'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. Monroe makes a bizarre gumshoe, with fellow cast members, canines included, just as wacky. An entertaining alternative for chapter-book readers. Monroe (think Gomez Addams’ hairy Cousin Itt) investigates the disappearance of several pampered pooches, only to discover the dognapper isn’t exactly after canine company. In an oversize trenchcoat, Mr.

The story, a lightweight mystery at best, begins by introducing calm, curious, detailed-obsessed young Ottoline, who, along with sidekick Mr. The pictures here simply add texture to the words they accompany-but what a delight they are. Award-winning British cartoonist Riddell (the Edge Chronicles, with Paul Stewart) illustrates in pen and ink, enhanced by crosshatching and a smattering of bright red, to concoct a cast of quirky characters and amazingly detailed backdrops on which they interact. This “novel” is probably more pictures than text. It’s not, however, a graphic novel in the sense of a sequential telling nor does it follow the model Brian Selznick used so effectively in The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007), where art replaced text to further the story. The reader is a little wiser than the characters thanks to the humorous illustrations and this is an imaginative and beautifully illustrated book which teaches us all how important it is to discover our own unique talents.Don’t let the page count fool you. When a series of strange events and accidents begin to occur it is down to Ottoline and Mr Munroe to solve the mystery. Amongst friends with a host of unique skills and talents, Ottoline sets out to discover her own different gift.Įverything seems to be going well for Ottoline until a sleepover one night, during which Cecily tells them all about the ghost rumoured to haunt the school. Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell - review 'This book fills your heart and stimulates your brain I love the ending because there's such a big question mark: you don't know what. With a timetable of amusing lessons which include paper folding, giggling studies and advanced musing, there is much to keep everyone busy. Ensuring her best friend Mr Munroe is by her side, the two set off for the new school immediately. When she finds out Cecily goes to the Alice B Smith School for the Differently Gifted she is eager to enrol too. When Ottoline meets Cecily Forbes-Lawrence III and her Patagonian pony, Mumbles she is immediately taken with her new friend.

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