The best-selling story of Varjak Paw - winner of a Gold Smarties prize.
SF Said (Author)
SF Said's first book, Varjak Paw, won the Nestle Smarties Prize for
Children's Literature. The sequel,The Outlaw Varjak Paw, won the
BBC Blue Peter Book Of The Year. Phoenix is his third book. He has
written widely about literature, films and the arts for The
Guardian and The Daily Telegraph; and works regularly with CLPE,
promoting reading and literacy in schools.
For more information on SF and his books, please visit
www.sfsaid.com
Dave McKean (Illustrator)
Dave McKean has illustrated and designed many ground-breaking books
and graphic novels including Varjak Paw (SF Said), The Magic of
Reality (Richard Dawkins), The Savage (David Almond) and The
Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman). He wrote and illustrated Pictures
That Tick and the multi-award winning Cages. He has created
hundreds of CD and comic covers and directed five short and three
feature films.
A beguiling tale that sticks in the memory. The cat's whiskers
*The Sunday Times*
Stylish, original and inventive, Varjak Paw is a modern children's
classic
Dazzling
*The New York Times*
The book is compulsive reading; we are with Varjak every step of
his way, willing him to succeed. Independent readers of 9 upwards
will treasure it, not least for its illustrations, and some will
camp out on the publisher's doorstep for the sequel
*Ann Hay, The School Librarian*
The cat magic mystique is brilliant
*Author of Watership Down*
An engrossing and exciting story, handsomely produced with superbly
atmospheric illustrations by an acclaimed mixed media artist.
*Enid Stephenson, Carousel*
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