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Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change t

Aleksandr Malyshev — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 22:12:47 +0000

Seize the day in the name of art. This creative call to arms from the mind of Neil Gaiman combines his extraordinary words with deft and striking illustrations by Chris Riddell.Be bold. Be rebellious. Choose art. It matters.Neil Gaiman once said that ‘the world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before’. This little book is the embodiment of that vision. Drawn together from speeches, poems and creative manifestos, Art Matters explores how reading, imagining and creating can change the world, and will be inspirational to young and old.

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Illustra

Sat, 08 Jun 2024 12:38:11 +0000

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is the second part in Douglas Adams’ smash hit sci-fi comedy and cult classic series. This stunning gift edition is illustrated by Costa Award winning Chris Riddell.’One of the greatest achievements in comedy. A work of staggering genius» – David WalliamsIf you’ve done six impossible things this morning, why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways, the Restaurant at the end of the Universe?Which is exactly what Arthur Dent and the crew of the Heart of Gold plan to do. There’s just the small matter of escaping the Vogons, avoiding being taken to the most totally evil world in the Galaxy and teaching a space ship how to make a proper cup of tea.And did anyone actually make a reservation?

The Tales of Beedle the Bard — Illustrated Edition

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 01:07:09 +0000

An essential companion to the Harry Potter books, The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a collection of fairytales from the wizarding world, via the enchanted pen of J.K. Rowling. Rich with allusions and symbols from the Harry Potter stories, and enhanced with fascinating commentary from beloved sage Professor Albus Dumbledore, this is a Hogwarts Library book to treasure and enjoy for years to come. All of the gorgeous, grim and gothic detail of the Bard’s five bewitching tales has been brought to life by Chris Riddell, thrice winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Much loved by generations of witches and wizards, and translated from the original runes by Hermione Granger, this beautiful edition is the perfect gift for Harry Potter fans.Mischievous and witty, Beedle the Bard’s stories are a deeply satisfying read in the tradition of all great fables and fairytales. Kindnesses are rewarded and selfishness shown to be the ruin of many a wizard. Burping cauldrons, hairy hearts and cackling stumps are met along the way. Each tale is brought vividly to life with Riddell’s trademark wry humour and elegance, including ‘The Tale of the Three Brothers’, familiar to readers of Harry Potter from the crucial role it plays in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Tales of Beedle the Bard, the -illustrated ed.(HB)

Fri, 24 May 2024 22:33:05 +0000

The dazzlingly brilliant Chris Riddell brings his magical illustration talents to J.K. Rowling’s gloriously inventive The Tales of Beedle the Bard in a fully illustrated colour edition of this essential classic for Harry Potter fans. Translated from the runes by Hermione Granger, the volume includes «The Tale of the Three Brothers», familiar to readers of Harry Potter from the crucial role it played in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Mischievous and witty, these five rollicking tales are a deeply satisfying read in the tradition of all great fables and fairytales. Kindnesses are rewarded and selfishness shown to be the ruin of many a wizard. Burping cauldrons, hairy hearts and cackling stumps are met along the way. Each of the tales is accompanied by a deliciously subversive and insightful commentary by Professor Albus Dumbledore, all brought vividly to life with Riddell’s trademark wit and elegance.Former Waterstones Children’s Laureate Chris Riddell is the only illustrator to have won the Kate Greenaway Medal three times, and is brought together here for the first time with one of the world’s best loved storytellers in this new edition of J.K. Rowling’s fairytale classic. Much loved by generations of witches and wizards since they first appeared in the fifteenth century, this beautifully illustrated edition is set to become a firm favourite at bedtime in non-magical households the world over. The Tales of Beedle the Bard is published in aid of Lumos, an international children’s charity founded in 2005 by J.K. Rowling.

Neil Gaiman & Chris Riddell 3-book Box Set

Tue, 21 May 2024 13:09:04 +0000

The editions of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book, Coraline and Fortunately, the Milk in this collector’s edition box set are illustrated in trademark inspired, hilarious and moving style by acclaimed artist Chris Riddell, Children’s Laureate and two-time winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal, among other awards and honours.
Reviews
«Coraline: Sometimes funny, always creepy, genuinely moving, this marvellous spine-chiller will appeal to readers from nine to ninety» — Books for Keeps
«Fortunately, The Milk: it’s just perfect» — Amanda Craig, Sunday Times
«The Graveyard Book: One of the joys of reading Gaiman is how he subverts our expectations of magic, horror, fantasy and the mundane» — The Times
«I was looking forward to Coraline and I wasn’t disappointed. In fact, I was enthralled. This is a marvellously strange and scary book» — Philip Pullman, Guardian
«If any writer can get the guys to read about the girls, it should be Neil Gaiman. Coraline is a dreamlike adventure. For all its gripping nightmare imagery, this is actually a conventional fairy story with a moral» — Daily Telegraph
«If asked to put The Graveyard Book into a genre, I’d have to say: this is a Neil Gaiman book. It’s in the Genre of Excellence» — Fortean Times
«The Graveyard Book: A captivating piece of work, light as fresh grave dirt, haunting as the inscription on a tombstone» — Financial Times
«Humour pours out of Fortunately, The Milk» — The Telegraph

The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman История с кладбищем Нил Гейман / Книги на английском языке

