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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- A Harry Potter Hogwarts Library Book
- Narrated by: Eddie Redmayne
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Publisher's Summary
"A glance through Muggle art and literature of the Middle Ages reveals that many of the creatures they now believe to be imaginary were then known to be real."
As every fan of the Harry Potter stories knows, the shelves of the Hogwarts Library are home to all sorts of fascinating books. There are three in particular you might have heard mentioned by certain Hogwarts students and that you can add to your listening list too, including Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
A set textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since publication, Newt Scamander's masterpiece has entertained wizarding families through the generations. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an indispensable introduction to the magical beasts of the wizarding world.
Flipping through the pages of Newt's famous journal, you'll journey around the globe and discover the many and varied creatures that he made it his life's work to study and protect. Some of the beasts will be familiar to fans of the Wizarding World - the Hippogriff, the Niffler, the Hungarian Horntail...while others will surprise even the most ardent amateur Magizoologist.
Who better to narrate this stunning catalogue of magical creatures than Eddie Redmayne, who plays Newt Scamander in the Fantastic Beasts movies? Eddie's film credits include The Danish Girl, My Week with Marilyn, Les Misérables and The Theory of Everything, for which he won a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor.
Fans of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them are sure to enjoy the other Hogwarts Library books: Quidditch Through the Ages and The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
Comic Relief, operating name Charity Projects, is a registered charity in the UK with charity nos. 326568 (England/Wales) and SC039730 (Scotland). Lumos Foundation is a registered charity in the UK with no. 1112575 (England/Wales). Fifteen percent of the proceeds* received by Pottermore Limited from this audiobook will be made available to the charities for their work across the UK and globally including helping children and young people have a better life. These proceeds will be shared 20 percent for Comic Relief and 80 percent for Lumos Foundation.
*Proceeds means the cash-price or cash-equivalent price less sales taxes.
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- Jen Johnston
- 2018-12-13
Great if you're a big harry potter fan
This book is an A-Z of magical creatures in J.K. Rowling's magical world. It reads kind of like a textbook. I would highly recommend this to anyone who is a HUGE Harry Potter fan or anyone who just wants to know a little more about the world that the author has created. But please keep in mind that it is a 'textbook', it is not a story book like the original Harry Potter book. If you are looking to see a version of the movie, this is probably not for you, as this is the 'textbook' that will be eventually be 'written by the main character' at the end of the first movie. That being said, I am a huge Harry Potter fan and thoroughly enjoyed learning more about creatures I didn't know existed in the original series and learning more about the ones I did know existed.
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- Garrett
- 2018-03-19
shitty
thought this book was based on the movie, spent $15 to learn about 30 beasts. poor advertising do not buy!!!!!
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- Em
- 2018-09-22
If you're a Harry Potter fan you'll love this!
It's so adorable. A wonderful listen. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Eddie does a great job.
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- Oliver Kuster
- 2018-08-03
why listen to a reference book on magic creatures?
well voiced, but kind of boring since it just lists all magical beast. why listen to this? it doesn't have story..
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- CJ
- 2020-02-12
Just a Reference Book
When I first purchased this I was anticipating a story but I was surprised to find that this book is indeed a wizarding textbook. I didn't find much value in this other than the introduction seeing as the rest is just information about some Fantastic Beasts.
It could be a good listen for a /very/ die hard Harry Potter fan, but for me it's something I'm definitely not coming back to.
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- kim
- 2018-12-03
it's just the "reference" book
it's just the reference book at Hogwarts library not the Jk Rowling screenplay, don't get fooled as I was.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-09-16
My favourite of the Hogwarts Library
Hands down, this is my favourite of the Hogwarts Library so far. It reads from A-Z like an encyclopedia and the sound effects and Eddie Redmayne’s narration make it come alive. It’s become one of my favourite audiobooks to re-listen to when I need a brief mental escape. Highly recommend
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- Brittany Johnston
- 2018-08-31
Cute short story
Really liked learning about the different beasts of the Harry Potter world! A very fun listen.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-04-27
Glad this was an audio book.
Loads of great info that I'm glad was read to me. Now to watch the movie.
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- Anonymous User
- 2023-05-17
Great book
This is A great book. Eddie Redmayne didn’t excellent job with newts Commander. I loved it.
