However, they have no published it for all to have! Come Dec. 4th, anyone can order this book. Here's the description:
J K Rowling says: "There was understandable disappointment among Harry Potter fans when only one copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard was offered to the public last December. I am therefore delighted to announce that, thanks to the generous support of Bloomsbury, Scholastic and Amazon (who bought the handwritten copy at auction) - and with the blessing of the wonderful people who own the other six original books - The Tales of Beedle the Bard will now be widely available to all Harry Potter fans. Royalties will be donated to the Children's High Level Group, to benefit institutionalised children in desperate need of a voice. The new edition will include the Tales themselves, translated from the original runes by Hermione Granger, and with illustrations by me, but also notes by Professor Albus Dumbledore, which appear by generous permission of the Hogwarts Headmasters' Archive."
Containing clues that were to prove crucial to Harry Potter's final mission to destroy Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes, The Tales of Beedle the Bard is the volume of five wizarding fairy tales left to Hermione Granger by Albus Dumbledore in the seventh and final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Only one - The Tale of the Three Brothers - is recounted in the book. In The Tales of Beedle the Bard, the four remaining stories are revealed for the very first time."
Um, this is a little very exciting to me! Reading about the clues that helped the three find the horcruxes?! Awesome! I'll be interested to see what it's like. I think I might read it.
I have to admit that this past July 21 (the one year anniversary of the release of the final installment of the HP series) I was a bit depressed. I was sad it was all over. :( I'll never forget last year's excitement of standing in line at midnight and being the 50-something customer to get the book at the Border's in Beachwood. I remember MAKING myself go to sleep and then getting myself all prepared and settled before starting and reading non-stop to the end. I think in total it took me, about 30 hours to read the whole thing spread out over 2 days. Glorious. Since then I think I've read it again, twice.
So I'm excited to see what this "beetle the bard" book is like! Hopefully it doesn't ruin anything HP.
Oh, and happy belated birthday Harry!
Um, this is a little very exciting to me! Reading about the clues that helped the three find the horcruxes?! Awesome! I'll be interested to see what it's like. I think I might read it.
I have to admit that this past July 21 (the one year anniversary of the release of the final installment of the HP series) I was a bit depressed. I was sad it was all over. :( I'll never forget last year's excitement of standing in line at midnight and being the 50-something customer to get the book at the Border's in Beachwood. I remember MAKING myself go to sleep and then getting myself all prepared and settled before starting and reading non-stop to the end. I think in total it took me, about 30 hours to read the whole thing spread out over 2 days. Glorious. Since then I think I've read it again, twice.
So I'm excited to see what this "beetle the bard" book is like! Hopefully it doesn't ruin anything HP.
Oh, and happy belated birthday Harry!
