Ottoline and the Purple Fox [Paperback]

A fun, fresh cover look for the fourth title in Chris Riddell's imaginative Ottoline series. Packed with gorgeous black-and-white illustrations throughout,Ottoline and the Purple Foxis perfect for kids aged 7+!

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 Mr Monroe and Ottoline help them mend their broken heart?

Beautifully and intricately illustrated by the author, the Ottoline series is perfect for curious young readers.

Join Ottoline and Mr Monroe for more adventures inOttoline and the Yellow Cat, Ottoline Goes to SchoolandOttoline at Sea!

Ottoline and Mr Munroe go on a secret city safari in the fourth book in the award-winning Ottoline series!Chris Riddell, the 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate, is an accomplished artist and the political cartoonist for theObserver. 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 Mousewon the Costa Children's Book Award 2013. His work for Macmillan also includes the bestselling Ottoline books,The Emperor of Absurdia, and, with Paul Stewart, the Muddle Earth books, the Scavenger series and the Blobheads series. Chris has been honoured with an OBE in recognition of his illustration and charity work. He lives in Brighton with his family.

Features plenty of illustrations, a steampunk aesthetic and great mystery. These books were designed originally for slightly older children to read themselves but my daughter and I devoured it over three nil4