Which Harry Potter companion book by J.K. Rowling is presented as a Hogwarts textbook about magical creatures?
Answer
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is J.K. Rowling’s companion book presented as a Hogwarts textbook about magical creatures.
The book was first published in 2001 for Comic Relief, alongside Quidditch Through the Ages. The fictional author listed inside the book is Newt Scamander, a magizoologist in the Harry Potter universe. Rowling wrote the text as a reproduction of a textbook used by Hogwarts students, with humorous notes supposedly added by Harry and Ron.
The book is separate from the later film series that also uses the title Fantastic Beasts. Rowling wrote the screenplay for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, released in 2016, and the film expands Newt Scamander into the central character of a story set decades before Harry’s time.
The companion book’s proceeds supported Comic Relief, while the text itself catalogues creatures such as the Acromantula, Bicorn, and Niffler. It is not one of the seven main Harry Potter novels and does not tell a conventional continuous narrative.