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A charming and irresistible new Ottoline story from award-winning and bestselling author Chris Riddell. Featuring a set of novelty gadget spectacles!
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Ottoline and Mr. Munroe do everything and go everywhere together. That is, until the day Mr. Munroe mysteriously disappears leaving a strange clue written in string… Armed with her Amateur Roving Collectors’ travel pass Ottoline sets off on a journey over, under and on top of the sea to find her hairy best friend – and bring him back home.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
My daughter loved the first two Ottoline books, and we've been waiting for the third for ages - so much so, she's now nearly 10. However there's so much quirky detail in these books that they transcend pigeonholing into age groups, being suitable for early readers moving up from picture books onwards.
The illustrations are divine (I don't think Chris Riddell is capable of producing an uninteresting drawing!), and Ottoline's latest adventure is great fun and full of zany humour. This time there is an added bonus of puzzle pictures for which you need the bog glasses supplied. One slight niggle with these is that you do need decent light to see the hidden pictures through the glasses properly, but this does add a whole new level of fun, and Riddell's standards remain high.
Bring on volume four - quickly please!
The illustrations are divine (I don't think Chris Riddell is capable of producing an uninteresting drawing!), and Ottoline's latest adventure is great fun and full of zany humour. This time there is an added bonus of puzzle pictures for which you need the bog glasses supplied. One slight niggle with these is that you do need decent light to see the hidden pictures through the glasses properly, but this does add a whole new level of fun, and Riddell's standards remain high.
Bring on volume four - quickly please!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
We waited what seemed like a long time for this third Ottoline adventure after buying the first two in quick succession. But here she is, back in great form again, offering yet another delightful, exuberant account of her surreal existence and entourage.
I've given it 5 stars but I would give it more if I could, so flamboyant, clever and subversive is Chris Riddell's imagination, so enjoyable and deliciously mischievous his character creations. Living on the edge of political correctness (what child wouldn't want to, for a day, be Ottoline? Home alone, compulsive shoe shopaholic, eavesdropping aficionado, take-away food eater, and Roving Collectors' Travel Pass holder...), for all those that fear they are themselves becoming a bit boring and conventional, here is someone to look up too. And amongst all her boundless independence and quirky personality traits, she is also ultimately quite sensible and caring, full of good feelings. Mr Munro, the mysterious and silent Mr Munro, a favourite with us, once more is out there to offer a touch of wisdom, to counteract any excesses or miscalculations by Ottoline Brown, the Queen of Eccentricity.
Breezy, fast paced, crammed with events and characters, with the occasional text-less pages to take it all in, the humour, the winks, the cross-references, I bought this one for my daughter's 5th birthday, a fierce Ottoline fan from the tender age of not even 2, when she would take "Ottoline and the Yellow Cat" under her arm wherever she went. But I had to read it first, hiding. And what a wonderful alternative this series is for very young children that are ready for something more attention demanding than a picture book.
A true gem!
I've given it 5 stars but I would give it more if I could, so flamboyant, clever and subversive is Chris Riddell's imagination, so enjoyable and deliciously mischievous his character creations. Living on the edge of political correctness (what child wouldn't want to, for a day, be Ottoline? Home alone, compulsive shoe shopaholic, eavesdropping aficionado, take-away food eater, and Roving Collectors' Travel Pass holder...), for all those that fear they are themselves becoming a bit boring and conventional, here is someone to look up too. And amongst all her boundless independence and quirky personality traits, she is also ultimately quite sensible and caring, full of good feelings. Mr Munro, the mysterious and silent Mr Munro, a favourite with us, once more is out there to offer a touch of wisdom, to counteract any excesses or miscalculations by Ottoline Brown, the Queen of Eccentricity.
Breezy, fast paced, crammed with events and characters, with the occasional text-less pages to take it all in, the humour, the winks, the cross-references, I bought this one for my daughter's 5th birthday, a fierce Ottoline fan from the tender age of not even 2, when she would take "Ottoline and the Yellow Cat" under her arm wherever she went. But I had to read it first, hiding. And what a wonderful alternative this series is for very young children that are ready for something more attention demanding than a picture book.
A true gem!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
These books are beautifully presented with very good illustrations and little things that just make them very special books. My daughter loves them and read them within days (she is 7). I will definitely buy all the other titles in the series. They would also make gorgeous birthday gifts.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Very popular!
All four of my granddaughters (7,6,5 nd 4)love these Riddell books. Fantastic witty stories, illustrations and super quality binding, cover etc. Read more
Published 5 months ago by J. SLEIGH
Buy it
My daughter aged 8 loves all the Ottoline books and so do I. They are well written and illustrated and a joy to read. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Meg D
Another Ottoline triumph
My 9 yr old was delighted to find there was a new Ottoline book and devoured this one with similar relish to the rest. A great hit, bring on the next!
Published 10 months ago by T. Peters
ottoline
best book ever, comment by 8 year old daughter. She has read all ottoline books loves the pictures, great stories. Suitable for younger children we have only just discovered them.
Published 11 months ago by notoriouskma
Magical
While I am now just over thirty, I still eagerly await and pounce on each new Ottoline book. No, make that anything by Chris Riddell's hand. Read more
Published 17 months ago by K. van Oosten
Another splendid and richly illustrated adventure
As I have related elsewhere, I got to know about Ottoline when my sister was visiting with her children, Freddy, seven, and Hannah, five. Read more
Published 18 months ago by S. J. King
Ottoline at Sea
Brilliant! My 8-year-old daughter LOVES the Ottoline series, it's just a shame there are only 3 books (that I know of). Read more
Published 19 months ago by GGG
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