What is the title of J.K. Rowling’s 2021 children’s book about a boy searching for a lost toy?

J.K. Rowling’s 2021 children’s book about a boy searching for a lost toy is The Christmas Pig.

The novel follows Jack, whose beloved stuffed toy Dur Pig, known as DP, disappears on Christmas Eve. Jack then enters a magical world where lost things go and undertakes a dangerous search to find his missing companion. A Christmas pig becomes his guide and partner.

Published in October 2021, the book is a standalone story rather than a continuation of the Harry Potter series. Its themes include attachment, loss, courage, friendship, and the emotional importance children can place on familiar objects.

The title can be confused with The Ickabog because both are later Rowling children’s books published outside the wizarding series. The Christmas Pig is specifically a modern Christmas fantasy centered on a lost toy and a child’s determination to recover it.