Name: Fantastic Beasts and where to Find Them
Rating: 4.194444444444445 (108 reviews)
ISBN: 9780439321624

Newt Scamander (pseud)

J. K. Rowling

Presents facsimile editions of two books from the world of Harry Potter--the text for Hogwarts' Care of Magical Creatures class and a book on the origins and development of the wizarding game of Quidditch.

Fantastic Beasts and where to Find Them

Newt Scamander

The 2017 edition of this essential companion to the Harry Potter stories included a new foreword from J.K. Rowling (writing as Newt Scamander) and 6 new beasts! A set textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since publication, Newt Scamander's masterpiece has entertained wizarding families through the generations. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an indispensable introduction to the magical beasts of the wizarding world. Scamander's years of travel and research have created a tome of unparalleled importance. Some of the beasts will be familiar to readers of the Harry Potter books - the Hippogriff, the Basilisk, the Hungarian Horntail... Others will surprise even the most ardent amateur Magizoologist. Dip in to discover the curious habits of magical beasts across five continents... At least 15% of the net retail price* of this eBook will be available to Comic Relief and Lumos Foundation for their work with children and young people to help them have a better life. 20% of these monies will be used by Comic Relief and 80% will be used by Lumos Foundation. * The net retail price means the price paid by the consumer less applicable sales taxes Comic Relief is a registered charity in the UK with charity nos. 326568 (England/Wales) and SC039730 (Scotland). Lumos Foundation is a registered charity in the UK with no. 1112575. Please note: This is the 2017 edition of the Hogwarts Library ebook, featuring bespoke cover artwork from Olly Moss and a new foreword from J.K. Rowling. The official screenplay of the 2016 Warner Bros. movie - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay - is available separately.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Akash A

Awesome Illustrations (Worth reading just for the illustrations, trust me)

This book is a proof that JKR could expand the wizarding world more and more without losing its brilliance! Loved the illustrations so much and was even more cool to see it in motion!

Vilde

I really enjoyed Eddie Redmayne's performance as the narrator!

Chantal Eisinger

It was incredibly detailed and expressive. From the wonderful dialog to the scene descriptions, i forgot that i was even reading a screenplay and not a full fledged novel. This brings us back to the wonderful imaginative world of J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World and it is just as captivating and enchanting as the old school days. 
This is for die-hard fans as well as the No-Majs in Harry Potters story. 
Go forth and read fellow nerds.

Jelke Lenaerts

I went to see the movie a while ago and absolutly loved it. I randomly picked up this book and also loved it (duh!). I reccomend it as you pick up on way more details and the book is just stunning.

Leigh Osborne

Really enjoyed it 

Watched the movie a few months ago and really enjoyed it. The illustrations are quite beautiful. It was a very good book.

Shawna Gavas

Akanksha Chattopadhyay

The Wizarding world is back! Oh, it really is!
I'm not going to try and review J.K. Rowling's screenplay debut. She's brilliant, so brilliant just as ever, that she's left me speechless.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is like coming home after years to meet new people and other things new that have developed when you were away(chronology aside, here).
Newt Scamander is an adorable character. He'd be Hagrid's role model :) Tina is another one of JK's army of unbelievably amazing women. The team they form, along with Queenie and the Muggle, Kowalski, is beyond brilliant. :)
But what the movie does is far more than create these beautiful characters. JK's world building dazzles and bewitches as she takes us down the history of wizardkind.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sets the stage for Professor Albus Dumbledore to take on Gallert Grindelwald, the Dark Wizard, second to perhaps only Lord Voldemort, in the most memorable combat in recorded wizarding history!

Jeni Enjaian

I absolutely loved this book, everything about it. I loved the tongue in cheek nature of the various forewords - this one's for Muggles and etc - and everything about the book. The only negative thing I can think of to say regarding the book, is that there is not enough of it. I would love even more historical snippets to the magical world as Scamander included as part of the introduction to the book. (Of course, I know that it was actually written by Rowling but I'm playing along.)

I highly recommend this book, especially the most recent edition published concurrently with the release of the movie.

Chaya Vervaecke

Made me relive the movie that I loved. It was simply amazing

Lovisa

Lyssnade jag på boken enbart för att Eddie Redmayne läste den? Yepp

Laura Springall

★★.5

Not gonna lie, I really didn’t think a solid half of this book was just going to be descriptions of magical creatures. That was pretty boring, but the tiny amount of the book that wasn’t that was cute

Becca Futrell

Celia Adams

Do I really need to write a review people? It's the Wizarding World of J.K. Rowling, it's an adorable Hufflepuff lead, it's sister witches in NYC, it's a Muggle protagonist, it's the 20s. What more could anyone ask for?

Chantale

Fantastic read 

I borrowed this book from Kindle Unlimited and I didn’t realize it had some moving pictures. I loved that . 

I liked reading this book and I think I might have to buy the physical copy soon .

I do recommend .

Jessica 

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A lot of people are going to blow the lid off on this one for various reasons. I'm not going to argue with you on that--there are many reasons to be put-off by this one. There's no use denying it. That's that. But, I think the first thing that needs to be said is that I didn't like the screenplay only because J.K. Rowling penned it. I liked it because it was something that captivated me from the get-go. 

Newt Scamander is far more likable than I was expecting when I picked this up. You need to know this and you also need to remember that he is not Harry Potter. It's easy to compare him to Harry if you allow yourself but that's a mistake. And while it is set in the same world (with differences and similarities, as well as mentions of characters we knew of from Harry's story)--this isn't at all the same story. 

I find the characters we're introduced to have the same shimmering magic that we've come to expect from J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World. You (or rather, I) can't deny this because there's just something about them. From Newt, to Tina, to Queenie, to Jacob--there's something that draws you in from the start and keeps you in their orbit. If ever there were four characters that belonged around each other, it's them. And the way they form a connection with one another feels very permanent and indescribable. 

Continued: BOOKEDJ

Shannon Leigh Williams

Reading this screenplay was such a delight! Obviously I have seen the movie, but it was incredibly fun to read JK Rowling's scene descriptions. She has such a way with words, which made me thoroughly enjoy reading this.

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