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Feb 06, 2008
Ann
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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...);>
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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...);>
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Aug 15, 2007
Megs
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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 the
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Feb 07, 2008
Kathryn
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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
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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
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Mar 12, 2011
The Itzel Library
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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.
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Oct 22, 2007
Carmen
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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 Cop 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 Cop More...
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Oct 25, 2011
"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.
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Oct 24, 2011
septmars
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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 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 More...
Oct 09, 2011
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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
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Sep 04, 2011
Keri
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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 throug 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 throug More...
Oct 20, 2010
Angie
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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.
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May 17, 2010
Leeanna
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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 "H 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 "H More...
Aug 29, 2011
Hikari
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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.
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Jun 12, 2009
Justin
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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.
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Jan 03, 2012
Hadi
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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 L 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 L More...
Oct 04, 2008
Sella
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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."
Jan 05, 2010
Allegra
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"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
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Jul 28, 2011
Book Concierge
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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 cr
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Sep 29, 2010
David
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Reasons I liked this book:
* Because to those of us who miss Harry Potter, this is a nice addition the already existing wizard world knowledge.
* Because it's supposed to be the original book owned by Harry for school. The notes Harry, Ron and Hermione make here and there are very mirthful.
* Because it's as informative as you'd want it to be - you learn a lot more about the creatures you've already read about in the Harry Potter books, and new and intriguing creatures are i More...
* Because to those of us who miss Harry Potter, this is a nice addition the already existing wizard world knowledge.
* Because it's supposed to be the original book owned by Harry for school. The notes Harry, Ron and Hermione make here and there are very mirthful.
* Because it's as informative as you'd want it to be - you learn a lot more about the creatures you've already read about in the Harry Potter books, and new and intriguing creatures are i More...
Apr 25, 2009
Purplycookie
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"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 al More...
The wonderful thing in having a copy of Harry's textbook is that of his (and Ron's doodles) found in al More...
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Aug 09, 2011
This is one of the companion books for the Harry Potter series. Specifically, it is one of the "school books" for students at Hogwarts. Written for Comic Relief, this book is funny and lighthearted to read though. Nothing too deep here, and nothing absolutely necessary to the series. But, for Harry Potter lovers like myself, it cannot go unread. In fact, it is the last companion book for the series, and finishing it was kind of a sad thing for me.
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Sep 18, 2011
Natasha
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J.K. Rowling released a book containing inside information on the wizarding world, alongside Quidditch Through the Ages. This book, as the title states, focuses on the magical creatures we see throughout the Harry Potter series as he progresses through the years and comes into contact with more creatures.
While reading the books, we, like Harry, come into contact with these creatures for the first time. Now, we are able to see his school book and read more information about these anim More...
While reading the books, we, like Harry, come into contact with these creatures for the first time. Now, we are able to see his school book and read more information about these anim More...
Apr 07, 2008
Lisa
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I adore all the Harry Potter books but was somewhat disappointed in this book. I actually could have done without it. But it gave me a bit of a Harry Potter fix. Now that the series is over, I'm hoping that if Rowling publishes a HP Encyclopedia, it will be better than this. Otherwise, I'd really just rather reread the series of 7 Harry Potter books.
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Feb 12, 2011
Alex
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander (aka J.K Rowling) was written, along with Quidditch Through the Ages, to raise money for the Comic Relief Foundation in 2001. As of July 2008 the books were estimated to have made over $30 million for the Foundation.
Fantastic Beasts acts as a wonderful addition to the Harry Potter realm and adequately complements the series as we learn about many magical creatures mentioned within the series. By reading Fantastic Beasts we gai More...
Fantastic Beasts acts as a wonderful addition to the Harry Potter realm and adequately complements the series as we learn about many magical creatures mentioned within the series. By reading Fantastic Beasts we gai More...
Aug 16, 2009
Mery
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Aku menemukan buku ini ketika Peeves sedang membuat onar, mengacak-acak seluruh kamar.
Buku ini tergeletak begitu saja di depan pintu toilet perempuan. dan tertulis di depan nya "buku ini milik Harry Potter"
aku langsung mendengus begitu membacanya. tetapi tetap saja buku ini kusimpan.
Dan lagi-lagi aku mendapati nama Squib Ginger lagi... *bosen*
buku ini bagus juga, isinya tentang semua bermacam2 makhluk buas. wah pantas saja si anak pitak s More...
Buku ini tergeletak begitu saja di depan pintu toilet perempuan. dan tertulis di depan nya "buku ini milik Harry Potter"
aku langsung mendengus begitu membacanya. tetapi tetap saja buku ini kusimpan.
Dan lagi-lagi aku mendapati nama Squib Ginger lagi... *bosen*
buku ini bagus juga, isinya tentang semua bermacam2 makhluk buas. wah pantas saja si anak pitak s More...
Nov 05, 2011
Viviene
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I actually liked this book more than Quidditch Through the Ages because I was really fascinated with the beasts of the wizarding world ever since Lupin taught Defense Against the Dark Arts in Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban.
What I liked:
1) the little scribbles in the margins of the book :P
2) the history of how beasts are classified and the proper meaning of the word 'beast'
3)the illustrations of some of the beasts in the book
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What I liked:
1) the little scribbles in the margins of the book :P
2) the history of how beasts are classified and the proper meaning of the word 'beast'
3)the illustrations of some of the beasts in the book
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Oct 04, 2011
Bea
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Reasons I gave this book such a low rating:
- I believe the descriptions of the creatures were insufficient;
- It lacked images (given that I believe descriptions were insufficient);
- Everyone makes a big deal out of trio's comments, but honestly, how many were there? Five?
- I believe that there should be a great number of magical creatures in the wizard world, but the author claims to describe them all, and there were (in my opinion), too few.
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- I believe the descriptions of the creatures were insufficient;
- It lacked images (given that I believe descriptions were insufficient);
- Everyone makes a big deal out of trio's comments, but honestly, how many were there? Five?
- I believe that there should be a great number of magical creatures in the wizard world, but the author claims to describe them all, and there were (in my opinion), too few.
- Uncreatively, most cre More...
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Jan 07, 2008
Jack
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Highly entertaining. Owning a copy of the book made me feel like a Hogwarts student, and that's wonderful, because JK Rowling knows how to please her readers and make them feel welcome in her world.
Plus, the "vandalisms" in the margins are hilarious! ^__^
Plus, the "vandalisms" in the margins are hilarious! ^__^
Jan 29, 2012
Brian
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For some reason, creature-creating has always been a significant affinity of mine. Be it the video game "Spore" or a Microsoft Word document titled "Made Up Creature List", it's always been a comforting mental stimulation for me to make up my own animals and monsters. Come up with lengths, weights, diets, behavior, appearances, subspecies...I've compiled entire planets full of alien creatures of my own design before, and I still have some of the files for them somewhere. I'm
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