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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Chris Riddell is an accomplished artist and political cartoonist for the Observer, who has enjoyed great acclaim for his books for children. His books have won a number of major prizes including the 2001 and 2004 Kate Greenaway Medals, and his previous work for Macmillan includes OTTOLINE AND THE YELLOW CAT, THE EMPEROR OF ABSURDIA and, with Paul Stewart, MUDDLE EARTH and the BLOBHEADS series. Chris lives in Brighton with his family.
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11 of 11 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!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Naikeri Z
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.
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Read all the books
My daughter loves Ottoline and I find it really hard to get all 3 books from book stores. this one seemed to be the hardest. Read very qucikly and has read time and time again. Read more
Published 29 days ago by Michelle
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Fanstastic keep forever book
My 8 yr old loves these books, as do I. The stories are entertaining and very easy to read. The pictures are also brilliant.
Published 1 month ago by MRS A PEARCE
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Great book
Good fun for my child with beautiful pictures and very interesting story,well presented,may be a good option as a birthday present
Published 3 months ago by Dr. A. M. Wojcik-pokora
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9 year old bliss
This was the third and final of the ottoline books I have bought for my daughter. She absolutely loves them. Sucked in from the first page. Read more
Published 4 months ago by G. Griggs
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Ottoline at Sea
These books are among my daughter's favourite books, she enthusiastically awaits each new story, and has read them all several times over!
Published 6 months ago by Fiona Mccaw
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Fantastic
Just reading this for the fourth or fifth time for my 5-year-old son. And I'm still enjoying it too. Wonderful illustrations
Published 11 months ago by John Falla
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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 17 months ago by Sleighbelle
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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 21 months ago by Meg D
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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 21 months ago by T. Peters
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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 23 months ago by notoriouskma
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