Russell Hoban is the author of many famous novels,
including Turtle Diary and Riddley Walker, which won the John W.
Campbell Award for science fiction. He also wrote over 50
children’s books, including such classics as The Mouse and His
Child, The Sea-Thing Child, The Twenty Elephant Restaurant, Jim's
Lion, Soonchild and, most recently, Rosie’s Magic Horse. Born in
Pennsylvania in 1925, he moved in 1969 to London, where he lived
until his death in 2011.
Quentin Blake is one of the world’s foremost illustrators,
particularly renowned for his collaboration with writers such as
Russell Hoban, Michael Rosen, Joan Aiken and Roald Dahl. His books
have won numerous awards, including the Whitbread Prize, the Kate
Greenaway Medal and the Hans Christian Andersen Award for
Illustration. In 1999 he was appointed the first Children’s
Laureate, in 2005 was created a CBE and in 2013 received a
knighthood for his services to illustration. He lives in South West
London. Find Quentin online at www.quentinblake.com and on Twitter
as @QuentinBlakeHQ.
An effortless merging of the everyday and the magical is a hallmark
of Russell Hoban ’s stories. Here, the magic is subtle and funny,
and needs only the simplest of explanations to seem plausible […]
Quentin Blake’s ebullient illustrations capture the carefree spirit
of imaginary play in this reissued adventure.
*The Guardian*
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