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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Harry Potter Companion Books #1)
A copy of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them resides on almost every wizarding household in the country. Now, for a limited period only, Muggles too have the chance to discover where the Quintaped lives, what the Puffskein eats, and why it is best not to leave milk out for a Knarl.
Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to improving and saving the lives of childr
...moreHardcover, 42 pages
Published
June 2001
by Arthur A. Levine
(first published March 1st 2001)
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Some people love their jobs and JKR is definitely of of them. Reading her books, you can just sense how she loves writing, creating characters, inventing names and laying out clues which fool the readers.
Well, there weren't any clues in this one, as it is not actually a story, but it is so well done, so ... what's the word for it ... so real, in a way. She had given a thought to every detail, even down to the price of the book (4,99 pounds, or 1 Galleon, 11 sickles).
Like in Tales of Beedle the...more
Well, there weren't any clues in this one, as it is not actually a story, but it is so well done, so ... what's the word for it ... so real, in a way. She had given a thought to every detail, even down to the price of the book (4,99 pounds, or 1 Galleon, 11 sickles).
Like in Tales of Beedle the...more
Originally read: December, 25 2004 through December 26, 2004
Re-read: January 13, 2008 through February 6, 2008
What a wonderfully, delightful book! So clever and interesting, cute, fun, (highly humerous what with all of Harry's and Ron's notes!) and informative.:) Also interesting reading it after knowing all that occurs in the serious. It was fun to revisit some of my old theories (many of which never amounted to anything, but still...);>
So much fun to read and I adore all the creatures, "be...more
Re-read: January 13, 2008 through February 6, 2008
What a wonderfully, delightful book! So clever and interesting, cute, fun, (highly humerous what with all of Harry's and Ron's notes!) and informative.:) Also interesting reading it after knowing all that occurs in the serious. It was fun to revisit some of my old theories (many of which never amounted to anything, but still...);>
So much fun to read and I adore all the creatures, "be...more
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I just can't get enough of the Harry Potter universe, and was thrilled when the set of Qudditch Through The Ages and Magical Beasts and Where to Find Them. The Fantastic Beasts book is full of fun knowledge of the beasts found inside the books, and gives a little background and origin. Four stars only though because there are only a small amount of pictures (and as someone who is used to the D&D Monster Manuel, I love pictures to go with my monster descriptions. Also, there are notes from th...more
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Feb 07, 2008
Kathryn
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone who loves HP or magical creatures
Shelves:
annie-and-katie-bookclub,
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I read this first in 2004 so reading it again now that I've finished the series brought even more fun and interest to the material. It was amsuing to remember so many of my theories for which fantastical beasts would make an appearance in the final few books--I was so wrong!--and I just find the whole concept of this book absolutely darling, and so clever. I especially enjoy those magical creatures that occassionally wander into Muggle worlds, and the muggle-confusion and wizard-magic-ing that f...more
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Mar 20, 2008
Crazy Uncle Ryan
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This is another fun supplementary book to the Harry Potter series. The thing I enjoyed most about it is the fact that it contained Harry Potter’s notes doodled in the margins. Like “Quidditch Through the Ages” this book demonstrates how much Rowling has really done to create the Harry Potter universe by giving some fun insights into the creatures that exist in the Magical world. Considering the fact that all the proceeds from this book go to a charity that helps poor children throughout the worl...more
No tengo mucho que decir sobre este libro. En realidad es muy pequeñito, pero creo para los fans de Harry Potter este es un ejemplar que no puede faltar en sus estanterías. Yo no sé mucho del mundo de Harry Potter, salvo lo que he visto en las películas, y si hay algo que sé es que siempre me confundo con los seres que aparecen cada dos por tres, y que suelo perderme las bromas entre mis amigos que sí son fans de hueso colorado. Por eso me gustó muchísimo leer esta guía.
Está ordenado alfabéticam...more
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Jan 26, 2013
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rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Every single Harry Potter fan
Title: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Author: J.K. Rowling
Series: Harry Potter Companion Books #1
Rating: ★★★★★
Summary: A copy of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them resides on almost every wizarding household in the country. Now, for a limited period only, Muggles too have the chance to discover where the Quintaped lives, what the Puffskein eats, and why it is best not to leave milk out for a Knarl. Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to improving and saving the lives of chi...more
Author: J.K. Rowling
Series: Harry Potter Companion Books #1
Rating: ★★★★★
Summary: A copy of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them resides on almost every wizarding household in the country. Now, for a limited period only, Muggles too have the chance to discover where the Quintaped lives, what the Puffskein eats, and why it is best not to leave milk out for a Knarl. Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to improving and saving the lives of chi...more
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Oct 22, 2007
Carmen Maloy
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5 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
All HP fans
This thin little volume is an excellent supplement to the popular Harry Potter series. All of the magical species mentioned in the series are covered in this book, along with many more. Each animal is described physically, with notes on its temperament and magical ability. Also included are "Beings" such as Merpeople.
