Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

This article is for **the in-universe book by Newton Scamander**. You may be looking for **the charity book by J.K. Rowling**.

## Book information

### First appearance

*Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*

### Last appearance

*Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*

"*An A-Z of fantastic beasts.*"
— Newt Scamander

**Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them** is a very popular book in the wizarding world written by Newton Scamander. It appears throughout the *Harry Potter book series*. J.K. Rowling also wrote a book of the same name for charity in 2001.

The book is about Magizoology and the animals in the wizarding world. It is one of the set books every student has to bring to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

## Production

In 1918, Newton Scamander was working for the Ministry of Magic when Augustus Worme from Obscurus Books asked him to write a book about magical creatures. He agreed and spent years travelling the world. The book was published in 1926. In 2001, the book was republished.

## Overview

The book covers the subject of magizoology and the many animals which live in the magic world. It also includes their Ministry of Magic classification, information on how to approach them and what to do in defence if an encounter goes wrong. It also covers what knowledge the Muggle world has of such animals and the efforts taken to hide them. It is one of the set books every student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry needs to bring for their studies starting in their first year.

### 2017 edition

In 2017, the book was republished. The new edition has new information about six new animals which live in North America: the Hidebehind, Hodag, Horned Serpent, Snallygaster, Thunderbird and Wampus cat. Newton Scamander has written a new foreword where he vaguely speaks for the first time about the part he played in the defeat of Gellert Grindelwald.

### Chapters

* Introduction
	+ About the Author
	+ About This Book
	+ What Is a Beast?
* A Brief History of Muggle Awareness of Fantastic Beasts
	+ Magical Beasts in Hiding
		- Safe Habitats
		- Controls on Selling and Breeding
		- Disillusionment Charms
		- Memory Charms
		- The Office of Misinformation
* Why Magizoology Matters
* Ministry of Magic Classifications
	+ An A-Z of Fantastic Beasts

### Beasts mentioned

* Ashwinder
* Augurey
* Basilisk
* Billywig
* Bowtruckle
* Bundimun
* Centaur
* Chimaera
* Chizpurfle
* Clabbert
* Crup
* Demiguise
* Diricawl
* Doxy
* Dragon
	+ Antipodean Opaleye
	+ Chinese Fireball
	+ Common Welsh Green
	+ Hebridean Black
	+ Hungarian Horntail
	+ Norwegian Ridgeback
	+ Peruvian Vipertooth
	+ Romanian Longhorn
	+ Swedish Short-Snout
	+ Ukrainian Ironbelly
* Dugbog
* Erkling
* Erumpent
* Fairy
* Fire crab
* Flobberworm
* Ghoul
* Glumbumble
* Gnome
* Graphorn
* Griffin
* Grindylow
* Hidebehind
* Hippocampus
* Hippogriff
* Hodag
* Horklump
* Horned Serpent
* Imp
* Jarvey
* Jobberknoll
* Kappa
* Kelpie
* Knarl
* Kneazle
* Leprechaun
* Lethifold
* Lobalug
* Mackled Malaclaw
* Manticore
* Merpeople
* Moke
* Mooncalf
* Murtlap
* Niffler
* Nogtail
* Nundu
* Phoenix
* Pixie
* Plimpy
* Pogrebin
* Porlock
* Puffskein
* Quintaped
* Ramora
* Red Cap
* Re'em
* Runespoor
* Salamander
* Sea Serpent
* Shrake
* Snallygaster
* Snidget
* Sphinx
* Streeler
* Tebo
* Thunderbird
* Troll
* Unicorn
* Wampus cat
* Werewolf
* Winged horse
* Yeti

## History

Harry Potter purchased a copy of the book from Flourish and Blotts for his first year at Hogwarts.

## Trivia

* In 2001, J.K. Rowling published Harry Potter's copy of *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them* for charity, with drawings and writings supposedly made by Harry and Ron Weasley inside it.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: About the Author
2. ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Foreword by the Author
3. ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Introduction (A Brief History of Muggle Awareness of Fantastic Beasts)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 5
5. ↑ *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them* *(2017 edition)*