Editing J. K. Rowling (section)

=== Children's stories ===
{{Main|The Ickabog{{!}}''The Ickabog''|The Christmas Pig{{!}}''The Christmas Pig''}}

''The Ickabog'' was Rowling's first book aimed at children since ''Harry Potter''.<ref name="bbc20201011">{{Cite news|date=10 November 2020|title=JK Rowling's The Ickabog child illustrators chosen for book|publisher=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-54892322|access-date=17 January 2022}}</ref> Ickabog is a monster that turns out to be real; a group of children find out the truth about the Ickabog and save the day.{{sfn|Quealy-Gainer|2020}}<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lyall|first=Sarah|date=5 December 2020|title=J.K. Rowling's new non-Potter children's book|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/05/books/review/rowling-the-ickabog.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205163200/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/05/books/review/rowling-the-ickabog.html |archive-date=5 December 2020 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=17 January 2022 }}</ref> Rowling released ''The Ickabog'' for free online in mid-2020, during the [[COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom]].<ref name="flood20200526">{{cite news|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=26 May 2020|title=JK Rowling announces new children's book, The Ickabog, to be published free online|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/26/jk-rowling-announces-new-childrens-book-the-ickabog-to-be-published-free-online|access-date=13 June 2020}}</ref> She began writing it in 2009 but set it aside to focus on other works including ''Casual Vacancy''.<ref name="flood20200526" /> Scholastic held a competition to select children's art for the print edition, which was published in the US and Canada on 10 November 2020.<ref name=CBC2020>{{Cite news|date=24 November 2020|title=J.K. Rowling's new children's book The Ickabog features illustrations from 9 Canadian kids|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/j-k-rowling-s-new-children-s-book-the-ickabog-features-illustrations-from-9-canadian-kids-1.5814195|access-date=17 January 2022}}</ref> Profits went to charities focused on COVID-19 relief.<ref name="bbc20201011" /><ref name=COVIDIndia/>

In ''The Christmas Pig'', a young boy loses his favourite stuffed animal, a pig, and the Christmas Pig guides him through the fantastical Land of the Lost to retrieve it.<ref name="seymour20211012">{{Cite news|last=Seymour|first=Miranda|author-link=Miranda Seymour|date=12 October 2021|title=In J.K. Rowling's latest fantasy novel, pigs do fly|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/books/review/jk-rowling-the-christmas-pig.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012164203/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/books/review/jk-rowling-the-christmas-pig.html |archive-date=12 October 2021 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=17 January 2022 }}</ref> The novel was published on 12 October 2021<ref name="kirkus20211021">{{Cite web|date=21 October 2021|title=The Christmas Pig|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jk-rowling/the-christmas-pig/|access-date=17 January 2022|publisher=[[Kirkus Reviews]]}}</ref> and became a bestseller in the UK<ref name="obrien20211019">{{Cite web|last=O'Brien|first=Kiera|date=19 October 2021|title=Rowling's Christmas Pig jingles all the way to number one|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/christmas-pig-jingles-all-way-number-one-spot-1284979|access-date=17 January 2022|website=[[The Bookseller]]}}</ref> and the US.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Egan|first=Elisabeth|date=2 December 2021|title=Veteran authors and mistletoe descend on the best-seller list |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/02/books/review/richard-paul-evans-the-christmas-promise.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202100950/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/02/books/review/richard-paul-evans-the-christmas-promise.html |archive-date=2 December 2021 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=31 January 2022|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>