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This is a wonderful collection of fairy tales from the Harry Potter world. Unlike our "and they lived happily ever after" type of stories, these don't usually end up that way. There are lessons to the stories that are both true for the magical world and the muggle world as well. The drawings in the book are done by J.K. herself and they are wonderful to look at. Though the book is a quick short read, the comments by Dumbledore will bring a smile to your face and the tales are rather interesting and beg you to keep reading onward. J.K. has done it again in writing a wonderful book and I wish she would keep writing more books about the Harry Potter world.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a nice collection of five wizarding fairy tales. This book was left to Hermione Granger by Professor Dumbledore and comes in quite handy in the seventh book of the Harry Potter series; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

The Tales was a nice trip back to the world of Hogwarts but one can only hope that there will be more. The book was very short, but Dumbledore's commentary on the Tales was great. It felt as if you were reconnecting with him.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a great addition to any Harry Potter collection!

Rowling is amazing. She has created this huge world that you get yourself sucked right into. It's pretty cool, actually. I could hear these stories being told to the kids in the school at Hogwarts. I could SEE the kids, the school. The author is truly talented, there's no doubt about it, but I also sometimes wonder if she isn't also a witch herself... I know I'm completely under her spell ;)

This is a must read for all Potter fans. Dumberdore's notes alone make it a great read with some additional insight into the "Magical World of Harry Potter".

In the tradition of the earlier supplemental books "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and "Quidditch Through the Ages", this slim volume was first encountered within the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", where the so-called fairy-tale of the Three Brothers was revealed. Now, with this complete volume, author J. K. Rowling explores The Tale of the Three Brothers along with 4 other classic fairy-tales from her Wizarding world in the Harry Potter books. The stories themselves are at turns fun, exciting, and dark, and hold all the same charm and wit that the actual Harry Potter books do, but the supplements by adored character Albus Dumbledore reveal magical history and other unrevealed canon information that any fan of Harry Potter will quickly absorb. A really fun book!

This was an entertaining read. It was nice to be back in the world of Harry Potter for a little while, and it definitely makes me want to go back and read the series over again. My one complaint about the book is the fact that it's SUPER short. Given how long the later HP books were, I expected a bit more from Rowling in this book. Overall, the stories were nice, but I wish the book was longer--maybe longer stories or more of them.

Here we have a book of fairy tales that exist for the witches and wizards of the Harry Potter Series.
For the most part, the stories were not very memorable, and the notes written at the end of some of them, supposedly Dumbledore's thoughts about the tales, were too dry. I am glad that all the proceeds go to charity. I guess you can't expect much for a book the author didn't think would be published, or did she?