What is the title of J.K. Rowling’s 2021 children’s novel about a boy and a magical Christmas gift?

J.K. Rowling’s 2021 children’s novel about a boy and a magical Christmas gift is The Christmas Pig.

The Christmas Pig was published in 2021 as a standalone children’s fantasy novel. Its protagonist is Jack, a young boy who loses his favorite toy, a toy pig known as Dur Pig. On Christmas Eve, Jack receives a replacement toy, the Christmas Pig, and the two undertake a magical journey connected with lost things.

The book explores grief, attachment, friendship, courage, and the emotional importance children can place on familiar objects. It is not part of the Harry Potter series and does not share Hogwarts, magic schools, or the Potter characters.

The novel was illustrated by Jim Field. Its publication followed The Ickabog, Rowling’s other major standalone children’s fantasy book of the early 2020s. Readers sometimes confuse the title with general Christmas stories or with The Ickabog because both are illustrated fantasy books by Rowling, but their settings, characters, and publication histories are different.