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By (author) Riddell Chris

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Ottoline Brown and Mr Munroe go undercover in this beautifully illustrated first story in the much-loved Ottoline series from Chris Riddell.

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A fun, fresh cover look for the first title in Chris Riddell”s imaginative Ottoline series. Packed with gorgeous black-and-white illustrations throughout, Ottoline and the Yellow Cat is perfect for kids aged 7+!

Introducing Miss Ottoline Brown, an exceptionally inquisitive Mistress of Disguise, and her partner in crime, Mr Munroe. No puzzle is ever too tricky for the two of them to solve . . .

Ottoline lives in a stylish apartment in Big City with a small hairy creature called Mr Munroe. Together they look after the Brown family”s eclectic collections – and dabble in a spot of detective work. So they are the first to the scene of the crime when a string of high-society dog-nappings and jewel thefts hits Big City.

It”s up to Ottoline and Mr Munroe to go undercover – and expose an ingenious scam masterminded by furry feline crook, the Yellow Cat . . .

Winner of the Nestle Prize, and crammed with black-and-white illustrations, Ottoline and the Yellow Cat is perfect for young and reluctant readers.

Join Ottoline and Mr Monroe for more adventures in Ottoline Goes to School, Ottoline at Sea and Ottoline and the Purple Fox!

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Possibly the most instantly covetable book ever published.

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Beautifully illustrated.

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Each page is designed with retro elegance.

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Delightfully elegant, packed with quirky detail, clever pictorial surprises and visual jokes.

Biographical note:
Chris Riddell, the 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. 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 Mouse won 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.

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The first book in Chris Riddell”s much-loved Ottoline series.

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A quirky, beautifully packaged mystery-adventure series from star author-illustrator and Children’s Laureate 2015–2017, Chris Riddell.

Introducing Miss Ottoline Brown, an exceptionally inquisitive Mistress of Disguise, and her partner in crime, Mr. Munroe. The two friends go undercover to expose an ingenious scam masterminded by a furry feline crook in Ottoline and the Yellow Cat.

Ottoline is off to the Alice B. Smith School for the Differently Gifted in Ottoline Goes to School. Mr. Munroe mysteriously disappears in Ottoline at Sea, so our heroine sets off on a journey to find her hairy best friend and bring him back home. Book four, Ottoline and the Purple Fox, takes the reader on a night-time safari, as Ottoline and Mr. Munroe meet an enigmatic four-legged friend.

‘The work of a genius’ Sunday Telegraph