These are tales whose impact deepens the more they are read and one can hope Beedle knew this when putting quill to parchment.Īs is noted in the introduction, this collection parallels what Muggles might call favoured fairy tales. The five tales found in this collection offer not only highly imaginative stories that beg the reader/listener to conjure up images of what is being recounted, but also provide strong morals needed to shape the mind of the young. One might refer to The Tale of the Three Brothers to see something that might not be as inviting for bedtime reading. While some stories are delightfully fun, such as The Wizard and the Hopping Pot, others are much darker and full of spooky narrative twists. I can only hope others are as successful.īeedle the Bard is a master storyteller, whose pieces serve to offer entertainment to the young reader. With the help of Hermione Granger-who translated them from runes-and Albus Dumbledore-whose commentary provided a mere Muggle like myself with some context-I was able to make my way through these short pieces with relative ease. Many of these pieces are referred to throughout the Harry Potter stories, at least in passing, though I chose to take some time to explore them a little further. Rowling/Harry Potter reading adventure, I sought to look back at some of the tales that young witches and wizards might have heard in their childhood.
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