The book is arranged alphabetically. Each creature is also classified by the level of danger that it brings: Expert Wizard Needed, Competent Wizard Should Cope, etc. Harry's notes,...more
The book is arranged alphabetically. Each creature is also classified by the level of danger that it brings: Expert Wizard Needed, Competent Wizard Should Cope, etc. Harry's notes,...more
Oct 25, 2011
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"Tras los seudónimos Newt Scamander y Kennilworthy Whisp no se esconde un negro a saldo de las grandes editoriales, ni un escritor tímido que no tiene foto ni en su DNI. La auténtica identidad de estos dos magos no es otra que J.K. Rowling, la archiconocida autora de la saga Harry Potter, que aprovechó el parón de tres años entre la redacción de El Cáliz de Fuego y La Orden del Fénix para escribir estos dos libros cuyos beneficios han ido destinados íntegramente a una organización benéfica. Anim...more
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oooh! I found Harry Potter's copy of the book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them!" on the intanet (actually, internet. Just trying to sound like I have the awesome British accent - I am never going to be good at that)
This book is home of almost 60+ beasts found in the famous Harry Potter series (with Potter's funny descriptions and comments of each beasts --that is almost on every page). haha!
Harry Potter and his friends needed this book in the 1991–1992...more
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Harry Potter: one of the biggest series in the world. J. K. Rowling has created a world full of magic and mystery and depth, and this companion shows that.
Originally released for Comic Relief, 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' and 'Quidditch Through the Ages' were sold as a bundle, a duo of school books straight from Hogwarts. The result of these companions presents just how much depth Rowling has went into with her series, her world and her characters.
'Fantastic Beasts' is a micro-ency...more
Originally released for Comic Relief, 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' and 'Quidditch Through the Ages' were sold as a bundle, a duo of school books straight from Hogwarts. The result of these companions presents just how much depth Rowling has went into with her series, her world and her characters.
'Fantastic Beasts' is a micro-ency...more
Este es uno de esos libros que agradezco enormemente que existan porque en el momento en que lo tengo en mis manos y hojeo sus páginas me siento parte de ese mundo maravilloso que creó Rowling.
El libro en sí es un compendio en orden alfabético de las criaturas fantásticas (algunas del imaginario propio de J. K. Rowling y otras que pertenecen a los mitos y leyendas del mundo) y las descripciones vienen acompañadas de unos pocos comentarios hechos por el Golden Trio que se aprecian mucho, ya que h...more
El libro en sí es un compendio en orden alfabético de las criaturas fantásticas (algunas del imaginario propio de J. K. Rowling y otras que pertenecen a los mitos y leyendas del mundo) y las descripciones vienen acompañadas de unos pocos comentarios hechos por el Golden Trio que se aprecian mucho, ya que h...more
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a supplemental book from the Harry Potter series. This book, in the novels, is the textbook for the lesson of Care of Magical Creatures. The teacher? Harry and Ron's friend: Hagrid.
The book is, supposedly, a copy of Harry's as the label in the cover tells us. Like any good students, Harry, of course, scribbled and added some humorous additions to it. There are a lot of references to the previous Harry Potter books (Continuity Nod, as TV Tropes might say...more
The book is, supposedly, a copy of Harry's as the label in the cover tells us. Like any good students, Harry, of course, scribbled and added some humorous additions to it. There are a lot of references to the previous Harry Potter books (Continuity Nod, as TV Tropes might say...more
Dieses kleine Büchlein liefert einen amüsanten Einblick in die Welt der magischen Tiere. Es ist durchweg als Schulbuch gestaltet und listet nach einer interessanten Einleitung über die Schwierigkeiten der Klassifikation und des Geheimhaltens dieser Wesen alle magischen Tiere der Harry Potter-Welt auf. Jeder Eintrag behandelt die Eigenarten, die Gefahrenklasse und das (teilweise wunderbar fantasievolle) Aussehen dieser einzigartigen Tiere auf eine sehr niedliche Art und Weise, die bei mir oft zu...more
There are an abundance of magical creatures in existence. I'm sure you know of a few: dragons, unicorns, fairies, griffins...
