Ottoline at Sea

Name: Ottoline at Sea
Brand: Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd
SKU: 9781035067886
Price: 19.99 NZD
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By Chris Riddell

Series: Ottoline

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A fun, fresh cover look for the third title in Chris Riddell's excellent Ottoline series. Packed with gorgeous black-and-white illustrations throughout, Ottoline at Sea is perfect for kids aged 7+! Ottoline and Mr Munroe do everything and go everywhere together. That is, until the day Mr... Read More

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A charming and irresistible Ottoline story from award-winning and bestselling author Chris Riddell.

Description

A fun, fresh cover look for the third title in Chris Riddell's excellent Ottoline series. Packed with gorgeous black-and-white illustrations throughout, Ottoline at Sea is perfect for kids aged 7+!

Ottoline and Mr Munroe do everything and go everywhere together. That is, until the day Mr Munroe mysteriously disappears, leaving a strange clue written in string . . .

Armed with her Amateur Roving Collectors' travel pass, Ottoline sets off on a journey over, under and on top of the sea to find her hairy best friend - and bring him back home.

With his beautiful illustration style, Riddell's humorous details make this the perfect book for young and reluctant readers.

Join Ottoline and Mr Monroe for more adventures in Ottoline and the Yellow Cat, Ottoline Goes to School and Ottoline and the Purple Fox!

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Ottoline at Sea

A fun, fresh cover look for the third title in Chris Riddell's excellent Ottoline series. Packed with gorgeous black-and-white illustrations throughout, Ottoline at Sea is perfect for kids aged 7+! Ottoline and Mr Munroe do everything and go everywhere together. That is, until the day Mr Munroe mysteriously disappears, leaving a strange clue written in string . . . Armed...

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035067886

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 July 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 126g

Pages: 176

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Chris Riddell Series: Ottoline Young Adult Young Adult Mystery & Thriller

About the Author

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.

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