Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride Chapters 9-14

The Ickabog by J. K. Rowling

Are you a fan of Harry Potter? Author J. K. Rowling is publishing her first non-Harry Potter children's book called The Ickabog! She wrote the book over 10 years ago and has just now decided to share it with us!

The Ickabog is being published for free on J. K. Rowling's website as a serial. (A serial is when a larger story is published piece by piece over time, like a chapter a day.) According to J. K. Rowling's website, the book will be published over seven weeks starting on May 26 and ending on July 10. That means that once you start reading, you'll have to wait for the next chapters to come out before you get to read more! This could be really hard!

There is also a contest to create the illustrations for when the book is published in print. Each day when chapters are uploaded, J. K. Rowling will give suggestions for what you can draw or paint to illustrate the story. Then your parents can enter your drawings at the publisher's website for a chance to be the actual illustrations used in the book when it is published in November.

I haven't read the story yet, but I'm just as excited as many of you will be to read more from the author of Harry Potter!

Read The Ickabog

The Illustration Contest

More Information about The Ickabog

Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride Chapters 1-8

Mercy Watson to the Rescue Chapters 7-12

Mercy Watson to the Rescue Chapters 1-6

The One and Only Bob Pages 291-335, The End

The One and Only Bob Pages 248-290

Today's video is longer than normal, but I want to finish the book this week and not make you wait over Memorial Day Weekend for the ending. Tomorrow will be the end of the book! Feel free to pause the video and come back if you need a break.

The One and Only Bob Pages 216-247

The One and Only Bob Pages 188-215

The One and Only Bob Pages 161-187

The One and Only Bob Pages 131-160

The Julian Chapter BONUS READ ALOUD

Today's video tells more about the other Wonder books by R. J. Palacio and features a BONUS READ ALOUD from the book 365 Days of Wonder. The read aloud is emails between Auggie and Mr. Browne during the summer after fifth grade. Auggie's email tells Mr. Browne how he feels after getting the note from Julian that we read about in The Julian Chapter.

The One and Only Bob Pages 100-130

The One and Only Bob Pages 67-99

The Julian Chapter Pages 85-96, The End

The One and Only Bob Pages 33-66

The Julian Chapter Pages 72-84

The One and Only Bob Introduction and Canine Glossary

Below is the introduction to The One and Only Bob and the glossary that starts the book. The glossary is posted below this video. Continue to the next video on the Novels page to listen to the first chapters of The One and Only Bob.

Canine Glossary: You may need to check back with Bob's definitions as you listen to the story.

The One and Only Bob Pages 1-32

The Julian Chapter Pages 63-71