The Tales of Beedle the Bard have been favourite bedtime reading in wizarding households for centuries. Full of magic and trickery, these classic tales both entertain and instruct, and remain as captivating to young wizards today as they were when Beedle first put quill to parchment in the fifteenth century. There are five tales in all: ‘The Tale of the Three Brothers‘ Harry Potter fans will know from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; ‘The Fountain of Fair Fortune‘, ‘The Warlock’s Hairy Heart‘, ‘The Wizard and the Hopping Pot‘ and ‘Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump‘ complete the collection. These narrative gems are accompanied by explanatory notes by Professor Albus Dumbledore (included by kind permission of the Hogwarts Headmaster’s archive). His illuminating thoughts reveal the stories to be much more than just simple moral tales.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard was published in 2008 and is sold in aid of J.K. Rowling’s international children’s charity, Lumos.
Publishers:
UK Print – Bloomsbury
US Print – Scholastic
eBook – Pottermore
Digital Audiobook – Pottermore
UK Illustrated – Bloomsbury
US Illustrated – Scholastic