Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Hogwarts's Additional treats : Fantastic beats & Quidditich


Fantastic Beasts & Where  To Find Them
                                     - By Newt  Scamander
&
                Quidditich Through The Ages

    - By Kennilworthy Whisp






                                                    


 
First of all before any of us make any assumptions about merchandising, I must make this very clear that both of these books. are written by J.K Rowling for a charity called Comic Relief UK .

                                                                      About Comic Relief:
  Comic Relief is one of Britain’s most famous and successful charities which began  in 1985. The Harry Potter books
represent a new opportunity in Comic Relief’s quest to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. A special Harry’s Books fund has been created where twenty percent of the retail sales price less taxes from the sale of 'Quidditch Through the Ages ' and 'Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them' will go to support children’s causes throughout the world.

Apart from this the notes written on 'Fantastic Beasts...' which is a textbook at Hogwarts  by Harry and Ron are funny enough. Although I found the 'Quidditich through...' a bit boring but my lack of interest  in sports might justify that. Though the reason for the publication of these books and the fine details with which they have been printed is really appreciable and is therefore worth a good read :)

Also there are foreword notes from Dumbledore who expresses his views on these books being distributed among muggles and reluctance of Madam Pince (Librarian at Hogwarts) who is speechless at this piece of information and reluctantly agreed to hand over the book.

Then theres also a mention of 'A thief curse' which in muggle terms has been placed on the books to prevent piracy.



Note: You might have noticed I refer muggle world as separate that is because I don't count myself as a part of it. I prefer Rowling's version of the wizard world than the muggle one ;) 

3 comments:

  1. okies..dey r for a charity..really dint knew it..even jk rowlings condition was quite poor till she became famous by writing dis series..!!!

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  2. Yeah...I find it a really fascinating reason to write and its not that she hasn't really done a fantastic job on this books as well...yeah its true she became rich after this series :)

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  3. where did you find them??

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