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Chris Riddell

Author & Illustrator

About Chris Riddell

Chris Riddell, the 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate, is an accomplished artist and the political cartoonist for the Observer. He has enjoyed great acclaim for his books for children. His books have won a number of major prizes, including the 2001, 2004 and 2016 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals. Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse won the Costa Children's Book Award 2013. His previous work for Macmillan includes the bestselling Ottoline books, The Emperor of Absurdia, and, with Paul Stewart, the Muddle Earth books, the Scavenger series and the Blobheads series. Chris lives in Brighton with his family.

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Kitten Day

Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell from Macmillan Children's Books is a great cat read!

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Tell the truth day

A book all about the truth The Lie Tree: Illustrated Edition by Frances Hardinge from Macmillan 

4 days ago

World UFO Day

What do you think is out there?? The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Illustrated Edition by Douglas Adams from Macmillan Children's Books

9 days ago

International Joke Day

A book that will make you all laugh! Wendel's Workshop by Chris Riddell from Macmillan Children's Books

10 days ago

International Joke Day

A book that will make you all laugh! Wendel and the Robots by Chris Riddell from Macmillan Children's Books

10 days ago

International Joke Day

A book that will make you all laugh! Once Upon a Wild Wood by Chris Riddell from Macmillan Children's Books

10 days ago

International Fairy Day

Once Upon a Wild Wood by Chris Riddell from Macmillan Children's Books a real fantasy read.

17 days ago

International Fairy Day

Guardians of Magic by Chris Riddell from Macmillan Children's Books a real fantasy read.

17 days ago

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