What is the title of J.K. Rowling’s 2008 collection of wizarding folktales?

J.K. Rowling’s 2008 collection of wizarding folktales is The Tales of Beedle the Bard.

The book is presented as a collection of stories from the magical world. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Albus Dumbledore leaves Hermione Granger a copy, and the tale “The Tale of the Three Brothers” becomes central to the plot because it explains the Deathly Hallows.

Rowling wrote and illustrated the published collection. Five stories appear in the book, including “Babbitty Rabbitty and Her Cackling Stump” and “The Warlock’s Hairy Heart.” Albus Dumbledore’s fictional notes accompany the tales in the special wizarding presentation.

The collection is sometimes confused with Rowling’s charity books Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages. Those works are reference-style texts connected to the wizarding world, whereas Beedle the Bard is a book of fictional fairy tales.