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'''''The Tales of Beedle the Bard''''' is a book written by [[J. K. Rowling]], which was published on December 4, [[2007]].
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'''''The Tales of Beedle the Bard''''' is a book written by [[J. K. Rowling]], which was published on December 4, [[2007|2008]].
 
==Handmade Copies==
 
==Handmade Copies==
 
Only seven copies were made, handwritten by [[J.K. Rowling|Rowling]] herself. Six were given to friends, and a seventh copy was auctioned for charity at Sotheby's on December 13, with bids starting at $62,000 (£30,000). The copy auctioned at Sotheby's is the moonstone edition, which is silver plated Moroccan leather with moonstones inset.
 
Only seven copies were made, handwritten by [[J.K. Rowling|Rowling]] herself. Six were given to friends, and a seventh copy was auctioned for charity at Sotheby's on December 13, with bids starting at $62,000 (£30,000). The copy auctioned at Sotheby's is the moonstone edition, which is silver plated Moroccan leather with moonstones inset.
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==General Public==
 
==General Public==
It was announced on 31st July that the book will be published for the general public on December 4, 2008, with the proceeds going to charity. Amazon.com has offered 100,000 Collector's Edition copies that are replicas of the actual copy made by J.K. Rowling and sold at Sotherby's in 2007. The Collector's Edition will sell for $100 a piece and is on a limited run that was released on December 4, 2008.
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It was announced on 31st July that the book will be published for the general public on December 4, 2008, with the proceeds going to charity. Amazon.com has offered 100,000 Collector's Edition copies that are replicas of the actual copy made by J.K. Rowling and sold at Sotherby's in 2007. The Collector's Edition will sell for $100 a piece and is on a limited run that was released on December 4, 2008.
 
===The Collector's Edition===
 
===The Collector's Edition===
 
[[File:Beedlejapan.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Japan vesion of The Tales of Beedle the Bard]]
 
[[File:Beedlejapan.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Japan vesion of The Tales of Beedle the Bard]]

Revision as of 18:55, 28 July 2009

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book written by J. K. Rowling, which was published on December 4, 2008.

Handmade Copies

Only seven copies were made, handwritten by Rowling herself. Six were given to friends, and a seventh copy was auctioned for charity at Sotheby's on December 13, with bids starting at $62,000 (£30,000). The copy auctioned at Sotheby's is the moonstone edition, which is silver plated Moroccan leather with moonstones inset.

Tales of Beedle the Bard

American cover of the public release of The Tales of Beedle the Bard

The copy auctioned at Sotheby's sold for £1.95 million to Amazon.com. A dedication in the front of the book read "Six of these books have been given to those most closely connected to the Harry Potter books during the last 17 years. This seventh copy will be auctioned, the proceeds to help institutionalized children who are in desperate need of a voice."

It is meant to be a copy of the in-universe book The Tales of Beedle the Bard. (However, it would not be a copy of the book Albus Dumbledore left to Hermione Granger, as that one was written in ancient runes). This copy was translated by Hermione Granger with commentary by Albus Dumbledore.

General Public

It was announced on 31st July that the book will be published for the general public on December 4, 2008, with the proceeds going to charity. Amazon.com has offered 100,000 Collector's Edition copies that are replicas of the actual copy made by J.K. Rowling and sold at Sotherby's in 2007. The Collector's Edition will sell for $100 a piece and is on a limited run that was released on December 4, 2008.

The Collector's Edition

Beedlejapan

Japan vesion of The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Amazon's commentary on the Collector's Edition states as follows:

The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Collector's Edition
Offered Exclusively by Amazon (Available in Limited Quantities)

In December 2007, J.K. Rowling unveiled The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a very special book of five fairy tales illustrated by the bard herself, embellished with silver ornaments and mounted moonstones. Amazon was fortunate to come into possession of one of the original copies, and it was our privilege to share images and reviews of this incredible artifact. Now J.K. Rowling is giving millions of Harry Potter fans worldwide cause for celebration with a new edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard (available December 4, 2008) and Amazon is thrilled to exclusively offer a luxuriously packaged Collector’s Edition designed to evoke the spirit of the handcrafted original. Tucked in its own case disguised as a wizarding textbook found in the Hogwarts library, the Collector's Edition includes an exclusive reproduction of J.K. Rowling's handwritten introduction, as well as 10 additional illustrations not found in the Standard Edition or the original. Opening the case reveals a velvet bag embroidered with J.K. Rowling’s signature, in which sits the piece de resistance: your very own copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, complete with metal skull, corners, and clasp; replica gemstones; and emerald ribbon.

Offering the trademark wit and imagination familiar to Rowling's legions of readers--as well as Aesop's wisdom and the occasional darkness of the Brothers Grimm--each of these five tales reveals a lesson befitting children and parents alike: the strength gained with a trusted friendship, the redemptive power of love, and the true magic that exists in the hearts of all of us. Rowling's new introduction also comments on the personal lessons she has taken from the Tales, noting that the characters in Beedle's collection "take their fates into their own hands, rather than taking a prolonged nap or waiting for someone to return a lost shoe," and "that magic causes as much trouble as it cures.

But the true jewel of this new edition is the enlightening and comprehensive commentary (including extensive footnotes!) by Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, who brings his unique wizard's-eye perspective to the collection. Discovered "among the many papers which Dumbledore left in his will to the Hogwarts Archives," the venerable wizard's ruminations on the Tales allow today's readers to place them in the context of 16th century Muggle society, even allowing that "Beedle was somewhat out of step with his times in preaching a message of brotherly love for Muggles" during the era of witch hunts that would eventually drive the wizarding community into self-imposed exile. In fact, versions of the same stories told in wizarding households would shock many for their uncharitable treatment of their Muggle characters.

Professor Dumbledore also includes fascinating historical backstory, including tidbits such as the history and pursuit of magic wands, a brief comment on the Dark Arts and its practitioners, and the struggles with censorship that eventually led "a certain Beatrix Bloxam" to cleanse the Tales of "much of the darker themes that she found distasteful," forever altering the meaning of the stories for their Muggle audience. Dumbledore also allows us a glimpse of his personal relationship to the Tales, remarking that it was through "Babbity Rabbity and Her Cackling Stump" that "many of us [wizards] first discovered that magic could not bring back the dead.

Both a wise and delightful addition to the Harry Potter canon, this new translation of The Tales of Beedle the Bard is all that fans could hope for and more--and an essential volume for the libraries of Muggles, wizards, and witches, both young and old.

This book also contains Harry Potter's scar in at least 1 of the pictures from every story.....

Stories

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The book contains five different stories:

Notes and references

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