December 4th was a red-letter day for Potterheads anticipating the release of "Tales of Beedle The Bard," a collection of 5 fairy tales told to little children of wizarding families. For us Muggles, we became aware of this book in the last installment, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. These tales are a few of the important puzzles of that book. It came into the possession of Hermione Granger after the demise of Hogwarts Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. Translated from ancient runes, the stories include: The Wizard and the Hopping Pot, The Fountain of Fair Fortune, The Warlock's Hairy Heart, Babbitty Rabbity and Her Cackling Stump, and The Tale of The Three Brothers.
All tales give us an insight on the wizarding community's opinions (or beliefs) about love, muggles, and death. But more importantly, these are cautionary stories of use or misuse of magic. It also contains helpful (and often hilarious) commentaries by Albus Dumbledore himself.
With JK Rowling's knack of weaving the fantastic, this book is a wonderful side dish to the 7 already stowed in your shelf.
Another bonus is that the net sales of this book goes to the Children's High Level Group, a charity foundation co-founded by JK Rowling and Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne.
A wonderful Christmas gift for yourself, your family and friends, and of course to the children that will benefit from your patronage.
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