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Thursday, July 30, 2009
title: The Tales of Beedle the Bard
author: J.K. Rowling
genre: childrens/fantasy
published: 2007
pages: 111
rated: 4 out of 5
The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a collection of 5 fairy tales, each of them teaching a lesson to the reader.
The commentary and footnotes are by none other than Professor Dumbledore.
The tales included are:
The Wizard and the Hopping Pot, The Fountain of Fair Fortune, The Warlock's Hairy Heart, Babbity Rabbity and Her Cackling Stump and The Tale of the Three Brothers.
I think my favorite of the stories was The Warlock's Hairy Heart. As creepy as it was, it grabbed my attention the most. Having said that, that story is the one I would not recommend for young children.
I enjoyed reading this collection and I think most Harry Potter fans would enjoy it too. And very cool that J.K. Rowling is donating proceeds of the book sales to charity. I found the commentaries and footnotes by Dumbledore to be especially charming. If I remember correctly, The Tales of Beedle the Bard was mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
