'You've never heard of The Tales of Beedle the Bard?' said Ron incredulously. 'You're kidding, right?' (taken from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)..This richly magical collection of tales from J. K. Rowling was first published by the Children's High Level Group (a charity co-founded in 2005 by J.K. Rowling and Emma Nicholson MEP), in Association with Bloomsbury Plc.