Non-Fiction Books

Written and illustrated by Chris Riddell. Many of us encounter martians in the office, yet may understand little of their working practices. Equally, you may be a martian yourself seeking to formalize your management techniques and grasp new theories. The text covers things such as strategy and finance.

Just in time for the movie event of the year — THE DA VINCI CODE — comes a droll gift book for literati, featuring fifty-eight of the best books never written. Who is the mysterious hero of WUTHERING TIGHTS? Do you know how TO GRILL A MOCKINGBIRD? Could you face the HEART OF DORKNESS? There are many shelves in the library of unwritten books, all of them empty. Inspired by their blank pages - and unencumbered by actual authors - award-winning illustrator Chris Riddell presents a remarkable collection of humorous drawings that slyly turns the literary canon on its head.

This book features 366 illustration prompts, tips, and artwork from award-winning illustrator Riddell, which will have you doodling every day for a year. There are patterns to finish, seasons to celebrate, room to draw your lunch, mood, pets, family, and friends, big drawings, and tiny pictures and invitations to draw what you are listening to—and that is only a suggestion of the delights that await in this fabulous book. What are you waiting for? Pick up a pencil and get started with a doodle a day!

After two years traveling Great Britain, visiting schools, libraries and festivals, and meeting thousands of children, Chris Riddell shares a glimpse of the incredible journey he has been on during his time as Children's Laureate. Full of sketches, doodles, and pages from The Laureate Log—his daily record of his time as Laureate—this book includes train doodles; key events and prizes in the world of children’s books; early sketches (including handwritten manuscripts and cover roughs) from the books he has worked on during his time as Laureate, including Goth Girl and the Wuthering Fright and The Hunting of the Snark ; political sketches or roughs for the Observer cartoon, reminding readers of the major events that have punctuated his time as Laureate; and birthday sketches, impromptu portraits, posters, Christmas cards, sketches for poems, and song lyrics. With its cloth quarter binding, ribbon marker, and beautiful end papers, this truly is a book to treasure.