What is the title of J.K. Rowling’s 2008 book that presents wizarding tales mentioned in Harry Potter?

J.K. Rowling’s 2008 book presenting wizarding tales mentioned in Harry Potter is The Tales of Beedle the Bard.

The collection contains five stories supposedly written by the wizard Beedle the Bard. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Hermione Granger receives a copy of the book in Albus Dumbledore’s will. The tale “The Tale of the Three Brothers” is especially important because it introduces the legend of the Deathly Hallows.

Rowling wrote the stories as an in-world book, but the published edition also includes her commentary on each tale. These notes are presented as Dumbledore’s annotations and help connect the stories to wizarding history and moral themes. The book therefore works both as a fantasy collection and as an extension of the Harry Potter world.

The first edition was published in December 2008. Proceeds from the original edition benefited the Children’s High Level Group, the charity later known as Lumos. This is separate from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which is one of Rowling’s novels.