One copy of Tales Of Beedle The Bard will be sold to raise money for JK Rowling’s Children's Voice charity at an auction at Sotheby's in London later this week, and the author will give the remaining six copies to those closely involved with the Harry Potter books.
Tales Of Beedle The Bard was an important part of the story in the seventh book, in which the Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore gave the book to Hermione Granger.
Tales Of Beedle The Bard gave clues to help teenage wizard Harry Potter and his friends to defeat his enemy Lord Voldemort.
JK Rowling has no plans to publish the stories in Tales Of Beedle The Bard, and Sotheby's auction house are expecting the book to sell for up to £50,000.
Tales Of Beedle The Bard is reported to be bound in brown Morocco leather and mounted with semi-precious stones.
