What is the title of J.K. Rowling's 2008 collection of three wizarding fairy tales?
Answer
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
J.K. Rowling's 2008 collection of three wizarding fairy tales is The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
The collection contains five tales, including “The Tale of the Three Brothers,” which is central to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In the fictional wizarding world, Beedle is an ancient storyteller whose tales are comparable to traditional Muggle fairy stories.
Rowling wrote and illustrated a limited set of handwritten copies in 2007. One copy was auctioned to benefit the children's charity Children in Need, while the remaining copies went to people closely involved with the Harry Potter books. A commercial edition followed in December 2008, with proceeds supporting the Children's High Level Group, later renamed Lumos.
The title is sometimes confused with the other fictional companion books Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Unlike those textbooks, Beedle's book is a collection of stories and has an important role in the final Harry Potter novel.