News about Chris Riddell

A lost polar bear from the North Pole can be terrifying in a city: everyone's too occupied with their phones to notice a stranger, take-away coffee tastes disgusting, and the Tube train is packed. Bear's distress is evident, so one small girl takes him home and helps him return to his family. This enthralling tale about finding your tribe by relationships is a joy.

Sir Quentin Blake's (pictured left) life will be commemorated by fellow illustrators on Friday, with 90 drawings, each featuring a candle, along with artist Axel Scheffler's The Gruffalo (pictured right), as a special edition. Lauren Child, a picture book author and political cartoonist who is co-creator of The Edge Chronicles, and political cartoonist Chris Riddell, both contribute to the project. Sir Quentin, who is best known for his long-working relationship with children's writer Roald Dahl, said, "We have a large number of illustrators in the United Kingdom today, giving us a lot of joy in a language we can all understand." He has also donated 140 new works, many of which were created in his 90th year, for an auction in Bonhams to raise funds for the center of illustration.

'We're going on a sleigh ride, Ho!Ho!Ho!Can you find the hidden gifts?Ready?Off we go!' The dogs are the latest in the Bunny series as they assist Father Christmas in giving gifts with ten gifts hid under lift-the-flaps. This is a Christmas gift due to its simple, repetitive rhymes, and colorful illustrations.