barnaby grimes: legion of the dead - paul stewart and chris riddell
Fun children's book that I read today in a little over an hour. With zombies!
I think I would have loved reading Barnaby Grimes: Legion of the Dead (and, presumably, the rest of the Barnaby Grimes series) when I was about ten years old: it's adventurous, weird, Londony, reminiscent of the chimney sweeps in Mary Poppins - yes, I think it's the Poppins-ness/Dickensity of this that I love, plus Barnaby's courage and pluck in the face of scary adversaries.
Delicious entertainment, with deliciously creepy illustrations. I think I will seek out the rest of Stewart & Riddell's work, I like their style.
17-01-2010
