The new book is a reproduction of Rowling's hand-made book which was
auctioned off for charity many months ago. The collector's edition is
an almost exact replica of the one Amazon purchased for nearly 4 million
dollars at Sotheby's back in December.
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/12/13/beedle-the-bard-sells-for-n
early-2m-pounds
There are many fans who have been anxiously praying for the day that
Amazon would begin reproducing this book. (I should know; I'm one of
them.) LOL!
Anyway, the stories of Beedle the Bard play an important role in the 7th
book. The book is one of the clues Dumbledore gives to the trio
(specifically Hermione) to help them find out the truth about the
Deathly Hallows.
Miranda Hawkins
Acting Librarian I - Studio/YA Services
George W. Hawkes Central Library
101 East Abram
Arlington, Texas 76010
817-459-6900
miranda.hawkins@arlingtontx.gov
The views expressed herein are not necessarily the views of my employer.
-----Original Message-----
From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Christine Rayl
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 2:52 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Rowling's new book
I 'googled' the title on Cuil and there is some information but not
much. (I've been trying Cuil out to get an idea of its make up and so
far I'm not too impressed.) I'm not sure how this book will fit in with
her earlier work of Harry Potter even though supposedly the fairy tales
are derived from the series. I, for one, will bide my time before making
a judgement and am certainly not on pins and needles waiting for it to
come out.
As for the title, both the word 'beedle' and 'bard' seems to arise from
somewhere else, 'bard' being normally associated with Shakespeare and
'beedle' pops up as all sorts of people in real life and literature.
Christine Rayl, Librarian
Bowie Elementary
Grand Prairie ISD, TX
cjrayl@yahoo.com
--- On Thu, 7/31/08, Mary Ludwick <ludwick@SWBELL.NET> wrote:
> From: Mary Ludwick <ludwick@SWBELL.NET>
> Subject: [LM_NET] Rowling's new book
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Date: Thursday, July 31, 2008, 11:52 AM
> Are any of you excited about this book? Here's what I
> got from amazon:
> As someone who has purchased Harry Potter products from
> Amazon.com, you
> might be happy to hear that The Tales of Beedle the Bard,
> J.K. Rowling's
> book of fairy tales written to supplement the Harry Potter
> series, will be
> published in two new editions on December 4, 2008.
> The Standard Edition
>
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/r.html?R=2LXILYKTKU3QF&C=1RUX5PQR3WZ6R&H=wp8FP
qA1t
>
2ksAA85LDQA17nHzToA&T=C&U=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2Fr
ef%3
> Dpe_30860_10031940_fe_txt_1%2F%3FASIN%3DB001DB0HG2>
> features all five fairy
> tales from the original The Tales of Beedle the Bard, an
> introduction and
> illustrations by J.K. Rowling, and commentary on each of
> the tales by
> Professor Albus Dumbledore.
> The description does not make me excited about the book,
> what about you?
>
>
> Mary Croix Ludwick
> Librarian, Thomas Haley Elementary
> Irving, Texas (near Dallas)
> mludwick@irvingisd.net
> ludwick@swbell.net (home)
>
>
>
>
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