In the News: Perhaps the dismal reports from Wall Street had something to do with it, but readers in 2008 strayed from the headlines and dove into the worlds of J.K Rowling (Beedle the Bard), Stephenie Meyer (Breaking Dawn), and...

genre: fiction Ah, clever Rowling. Giving us a small fix of her world, to spread the Harry Potter Magic a little bit further (as if it still had further to go). This is really just a book of "fairy" tales a la the Magical World. Apparently, if we'd been raised as wizards and witches, we would've heard these tales at our mother's knee. Which, to be honest, is a little scary, in same ...

AbeBooks has compiled a list of the most collectible books published between 2000 and 2009. These hyper-modern books became collectible in a hurry. 1 The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling The original edition – there are only seven handmade copies. Our sister company, Amazon, purchased the only one available for £1,950,000 in a

You might have thought J.K. Rowling was rather old hat these days. A little bit forgotten even. It’s Dan Brown everywhere you look at the moment and then wham! AbeBooks goes and sells a $6,000 copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard. It was a first edition of the leather collector’s edition –

I really enjoyed this small companion book the the Harry Potter series.  The tales were wonderful, and so were the illustrations, which were also done by J.K. Rowling.  There are five tales: The Wizard and the Hopping Pot The Fountain of Fair Fortune The Warlock’s Hairy Heart Babbitty Rabbitty and Her Cackling Stump The Tale of the Three Brothers After each

I really enjoyed this small companion book the the Harry Potter series.  The tales were wonderful, and so were the illustrations, which were also done by J.K. Rowling.  Here is one of a fountain in one of the stories.  There are five tales: The Wizard and the Hopping Pot The Fountain of Fair Fortune The Warlock’s Hairy Heart Babbitty

If you are about to ask, “Jenny, did you get this book for only two pounds at the Charing Cross Road Borders, along with a number of other kids’ books that were, at 3 for 2, absolutely irresistible?”, then the answer is yes.  Yes, I did.  And I was really pleased about it, I can

Title: The Tales of Beedle the Bard Author: J.K. Rowling Published: 2008 Pages: 107 Genre: Fantasy/Fairy Tale Rating: 3/5 Has it really been two weeks since I posted about an actual book? Time has gotten away from me, as I suspected it would, ever since the read-a-thon. Or maybe it's just because I'm not keeping with my book a week average since I'm still slogging through Middlemarc...

I did it!!!! I'm celebrating with a little bowl of ice cream that I'll regret later today (it's 6:20 am now), but I don' care! At 7:00 on the dot, Maggie and I are retiring to bed. Woohoo! UPDATE FOR HOURS 23&24 Since last update: Pages: 107 (Tales of Beedle the Bard-finished!) Time: 60 minutes TOTALS: 1034 pages read 792 minutes reading (13.2 hours) 410 minutes bloggin...

Didacticism wrapped in a clever little magical package. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling. Scholastic/Levine, 2008, 128 pages.