![]() On 1 February 2018 a Kindle in Motion edition, featuring these illustrations with movement, was released for compatible devices. On 7 November 2017 a new edition was published with illustrations by Olivia Lomenech Gill, featuring the aforementioned 2017 text. Proceeds from this edition are donated to Lumos as well as Comic Relief. ![]() It is assumed to be a new copy as it does not feature any handwritten notes. On 14 March 2017 a new edition of the book, with cover illustrations by Jonny Duddle and interior illustrations by Tomislav Tomic, was published with six new creatures and a foreword by Newt Scamander. The film was released on 18 November 2016. The story features Newt Scamander as a main character and is set in New York City, 70 years before Harry's story started. This ones set in 1920s New York, where future Hogwarts textbook author Newt Scamander has travelled with a suitcase of magical beasts. She came up with a plan for a movie after Warner Bros. and Rowling announced they would be producing a film inspired by the book, being the first in a series of five such films. According to Comic Relief, sales from this book and its companion Quidditch Through the Ages had raised over £17 million by July 2009. Over 80% of the cover price of each book sold goes directly to poor children in various places around the world. ![]() The book benefits the BBC affiliated charity Comic Relief. Rowling's name did not appear on the cover of the first edition, the work being credited under the pen name " Newt Scamander", who, in the books, wrote this textbook as seen on Harry's supply list for his first year. In a 2001 interview with publisher Scholastic, Rowling stated that she chose the subject of magical creatures because it was a fun topic for which she had already developed much information in earlier books. ![]()
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