#42 in Short stories
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
- 127
- Pages
- about 2.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Tales of Beedle the Bard” is a slim book of wizarding fairy tales, the same storybook that turns up in the last Harry Potter novel. It is light, funny and over quickly, at a little over a hundred pages, and its pleasure lies in returning to a familiar world through a different door. Readers who know the series will get the most from it; on its own it is a small, charming collection.
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About the book
The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book of fairy tales by author J. K. Rowling. There is a storybook of the same name mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final novel of the Harry Potter series.
Reading order · Hogwarts Library Books
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7.37.3 / 10 - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
7.47.4 / 10 - The Tales of Beedle the BardThis book
7.77.7 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 993 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 87% of the weight and the score stays at 7.7 — the Rankings average of 7.8 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.6 | 65 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 928 | 94% |
Frequently asked
What age is The Tales of Beedle the Bard for?
The Tales of Beedle the Bard sits on the Children shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 5–10. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating.
In this book
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