Travels with my Sketchbook

Travels with my Sketchbook

by Chris Riddell (Author), RiddellChris (Author)

Synopsis

After two years travelling the length and breadth of the country, visiting schools, libraries and festivals, and meeting thousands of children, Travels with My Sketchbook provides a glimpse of the incredible journey Chris has been on during his time as Children's Laureate.

Full of sketches, doodles and pages from The Laureate Log - his daily record of his time as Laureate - it includes:
* Train doodles
* Key events and prizes in the world of children's books
* Early sketches (including handwritten manuscripts and cover roughs) from the books he has worked on during his time as Laureate including Goth Girl and the Wuthering Fright and The Hunting of the Snark
* Political sketches or roughs for the Observer cartoon, reminding us of the major events that have punctuated his time as Laureate
* Birthday sketches, impromptu portraits, posters and Christmas cards, sketches for poems and song lyrics

With its cloth quarter binding, ribbon marker and beautiful end papers his truly is a book to treasure.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Edition: Main Market
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Published: 13 Jul 2017

ISBN 10: 1509856560
ISBN 13: 9781509856565
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
Book Overview: A beautiful illustrated record of Chris Riddell's time as the Children's Laureate 2015-2017

Media Reviews
Riddell's thin-lined sketches and beautifully colored paintings are by turns funny, moving, somber, and thought-provoking. --Booklist
Author Bio
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 and Scavenger series. Chris lives in Brighton with his family.