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The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. RowlingMy review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
A compilation of fable-esque stories and annotations, purportedly by Albus Dumbledore. The book, aside from the Tale of Three Brothers (used in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), is really a calculated retort to criticism J.K. Rowling has faced in her writing the Harry Potter series, spelled out in the aforementioned commentary.
Story one's analysis comes around to the issue of putting things "too scary for kids" in kids books and Rowling works her way through story four's which is a comment on the unfounded fears that children are going to learn magic or become Satanists because of reading the Harry Potter novels.
Still, the stories are enjoyable and, thankfully like the rest of her work, uncompromising in their willingness to acknowledge that children are frequently more ready for things than concerned adults are.
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