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Comic Relief: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Harry Potter's Schoolbooks)
 
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Comic Relief: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Harry Potter's Schoolbooks) (Paperback)

by Newt Scamander (Author), J.K. Rowling (Author, Illustrator)
4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (52 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 42 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (11 Mar 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747554668
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747554660
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.4 x 0.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,346 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #33 in  Books > Children's Books > Characters & Series > Harry Potter
    #38 in  Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators > Q-R > Rowling, JK

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JK Rowling takes her enviable ability to turn paper into gold to the next level by cleverly teaming up with Comic Relief 2001 to bring Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (a set text during Harry's first year at Hogwarts) and Quidditch Through the Ages (Harry's favourite book), to the masses--and all the money goes to charity. --Susan Harrison

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As featured in the first year set texts reading list in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" is an extensive introduction to the magical beasts that exist in the magical, non-Muggle world. Some of the animals featured in the A-Z you will have already met in the existing Harry Potter books: for example Hippogriff, Flobberworm, Kappa - others you certainly won't: read on to find out exactly what a Chizpurfle is, why there are so few Erumpents, or why one should always beware of the sinister Lethifold. As Albus Dumbledore says in his introduction, this set text book by Newt Scamander has given the perfect grounding to many a Hogwarts student. It will be helpful to all Muggles out there too. On reading the book you will also find that Harry, Ron and (in one instance) Hermione - couldn't resist grafittiing the book, and adding their own personal hand-written opinions.

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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars All this for just 14 Sickles & 3 Knuts....., 11 April 2001
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Another wizardaecious book from the quick-quill of that wonderful witch Rowling Ravenclaw and Sorceror Scamander.

Ron and Hermione delight in doodling all over Harry's text book, but his only retaliation comes under Rons grafitti-art for =CHUDLEY CANNONS= when he replies "...write a decent team in my book for a change Weasley..." (you can almost hear Harry's heartfelt sigh.....)

Loved the graffitti...all it needed was a dirty fingerprint!! Liked the hangman game also...- Ron should have got that after his run-in with Aragog!

However, my absolute favourite bits were the Thief's Curse (for those who read without buying!) and Albus Dumbledore's kindly reassurance to all Muggles that these "amusing" creatures are all entirely fictional and therefore cannot hurt you, before he adds in an aside to wizards "Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus" (which my pidgin Latin translates into "Never tickle a sleeping dragon"!!)

Reassuring?? hmmm.....

Of these pernicious beasts, my particular favourites included: the Billywig (whose dried powdered sting is used in Fizzing Whizzbees) yeuch! Muggles have these sweets too, but call them Flying Saucers. (Last time I eat one of those!) :p Also the Puffskein who enjoys eating tasty wizard bogies and would be a great pet for Muggle children who always have their fingers up their noses!!

Also loved the doodle of Goyle as a troll and the naughty word, which I bet Ron circled! Finally, I have to say that inflation is up at Gringott's as Amazon only charged 4 Sickles & 9 Knuts...so cheap at half the price!

BTW, if Rowling Ravenclaw reads this...can we have a future copy of "Hogwarts: a history" please? as I'd like to find the source of Hedwig's name. Toot toot!

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Hillarious!, 25 Mar 2002
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This book is about all the different beasts in the world. I loved hearing about the riddiculous Puffskein and the deadly Lethifold. Another addition to the quality of the book are the fun comments and pictures scribbled in the book by Harry, Ron and Hermione. I highly reccomend this book to anyone who is looking for more information on Harry's world.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars finally an intresting text book !, 24 Mar 2001
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One of a pair of books writen for comic relief - these are more of an aide to the aspects of the wizarding world that a short story - so if you are looking for more information on magical creatures than you ever got from Lockhart, Lupin and Hagrid's lessons this is a good place to come. The forword is elequently penned by Albus Dumbledore and the introduction section then leads into a comprehensive guide to fantastic beasts (that should help you recognise some of Hagrid's pets !). As with most textbooks - it does have several scribbled notes in from pupils - Check out Harry and Ron's notes in the Dragons section !. Definately one for the collection and with 3 more Harry books to come doubtless will come in useful later !

Francesca Jackson - Gryffindor

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5.0 out of 5 stars Book Review
A perfect book for all Potter fans, supplying background knowledge of the magical beasts along with humorous jottings from Harry and Ron. Read more
Published 2 months ago by H.Wren

4.0 out of 5 stars A great 20-minute read
A lovely read, I find myself reaching time and time again for this book because of the hilarious "comments" made my Ron Weasley and Harry Potter. Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2006 by Pocahontas

5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic beasts and where to find them...
this book was absolutely great!!

i loved the way harry and ron wrote through the book, adding bits to the description of the beasts. Read more
Published on 21 April 2006 by charley=]

5.0 out of 5 stars another great book by J.K Rowling
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling is an essential for Harry Potter fans everywhere. Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2006 by R.P

5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic beasts and where to find them
a really good book for the harry potter fan this book explains about all of the beasts found in the books including many others. Read more
Published on 7 Aug 2005

4.0 out of 5 stars Details, lots of details!
A very funny little book that shows that J.K. Rowling really thought of a lot of details behind the Harry Potter stories. Read more
Published on 2 May 2004 by L. Duran-Camfferman

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for all your HP needs!
Yes, this is a great book, I loved it dearly.

Being a fanfiction writer, I found it useful, because it explained and listed many magical creatures that I could use in my... Read more

Published on 2 Mar 2004 by Ms. Giulia Fancelli

5.0 out of 5 stars A fun book for any Harry Potter fan to own
This cute little book was actually part of a pair (along with Quidditch Through the Ages) produced by J.K. Rowling for the charity Comic Relief. Read more
Published on 22 Sep 2003 by Kurt A. Johnson

4.0 out of 5 stars Highly amusing!
Another good book from J.K Rowling! Except this time, it's not one of Harry's adventures! Fantastic Beasts is a very funny book, full of intruiging facts about 'mythical' beasts... Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2003 by dragonchild97

5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
For all Harry Potter fans, this book is absolutely fantastic! It's a great reference guide to all the magical creatures in the magical world, and it's a great read! Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2003

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