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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 Day of Families

A family read...Chris Riddell's Doodle-a-Day by Chris Riddell from Macmillan Children's Books 

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National Tourist Appreciation Day

If you could go on holiday, where would you go? Discover Goth Girl and the Pirate Queen by Chris Riddell. Published by Macmillan Children's Books.

9 days ago

Star Wars Day

Love Star Wars, love sci-fi? Try The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Illustrated Edition by Douglas Adams from Macmillan Children's Books.

11 days ago

National Gardening Week (UK)

Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death by Chris Riddell from Macmillan Children's Books. A great outdoors read to start #NationalGardeningWeek.

18 days ago

World Circus Day

A brilliant story for a Saturday! The Emperor of Absurdia by Chris Riddell from Macmillan Children's Books

25 days ago

International Moment of Laughter Day

and laugh out loud this #InternationalMomentofLaughterDay Wendel and the Robots by Chris Riddell from Macmillan Children's Books

1 month ago

International Moment of Laughter Day

and laugh out loud this #InternationalMomentofLaughterDay Once Upon a Wild Wood by Chris Riddell from Macmillan Children's Books

1 month ago

International Moment of Laughter Day

and laugh out loud this #InternationalMomentofLaughterDay Wendel's Workshop by Chris Riddell from Macmillan Children's Books

1 month ago

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