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New Harry Potter Book Hits Shelves Today
Filed under: Holidays, Books for Kids
J. K. Rowling's latest effort, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, goes on sale today, just in time for all the Harry Potter fans on your holiday shopping list, the ones who are still mourning the end of the stupendously successful series about the kid with the scar on his head. And while this new book is not actually about Harry Potter, it's a J. K. Rowling book, so we know it will be good, right? According to Wired.com's Matt Blum, "The new book contains illustrations by the author herself, and is meant to be a translation -- by Hermione Granger, of course -- of a 'Wizarding classic' mentioned in the seventh book, along with commentary by Prof. Albus Dumbledore." Cool.I love the idea of this book. A couple of years back, I bought my son the other "companion" books to the Harry Potter series, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and Quidditch Through the Ages (they come as a boxed set). My son loved them, primarily because they purport to be owned by Harry Potter, and have doodles and notes in them written by Harry, Ron, and Hermione. One of the reasons so many readers -- especially young readers -- got so caught up in the Harry Potter series was the fact that Harry was so much like them, despite all his differences. So owning his books is one more way to engage with the original story, and this new book offers readers that chance.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard comes in a nice hardback edition, which retails for $12.99 -- a good price in itself, but I'll bet if you look around in the next day or so, you can snatch it up for less. I'll be getting it for my son for his stocking -- shh, don't tell!
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
12-05-2008 @ 7:29PM
tina said...I BOUGHT IT TODAY AT TARGET FOR ONLY 7.50..LESS THAN IF I WOULD HAVE PAID AT WALDENS BOOKS!!!!!
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12-05-2008 @ 8:01PM
Maggie said...I pre-ordered it for only 6-something with my employee discount. The bookstore I work at was doing preorders for $9 and some change.
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12-05-2008 @ 8:13PM
emilie said...How odd...
I purchased this book two days ago, and it was supposed to go on sale TODAY?
I bought it from target on Wednesday.
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12-05-2008 @ 10:02PM
Tobyn said...Was that the book with Babbity Rabbity?
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12-05-2008 @ 11:57PM
Felicia said...I have soooooo not gotten that book yet!!!!!! I want it so bad. I have all of the Harry Potter books and I think I will personally go crazy if I don't get this one!!!!!!! Though my mom knows she will soooooo get it for me to complete my set....and so she can read it herself......because she knows she wants to!!!!!
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12-06-2008 @ 2:45AM
mjtlewellen said...Don't forget -- or haven't your heard -- all proceeds for this book go to J.K. Rowlings foundation to aid troubled and endangered children. She isn't making anything on this book.
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12-06-2008 @ 4:40AM
simone said...it's not like she needs to make any more money. She's richer than the queen. I think it's absolutely time she gave bazillions to charities. If she hasn't been already.