JK Rowling unveils The Ickabog, her first non-Harry Potter children's book.
She wrote it over a decade ago for her own children and has now dusted it off. The first two chapters, which went online on Tuesday, introduced King Fred the Fearless, ruler of Cornucopia, and five-year-old Bert Beamish.It will be published as an actual book in English in November, with all author royalties going "to help groups who've been particularly impacted by the pandemic".
Illustration competition
She has also asked young readers to draw their own illustrations, with the best pictures to be included in the published books.
"I want to see imaginations run wild!" she wrote. "Creativity, inventiveness and effort are the most important things: we aren't necessarily looking for the most technical skill!"
Click on the picture below to the The Ickabog website.
