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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.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Harry Potter Series) by by J. K. Rowling


OMG! I got an email from Barnes & Noble today. The Tales of Beedle the Bard will be released in stores on December 04, 2008!!! *yay* *happy happy joy joy*



I'm a BIG HP fan and can't wait to get my hands on this one. Plus...December 4th is my birthday, so I'm actually looking forward to my birthday this year....lol.


related links: http://www.jkrowling.com/

Trial Over Potter Lexicon


J. K. Rowling is suing Steven Jan Vander Ark's publisher, RDR Books, for his wanting to publish the Harry Potter Lexicon, an encyclopedia of the wizarding world based on the website. Visit his site here ->Harry Potter Lexicon.org


Now, I'm a huge HP fan. I love the books and the films are great too. The Lexicon site has always been one of my fav HP sites. I don't mind them publishing it, I'd buy a copy for sure. Especially with no more HP books coming out.




JK Rowling has accounced plans to produce her own encyclopedia some day, but who knows when or if that will happen. And Rowling hand wrote and illustrated a 7 copies of The Tales of Beetle The Bard, which Amazon.com bought a copy of for about 4 million dollars....the proceeds went to charity which is great...but I was hoping she'd eventually publish that and make it available for her fans as well.


you can see more of The Tales of Beetle The Bard here at amazon







Any HP fans out there? What do you think of this whole thing? Would you buy a copy of the published Lexicon?




my fav HP sites:

visit JK Rowling's site http://www.jkrowling.com/


also see http://www.mugglenet.com/

and the leaky cauldron


'It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.'-Dumbledore

**warning spoilers**





Well, like the millions of other Potter fans, I've been eagerly awating the last installment of the wonderful story.

I had my copy on reserve and the only reason I couldn't go to the bookstore on Saturday at midnight when book 7 was officially released is because I was away on vacation. So late Sunday evening when I was finally back home, barely unpacked and off the plane, I asked hubby to drive me to Borders Books to get my copy.



It's been bittersweet reading it, since I knew this was the final one.
I finished reading it today since I took my time and enjoyed it.
I'm very happy with the ending. Yes, I was at tears twice while reading. But all in all, Rowling did an amazing job as usual.


In my previous post, click here to read

I had predicted a few things.

I was mostly wrong, but right about some! lol...but we were expecting 2 major deaths....instead there were 6 major characters deaths and more died that were not major characters in the books.

I always thought Snape was a good man....and yes he really was.
He's been my favorite Hogwarts teacher since I started reading HP and I was happy to see how it all ended with him.

I'll be reading book 7 again soon.



this book has also been reviewed by:

nymeth

Harry Potter Books 1-6


Ok, well those who know me, know that I'm a big HP fan. I like the movies, but I love the books. So, upon reading HP books 1-6 twice, I decided to blog about it before book 7 comes out and see if my predictions are hit or miss. This is mostly for myself. *wink*







*note* this post contains spoilers



prediction 1: Dumbledore will return. I really hope he does. Although JK Rowling has said that he is dead and won't return. I figured he might return because the HP books remind me of The Lord of the Rings. In those books Gandalf the Grey wizard dies and then returns in the end as Gandalf the White to aid the rest of the good fight against evil Sauran. But as I said, JK Rowling even said herself that Dumbledore won't 'pull a Gandalf' So we'll just have to wait and see.



prediction 2: Harry will live...yes live! How can she kill him off when he is a hero to so many...mainly children?? Harry will get a happy ending after living through so much hardship and pain.



prediction 3: Harry will kill Voldemort himself. OR Peter Pettigrew dies while killing Voldemort. Sounds far fetched I know, but he is indebted to Harry since harry saved Peter's life in Book 3. And Peter is terrified of Voldemort, he doesnt really worship him, it's mostly fear. And let's not forget Dumbledore said not all prophecies come true...so this means Harry doesn't have to be the one to kill LV.






prediction 4: Neville kills Bellatrix to avenge his parents. Neville has come along way since joining the DA and has gotten better with his spellwork, all the while wanting to get revenge for what happened to his parents.






prediction 5: Sirius returns. I hope he does. He fell through the black veil, but Harry could still hear voices behind there. Is it like the thestrals where only those who have seen death can see them? Maybe only those who have seen death can hear the voices behind the veil? Luna Lovegood also hears the voices and can also see thestrals.



Also I think Luna may eventually be a Seer, but does not know it yet. I think there is more to her than just being a big strange. Also in the end of Book 5, when she is talking to Harry at Hogwarts, she tells him that some things are lost but always come back in the end. Is she referring to Sirius?



prediction 6: Harry and Ginny end up together. I also think Percy will die. He may realize how wrong he's been in the very end, before he dies. I also think Ron might die. J.K. Rowling said to expect 2 major deaths in 7. So I'm thinking either Voldemort and Percy. Or Voldemort and Ron? Or even Neville?
Or even Snape! He may kill LV himself ....anything's possible. Now I'm rambling.



prediction 7: (I'm such a geek)<-thats not my prediction though...lol

R.A.B. (mysterious R.A.B. who stole the locket Horcrux) is Regulus Black, the younger brother of Sirius Black. The question is, did he destroy that locket?




prediction 8: Harry is not a Horcrux, but the snake Nagini is. The snake & Harry's wand are also Horcruxes.



prediction 9: Krum and Madam Maxine return in the final book.
Hagrid may marry her. Well, he should!




prediction 10: Harry has some kind of relatives show up. How can his only relatives be the Dursleys?



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Book 1: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone



Book 2:Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets



Book 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban


Book 4: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire



Book 5: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix


Book 6:Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince


Book 7: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows




links of interest:


HP lexicon


http://www.floo-network.org/

accio quote!


waiting for Harry, a barnes n nobles forum

http://www.leakylounge.com/

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/


HP fan zone