

Suggested sections to read: Introduction (About This Book, A Brief History of Muggle Awareness of Fantastic Beasts, Magical Beasts in Hiding), and selections from An A-Z of Fantastic Beasts (see below for suggestions) If necessary, you might want to provide a little background. There is a possibility that the kids might be unfamiliar with Harry Potter. Now, in this updated edition with a new foreword by Newt himself and the unveiling of six mysterious beasts outside the American wizarding community, muggles too have the chance to discover where the Thunderbird lives, what the Puffskein eats, and why shiny objects should always be kept away from the Niffler.


Grade Level: 4th (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)įantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Newt Scamander's classic compendium of magical creatures, has delighted generations of wizarding readers. These books are published by Pottermore Publishing, the reading age recommendation is for children older than 9 years old.Volunteers needed in March! Click here to sign up. Here’s a list of the Fantastic Beasts series in order. A list of all the Fantastic Beasts books in order In the first two movies, it was Johny Depp, lately (due to the allegations by Amber Heard), he was replaced by Mads Mikkelsen. In the movies, the role of Grindelwald was interpreted by two authors. Which means that you should read the Fantastic books in publication order. For those who have read the HP books, you will already know who this man is, and how close he was to Dumbledore…Īlso, while it might not seem so, the events in the 3 books of this trilogy are connected.

His travel to New York but will get interesting when all the magical beings he carries on his case escape all around the city, he must make sure he gets every single one of them in no time if he doesn’t want to get into trouble.īut what New Scamander would have never guessed is that he will get involved in one of the most tragical events in wizarding history: the rise of Gellert Grindelwald into power, a wizard who wishes to enslave muggles (seeing them as inferior creatures). The Fantastic Beasts books center on Newt Scamander, a Magizoologist who loves to help and collect rare magical creatures (a sort of Pokemon Master but in the Harry Potter universe).
