Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - J. K. Rowling (Hardcover)
Illustrated Edition
Description
This glorious new edition of Newt Scamander's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (considered a classic throughout the wizarding world) features an extraordinary array of magical creatures, from Acromantula to Yeti via ten different breeds of dragon – all beautifully illustrated in full colour by the brilliantly inventive, Greenaway Medal shortlisted Olivia Lomenech Gill.
Famed Magizoologist Newt Scamander's years of adventure and exploration have yielded a work of unparalleled importance, admired by scholars, devoured by young witches and wizards, and even made available to Muggles in the early years of this century. With this dazzling illustrated edition, readers can explore the magical fauna of five continents from the comfort of their own armchairs. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is essential reading at Hogwarts.
This new edition features the fully updated 2017 text – which includes new profiles of six magnificent beasts that inhabit North America and a new foreword by J.K. Rowling, writing as Newt Scamander.
Product Details
- Barcode
- 9781408885260
- Department
- Books
- Released
- 1 Nov 2017
- Supply Source
- South Africa
Book
- Binding
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Language
- English
- Number of Pages
- 160
- Dimensions
- 290 x 250 x 250mm (1.36kg)
Summary
Famed Magizoologist Newt Scamander's years of adventure and exploration have yielded a work of unparalleled importance, admired by scholars, devoured by young witches and wizards, and even made available to Muggles in the early years of this century. With this dazzling illustrated edition, readers can explore the magical fauna of five continents from the comfort of their own armchairs. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is essential reading at Hogwarts.
This new edition features the fully updated 2017 text - which includes new profiles of six magnificent beasts that inhabit North America and a new foreword by J.K. Rowling, writing as Newt Scamander.
Juvenile Fiction
- General Subject
- Children's Fiction
- BISAC Subject 1
- Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic
- BIC Classification 1
- General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
- BIC Classification 2
- Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage)
- Library Subject 1
- Wizards - Juvenile fiction
- Library Subject 2
- Animals, Mythical - Juvenile fiction
- Dewey Classification
- 823.914
- Readership
- Children / Juvenile
Author Bio
Olivia Lomenech Gill has a first class degree in Theatre at Hull University and an MA in Printmaking at Camberwell College of Art. She has built her career as a professional fine artist and has been exhibited at all the major London Art Fairs. Olivia's first professional illustration commission, Where My Wellies Take Me, written by Michael and Clare Morpurgo, was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and won the English Association Picture Book Award. Olivia lives and works in north Northumberland in a timber studio she built by hand with her husband, a paper conservator. They also have a workshop in a nearby village which houses Olivia's three tonne printing press.
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