Overall, if you have the old book, you don't need the new one unless you're a hardcore fan. Some of the other differences, like Harry and Ron's doodles being removed or small details being changed are far less important or significant. The other differences are far more minor. The main differences are that a new longer foreword by Newt, referencing events from the movie, was added in, as well as adding six creatures native to America (the Thunderbird, the Horned Serpent, the Wampus, the Hidebehind, the Hodag, and the Snallygaster). The old version and the new version aren't that much different.

The most significant differences are a new foreword by Newt and adding six new creatures. See also an article I wrote for TheRowlingLibrary, ' What was changed in the new Fantastic Beasts book and what it means for canon'.

The Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures gives classifications to all known beasts, beings, and spirits. The capitalization was tweaked in the MoM classification system blurb. The about the author has been moved to the back of the book. The number of beasts mentioned in the intro has increased by six to match added contents.Ģ001 Seventy-five species are described in the following pages,Ģ017 Eighty-one species are described in the following pages, Scamander joined the Ministry of Magic in the Department for the regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.įantastic Beasts is now in its 2nd edition, not 52nd edition.Ģ001 during which he collected information for his worldwide best-seller Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, now in its fifty-second edition.Ģ017 during which he collected information for his worldwide best-seller Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.Ģ001 The rest is publishing history: Fantastic Beasts is now in its fifty-second edition.Ģ001 Seventy-five species are described in the following pages, but I do not doubt that some time this year yet another will be discovered, necessitating a fifty-third revised edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.Ģ017 Eighty-one species are described in the following pages, but I do not doubt that more will be discovered, necessitating another revised edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.Ī new foreword from Newt to tie-in with the movie (660 words)Ħ new beasts to tie-in with the movie (1,734 words) Scamander joined the Ministry of Magic in the Department for the regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.Ģ017 Upon leaving Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Mr. Newt is no longer said to have graduated Hogwarts.Ģ001 Upon graduation from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Mr.

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