PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Terry Pratchett (Author) Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015.Laura Ellen Andersen (Illustrator) When she?s not trying to take over the world or fighting sock-stealing monsters, Laura Ellen Anderson is a professional children?s book author and illustrator who lives in north London. The creator of Evil Emperor Penguin for the Phoenix comic, she is also the illustrator of Sibeal Pounder?s Witch Wars series and CBeebies presenter Cerrie Burnell?s picture books and Harper fiction series. Laura?s first author/illustrator picture book, I Don?t Want Curly Hair, was published by Bloomsbury in 2017. She has also created new cover illustrations for Enid Blyton?s Famous Five series.www.lauraellenanderson.co.uk@Lillustrator
Pratchett's one-liners, the comic dialogue of the Feegles, the satire about teenagers and the credulousness of the ordinary folk make for a characteristically entertaining mix * The Sunday Times * Terry Pratchett kicks the bejaysus out of JK Rowling . . . If you haven't read Pratchett before then give yourself a treat and buy this book * In Dublin * Exhuberant energy and humour * The Children's Bookseller * Charming in every sense of the word. Beautifully written and at times highly comic, it is an extraordinary achievement * Books for Keeps * Sure to be as popular with both children and adults as all his other books * Croydon Advertiser *
