The Book Report, September 1st, 2001
Whisp, Kennilworthy Quidditch through the Ages 56pp. 0-439-29502-5
Scamander, Newt Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 42pp. 0-439-29501-7 2001. $3.99 pbk. Scholastic. Grades 4-8
J. K. Rowling must have one of the most fertile minds around--how else could she turn a 42-paged, small print, textbook-formatted listing of 85 beasts into a gift for the imagination? Fantastic Beasts is an alphabetical listing of all the magical beasts Harry Potter and his friends have met and probably will ever meet. This well-thought-out "textbook" is full of clever footnotes, comments by Harry and his frie...
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