Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter magic! This glorious new edition of Newt Scamander's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (considered a classic throughout the wizarding world) features an extraordinary array of magical creatures, from Acromantula to Yeti via ten different breeds of dragon - all beautifully illustrated in full colour by the brilliantly inventive, Greenaway Medal shortlisted Olivia Lomenech Gill. Famed Magizoologist Newt Scamander's years of adventure and exploration have yielded a work of unparalleled importance, admired by scholars, devoured by young witches and wizards, and even made available to Muggles in the early years of this century. With this dazzling illustrated edition, readers can explore the magical fauna of five continents from the comfort of their own armchairs. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is essential reading at Hogwarts. This new edition features the fully updated 2017 text - which includes new profiles of six magnificent beasts that inhabit North America and a new foreword by J.K. Rowling, writing as Newt Scamander.

牛顿（纽特）·阿蒂米斯·菲多·斯卡曼生于1897年。在他母亲的鼓励和支持下，他对神奇动物产生了兴趣。他母亲曾对饲养品种珍奇的鹰头马身有翼兽充满热情。从霍格沃茨魔法学校毕业之后，斯卡曼先生进入魔法部，在神奇生物管理控制司工作。他先在家养小精灵重新安置办公室待了两年，他称这两年是“枯燥之极”的两年，随后被调到了动物所。斯卡曼具有丰富的关于神奇怪兽的知识，因此他在动物所提升很快。

1947年，差不多由他一手成立了狼人登记处，不过，他说他最引以为豪的还是1965年获得通过的那道《禁止为实验目的而喂养》的禁令。这道禁令有效地遏止了不列颠境内创造新的不可驯服的动物的盛行。斯卡曼先生曾在火龙研究与限制局工作，有很多机会远涉异域。在这期间，他为他这部畅销世界的作品《神奇的动物在哪里》收集了大量资料，现在这本书已经是第五十二版了。

由于纽特·斯卡曼对神奇动物研究即神奇动物学方面的贡献，他在1979年被授予梅林爵士团二级主人魔法师的称号。斯卡曼先生现在已经退休，和他的妻子波乐蓬蒂娜以及他的三只宠物猫狸子：霍比、米丽和莫勒生活在英国多塞特郡。