What is the name of J.K. Rowling’s children’s fairy-tale book mentioned in Harry Potter?

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is the children’s fairy-tale book mentioned in Harry Potter.

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Hermione receives a copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard in Albus Dumbledore’s will. The collection contains five wizarding fairy tales, including “The Tale of the Three Brothers,” which explains the origin of the Deathly Hallows: the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, and the Cloak of Invisibility.

Rowling published the book as a real-world charity edition in 2007, shortly after the final Harry Potter novel. The physical edition was presented as a translation from ancient runes by Hermione Granger, with notes attributed to Dumbledore. In reality, Rowling wrote both the stories and the commentary.

The book’s proceeds supported the Children’s High Level Group, later renamed Lumos. It is therefore both a fictional artifact inside the wizarding world and a real companion publication. The title refers to Beedle, a legendary wizarding storyteller whose work is compared with fairy tales in the Muggle world.