[HPFGU-Movie] Beetle the Bard available to all, soon!

[Valerie Flowe]

This is somewhat O.T., but I just got an e-mail from Borders Books, 
that the Beetle the Bard book that JKR wrote will soon be available. 
(just in time for holiday gifting!) Now that we have all read the last 
book (which my boss refuses to read till after he sees the HBP 
movie?!!), it will be neat to read the tale of the brothers that ties 
in with the hallows storyline.

J K Rowling's children's charity to publish The Tales of Beedle the 
Bard on December 4, 2008
** Exclusive deal with Bloomsbury, Scholastic and Amazon will generate 
millions of pounds to help de-institutionalise vulnerable children **

In celebration of Harry Potter's birthday today, the Children's High 
Level Group (CHLG), the English charity co-founded by J K Rowling and 
Emma Nicholson MEP to help children suffering in institutions, 
announces that it is to publish The Tales of Beedle the Bard.

Fans around the world have been clamouring to read the wizarding fairy 
tales?created, handwritten and illustrated by J K Rowling - since last 
December, when Amazon famously bid £1.95 million / $4 million for the 
charity copy, one of only seven in existence, at Sotheby's in London.

The Children's High Level Group will publish three editions of the 
book, all in the English language, to be printed and distributed by 
Bloomsbury, Scholastic and Amazon. The Bloomsbury and Scholastic 
editions (£6.99 / $12.99) will feature additional commentary on each 
fairy tale from Professor Dumbledore and an introduction by J K 
Rowling. Amazon will produce up to a maximum of 100,000 Collector's 
Edition copies (£50 / $100), which will aim to closely replicate the 
look and feel of the original 'Beedle'. All editions will go on sale on 
Thursday 4 December 2008.