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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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International Book Giving Day

It's #InternationalBookGivingDay! You'll love Ottoline Goes to School by Chris Riddell. Published by Macmillan Children's Books.

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Valentine's Day

A remarkable book that your children will love. Once Upon a Wild Wood by Chris Riddell.

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Valentine's Day

A remarkable book that your children will love. Poems to Fall in Love With by Chris Riddell.

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Valentine's Day

Discover Wyrmeweald: Returner's Wealth by Chris Riddell. Published by Corgi Childrens.

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Valentine's Day

Amazing!!! Wyrmeweald: Returner's Wealth by Chris Riddell. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.

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Valentine's Day

Amazing!!! Ottoline and the Purple Fox by Chris Riddell. Published by Macmillan Children's Books.

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Amazing!!! Poems to Live Your Life By by Chris Riddell. Published by Macmillan Children's Books.

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Valentine's Day

Amazing!!! 100 Hugs by Chris Riddell. Published by Macmillan Children's Books.

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