| From The Publisher* | Now in paperback, Ottoline and Mr Munroe go on a secret city safari in the fourth book of the award-winning series, from 2015-2017 UK 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 this secretive poet, and how can he and Ottoline help them mend their broken heart? |
| Biographical Note | Chris Riddell, 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, which have garnered a number of major awards, including the 2001 and 2004 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals, and the 2013 Costa Children's Book Award for Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse. His previous work for Macmillan includes the bestselling Ottoline and Goth Girl series', The Emperor of Absurdia, and, with Paul Stewart, Muddle Earth and the Scavenger series'. Chris lives in Brighton, England with his family. |
