On The Third Day of Harry Potter Week...

My true love gave to me: The Tales of Beedle the Bard! Actually I've had it for awhile.

I just want to take a moment to reiterate how genius J.K. Rowling is. I may not agree with all of her doings, but her talent has floored me time and time again. Not only did she successfully create one of the most renown book series of all time (which she began on a NAPKIN!), but then she goes and creates the The Tales of Beedle the Bard after the fact! And it is so great! Did she need to write an additional book to compliment the Harry Potter series? No. But she did, and it is great. In case you don't know, The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a compilation of children's stories created for those that grew up in the wizarding world. It is, as Hermione Granger points out, like unto Cinderella and Snow White for us muggles. And it is great. Very different stories that still result in well produced themes, highly entertaining, and it even includes Dumbledore's notes that he wrote for the book before he died. It is such a good read, especially if you want to enjoy the magic of Harry Potter but don't have the time to read a whole book just yet (it's only about 100 pages). And best of all, the money spent on this book (and any other Harry Potter book, I'm assuming) will go towards the charity that J.K. Rowling and Baroness Nicholson created, called Children's High Level Group. It's all to do with deinstitutionalizing children with vastly special needs and such.

Long story short, The Tales of Beedle the Bard is great. It is highly enjoyable, and it's just a simple children's book! Or is it?....