Introducing Miss Ottoline Brown, an exceptionally inquisitive Mistress of Disguise, and her partner in crime, Mr Munroe. Ottoline and the Yellow Cat is a quirky mystery-adventure from Chris Riddell, author of the award-winning Goth Girl books. No puzzle is ever too tricky for the two of them to solve . . .Ottoline lives in a stylish apartment in Big City with a small hairy creature called Mr Munroe. Together they look after the Brown family's eclectic collections - and dabble in a spot of detective work. So they are the first to the scene of the crime when a string of high-society dog-nappings and jewel thefts hits Big City.Ottoline (who luckily has a diploma from the Who-R-U Academy of Disguise) and Mr Munroe go undercover – and expose an ingenious scam masterminded by furry feline crook, the Yellow Cat . . .Winner of the Nestle Prize, and crammed with black-and-white illustrations, Ottoline and the Yellow Cat is perfect for young and reluctant readers.Though they can be enjoyed in any order, continue the adventures of Ottoline and Mr Munroe with Ottoline Goes to School.
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Miss Ottoline Brown and Mr. Munroe go undercover in this beautifully-illustrated first story in the much-loved Ottoline series from Chris Riddell.
The first book in Chris Riddell's much-loved Ottoline series.
A quirky, beautifully packaged mystery-adventure series from star author-illustrator and Children’s Laureate 2015–2017, Chris Riddell.Introducing Miss Ottoline Brown, an exceptionally inquisitive Mistress of Disguise, and her partner in crime, Mr. Munroe. The two friends go undercover to expose an ingenious scam masterminded by a furry feline crook in Ottoline and the Yellow Cat.Ottoline is off to the Alice B. Smith School for the Differently Gifted in Ottoline Goes to School. Mr. Munroe mysteriously disappears in Ottoline at Sea, so our heroine sets off on a journey to find her hairy best friend and bring him back home. Book four, Ottoline and the Purple Fox, takes the reader on a night-time safari, as Ottoline and Mr. Munroe meet an enigmatic four-legged friend.‘The work of a genius’ Sunday Telegraph
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780330450287
Publisert
2015-02-26
Utgiver
Vendor
Macmillan Children's Books
Vekt
162 gr
Høyde
185 mm
Bredde
135 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
JC, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
176

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Biographical note

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 work for Macmillan also 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. He lives in Brighton with his family.