Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Illustrated Edition
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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.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Children's Books, 1st edition (7 Nov. 2017) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 160 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1408885263 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1408885260 |
| Dimensions | 25.2 x 2.3 x 29.8 cm |
by Renan Marques
As it’s a very short book in a huge presentation, there’s much room for illustrations. Wonderful ones, by the way. The only problem is the size not matching the HP Illustrated book series, but it matches the other two side books.
by Natalie
so worth money came well packed and fast delivery
by Aston MacRae
I love this book! The artwork is a sketch style, like an original sketch of the beast seen. Brilliantly done!
by JB
Great item, loved it, beautiful pics suitable for anyone over 6+ with knowledge of the beasts films or books
by MrsBeautemps
This series of illustrated versions from the Potter-verse are brilliant. The books are quite large for small hands but that hasn’t stopped our small person enjoying every single turn of a page. This one is no different and frankly I quite enjoy looking at the rich artwork as an adult.
by Aleandro VS
The book is beautiful. Hard bound, with a red page finder and gold elements on the cover. It’s more images than text, which is good since this is an illustrated book. The pages have an “old” quality to them, which is immersive. My only bone to pick with this book though is quite a major one, considering the title.
The illustrations do not accurately represent otherworldly creatures like they should. Most beasts painted within aren’t very fantastic at all, but rather look like normal animals. This was rather disappointing as I was hoping to get as beautiful character designs as the films. Also, several beasts are drawn wildly larger than they should be. There’s an impressive 4-page spread in the middle of the book. But as pretty as that is, it portrays a massive dragon with its head as big as a ship. This is the dragon we saw in Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows pt 1, the Ukranian Ironbelly, which fits just fine on a large building. So, as bombastic as these illustrations are, they grossly misrepresent the creatures in look and size.
Overall, I highly recommend it still, as it is a beautiful product and a fun read to expand on the wizarding world lore.
by Bex
Beginning with an interesting history of the politics, rules and intrigue surrounding the magical creatures in the wizarding world, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them chronicles almost all of the monsters, myths and legends within J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter universe.
The illustrated edition of this novel was great fun to interact with; each page consists of parchment print and large scale drawings of beloved creatures and each creature has a small write-up by Rowling’s pseudonym and everyone’s favourite Hufflepuff, Newt Scamander.
I struggled a little with the illustrations. There are a number of fantastic, large illustrations throughout (sometimes taking up multiple extending pages) and the illustrator has clearly taken all of Rowling’s descriptions into great consideration because the facts and drawings are a perfect match in most cases. The issue I have is that some of them appear ill-defined and, especially when compared to the illustrated editions of the Harry Potter series, lacking detail incredibly; the dragons are especially disappointing (the horntail, for instance, which is a pivotal figure in the novels has hardly any clean edges or detailing at all). I was also surprised to find that the Obscurus hadn’t been added in; this was a creature I was really looking forward to learning more about.
This remains to be a really nice catalogue of magical creatures and was enjoyable to read through but I think it really would have benefited from a consistent illustrator across the entire series because the noticeable change in detail meant the novel just wasn’t as visually impressive as its counterparts.
by Luzern
Great product and timely delivery! Thank you!