A beautifully written and illustrated short story set in the world of Lyra's Oxford, from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.
Philip Pullman (Author)
Philip Pullman is one of the most highly respected children's
authors writing today. Winner of many prestigious awards, including
the Carnegie of Carnegies and the Whitbread Award, Pullman's epic
fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials has been acclaimed as a modern
classic. It has sold 17.5 million copies worldwide and been
translated into 40 languages. In 2005 he was awarded the Astrid
Lindgren Memorial Award. He lives in Oxford.
John Lawrence (Illustrator)
Tony Mitton is an award-winning poet, whose gently mesmerising,
often humorous poetry is irresistible to children and adults alike.
He is an extremely versatile author, writing story poems and
shorter verse with skill and wit. Tony does many author events,
school visits and poetry readings and always leaves his audience
entranced. He lives in Cambridge with his wife and two
children.
John Lawrence was born in Hastings, studied at Hastings School of
Art, followed by military service in West Africa, and more study at
the Central School of Arts and Crafts (now Central St. Martin's).
Since then he has worked as an illustrator and a lecturer at
Brighton School of Art, Camberwell School of Art and Cambridge
School of Art. John has illustrated over 150 books and is one of
the leading wood-block engraving illustrators in the world.
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