Hogwarts School Books: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

A new edition of this indispensable companion volume to the Harry Potter stories, with a new foreword by J.K. Rowling (as Newt Scamander) and six new animal creatures! Since its publication, Newt Scamander's masterpiece has been required reading at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and has captivated generations of wizarding families. "Fantastic Animal Beings and Where to Find Them" provides an indispensable introduction to the animal creatures of the magical world. On the basis of many travels and his many years of research, a work of unheard-of importance has been created. Some of the animals will be familiar to readers of the Harry Potter books: the hippogriff, the basilisk, the Hungarian horned tail ... Others will astonish even the most avid amateur magizoologist. Discover the fascinating behaviour of magical animals on five.