Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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Дж. К. Роулинг. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Foreword by the Author

Introduction

ABOUT THIS BOOK

WHAT IS A BEAST?

A BRIEF HISTORY OF MUGGLE AWARENESS OF FANTASTIC BEASTS

MAGICAL BEASTS IN HIDING

WHY MAGIZOOLOGY MATTERS

MINISTRY OF MAGIC CLASSIFICATIONS

An A – Z of Fantastic Beasts

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About the Author

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In 2001, a reprint of the first edition of my book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was made available to Muggle readers. The Ministry of Magic consented to this unprecedented release to raise money for Comic Relief, a well-respected Muggle charity. I was permitted to reissue the book only on condition that a disclaimer was included, assuring Muggle readers that it was a work of fiction. Professor Albus Dumbledore agreed to provide a foreword that met the case and we were both delighted that the book raised so much money for some of the world’s most vulnerable people.

Following the declassification of certain secret documents kept at the Ministry of Magic, the wizarding world has recently learned a little more about the creation of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

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It is true that I was the first person ever to capture Gellert Grindelwald and also true that Albus Dumbledore was something more than a schoolteacher to me. More than this I cannot say without fear of breaching the Official Magical Secrets Act or, more importantly, the confidences that Dumbledore, most private of men, placed in me.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was a labour of love in more ways than one. As I look back over this early book, I relive memories that are etched on every page, though invisible to the reader. It is my fondest hope that a new generation of witches and wizards will find in its pages fresh reason to love and protect the incredible beasts with whom we share magic.

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