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A quick-reading quintet of fairy tales set in the wizarding world, essentially bedtime stories for young wizards that can be enjoyed by Muggles as well. Beedle, with the assistance of Dumbledore, Hermione Granger, and J.K. Rowling, imparts life lessons in his tales, and while the concepts might be abstract for young minds, the creativity with which they are delivered may make them stick in the long run.
If I had any complaints about the book, it would be its brevity. I can forsee having children ...more
If I had any complaints about the book, it would be its brevity. I can forsee having children ...more
Spring 2021 (May);
-- Illustrated Edition
My mother picked me up for my birthday a copy of the Hogwarts Library Illustrated Collection (all three Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Quidditch Through the Ages, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard). While these have all been read more than once by me, it was an utterly delight to get to settle down into them for my birthday and see how they were illustrated.
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This ones art, I wasn't all that much in love it. This is more fuzzy, sweeping broad colo ...more
-- Illustrated Edition
My mother picked me up for my birthday a copy of the Hogwarts Library Illustrated Collection (all three Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Quidditch Through the Ages, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard). While these have all been read more than once by me, it was an utterly delight to get to settle down into them for my birthday and see how they were illustrated.
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This ones art, I wasn't all that much in love it. This is more fuzzy, sweeping broad colo ...more
A collection of tales by Beedle the Bard, newly translated by Hermione Granger. Notes from Albus Dumbledore and J.K. Rowling herself are an added treat. "The Fountain of Fair Fortune" was my favorite. A must read for fans of Harry Potter and/or fairy tales, for wizards and muggles alike.
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Entertaining. I'd have to read it multiple times before I could start telling wizarding fairy tales to my kids though ;) Fun little addition to the HP world.
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Audiobooks's 2011:
This one is well read and amusing. I like getting all the stories read by her, and then we get all sorts of educational/historical responses and pick-apart by Dumbledore. I think I enjoyed this even more than the time I read the paper copy, because it much went slower this time, too. Though I remember be surprised it ended so fast, too. ...more
This one is well read and amusing. I like getting all the stories read by her, and then we get all sorts of educational/historical responses and pick-apart by Dumbledore. I think I enjoyed this even more than the time I read the paper copy, because it much went slower this time, too. Though I remember be surprised it ended so fast, too. ...more
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More wonderful Rowling! The only downside is that I wish it never had to end! These are great, pithy stories that perfectly reconcile with the Wizarding world and leave me clamoring for more windows into a world that has captured me so much.
The illustrations could've been better and the stories work overs of Aesop but I can't resist more Harry Potter. I was more interested in the notes along the stories than the actual stories.
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