This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Necessary'. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Functional'. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Analytics'. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Rowling’s international children’s charity, Lumos. The Tales of Beedle the Bard was published in 2008 and is sold in aid of J.K. His illuminating thoughts reveal the stories to be much more than just simple moral tales. These narrative gems are accompanied by explanatory notes by Professor Albus Dumbledore (included by kind permission of the Hogwarts Headmaster’s archive). There are five tales in all: ‘ The Tale of the Three Brothers‘ Harry Potter fans will know from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ‘ The Fountain of Fair Fortune‘, ‘ The Warlock’s Hairy Heart‘, ‘ The Wizard and the Hopping Pot‘ and ‘ Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump‘ complete the collection. Full of magic and trickery, these classic tales both entertain and instruct, and remain as captivating to young wizards today as they were when Beedle first put quill to parchment in the fifteenth century.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard have been favourite bedtime reading in wizarding households for centuries.

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