Sunday, December 21, 2008
The Tales of Beedle the Bard

This might just be me, but I'm happy this book of short stories was not J.K. Rowling's first release to the shelves. I read it, I enjoyed it and now I'm feeling "eh" about it. Granted she gave herself quite a star to have to jump over with the Harry Potter series and that's the only reason this collection of stories probably did well.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a collection for five short stories or fairytales, but I would say they are more similar to Aesop's Fables than anything else I have ever read. Each one has a very noticeable moral at the end.

Each story is also followed up by a commentary by Albus Dumbledore, who Harry Potter readers know as the infamous headmaster at Hogwarts. His insight into each story was more interesting to me than the story itself.

I'm still happy I purchased the book, especially knowing proceeds went to the Children's High Level Group. The Children's High Level Group (CHLG) was founded in 2005 by author J.K. Rowling and MEP Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne to help the 1 million children across Europe still living in large residential institutions. Its aim is to improve the welfare of vulnerable children across Europe, operating both politically and practically to build capacity at a country level. CHLG activities focus on health, education and welfare. It was registered as a United Kingdom charity on 21 December 2005 and a Romanian charity on 25 January 2006.

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