Trivia Answer: The Tales of Beedle the Bard
Hey all you Pottermaniacs! Lots of you got the answer to last week's trivia question, "What's the name of Beatrix Bloxam's book? What is in her book?" but the very first person to get both parts right was Warriorgurl
-- so congrats to Warriorgurl and to everyone else who knew the answer.
For everyone who could use a good re-read of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Beatrix Bloxam's infamous book is titled Toadstool Tales. This book contains re-written versions of old wizarding stories, including some of Beedle's tales. When re-writing the tales, Bloxam took out anything she found objectionable or offensive, replacing the content with her own cutesy inventions. In his notes on The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Dumbledore tells us that Mrs. Bloxam's version of “The Wizard and the Hopping Pot” “has met the same response from generations of Wizarding children: uncontrollable retching, followed by an immediate demand to have the book taken from them and mashed into pulp."
Hearing that sure makes me glad that J. K. Rowling gave us Beedle's version of the stories, and not Mrs. Bloxam's!
— Carly H. STACKS Staffer
i love harry potter books!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment #1 | Posted by: anthony on May 02, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Cool! I won! :)
I hope J.K. Rowling writes more Harry Potter related books!
Comment #2 | Posted by: warriorgurl on May 02, 2009 at 11:37 AM
The Tales of Beetle the Bard was fun to read. I got the British version. We ordered it. I love the cover on it.
Comment #3 | Posted by: Readiac on May 02, 2009 at 04:05 PM
I knew the anser, but I have barley been on the computer because I have been sick.
Comment #4 | Posted by: hannie567 on May 02, 2009 at 05:33 PM
harry potter books r not that great.we should try to talk about twilight books or things like that.more people would be on here i think!
Comment #5 | Posted by: betty on May 02, 2009 at 08:48 PM
I hope j. k. Rowling writes a book about Harry's kids!
Comment #6 | Posted by: elizabeth on May 03, 2009 at 06:14 PM
I really liked the tales of beedle the bard, i luv harry potter!!!!!!!!!
Comment #7 | Posted by: Anne on May 06, 2009 at 09:16 AM
I am a huge harry potter fan,but i admit i did not know that. :)
Comment #8 | Posted by: if_u_knew on May 06, 2009 at 11:35 AM
Betty: Twilight books are considered as 'Young Adult' books. There are more kids than Young Adults, so Twilight may be more popular, but the Scholastic STACKS are more for kids.
Comment #9 | Posted by: StuffedNoodle on May 06, 2009 at 09:47 PM
Harry Potter books are better than anything I have EVER read!!!!!!!!!!
Comment #10 | Posted by: mollymoogs on June 10, 2009 at 10:07 AM
I LUV this series! My sister read some tales from "The Beetle And The Bard."
Comment #11 | Posted by: Zachary on March 15, 2010 at 11:49 AM
coolyo! i gottit right! harry potter rox my sox!
Comment #12 | Posted by: salad dressing on March 15, 2010 at 07:09 PM