What is the name of J.K. Rowling’s 2008 charity book about stories told by the wizard Albus Dumbledore?

J.K. Rowling’s 2008 charity book about stories told by Albus Dumbledore is The Tales of Beedle the Bard.

The collection contains five wizarding fairy tales. In the Harry Potter story, Hermione Granger receives a copy from Dumbledore, and the tales help the trio understand the Hallows connected with their final quest. The best-known story is “The Tale of the Three Brothers,” which concerns the origins of the Deathly Hallows.

Rowling wrote and illustrated the book. The fictional collection is presented as a translation from ancient runes by Hermione, with commentary attributed to Dumbledore. This framing makes the book feel like an artifact from the wizarding world rather than an ordinary modern story collection.

Rowling donated the proceeds from the commercially published edition to the Children’s High Level Group, now Lumos. The book therefore links a fictional text inside the Harry Potter universe with a real-world child-welfare cause.