Poster of Tales of Beedle the Bard.

Bloomsbury, the U.K. publishers of Harry Potter, have updated their website with the official promotional poster for the Tales of Beedle the Bard, which employs quotes from Deathly Hallows.

Tales of Beedle the Bard to be released on Dec. 4th, 2008

Yep, the special book ‘The Tales of Beedle The Bard’ is going to be released on 4th Dec., 2008. This will be printed and marketed by Scholastic, Bloomsbury and Amazon and the royalties from the sales will go to Jo’s charity called CHLG(Children’s High Level Group). Last year only seven copies were auctioned for charity and fans were not able to get hands on them. But the wait will soon be over.

Jo said this:

“There was understandable disappointment among Harry Potter fans when only one copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard was offered to the public last December. I am therefore delighted to announce that, thanks to the generous support of Bloomsbury, Scholastic and Amazon (who bought the handwritten copy at auction) – and with the blessing of the wonderful people who own the other six original books – The Tales of Beedle the Bard will now be widely available to all Harry Potter fans. Royalties will be donated to the Children’s High Level Group, to benefit institutionalised children in desperate need of a voice. The new edition will include the Tales themselves, translated from the original runes by Hermione Granger, and with illustrations by me, but also notes by Professor Albus Dumbledore, which appear by generous permission of the Hogwarts Headmasters’ Archive.”