Rowling, ‘The Christmas Pig’ is released today

A moving and captivating story of a child’s love for his favorite toy, a stuffed pig, and what he is ready to do to find it. It is ‘The Christmas Pig’, JK Rowling’s first children’s book, intended for readers aged 8 and over, after the seven-volume Harry Potter saga. The novel, which will be translated into 20 languages, is released today worldwide with illustrations by award-winning artist Jim Field and will also be available in an ebook and audiobook version on Audible. The protagonist is Jack, who loves his fabric pig, Mimalino, known as Lino. It is always there for him, on good days and bad days. One Christmas Eve, however, a terrible thing happens: Lino gets lost. But Christmas Eve is the day of miracles and lost causes, it is the night when everything can come to life, even toys. Jack and his new puppet, the Christmas Pig (annoying fresh-from-the-shop substitute), embark on a bold plan. Together they will embark on a breathtaking journey to the Land of the Lost, where – with the help of a talking lunch box, a brave compass and a winged being named Hope – they will try to save the best friend Jack has ever had from the terrible Loser: a monster made of debris that devours everything. According to the publisher Salani, from the creative genius of JK Rowling came “one of the most beautiful Christmas stories ever written, full of the irresistible tenderness of childhood in the face of the great mystery of loss”. The affectionate, inexhaustible imagination of the Scottish author and “compassion for people and loved objects that absorb human feelings are the celebration of the warmth of family, of caring and feeling understood and of the authentic sustainability of things”. “With beautiful illustrations by award-winning artist Jim Field, The Christmas Pig is set to become a beloved classic for adults and children,” concludes the publisher. ‘The Christmas Pig’ is the first children’s novel Rowling writes since Harry Potter and follows his brilliant return to publication for children with last year’s fairy tale ‘The Ickabog’, serialized online during the lockdown to entertain the little ones and later released by donating all of his rights to the charity Volant to help. the people most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.