collector’s editionJK Rowl­ing will pub­lish her story of “wiz­ard­ing fairy tales” with plans to donate all monies to the Children’s Voice cam­paign. The Tales of the Bee­tle Bard was sup­pos­edly men­tioned in Harry Pot­ter and the Deathly Hol­lows. It was a book given to Hermione from Dum­b­le­dore. I know I got hit with an email early this morn­ing from Ama​zon​.com ask­ing me to pre-order this book. I think I will just to com­plete my col­lec­tion of her work.

standard editionAma­zon plans pro­duce 100 copies with the inten­tion to dupli­cate the orig­i­nal look and feel of the book Ama­zon bought from her at auc­tion for col­lec­tors that will go for $100 (recoup some of that money back) and the 157 page book will also have addi­tional illus­tra­tions from the author. The stan­dard edi­tion will retail for $12.99 (see pic). Here are addi­tional reviews and pics of the orig­i­nal book that Rowl­ing auc­tioned at Sotheby’s. The reviews to the five sto­ries you will have tap to read as they warn of spoil­ers. The five sto­ries are: The Wiz­ard and the Hop­ping Pot, The Foun­tain of Fair For­tune, The Warlock’s Hairy Heart, Bab­bitty, Rab­bitty and her Cack­ling Stump and The Tale of the Three Broth­ers. Listed pub­lisher is the Children’s High Level Group and both books are in hard­cover with a release date set for Dec 4, 2008. You can pre­order The Tales of Bee­dle the Bard, Stan­dard Edi­tionEdited to add that both pics are*UK edition(s) of the book.