Author: J. K. Rowling
I picked this one up because I quite like the Harry Potter series, having grown up with it and read it since its beginning. I am not amused.
It is written for a much younger age group than the Harry Potter series, and I had been hoping for something within its reading range and above. This book has five stories and 111 pages, half of which are taken up by commentary from Dumbledore. The pages are no bigger than that of a chapter book, but with the formatting of the original series which minimizes the amount of writing to the equivalent of less than half a page's worth of writing for each page.
It was a very quick read, and did not hold my attention.
One good thing about this book is that when it is purchased through schoolastic, its net proceeds go to the Children's High Level Group, which is a charity that promotes the rights of children, and tries to make life better for vulnerable youth.
This charity was changed to "Lumos" in 2010? So disregard the chlg.org website as it is down. I wish they had the ability to change the website on the actual book, and have no idea if they've done so on the newer copies.
Here is the link to Lumos: https://wearelumos.org/
Find it here through schoolastic: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/the-tales-of-beedle-the-bard-by-j-k-rowling/
ISBN: 0-545-12828-5
