A bewitching tale, weaving folklore with contemporary horror for a teen audience. Sticks and stones will break your bones . . . Something strange is happening in Merryweather-by-the-Sea. Whispers in the playground abound - a spring-heeled phantom haunts the edge of the Wyrdwood, the ancient forest which surrounds the sleepy coastal town.
But the Twig Man is the least of Kiki Harper's concerns. Returning home for the holidays, Kiki discovers a peculiar woman has moved into her family home, having stolen everybody's hearts. Who is the beautiful Fay - and could Kiki's family really be bewitched?
The designer of worldwide hit children's television show 'Bob the Builder' and the author/illustrator of numerous children’s books, Curtis Jobling lives with his family in Cheshire.
Early work on Aardman Animation’s 'Wallace & Gromit' and Tim Burton’s 'Mars Attacks' led to him picking up his crayons in 1997 to design the BAFTA winning Bob. The animated series of 'Frankenstein’s Cat', based upon Curtis’s book of the same name, picked up the Pulcinella award for Best Children's Show at the 2008 International Cartoons On The Bay festival in Salerno, Italy. His noisy new preschool show, 'Raa Raa', can be seen on CBeebies, while his original paintings and prints sell in galleries the world over. Although perhaps best known for his work in TV and picture books, Curtis’s other love has always been horror and fantasy for an older audience.
Watch Curtis show you how to draw Bob the Builder - and then transform him into a werewolf - in the video below:
