J. K. Rowling: The Tales of Beedle the Bard

The Tales of Beedle the Bard are a short, but delightful collection of fairy tales from J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World. This version also includes characters from Rowling's original Harry Potter series such as Hermione Granger and Albus Dumbledore, who are meant to annotate and commentate on the tales. These tales are mentioned in Harry Potter, and Rowling has now written them out for all to read.

I loved The Tales of Beedle the Bard. This is not a long book in the least but it is absolutely delightful to read if you love(d) Harry Potter. I was also delighted that the audiobook (the version I picked up on Audible) was recorded with Jude Law and Evanna Lynch, who you may recognize from the films (Jude Law plays Albus Dumbledore in the Fantastic Beasts franchise). At any rate, I loved that this book didn't take "Muggle" fairy tales and reimagine them to fit into Harry Potter, but instead were completely original magical fairy tales. I loved as Albus Dumbledore points out in his commentary, that magic is not always the answer, and that they emphasize lessons that apply to Wizards and Muggles alike.

Overall, I rate this PG and 5 Stars

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