Harry Potter fansof all ages now have the probability to ascertain out what it would be like to have J.K. Rowling read them a bedtime account . Well , almost . That ’s because the bestselling author has start releasing chapters of " The Ickabog , " a story she wrote year ago to read to her own children each night .
" The Ickabog " tells the story of the mostly bountiful realm of Cornucopia , where a mythical goliath — the Ickabog — endure " at the very northernmost tip of the country , in a wide mend of dark and often misty marsh too grave for humans to enter . "
Rowling began bring out " The Ickabog " on May 26 , 2020 and will continue releasing it chapter by chapter — for free — every weekday until July 10 on its owndedicated website . While she wrote it as a read - aloud Christian Bible , Rowling saidthat the account is also suitable for baby to read to themselves . Dedicated adult fan will belike enjoy the " history about verity and the abuse of index , " too .
So why is Rowling give up " The Ickabog " now ? Shewrote in a Twitter threadthat she always intended to publish it , but she put it out in her Classical Greek after the last Harry Potter book was free , and then she focused instead on two novels for adult . But with thecoronaviruslockdown across the world , she pulled out the Ickabog story , update it and decided to portion out it .
In addition to offering a new tale from the virtuoso storyteller — Rowling was nimble to note on Twitter that " The Ickabog " is not a twirl - off of Harry Potter — the liberation come with a topnotch - fun constituent for her youngest fan : anillustration competition . Rowling is take in kid all over the public ages 7 to 12 to submit drawing and paintings that could be sport in a printed version of the Christian Bible , scheduled to be published in November .
Shewrote on Twitterthat she will provide suggestions for drawings , " but nobody should find stiffen by my ideas . Let your imaginations run wild ! " Rowling herself wo n’t be label the competition ; that ’s left up to the record book publisher . youthful artists ( or their parent and guardians ) can also share their work on Twitter using the hashtag # TheIckabog .
Rowling plan to donate all royal family from sales of " The Ickabog " to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic .
