A new book from J.K. Rowling, the author of the phenomenally successful Harry Potter series, will go on sale to the public in December, her charity announced Thursday. that she will publish a book of wizarding fairy tales in December and donate an expected $8 million (4 million pounds) in proceeds to her charity for vulnerable children. “The Tales of Beedle the Bard,” which will be published on December 4, is mentioned in the seventh and final ,Potter book as having been left to Harry’s friend Hermione Granger by Professor Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of their school Hogwarts.
“The Tales of Beedle the Bard” play a key role in the seventh and last Potter tome, “Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.” The five wizardry fairy-tales are left to Potter’s friend Hermione Granger by headmaster Albus Dumbledore.
One of the tales appears in “Deathly Hallows,” but the remaining four are told for the first time.The 42-year-old author, who once lived on welfare, has become a billionaire, with the tales of the boy wizard translated into 64 languages.
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