“Beedle the Bard" Will Launch at Exclusive Scottish Tea Party

EmploymentCrossing Children’s publisher Scholastic has announced that to celebrate the December 4th launch of "The Tales of Beedle the Bard," written and illustrated by “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling, they will sponsor a national essay contest for American kids to attend a once-in-a lifetime event in Edinburgh, Scotland with the author. In addition, on launch day in the US, one of only seven original copies of "The Tales of Beedle the Bard," hand-written and illustrated by the author, will go on display at The New York Public Library's Humanities and Social Sciences Library. The book is published by the Children's High Level Group, an English charity, co-founded by J.K. Rowling and Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, to protect and promote children's rights and make life better for vulnerable young people. Five lucky winners and their chaperones will be the guests of Scholastic for an all-expense paid trip to Edinburgh, Scotland to attend a children's tea party at the National Library of Scotland on December 4th with Rowling, who will read the book to the 250 children in attendance, and then answer questions., teenagercros, Video Blogs video

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