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The Ickabog, Rowling's first book aimed at children since Harry Potter, is set in the realm of Cornucopia, ruled by King Fred. The eponymous Ickabog is a monster that turns out to be real. While King Fred is bamboozled by his sinister advisors, who take control of the kingdom and begin a reign of terror, a group of children find out the truth about the Ickabog and save the day. Rowling released The Ickabog for free online in mid-2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom. She began writing it as early as 2009 but set it aside to focus on other works including Casual Vacancy. 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. Rowling said that profits would go to charities focused on COVID-19 relief.

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. The novel was published on 12 October 2021 in the US and became a bestseller in the UK.