Campbell, Jen – The Bell Bookshop

The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers

Emma — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

‘Guaranteed to raise the hairs on the back of your neck’ Neil Gaiman

Jen Campbell’s collection of terrifyingly gruesome tales lends a modern edge to fairy tale collections for young readers. Drawing on her extensive knowledge of fairy tale history, Campbell’s stories undo the censoring, gender stereotyping and twee endings of more modern children’s fairy tales, to return both classic and little-known stories to their grim versions, whilst celebrating a diverse range of characters.

Featuring 14 short stories from around the globe, The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers is illustrated in a contemporary style by Canadian comic artist Adam de Souza. De Souza’s brooding illustrations are a highly original blend of 19th-century Gothic engravings and moody film noir graphic novels. Beautifully produced in a hardback format with a rose gold ribbon marker, The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers is a truly thrilling gift.

With 86 illustrations, 30 in colour

The Bookshop Book

Emma — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

From the oldest bookshop in the world, to the smallest you could imagine, 'The Bookshop Book' examines the history of books, talks to authors about their favourite places, and looks at over 200 weirdly wonderful bookshops across six continents (sadly, we've yet to build a bookshop down in the South Pole).

Franklin and Luna and the Book of Fairy Tales

Emma — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

It’s Franklin’s birthday! While his surprise birthday party is being set up, Luna takes Franklin book shopping. They find a padlocked book of fairy tales, which the bookseller tells them is full of dangerous magic. Luna’s tortoise, Neil, can’t help picking the lock? but when he peers inside, the book swallows him whole. Franklin and Luna dive into the book to rescue Neil. They tumble into cobwebbed forests and meet dusty fairy-tale characters who have been trapped inside the pages for hundreds of years?

This follow-on from the highly sucessful Franklin’s Flying Bookshop and Franklin and Luna go to the Moon offers a witty and vivid reimagining of well-loved fairy tale characters, bringing the magic of classic fairy tales into the 21st century through exquisite illustrations and a rhythmic, literary text.