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Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them

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Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them is a companion book to J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. It is presented as a textbook written by the fictional magizoologist Newt Scamander, detailing magical creatures and their habitats. The book serves as a guide to the wizarding world's fauna, with entries describing various beasts, their characteristics, and their levels of danger.12

Rowling also wrote Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as a screenplay, which was adapted into a film series that began in 2016. This film series expands on the lore introduced in the original book, following the adventures of Newt Scamander.1

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