Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them — J K Rowling

An approved textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since first publication Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an indispensable guide to the magical beasts of the wizarding world Muggles who have seen the eponymous film or read the Harry Potter novels will be familiar with some of these beasts the Niffler the Thunderbird the Hippogriff This new paperback edition features the recently revised 2017 text which includes six curious new creatures that inhabit the North American continent and a new foreword from Newt Scamander that sheds fascinating light on the events surrounding a serious breach in the International Statute of Secrecy which took place in New York in the 1920s This new paperback edition features gorgeously shimmery snakeskin detail on the foil effect jacket and line illustrations throughout by Tomislav Tomic Newt Scamander s masterpiece has entertained wizarding families through the generations Witches wizards and Muggles of all ages will delight in discovering the extraordinary habits and habitats of magical beasts from across five continents

As featured in the first year set texts reading list in Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an extensive introduction to the magical beasts that exist in the magical non Muggle world Some of the animals featured in the A Z you will have already met in the existing Harry Potter books for example Hippogriff Flobberworm Kappa others you certainly won t read on to find out exactly what a Chizpurfle is or why one should always beware of the sinister Lethifold As Albus Dumbledore says in his introduction this set text book by Newt Scamander has given the perfect grounding to many a Hogwarts student It will be helpful to all Muggles out there too On reading the book you will also find that Harry Ron and in one instance Hermione couldn t resist grafittiing the book and adding their own personal hand written opinions