Sat, 03 Feb 2024 12:53:03 +0000

In The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman has created a charming allegory of childhood. Although the book opens with a scary scene — a family is stabbed to death by «a man named Jack» — the story quickly moves into more child-friendly storytelling. The sole survivor of the attack — an 18-month-old baby — escapes his crib and his house, and toddles to a nearby graveyard. Quickly recognizing that the baby is orphaned, the graveyard’s ghostly residents adopt him, name him Nobody («Bod»), and allow him to live in their tomb. Taking inspiration from Kipling’s The Jungle Book, Gaiman describes how the toddler navigates among the headstones, asking a lot of questions and picking up the tricks of the living and the dead. In serial-like episodes, the story follows Bod’s progress as he grows from baby to teen, learning life’s lessons amid a cadre of the long-dead, ghouls, witches, intermittent human interlopers. A pallid, nocturnal guardian named Silas ensures that Bod receives food, books, and anything else he might need from the human world. Whenever the boy strays from his usual play among the headstones, he finds new dangers, learns his limitations and strengths, and acquires the skills he needs to survive within the confines of the graveyard and in wider world beyond.

Fortunately, the Milk… (Ned)

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 17:46:11 +0000

From multi-award-winning Neil Gaiman comes a spectacularly silly, mind-bendingly clever, brilliantly bonkers adventure – with lip-smackingly gorgeous illustrations by Chris Riddell.Mum’s away. Dad’s in charge. There’s no milk. So Dad saves the day by going to buy some.Really, that’s all that happens. Very boring. YAAAAAAAAAWN.There are absolutely none of the following inside: GLOBBY GREEN ALIENS! INTERGALACTIC POLICE! PIRATES! And most definitely NOT a time-travelling hot-air balloon piloted by the brilliant Professor Steg…От Нила Геймана, удостоенного множества наград, выходит потрясающе глупое, умопомрачительно умное, блестяще безумное приключение — с потрясающими иллюстрациями Криса Ридделла.Мамы нет дома. Папа главный. Здесь нет молока. Так что папа спасает положение, отправляясь за покупками.На самом деле, это все, что происходит. Очень скучно. ДААААААААААУН.Внутри нет абсолютно ничего из перечисленного: ЛОББИ ЗЕЛЕНЫХ ПРИШЕЛЬЦЕВ! МЕЖГАЛАКТИЧЕСКАЯ ПОЛИЦИЯ! ПИРАТЫ! И уж точно НЕ путешествующий во времени воздушный шар, пилотируемый блестящим профессором Стегом…Книга на английском языке.

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, the — Illustr.’

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 14:23:10 +0000

‘One of the greatest achievements in comedy. A work of staggering genius’ — David WalliamsGorgeous 42nd Anniversary gift edition of Douglas Adams’s pop-culture classic, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, stunningly illustrated throughout by Costa Award-winner Chris Riddell.It’s an ordinary Thursday lunchtime for Arthur Dent until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly afterwards to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and Arthur’s best friend has just announced that he’s an alien. At this moment, they’re hurtling through space with nothing but their towels and a book inscribed in large, friendly letters: DON’T PANIC.The book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and the weekend has only just begun…Douglas Adams’s mega-selling pop-culture classic sends logic into orbit, plays havoc with physics and twists time, but most importantly it’s very, very funny.One of the greatest achievements in comedy. A work of staggering geniusDavid WalliamsDazzlingly inventiveCaitlin MoranFizzing with ideas… brilliantCharlie Brooker

Neverwhere: the Illustrated Edition

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 04:58:07 +0000

Discover Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, the extraordinary modern classic from the bestselling author of American Gods, illustrated for the first time by 2015-2017 UK Children’s Laureate Chris Riddell. This beautiful edition features the fully illustrated short story, ‘How the Marquis Got His Coat Back’, and will delight fans of Coraline, The Book of Dust and Goth Girl.’Gaiman is, simply put, a treasure-house of story, and we are lucky to have him’ Stephen KingUnder the streets of London lies a world most people could never dream of.When Richard Mayhew helps a mysterious girl he finds bleeding on the pavement, his boring life changes in an instant. Her name is Door, she’s on the run from two assassins in black suits and she comes from London Below.His act of kindness leads him to a place filled with monsters and angels, a Beast in a labyrinth and an Earl who holds Court in a Tube train.It is strangely familiar yet utterly bizarre.

Coraline (Neil Gaiman) Коралина (Нил Гейман) /Книги на английском языке

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 02:55:35 +0000

Coraline (Neil Gaiman)There is something strange about Coraline’s new home.It’s not the mist, or the cat that always seems to be watching her, nor the signs of danger that Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, her new neighbours, read in the tea leaves. It’s the other house – the one behind the old door in the drawing room.Another mother and father with black-button eyes and papery skin are waiting for Coraline to join them there. And they want her to stay with them. For ever. She knows that if she ventures through that door, she may never come back.Коралина (Нил Гейман)Есть что-то странное в новом доме Коралины.Это не туман и не кот, который, кажется, всегда наблюдает за ней, и не знаки опасности, которые мисс Спинк и мисс Форсибл, ее новые соседи, читают в чайных листьях. Это другой дом — тот, что за старой дверью в гостиной.Еще мать и отец с глазами-пуговиками и кожей цвета бумаги ждут, когда Коралина присоединится к ним. И они хотят, чтобы она осталась с ними. Навсегда. Она знает, что если рискнет пройти через эту дверь, то может никогда не вернуться.