What you may not be aware of is a range of numerous other fantastic creatures and their qualities, both dangerous and splendid.
This special edition of 'Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them' has been made available to Muggles, with a special foreword from Albus Dumbledore. It is a mass-printing of Harry Potter's copy of the book and is doodled on throughout by Harry, R...more
What you may not be aware of is a range of numerous other fantastic creatures and their qualities, both dangerous and splendid.
This special edition of 'Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them' has been made available to Muggles, with a special foreword from Albus Dumbledore. It is a mass-printing of Harry Potter's copy of the book and is doodled on throughout by Harry, R...more
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I wonder just how many of these creatures are based on real legends and how many J.K. Rowling made up. I think a lot of them are based on legends and myths throughout the world, but throwing a cucumber with your name on it at a magical creature sounds like the makings of J.K. Rowling to me. However, I wouldn't be surprised if J.K. Rowling did a lot of research for this book. It's not something merely to entertain; it was written primarily to inform.
I couldn't help but feel a bit sheepish at time...more
I couldn't help but feel a bit sheepish at time...more
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, by J. K. Rowling
Complete with notes by Harry and Ron, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" is a replication of the Care of Magical Creatures text book. The book features blurbs on seventy-five magical beasts, and rates them from "boring" to "known wizard killer." Some entries include sketches of their subjects, such as the Runespoor, a 3-headed snake, or the garden gnomes Harry fans will remember from "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." The te...more
Complete with notes by Harry and Ron, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" is a replication of the Care of Magical Creatures text book. The book features blurbs on seventy-five magical beasts, and rates them from "boring" to "known wizard killer." Some entries include sketches of their subjects, such as the Runespoor, a 3-headed snake, or the garden gnomes Harry fans will remember from "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." The te...more
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I really wish she would publish a spell book
I really wish she would publish a spell book
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I read "Fantastic Beasts" on a whim, and to be perfectly honest it was a short book to pad my goal of 40 books by 2014. Having said that, I was pleasantly surprised to find it was a light-hearted and enchanting supplement to the Harry Potter series.
"Fantastic Beasts" is something of an A-Z compendium of several magical creatures in the Harry Potter universe (referenced or not). Seeing Harry and Ron's footnotes was amusing, and the introduction as to what classified a "being" and a "beast" was ac...more
"Fantastic Beasts" is something of an A-Z compendium of several magical creatures in the Harry Potter universe (referenced or not). Seeing Harry and Ron's footnotes was amusing, and the introduction as to what classified a "being" and a "beast" was ac...more
I joined GR too late to write a review of any of the books in Harry Potter Series and this is the primary reason that I am writing a review of this short but good book.
I read the complete Harry Potter Series as and when the books came out. When I started reading the series in my teenage I had no reasons to own the books and thus I still don't have any of the Potter books. Buying and caring for the books that I read and love came late in my habit and the stacks of books in my collection still lea...more
I read the complete Harry Potter Series as and when the books came out. When I started reading the series in my teenage I had no reasons to own the books and thus I still don't have any of the Potter books. Buying and caring for the books that I read and love came late in my habit and the stacks of books in my collection still lea...more
Das kleine Büchlein gibt einen Einblick in die Tierwesen der magischen Gemeinschaft mit Hinweisen zum Autor Newt Scamander, einem Vorwort von Albus Dumbledore, einer Einführung von Scamander, u.a. zur Definition von Tierwesen, dem Umgang mit Muggeln und anderen wichtigen Informationen als auch dem eigentlichen Lexikon. Das Buch ist eine Version mit kleinen, witzigen Kommentaren von Harry Potter und seinen Freunden, die diese in ihrer Schulzeit in das Buch schrieben.
Die Einträge im Lexikon sind n...more
Die Einträge im Lexikon sind n...more
Another quick read for Harry Potter fans, part of the box set that also includes Quidditch Through the Ages. This one is fairly straightforward; it's a brief encyclopedia of magical monsters that inhabit the Potterverse, some of which play major roles in the story, some of which are mentioned once or twice in the books, and some of which are debuting in these pages. With, of course, a few creatures from Greek mythology thrown in for good measure, a touch that I personally appreciate.
There isn't...more
There isn't...more
The book is written just like if the magic world and all those fantastic creatures are real.
It's been told that we, Muggles can find them somewhere in this world. But ministry of magic takes some action to prevent that, cast some spell to hide them, make some territories disappear from the Muggles's eyes, takes care of them so they will not appear in the public.
The book also explain that great mysteries in this world is actually relate to this magical creatures. Mystery of Loch Ness, Yetti, Cro...more
It's been told that we, Muggles can find them somewhere in this world. But ministry of magic takes some action to prevent that, cast some spell to hide them, make some territories disappear from the Muggles's eyes, takes care of them so they will not appear in the public.
The book also explain that great mysteries in this world is actually relate to this magical creatures. Mystery of Loch Ness, Yetti, Cro...more
As a great Harry Potter fan, I obviously enjoyed this book, though mostly for the humorous "had-written" scribbling that can be fund through it.
On the whole, it definitely reads like a textbook, and I would have perhaps appreciated it more if all fantastic beasts had had accompanying images. There are some, which are of course appreciated. Nevertheless, I would have been more interested in a depiction of a Nudu (most dangerous magical beast), rather than that of a plimply (a fish with legs).
The...more
On the whole, it definitely reads like a textbook, and I would have perhaps appreciated it more if all fantastic beasts had had accompanying images. There are some, which are of course appreciated. Nevertheless, I would have been more interested in a depiction of a Nudu (most dangerous magical beast), rather than that of a plimply (a fish with legs).
The...more
this book is funny. It gave me lots of information about Harry Potter beasts, and since this is supposed to be harry's book, it has all his and rons comments about things said in the text written in it, which are really funny. my favorite one is under the description of the chimera. the book says "chimeras are highly dangerous and classified as non-tradable" and under that ron writes: so hagrid will be getting one any time now."
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" is a guide to all beasts within the wizarding world of Harry Hotter by J.K. Rowling. Within the book all the beasts are rated using stars to how dangerous they are, one being "boring" and five being "Known wizard killer / impossible to train or domesticate." A five star rated beast in the book is the acromantula spider. Acromantula spiders are feared by wizards because they are giant spiders, a single leg of thiers measures at least 15 ft, are of near hu...more
I thought this book was pretty good. I have definitely read better, but i liked it all the same. I know it must be hard to right s pretend textbook and so i thought J.K Rowling did a pretty good job with it. I must say though, in the middle of the explanations about the different beasts, it got a little dry. It kept going on and on about the different beasts. I would suggest that they put something else at different intervals in the book. i loved the little comments from Harry and Ron, every tim...more
This slim little volume is supposedly a faithful reprinting of Harry Potter’s very own copy of this text book. It includes various notes and drawings in the margins made by the young wizard and his friends as they studied the care and feeding of magical creatures. We learn of the history of the various agencies, councils and departments responsible for regulating creatures, beings, and spirits. The volume explains the classification system (X to XXXXX), the habitats and habits of the various cre...more
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" (14 Sickles 3 Knuts) by "Newt Scamander" is an A to Z listing of all beasts and beings magical (and apparently a required reading for all first-year Hogwarts students). This one turns out to be a facsimile of Harry Potter's very own textbook, written in a wonderfully dry yet droll style by a renowned magizoologist.
The wonderful thing in having a copy of Harry's textbook is that of his (and Ron's doodles) found in almost every page. According to Professo...more
The wonderful thing in having a copy of Harry's textbook is that of his (and Ron's doodles) found in almost every page. According to Professo...more
Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them
By JK Rowling
Fantastic beasts and where to find them is a really interesting book, with facts about each beast known to wizard kind. This book is mainly for people who have read or watched the Harry Potter movies. The book is like a dictionary, in which the facts of each beast is written about. What I like about the book is that there isn’t any normal beasts like bears etc. but are more related to the wizarding world, such as giants and pixies. The best...more
By JK Rowling
Fantastic beasts and where to find them is a really interesting book, with facts about each beast known to wizard kind. This book is mainly for people who have read or watched the Harry Potter movies. The book is like a dictionary, in which the facts of each beast is written about. What I like about the book is that there isn’t any normal beasts like bears etc. but are more related to the wizarding world, such as giants and pixies. The best...more
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Although she writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling, pronounced like rolling,her name when her first Harry Potter book was published was simply Joanne Rowling. Anticipating that the target audience of young boys might not want to read a book written by a woman, her publishers demanded that she use two initials, rather than her full name. As she had no middle name, she chose K as the second initia...more
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Ron: Shared by Ron Weasley, because his fell apart.
Hermione: Why don't you buy a new one then?
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Ron: Shared by Ron Weasley, because his fell apart.
Hermione: Why don't you buy a new one then?
Ron: Write on your own book, Hermione.
Hermione: You bought all those dungbombs on Saturday. You could have bought a new book instead.
Ron: Dungbombs rule.”
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