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- A. Bunnell
- 2017-04-19
whoops
For some reason I thought that this was an actual story. Guess I should have read the description a little bit more completely. It's probably fun to sit with your kids and look through the different creatures, but doesn't make for a very interesting audible experience
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- Jenerek
- 2017-04-28
Better as a physical book
I knew it would be written like a guide book, but it just wasn't as engaging as I'd hoped it would be.
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- Jerrbear
- 2017-03-14
My own fault- this is not the story from the movie
Any additional comments?
I snapped this up based on the title, assuming that it was the book version of the recent motion picture by the same name. I got about half way through it before I figured out that it was not going to get to the story. This is OK for what it is, a catalog of descriptions of magical creatures listed alphabetically, but I assume the print version has pictures that go along with the descriptions, which would be great.
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- Inkish Kingdoms . com
- 2018-12-03
There isn't much story here... but that narrator!
I honestly have never wanted to read this book nor purchase any version. I do have the screenplay because I mean the cover is beautiful! But besides that, it does not call my attention fully.
However, I saw that Audible published this title a few months ago and I heard the preview... and oh my god! This is just one of the best narrations and productions I have heard in my life. There is nothing better than read, but when you listen a book that is full of special effects and sounds of dragons, pixies, fairies, merpeople, and other fantastic beasts that you can come up with... it is just another story and another world!
For more about this or other reviews! Check out my profile! Inkish Kingdoms!
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- J. Cheek
- 2017-05-03
Absolutely Pointless
Would you try another book from J.K. Rowling and Newt Scamander and/or Eddie Redmayne?
Yes
What was most disappointing about J.K. Rowling and Newt Scamander ’s story?
The whole book. I can't believe someone thought it was worth the time to make an audiobook out of an encyclopedia of magical creatures.
What does Eddie Redmayne bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
He is a good narrator.
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- Striker
- 2017-03-18
A Textbook Plucked from Harry Potter's Backpack
This was a good addition to the world of Harry Potter. Big fans of the book series will probably enjoy this book, but it's not really a story... If we were to pluck a textbook of magical creatures from Harry Potter's backpack, it would be this book.
This book reads just like a modern textbook, except this one is about magical creatures. Listed in alphabetical order, the book describes all of the magical creatures we read about in the Harry Potter books, as well as many we never really heard about.
The audio performance was very good, but I had some issues with the recording in some places...
Some of the creatures had "notes" that in a textbook would be something in the margin or at the bottom of the page. Though well performed, these "notes" were all of a different audio quality (almost muffled) than the rest of the narration. It as like the narrator went back and recorded the "note" sections while holding their hand over the microphone...
This was overall a very good listen. As a huge Harry Potter fan, this was a great addition to one of my favorite book series. 5 Stars!
39 people found this helpful
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- Gillian
- 2017-03-15
Fantabulous Beasts For The Hardcore Fan!
Make no mistake--there is no story here; rather it's Newt Scamander's textbook. But it's chock full off wondrous beasts that are sure to delight fans. You'll find the familiar; you'll find the new and awesome. And you'll even find a bit of the wizarding world outside of Harry Potter's Great Britain. Beasts from Africa, Asia, even America (where there's a bit of history with the wizarding's American President).
Eddie Redymayne does a fantastic job reading what is essentially Harry's school work (reminds me of people saying someone's voice is so good they could read the phonebook). He puts awe and spellbinding wonder into each beast and its history.
This book made me do something I haven't done since I was a kid: stop and make up stories myself about each creature.
It was a nice ride, a journey into a ticklesome safari.
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- Mariel
- 2017-05-11
Loved this audiobook
Thank you so much for this audio book. Eddie Redmayne was just outstanding. I have read the book as well and wow this audiobook just took it to another level.
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- Flo
- 2017-05-05
Wonderfully read, great information
This book is very pleasing despite my hesitation to order it. Easy short listen and will enhance your beastly knowledge.
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- Chris Finken
- 2017-04-11
There is no story just a list of creatures
Probably my fault for not listening to the sample I thought it was the story of the new feature film it is not it's just a simple list of beasts nothing more. Unless you a huge Harry Potter head it's not worth your time.
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- Noémie
- 2021-08-24
Agréable écoute mais pas passionnant
Belle performance du narrateur et toujours le plaisir de retrouver l'univers de JK Rowling. Mais cette collection de descriptions d'animaux fantastiques (quoique bien écrites) ne vaut pas un bon roman.