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1 . 25 . 21 At the height of the coronavirus pandemic last April, when celebrities around the world were lecturing us via tweet to stay home and wear a mask, British novelist J. K. Rowling took a different approach. As kids were forced to forego school and interactions with friends, she published a new children’s book and released it in free installments for families stuck at home. The novel, The Ickabog, was published in full this past Thanksgiving. Proceeds from sales of the book are donated to communities hurt most by COVID-19. Rowling has said that the Ickabog story first came to her years ago, when her own children were young. She wrote the book during the period in which she wrote the ....
| A+A A- Over 18,000 entries poured in from children aged seven to 12 based in India, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. What is so special about JK Rowling’s The Ickabog? The book a bedtime story for Rowling’s younger children has been a decade in the making. The writer, like many creative parents, would make up chapters to read to her kids. But unlike her peers, Rowling decided to gift the story to a larger audience during the lockdown in the form of a free online series. Besides, she offered her young readers a chance to collaborate with their favourite author. Stuck at home for a larger part of 2020, kids worldwide welcomed ‘The Ickabog Illustration Competition’. ....
The review The Ickabog- J.K. Rowling There are millions of Harry Potter Fans but in this new book by J.K. Rowling he is nowhere to be seen. She started writing the The Ickabog for her children a few years ago and never finished it. It was during the pandemic that she unearthed the unfinished manuscript and completed writing it. It is set in Cornucopia a kingdom ruled by King Fredthe Fearless. To the North are sheep and a scary creature known as the Ickabog. No one has seen it but the mere thought of this scary creature keeps the children in line to behave and creeps into their nightmares. After a series of events King Fred loses power to Lord Spittleworth and Lord Flapoon (not nice people) who sustain the lie that the creature is alive and impose martial law to protect everyone. As a result, Cornucopia is now a savage place full of fear where children are separated from families and where citizens are made to participate in a lie so they can support a dishonest regime. ....