Harry Potter author JK Rowling's long-awaited new book The Tales of Beedle the Bard has gone on sale and looks set to raise millions of pounds for charity.
The book will benefit a charity co-founded by Rowling to help vulnerable children across Eastern Europe, the Children's High Level Group.
It was originally produced in an edition of seven books that were hand-written and illustrated by the author. Six copies were given as presents and the seventh sold at auction raising £1.95million for the charity.
The book features in the seventh and final Harry Potter book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
It was a volume of wizarding fairytales left to Hermione Granger by Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore and it played a crucial role in helping Harry to defeat Lord Voldemort.
JK Rowling on Thursday hosted a tea party for around 200 schoolchildren from local Edinburgh schools to mark the launch of the book. Ten schools sent 20 pupils aged between eight and 11.
The author read passages from The Tales of Beedle the Bard at Edinburgh's Parliament Hall and the youngsters got to meet her and be given a free copy of the book.
