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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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Summary

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
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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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Absolutely Amazing!!

It was very interesting and scary in parts but so exciting and such a touching story we fell in love with the Christmas Pig.
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Fun

I really enjoy this story. I've seen lots of people say they would like it to be a movie. I personally don't think it would be a good movie but the story was good. It was very emotional. I'm glad I listened to the audio book and didn't read the book. I feel the production and sounds really added to the story.

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I hate 'performances'.

Good story, and the main reader was excellent. It was all very much let down by the other Actors. The sound levels were all over the place - I either had to have the narrator shouting, or miss half the other voices. Such a shame.

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worth persisting with

The first few chapters were quite different and I was alittle worried about where the story was going, for my 10 year old reading! however once the story started to grow it became a wonderful journey. my son and I really enjoyed it.

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Highly recommended

Loved it. What a beautiful story made my journey to and from work really relaxing and heart warming.

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Fantastic and mesmerising.

We love it and have listened to it over and over. My 5 year old daughter can't get enough.

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The Christmas Pig

It was cool and the voicing was good. The story was very nice as always when you read or listen to a J.K Rowling book

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Awwwww

Lovely Christmas story and wonderfully narrated. I couldn’t put it down. Characters were voiced perfectly and will definitely be one to listen to each Christmas. And I’m mid 40’s!!!!!!

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Amazing book!! (like the rest of the series)

This book is so exciting and you never know what will happen next.
I really recommend listening to this book. The story is amazing and the performance is also brilliant. I enjoyed listening to it so much. I love it!!

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Rollercoaster read loved thoughts behind story

Very meaningful bringing all emotions into play. Great. Loved the thoughts behind the story.

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