{"id":2444,"date":"2008-12-05T12:10:33","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T12:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2008\/12\/jk-rowlings-fairy-tales.html"},"modified":"2008-12-05T12:10:33","modified_gmt":"2008-12-05T12:10:33","slug":"jk-rowlings-fairy-tales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2008\/12\/jk-rowlings-fairy-tales.html","title":{"rendered":"J.K. Rowling&#8217;s Fairy Tales for Wizards (and Muggles)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-right\" height=\"303\" alt=\"rowling_talesofbeedlethebard.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/imgs\/rowling_talesofbeedlethebard.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/><\/span>Arriving with surprisingly low-key Muggle murmurs, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/feature.html?ie=UTF8&amp;docId=1000179911\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Tales of Beedle the Bard<\/a>&#8221; is the newest book written by J.K. Rowling after the final Harry Potter book came out last year. <\/p>\n<p>For those who read Deathly Hallows, you&#8217;ll remember a book of wizard fairy tales (the wacky equivalent of the Muggle world&#8217;s Grimm&#8217;s Fairy Tales) play an important part in Harry&#8217;s horcrux search. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Tales_of_Beedle_the_Bard\" target=\"_blank\">J.K. Rowling compiled seven hand-written and hand-drawn versions of the tales<\/a>, bound in dark brown leather and embossed with silver filigree. Six copies were given to close friends involved in the Harry Potter success while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/feature.html?ie=UTF8&amp;docId=1000179911\" target=\"_blank\">the last was auctioned off for charity and acquired by Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily for Rowling&#8217;s readers, &#8220;The Tales of Beedle the Bard&#8221; has been mass produced so that everyone can add it&nbsp;to their Harry Potter collection. There are two versions: 1- <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0956010903\/beliefnet\" target=\"_blank\">The Collector&#8217;s Edition<\/a> which costs $100 and looks like a miniature version of the original book. 2- <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0545128285\/beliefnet\" target=\"_blank\">The Standard Editon<\/a> which costs (a more wallet-friendly) $12.99 and looks more like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Harry-Potter-Schoolbooks-Box-Set\/dp\/043932162X\/ref=pd_sim_b_2\" target=\"_blank\">the Harry Potter schoolbooks<\/a>, with Mary Grandpre-illustrated covers. <\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t wait to purchase a copy and pore over the pages with a bag of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mugglenet.com\/info\/other\/beans.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Bertie&#8217;s Botts Every Flavor Beans<\/a> by my side. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/feature.html?ie=UTF8&amp;docId=1000179911\" target=\"_blank\">You can also read more about the five fairy tales on Amazon.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you excited about the latest Harry Potter-themed book? Do you think J.K. Rowling should continue books from\/about the wizarding world&#8230;or should she move on to something different from Harry Potter?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arriving with surprisingly low-key Muggle murmurs, &#8220;The Tales of Beedle the Bard&#8221; is the newest book written by J.K. Rowling after the final Harry Potter book came out last year. 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