Today I want to share an interesting book with you. The name of this funny book is Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. It is written by J.K.Rowling and she chose a really special way to write it. There is a note “Property of: Harry Potter” on the cover and the writer’s name is Newt Scamander rather than Rowling.

By: Zhang Yarou 110909237 Class 2

Why the cover like this? Open the book then we can find the reason. The thing is Rowling created a person named Newton Artemis Fido Scamander to write this book. In this book, Newton “Newt” is an expert of fabulous beasts, his interest in this part was encouraged by his mother, an enthusiastic breeder of fancy Hippogriffs. After graduation from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he joined the Ministry of Magic in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.

Newt has visited lairs, burrows, and nests across five continents, observed the curious habits of magical beasts in a hundred countries. This book represents the fruit of many years’ travel and research. Till now Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is in its fifty-second edition (previous editions absolutely only published in the magic world) and it has been an approved textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ever since its publication.

This edition is a duplicate of Harry Potter’s own copy of Fantastic Beasts, complete with his and his friends’ informative notes in the margins. The best part is twenty percent of the retail sales price less taxes from the sale of this book will go to the fund set up in Harry Potter’s name by Comic Relief U.K. and J.K.Rowling. This fund was designed specifically to help children in need throughout the world.

In the introduction, Newt explained some questions to readers. First one is what is a “beast”? In the history of wizards, they had holden meetings three times to defined “beasts”. At the very beginning, they decreed that any member of the magical community that walked on two legs would henceforth be granted the status of “beings”, all others to remain “beasts”. Goblins, pixies and fairies made crammed the meeting hall and everything was in a mess. Then they redefine “beings” were those who could speak the human tongue. But Trolls, ghosts and Jarveys can also speak human tongue, the meeting became a disaster again. Finally, they decreed that a “being” was “any creature that has sufficient intelligence to understand the laws of the magical community and to bear part of the responsibility in shaping those laws”. Thanks to this, we now have a clear definition to “beings” and “beasts”.

The second question is why don’t Muggles notice these creatures. Well, some species have their own effective means of camouflage, like the Tebo, the Demiguise, and the Bowtruckle. Some beasts, due to cleverness or innate shyness, avoid contact with Muggles at all costs, as the unicorn, the Mooncalf and the centaur. Other magical creatures inhabit places inaccessible to Muggles. Some creatures are just to small to be seem. Those beasts don’t fit with above situations manage by the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.

Have more interesting in fabulous beasts? Just read the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. It recorded 75 species fantastic creatures, you will have a deeper realize of the magic world in Harry Potter.