Happy Shakespeare Day!

Today, 400 years ago, is the day William Shakespeare died! It is also (possibly) the 452nd anniversary of his birth. Scholarship is hazy on Shakespeare's exact birthday, but they know the date of his Baptism/Christening. There are so many things happening all over the world today to celebrate the life and words of the Bard (yes, there are a lot of questions about whether or not Shakespeare actually wrote everything that was attributed to him, but I'm ignoring that for today)! Instead I'm going to leave you with something fun:

Here are a few quizzes to test your Shakespeare knowledge: 

Shakespeare Quotes

General Shakespeare Knowledge

And here's something the Telegraph did Bernard Levin's "Quoting Shakespeare"

You quote Shakespeare more often than you think...

Merlin's Beard!

The blurb on the back of the book is enough to set this literature major's heart-beating a faster pace!

"THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD, a Wizarding classic, first came to Muggle readers' attention in the book known as HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. Now, thanks to Hermione Granger's new translation from the ancient runes, we present this stunning edition with an introduction, notes, and illustrations by J. K. Rowling, and extensive commentary by Albus Dumbledore. Never before have Muggles been privy to these richly imaginative tales: [...]But not only are they the equal of fairy tales we know and love, reading them gives new insight into the world of Harry Potter".

I love that it's been "annotated" by Dumbledore and "translated" by Hermione! I'll share more about it later, when I've read a few! I'm so excited! Thanks J.K. Rowling for being a nerd like me and for writing this!