Rowling to re-publish special book
JK Rowling, writer of the series of books about Harry Potter, has announced that she will re-publish a leather-bound book of wizard fairytales for charity and donate an expected $8m to her charity for vulnerable children.
An ancient book about a bard called Beedle comes into the plot of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows', Ms Rowling's seventh and last about the teenage wizard. When she had finished writing the last book, she decided to put together a real version of 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard'.
She made seven copies in all, each hand-written and bound in Moroccan leather with silver mounts. She gave six to friends who had helped her complete her ten years' work on the Harry Potter series and put the last copy up for auction through Sotheby's in London. It fetched $3.98 million.
