"The heroes and heroines who triumph in his stories are not those with the most powerful magic, but rather those who demonstrate the most kindness, common sense and ingenuity."As every fan of the Harry Potter stories knows, the shelves of the Hogwarts Library are home to all sorts of fascinating books. There are three in particular you might have heard mentioned by certain Hogwarts students, and that you can add to your reading list too, including The Tales of Beedle the Bard.As familiar to Hogwarts students as Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty are to Muggle children, Beedle's stories are a collection of popular fairy tales written for young witches and wizards. So, if you're wondering what's in store... well, you're in for a treat! You're bound to laugh when you read about the havoc wreaked by a father's impish gift to his son in The Wizard and the Hopping Pot.The Fountain of Fair Fortune will take you on a quest through an enchanted garden, alongside three witches and a luckless knight. In The Warlock's Hairy Heart you'll be warned about a young warlock who is fearful of love, and turns to dark magic to avoid it at all costs.The calamitous meeting of a foolish king, a cunning charlatan and a mischievous washerwoman unravels in Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump. And finally, the most iconic of Beedle's stories. The Tale of the Three Brothers - with its message of humility and wisdom - will introduce you, dear reader, to the Deathly Hallows.Each of the tales is accompanied by wise and whimsical notes from a certain Albus Dumbledore, surely everyone's favourite headmaster.We're told these five fables have been firm favourites in wizarding households for centuries. Now it's your turn to experience these tales from the Wizarding World.Fans of The Tales of Beedle the Bard are sure to enjoy the other Hogwarts Library books: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages. At least 90% of the proceeds* received by Pottermore Limited from this ebook will be made available by the publisher to The Lumos Foundation for their work to help children worldwide out of institutions, so they can thrive in loving families and communities. The Lumos Foundation is a charity registered in England and Wales with registered charity number 1112575 and in the USA (EIN 47-2301085) . *Proceeds means the cash-price or cash equivalent price less sales taxes.Around the world, more than 8 million children live in orphanages and other institutions. What may be surprising is that about 80 percent of them aren't actually orphans. They have family who could care for them, with the right support. Lumos is an international children's charity founded by J.K. Rowling. Named after the light-giving spell in Harry Potter, Lumos' mission is to ensure that by 2050 all children will grow up in loving, protective families.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is also a plot device in the seventh novel of the Harry Potter series, Deathly Hallows, in which it is bequeathed to Hermione Granger by Albus Dumbledore. The book is described as a popular collection of Wizarding children's fairy tales, thus while Ron Weasley is familiar with the stories, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger had not previously heard t...(展开全部)

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is also a plot device in the seventh novel of the Harry Potter series, Deathly Hallows, in which it is bequeathed to Hermione Granger by Albus Dumbledore. The book is described as a popular collection of Wizarding children's fairy tales, thus while Ron Weasley is familiar with the stories, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger had not previously heard t...(展开全部)

"The heroes and heroines who triumph in his stories are not those with the most powerful magic, but rather those who demonstrate the most kindness, common sense and ingenuity."As every fan of the Harry Potter stories knows, the shelves of the Hogwarts Library are home to all sorts of fascinating books. There are three in particular you might have heard mentioned by certain Hogwarts students, and that you can add to your reading list too, including The Tales of Beedle the Bard.As familiar to Hogwarts students as Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty are to Muggle children, Beedle's stories are a collection of popular fairy tales written for young witches and wizards. So, if you're wondering what's in store... well, you're in for a treat! You're bound to laugh when you read about the havoc wreaked by a father's impish gift to his son in The Wizard and the Hopping Pot.The Fountain of Fair Fortune will take you on a quest through an enchanted garden, alongside three witches and a luckless knight. In The Warlock's Hairy Heart you'll be warned about a young warlock who is fearful of love, and turns to dark magic to avoid it at all costs.The calamitous meeting of a foolish king, a cunning charlatan and a mischievous washerwoman unravels in Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump. And finally, the most iconic of Beedle's stories. The Tale of the Three Brothers - with its message of humility and wisdom - will introduce you, dear reader, to the Deathly Hallows.Each of the tales is accompanied by wise and whimsical notes from a certain Albus Dumbledore, surely everyone's favourite headmaster.We're told these five fables have been firm favourites in wizarding households for centuries. Now it's your turn to experience these tales from the Wizarding World.Fans of The Tales of Beedle the Bard are sure to enjoy the other Hogwarts Library books: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages. At least 90% of the proceeds* received by Pottermore Limited from this ebook will be made available by the publisher to The Lumos Foundation for their work to help children worldwide out of institutions, so they can thrive in loving families and communities. The Lumos Foundation is a charity registered in England and Wales with registered charity number 1112575 and in the USA (EIN 47-2301085) . *Proceeds means the cash-price or cash equivalent price less sales taxes.Around the world, more than 8 million children live in orphanages and other institutions. What may be surprising is that about 80 percent of them aren't actually orphans. They have family who could care for them, with the right support. Lumos is an international children's charity founded by J.K. Rowling. Named after the light-giving spell in Harry Potter, Lumos' mission is to ensure that by 2050 all children will grow up in loving, protective families.

