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Barnaby Grimes: Return of the Emerald Skull

Barnaby Grimes: Return of the Emerald Skull( )
Author: Riddell, Chris
Stewart, Paul
Series title:Barnaby Grimes Ser.
ISBN:978-0-385-73698-5
Publication Date:Aug 2012
Publisher:Random House Children's Books
Imprint:Yearling
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $6.99
Book Description:

Barnaby Grimes is a tick-tock lad, running errands in his city, day and night, and high-stacking around the rooftops in search of new mysteries to solve. After collecting a strange parcel from a deserted ship in the fog of the docks, and delivering it to the local schoolmaster, Barnaby thinks he's earned a moment to sit on the rooftops and eat his favorite pastry. But soon he realizes that all is not well at the school. Is the problem quite as he expects it? A gruesome tale of a...
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Book Details
Pages:224
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Historical / Europe
Juvenile Fiction / School & Education
Juvenile Fiction / Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.14 x 7.7 x 0.59 Inches
Book Weight:0.335 Pounds
Author Biography
Riddell, Chris (Author)


Chris Riddell was born on April 13, 1962. He is a British illustrator and occasional writer of children's books and a political cartoonist for The Observer. He has won two Kate Greenaway Medals, the British librarians' annual award for the best-illustrated children's book, and two of his works were commended runners-up. Books that he wrote or illustrated have won three Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes and have been silver or bronze runners-up four times. He was shortlisted for the 2015 Kate Greenaway Medal for his title Goth Girl: And the Ghost of a Mouse. He was named the ninth Waterstones Children's Laureate in 2015. Riddell was presented with a Children¿s Laureate medal and a £15,000 (A$30,014) bursary cheque at a ceremony in London, where he announced plans to promote visual literacy during his two-year term.

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