Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a 2001 book written by British author J. K. Rowling (under the pseudonym of the fictitious author Newt Scamander) about the magical creatures in the Harry Potter universe. It purports to be Harry Potter's copy of the textbook of the same name mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US), the first novel of the Harry Potter series. It includes several notes inside it supposedly handwritten by Harry, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger, detailing their own experiences with some of the beasts described, and including in-jokes relating to the original series.

Fantastic Beasts purports to be a reproduction of a textbook owned by Harry Potter and written by magizoologist Newt Scamander, a character in the fictional Harry Potter series. In the series, Magizoology is the study of magical creatures.

Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts, provides the Foreword and explains the purpose of the special edition of this book (the Comic Relief charity). At the end, he tells the reader, "...The amusing creatures described hereafter are fictional and cannot hurt you." He repeats the Hogwarts motto: "Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus", Latin for "Never tickle a sleeping dragon".

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them contains the history of Magizoology and describes 85 magical species found around the world. Scamander says that he collected most of the information found in the book through observations made over years of travel and across five continents. He notes that the first edition was commissioned in 1918 by Mr Augustus Worme of Obscurus Books. However, it was not published until 1927. It is now in its fifty-second edition.

In the Harry Potter universe, the book is a required textbook for first-year Hogwarts students, having been an approved textbook since its first publication. It is not clear why students need it in their first year, as students do not take Care of Magical Creatures until their third year. However, it may be used as an encyclopedia of Dark creatures studied in Defence Against the Dark Arts classes. In his foreword to the book, Albus Dumbledore notes that it serves as an excellent reference for Wizarding households in addition to its use at Hogwarts.

The book features doodles and comments added by Ron Weasley. The comments would appear to have been written around the time of the fourth book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.These doodles add some extra information for fans of the series (for example the "Acromantula" entry has a comment confirming that Hogwarts is located in Scotland) along with comic relief (such as Ron saying "you're not kidding" when talking about the Hungarian Horntail being the most fearsome dragon of all, a reference to Harry's encounter with one in the fourth book).
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Integrated in the design, the cover of the book appears to have been clawed by an unidentified animal.

This movie was fantastic! I loved every single minute of this movie. It was so magical and it was cool to be back in the world of Harry Potter. I love that they mentioned Hogwarts and Dumbledore. I got that Newt was in trouble for exposing wizardry but he wasn't the only one if you think about it. I think out of all the beasts in the movie I liked the eagle with the two sets of wings, the snake bird thing, and the platypus hedgehog looking creature who stole shiny objects. I also liked the little green tree he carried around. It kind of reminded me of baby Groot. I do think it's really cool that it was based on magic before Harry Potter. I personally still think wizards should be able to live freely among muggles...or the non-mag. The truth is that they aren't protecting wizards. They are protecting us from wizards. Not all of them are dangerous. Just the dark ones. The special effects were amazing and the acting was fantastic. The imagery inside his suit case of monsters was gorgeous. I loved how he had different environments for the creatures. I felt like I was in the wizarding world again. I do want Newt Scamander's suit case. It's kind of like Mary Poppin's carpet bag, except full of creatures instead of items. I think Eddie was the perfect Newt and that nothing could have made this better. I want to see it again. Go see this movie. You will fall in love with the wizarding world all over again.

5 stars

Dr. Stephen Strange's (Benedict Cumberbatch) life changes after a car accident robs him of the use of his hands. When traditional medicine fails him, he looks for healing, and hope, in a mysterious enclave. He quickly learns that the enclave is at the front line of a battle against unseen dark forces bent on destroying reality. Before long, Strange is forced to choose between his life of fortune and status or leave it all behind to defend the world as the most powerful sorcerer in existence.

This movie was awesome. I loved it. So much action and and some cool looking mind bending tricks. The Ancient One looked like the White Witch mixed with Voldemort. Except she had a nose and wasn't ugly looking like him. My favorite part had to be the cloak of levitation. It was beating up one of Kaecilius' men and it kind of reminded me of what Hulk did to Loki in the Avengers. It has a mind of it's own and I love it! Best magical item in the movie. The movie was well made and action packed. A lot of cool warping building scenes and some crazy mystical magic. I thought Doctor Strange was the only person with his power. I thought each superhero had something different. Like how Iron Man has his suit, Thor has his lightening and hammer, and Bruce has the Hulk. There were a bunch of other people who had his ability. I think it's cool but I thought they were all one of a kind. I also liked the scene where he stole books from the library using a portal while Wong was listening to Beyonce. That really made me laugh. It was funny, full of awesome and totally worth watching. I would love to see it again. I think people would really enjoy this movie. Some of the comments were pretty funny too especially when he's meeting Kaecilius for the first time. Mr. Doctor Strange. It just sounds silly. I thought it was really cute when his cloaked wiped his face. That cloak really took care of him. I wish I had a really cool cloak like that. I think it's way better than Harry Potter's, though I think that one is pretty cool too. I think I just need to get a cool cloak. The acting was awesome and Benedict nailed it. No one can take this role and replace him. He was fantastic.  Just remember to stay and watch the TWO credit scenes. It's Marvel people. You don't leave until the lights come up.

5 stars