With a title like Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them it's essential to include magical creatures in the book. There are heaps of photos from sets, from the movie itself, and of props (wands galore!). The book contains numerous flaps and pockets with removable cards, fold-out maps, and fantastic facts. Newt's friends include the auror, Tina and her sister Queenie (whose costumes are in the flapper style of the times), and factory worker Jacob who is a No-Maj (the American version of a Muggle, someone who doesn't have magical abilities).įantastic Beasts is set in the 1920s and the movie and this scrapbook touch on themes from the time such as prohibition, emerging technologies (electricity, telephones etc), and Art Deco architecture, as well as weaving in elements from other periods, such as the Salem witch trials. Newt's suitcase is a special one and appears a bit TARDIS-like as it can hold many creatures and re-creates their native habitats inside the case. Before heīecame famous to Harry Potter and his friends, Newt travelled to New York with a suitcase full ofĬreatures - magical creatures. Newt is a wizard and a Magizoologist (isn't that a great word?) which is an expert on magical beasts. The book delves into the creation of the movie world and its characters.

A new creation from JK Rowling, Fantastic Beasts is a prequel to the Harry Potter series. This is a fantastic behind the scenes look at the movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Newt scamander a movie scrapbook