Author(s): Chris Riddell

Junior Fiction | Adventure | Fantasy & Magic

Costa award-winner Chris Riddell's gorgeous magical adventure. With two-colour illustrations throughout, this beautiful jacketed hardback is the perfect gift.

Zam, Phoebe and Bathsheba, the three guardians of magic, disappeared with no warning nearly ten years ago, leaving the Kingdom of Thrynne in the icy grip of a powerful sorceress. Most people have fled in desperate search of warmer lands, escaping the snow monsters that roam the streets. Meanwhile, nine-year-old Tiggy Thistle lives hidden and safe with a kindly Badger - until the day she meets the elf Crumple Stiltskin, one of the crafty Stiltskin brothers, she suddenly has to run from her happy home. So begins Tiggy's quest to find Zam, Phoebe and Bathsheba - the lost guardians and their beautiful cloud horses - the only people, she believes, who can save Thrynne from the curse of endless winter.

Tiggy Thistle and the Lost Guardians is the second and final title in The Cloud Horse Chronicles.

Review: Riddell's characteristic wit and humour shine through * Woman and Home on Guardian's of Magic *
An absorbing, original and supremely entertaining read * BookTrust on Guardian's of Magic *
Inventive and witty. Rich with fairytale allusions, this should delight both kids and adults * Woman's Weekly on Guardian's of Magic *
'Sumptuously presented in a foiled dust jacket, this is the perfect gift for all adventure-seekers and fantasy fans!'' -- Pam Norfolk * Lancashire Post on Tiggy Thistle and the Lost Guardians *

Author Biography: Chris Riddell, the 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate, is an accomplished artist and the political cartoonist for the Observer. He has enjoyed great acclaim for his books for children. His books have won a number of major prizes, including the 2001, 2004 and 2016 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals. Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse won the Costa Children's Book Award 2013. His work for Macmillan also includes the bestselling Ottoline books, The Emperor of Absurdia, and, with Paul Stewart, the Muddle Earth books, the Scavenger series and the Blobheads series. Chris has been honoured with an OBE in recognition of his illustration and charity work. He lives in Brighton with his family.