The Tales of Beedle the Bard
The cover of the UK public paperback edition. | |
| Author | J. K. Rowling |
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| Illustrator | J. K. Rowling |
| Language | English |
| Series | Harry Potter |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Set in | Wizarding World |
| Publisher | Children's High Level Group, Bloomsbury Publishing |
Publication date | 4 December 2008 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 110 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 978-0-7475-9987-6 |
The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book of fairy tales by author J. K. Rowling. There is a storybook of the same name mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final novel of the Harry Potter series.
The book was originally produced in a limited edition of only seven copies, each handwritten and illustrated by J. K. Rowling. One of them was offered for auction through Sotheby's in late 2007 and was expected to sell for £50,000 (US$77,000, €69,000); ultimately it was bought for £1.95 million ($3 million, €2.7 million) by Amazon, making the selling price the highest achieved at auction for a modern literary manuscript. The money earned at the auction of the book was donated to The Children's Voice charity campaign.
The book was published for the general public on 4 December 2008, with the proceeds going to the Children's High Level Group (renamed Lumos in 2010).