

The book was originally produced in a limited edition of only seven copies, each handwritten and illustrated by J. K. Rowling.[3] One of them, the moonstone edition, was offered for auction and was expected to sell for £50,000 ($103,000); ultimately it was bought for £1.95 million ($3.98 million) by Amazon, making the selling price the highest achieved at auction for a modern literary manuscript.[4][5] The money earned at the auction of the book was donated to The Children's Voice charity campaign.[6]

It was announced on July 31, 2008, that the book will be published for the general public on December 4, 2008 in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, with the proceeds going to charity.[7][8]

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. The fictitious book, that functions as a plot device, is bequeathed to Hermione Granger by Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The book is described as a popular collection of Wizarding children's fairy tales, thus while Ron Weasley is familiar with the stories, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger had not previously heard them due to their non-magical upbringing.[2]

The edition Hermione received in chapter seven in Dumbledore's will is a copy of the original edition of fictional books in the novel.[9] It is described as an ancient-looking small book with its binding "stained and peeling in places". In the novel it is also said the book has a title on its cover, written in embossed runic symbols.[2]

The book acts as the vehicle for introducing the Deathly Hallows.[6] Above the story "The Tale of the Three Brothers", Hermione Granger finds a strange symbol which later is revealed by Xenophilius Lovegood to be the symbol of the Hallows. The triangle from the symbol represents the Invisibility Cloak, the circle inside the triangle symbolizes the Resurrection Stone, and the vertical line represents the Elder Wand.[9  

Answer 5

it is a book of wizard child stories, as mentioned in the 7th harry potter book

Answer 6

Its a book containing wizarding fairy stories including the Tale of the Three Brothers and Babbity Rabity and Her Cackling Stump which are both mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. There are also 3 others in the book called The Wizard and the Hopping Pot, The Fountain of Fair Fortune and The Warlocks Hairy Heart.

Answer 7

In either the second last or last book Dumbledore left Hermione a book in his will. That was the book her left her.

Later on when they are camping, they begin talking about stories that wizard's are told when they are young. Like, the story of the Three Brothers (Not quite sure that's the name), with the Wand, Stone and Invisibility cloak, that Voldemort was after. Well this is one of the stories included in the The Tales of Beedle the Bard.