"The Tales of Beedle the Bard" first appeared as a fictional book in J. K. Rowling's 2007 "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", the seventh and final novel of the "Harry Potter" series. The book is bequeathed to Hermione Granger by Albus Dumbledore, former headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It is described as a popular collection of Wizarding children's fairy tales, so that while Ron Weasley is familiar with the stories, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger had not previously heard of them due to their non-magical upbringing.