One fan compared this to 'the literary equivalent of Beyonce dropping a new album on the world.' TheIckabog
) decided to dust off her partially typed, partially handwritten manuscript.
She whiled away the past weeks at home, reworking it and later getting feedback from her two youngest children on the new version. “They told me to put back in some bits they’d liked when they were little, and here we are!” Rowling said. As well as being able to keep busy reading or listening to the new story, pandemic-weary kids aged 7-12 can also turn their hand to illustrating it, for a competition Rowling also just announced.
The author will make suggestions each day for what kids can draw, inspired by “The Ickabog,” to enter for the chance to have their artwork published in a printed version of the book, which will come out in November. She invited fans and their parents to share their illustrations on Twitter with the hashtag #TheIckabog. Even on Day 1, entries are pouring in:
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