[Ottoline 04] • Ottoline and the Purple Fox

Ottoline is back in Ottoline and the Purple Fox, a beautifully illustrated adventure from former Children's Laureate, Chris Riddell. Ottoline and Mr Munroe love puzzles, clues and mysteries. One day, they meet an enigmatic purple fox, who offers to take them on a night-time urban safari. The fox shows them all the hidden animals of the city and Ottoline makes notes on them in her field notebook. Mr Munroe is making notes too - on the anonymous poems he finds stuck to lampposts on their journey. Who is the secretive poet, and how can he and Ottoline help them mend their broken heart? **

Review

"Ottoline is my favourite of the Children's Laureate's creations and this long-awaited title does not disappoint. It is just as clever, quirky and hilarious as I'd hoped." — Scotsman

""The illustrations add humor, depth, and momentum to the narrative . . . exceptional." — School Library Journal  on  Ottoline and the Yellow Cat

"This is an outstanding example of a picture book-cum-graphic novel, in which Riddell dazzles readers with visual detail and comical oddities and language that is rich, zany, and imaginative. It will satisfy visually needy and visually discerning readers." — School Library Journal  on  Ottoline Goes to School

“pleasantly peculiar.” — Kirkus Reviews

“Funny and endearing…Ottoline’s newest adventure is worth the wait.” — Booklist Online

“Funny and endearing . . . Ottoline’s newest adventure is worth the wait." — Booklist Online

About the Author

Chris Riddell, the 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate, has won a number of major prizes, including the 2001 and 2004 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 Goth Girl books,  The Emperor of Absurdia , and, with Paul Stewart, Muddle Earth and the Scavenger series.