His best-known work includes the George and the Dragon books and illustrations for Philip Pullman’s Book of Dust series.

He has won a number of literary awards including the Bologna Ragazza Prize, a Nestle Smarties Award and a Booktrust Early Years Award. However, most of the time they are angry, directing their fury toward Clementine and Gilbert, the white cat that frequents their narrow, tall house. I hadn’t given up looking for the magic place that would give me all those things that Paul Bowles found in the Sahara.Tutto ciò che Clementine riceve da loro sono punizioni insensate, lavori domestici da svolgere e lo stretto necessario per non farla morire di stenti. For further insight check out the upcoming stops on the blog tour, details of which can be found on the tour banner below. Pages bedecked with animal helpers, smoggy, Victorian backdrops and colourful landscapes, Aiken-esque villains and a healthy dose of hope make up the ingredients of a most wonderful tale. BBC Music was positive on the album and wrote: " The Magic Place, splendidly, isolates the listener, cuts them off from the world around them".

I did really enjoy this, especially the involvement of the dogs, but it ends without anything really being resolved or explained leaving me with lots of questions about the characters and their motivation, other than just to be horrid!

Adormea cu gândul la ea, îmi punea întrebări de genul :ce crezi că o să se întâmple, ca să se trezească a doua zi tot cu gandul la ea și să mă roage să continuăm lectura. Clementine dreams of a better life, one full of colour and joy, imprisioned in the smoke and grime of the Great Black City in a cellar bedroom. It tells the story of Clementine, a girl whose life consists on living in a dirty cellar, attending to the whims of her ferocious aunt and devious uncle. Attempts to bring down the rating of a competitor by submitting a negative review will not be tolerated.