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The Christmas Pig

By: J.K. Rowling
Narrated by: Amaka Okafor, Rocco Padden, Gerran Howell, Tom Alexander, Rachel Atkins, Annette Badland, Karen Bartke, Nicholas Boulton, Saffron Coomber, Clare Corbett, Sandra Gayer, Gerard McDermott, Yasmin Mwanza, Jemima Penny, Summer Rose
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One boy and his toy are about to change everything....

Jack loves his childhood toy Dur Pig. DP has always been there for him, through good and bad. Until one Christmas Eve something terrible happens - DP is lost. But Christmas Eve is a night for miracles and lost causes, a night when all things can come to life...even toys. And Jack’s newest toy - the Christmas Pig (DP’s annoying replacement) - has a daring plan: Together they’ll embark on a magical journey to seek something lost and to save the best friend Jack has ever known....

A heartwarming adventure about one child’s love for his most treasured thing and how far he will go to find it. A tale for the whole family to fall in love with, from one of the world’s greatest storytellers.

Narrated by Amaka Okafor

With Rocco Padden as Jack and Gerran Howell as The Christmas Pig

Also featuring Tom Alexander as Dur Pig

Rachel Atkins as Compass

Annette Badland as Memory

Karen Bartke as Ambition

Nicholas Boulton as Power

Saffron Coomber as Hope

Clare Corbett as Mum

Sandra Gayer as Poem

Gerard McDermott as Santa

Yasmin Mwanza as Lunchbox

Jemima Penny as Holly

Summer Rose as the Little Girl

Maya Saroya as Happiness

Kerry Shale as Specs

Andrew James Spooner as The Loser

Dan Starkey as the Blue Bunny

And Ben Whitehead as the Mayor

With an original score by Anne Dudley, performed by The Chamber Orchestra of London.

Now available in Dolby Atmos on Audible.

©2021 J.K. Rowling (P)2021 J.K. Rowling Animals Christmas Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories About Toys Celebration Winter Fantasy Heartfelt Funny
J.K. Rowling - Author

About the Author

J.K. Rowling is the author of the record-breaking, multi-award-winning Harry Potter novels. Loved by fans around the world, the series has sold more than 500 million copies, been translated into 80 languages and made into eight blockbuster films.

She has written three companion volumes in aid of charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (in aid of Comic Relief and Lumos), and The Tales of Beedle the Bard (in aid of Lumos).

In 2012, J.K. Rowling's digital company and digital publisher Pottermore was launched, a place where fans can enjoy the latest news from across the wizarding world, features and original writing by J.K. Rowling.

Her first novel for adult readers, The Casual Vacancy, was published in September 2012 and adapted for TV by the BBC in 2015. J.K. Rowling also writes crime novels under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, featuring private detective Cormoran Strike. The first four novels The Cuckoo's Calling (2013), The Silkworm (2014), Career of Evil (2015) and Lethal White (2018) all topped the national and international bestseller lists. The first three have been adapted for television, produced by Brontë Film and Television.

J.K. Rowling's 2008 Harvard commencement speech was published in 2015 as an illustrated book, Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination, and sold in aid of Lumos and university-wide financial aid at Harvard.

In 2016, J.K. Rowling collaborated with writer Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany on the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two, which is now running at The Palace Theatre in London's West End and at The Lyric Theatre on Broadway.

Also in 2016, J.K. Rowling made her screenwriting debut with the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. A prequel to the Harry Potter series, this new adventure of Magizoologist Newt Scamander marked the start of a five-film series to be written by the author. The second film in the series, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald was released in November 2018.

The script book of the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two was published in 2016. The original screenplays of the Fantastic Beasts films are published too: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018).

As well as receiving an OBE and Companion of Honour for services to children's literature, J.K. Rowling has received many awards and honours, including France's Légion d'Honneur and the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

www.jkrowling.com

Image: Photography Debra Hurford Brown © J.K. Rowling 2018
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Loved this story

I'm ten years old. I found this story really entertaining and exciting. I really recommend it.

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Kids and I loved the story

Story was a wonderful Christmas tale and my kids were enthralled and still talk about it.

The narrator excellent and the some of the cast were also good. I’m not sure if it was the editing or the cast but sometimes if felt like some of the ensemble didn’t know what was going on. Felt a bit disjointed in parts. Still better than me reading aloud tho

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Addictive!

Amazing book, great reading and sound effects, the whole family enjoyed it from my 7 year old to myself.

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I loved how different types of objects could speak 5 stars 👍

I like the emotions especially happiness and hope.
Great voices love it so so much 👍👍👍

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Poor tp (the pig 😚)

Oh my gosh it was such a thriller at times I was like WHATS GONNA HAPPEN NEXT??? The first few parts were quite sad and made me cry a little but it had a little message hidden in there for the younger ones 😀 but when they went into the lost realm is when it got interesting 🤔 overall it was AMAZING 😻
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The Christmas pig

This story was interesting but dragged on a bit. Some bits were a little scary for younger listeners.

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Awesome book

My Five year old listened through to the end and absolutely loved it. So did I! Beautiful story and great for all ages.

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I loved it!

I love how deep it is, it really shocked me on the last part with the Christmas morning.

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Another good read

Loved this book, it was easy to read and interesting story line.
Enjoyed reading it to family.

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Excellent Book!

My son and I LOVED this book, it was also excellently produced for us with all of the voices.

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