罗宾·霍布（Robin Hobb），纽约时报畅销书作家，亚马逊畅销书作家。 生于美国加州，在阿拉斯加的费尔班克斯度过大部分的成长岁月。在那里，她爱上了森林和原野，并形成了毕生对奇幻与科幻文学的热爱，这引导她步入这个领域开始创作。在男性主导的奇幻写作界，罗宾·霍布成功地走出了自己的一条道路。 她的短篇小说写作使她获得阿西莫夫读者大奖。她还曾获幻想小说最高奖项星云奖和雨果奖提名。代表作有：《刺客正传》《刺客后传》《魔法活船》《士兵之子》《雨野原传奇》等。

罗宾·霍布（Robin Hobb），纽约时报畅销书作家，亚马逊畅销书作家。 生于美国加州，在阿拉斯加的费尔班克斯度过大部分的成长岁月。在那里，她爱上了森林和原野，并形成了毕生对奇幻与科幻文学的热爱，这引导她步入这个领域开始创作。在男性主导的奇幻写作界，罗宾·霍布成功地走出了自己的一条道路。 她的短篇小说写作使她获得阿西莫夫读者大奖。她还曾获幻想小说最高奖项星云奖和雨果奖提名。代表作有：《刺客正传》《刺客后传》《魔法活船》《士兵之子》《雨野原传奇》等。

罗宾·霍布（Robin Hobb），纽约时报畅销书作家，亚马逊畅销书作家。 生于美国加州，在阿拉斯加的费尔班克斯度过大部分的成长岁月。在那里，她爱上了森林和原野，并形成了毕生对奇幻与科幻文学的热爱，这引导她步入这个领域开始创作。在男性主导的奇幻写作界，罗宾·霍布成功地走出了自己的一条道路。 她的短篇小说写作使她获得阿西莫夫读者大奖。她还曾获幻想小说最高奖项星云奖和雨果奖提名。代表作有：《刺客正传》《刺客后传》《魔法活船》《士兵之子》《雨野原传奇》等。

Watch for the signs! What signs these shall be, I say unto you: first the earth will flow with the blood of Aen Seidhe, the Blood of Elves... For over a century, humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves have lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over, and now the races are fighting once again. The only good elf, it seems, is a dead elf. Ger...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 An orginal tale of swords, sorcery, and timeless struggle based on the bestselling, award-winning electronic game form Blizzard Entertainment. Since the beginning of time, the angelic hosts of the High Heavens and the demonic hordes of the Burning Hells have been locked in a struggle for the fate of all Creation. That struggle has now come to the mortal realm...and ne...(展开全部)

罗宾·霍布（Robin Hobb），纽约时报畅销书作家，亚马逊畅销书作家。 生于美国加州，在阿拉斯加的费尔班克斯度过大部分的成长岁月。在那里，她爱上了森林和原野，并形成了毕生对奇幻与科幻文学的热爱，这引导她步入这个领域开始创作。在男性主导的奇幻写作界，罗宾·霍布成功地走出了自己的一条道路。 她的短篇小说写作使她获得阿西莫夫读者大奖。她还曾获幻想小说最高奖项星云奖和雨果奖提名。代表作有：《刺客正传》《刺客后传》《魔法活船》《士兵之子》《雨野原传奇》等。