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Books By Chris Riddell - Author

Children's Laureate 2015-2017

Chris Riddell, the 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate, is an accomplished artist and the political cartoonist for the Observer. 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 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 has been honoured with an OBE in recognition of his illustration and charity work. Chris lives in Brighton with his family.

Author photo © Tom Pilston Booktrust

Chris Riddell on John Tenniel : "Before I knew a thing about him, John Tenniel was a hero of mine, or rather, I should say, his white rabbit was. As a child I copied Tenniel’s illustrations from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland obsessively, particularly his drawing of the White Rabbit in waistcoat and frock coat, umbrella tucked under one arm and a pocket watch in paw, a look of suppressed panic in his eye. I loved analysing the shading, intricate lines of cross-hatching, the folds of the sleeve, the tilt of the head, that wide-eyed rabbit stare. Tenniel was one of the reasons I became an illustrator."

Author's Website: https://www.chrisriddell.co.uk/

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A Mermaid's Diary

Chris Riddell

Hardback

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£11.69 £12.99

Chris Riddell's Doodle-a-Day

Chris Riddell

Paperback

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£8.09 £8.99

Tiggy Thistle and the Lost Guardians

Chris Riddell

Paperback

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£7.19 £7.99

Guardians of Magic

Chris Riddell

Paperback

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£7.19 £7.99

Poems to Fall in Love With

Chris Riddell

Paperback

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£8.99 £9.99

Poems to Save the World With

Chris Riddell

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£8.99 £9.99

Poems to Live Your Life By

Chris Riddell

Paperback

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£8.99 £9.99

The Emperor of Absurdia

Chris Riddell

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£7.19 £7.99

Wendel and the Robots

Chris Riddell

Paperback

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£7.19 £7.99

Once Upon a Wild Wood

Chris Riddell

Paperback

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£7.19 £7.99

100 Hugs

Chris Riddell

Paperback

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£7.19 £7.99

Ottoline and the Purple Fox

Chris Riddell

Paperback

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£7.19 £7.99

Travels with My Sketchbook

Chris Riddell

Hardback

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£15.29 £16.99

Ottoline at Sea

Chris Riddell

Paperback

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£7.19 £7.99

Ottoline and the Yellow Cat

Chris Riddell

Paperback

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£7.19 £7.99

Ottoline Goes to School

Chris Riddell

Paperback

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£7.19 £7.99

Alienography 2

Chris Riddell

Hardback

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Mr Underbed

Chris Riddell

Paperback

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£6.29 £6.99

Mr Underbed

Chris Riddell

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£6.29 £6.99

Mr Underbed

Chris Riddell

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£6.29 £6.99

Mr Underbed

Chris Riddell

Paperback

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£6.29 £6.99