Katherine Rundell

«Primero fue Tolkien, luego llegó Pullman, y ahora es el turno de Katherine Rundell.» Michael Morpurgo «Katherine Rundell es un fenómeno.» Neil Gaiman Ganador del Premio Waterstones al Mejor Libro de

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Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children''s Book Prize, and shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal.Already being proclaimed a classic in children''s literature and compared to the likes of Roald Dahl and Eva Ibbotson, Katherine Rundell''s Rooftoppers merges fantasy and historical fiction with sophisticated lyrical prose and vivid imagery that will delight middle grade readers, tweens, teens, and parents and teachers alike.Join plucky heroine Sophie, her eccentric guardian Charles, and her intrepid orphan allies on the rooftops of Victorian Paris, as they encounter suspense and adventure that will keep kids of all ages on the edge of their seats right to the heartwarming end.My mother is still alive, and she is going to come for me one day.Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. Found floating in a cello case and swaddled in a Beethoven score, she is the only recorded female survivor of a shipwreck on the English Channel. But Sophie remembers seeing her mother wave for help...Charles, a fellow survivor and an eccentric scholar, finds Sophie and brings her home to his London bachelor flat. Raised in a quirky home filled with music, words and love (though questionable diet), Sophie grows into a free-spirited tomboy with a taste for Shakespeare and the unshakeable belief that anything is possible. And you should never ignore a possible.So when the child welfare agency in its bureaucratic wisdom threatens to send Sophie to an orphanage, the optimistic girl and her odd guardian flee to Paris on a quest to find her mother, starting with the only clue she has - the address of the cello maker.

A gloriously illustrated and fascinating bestiary of the world s most extraordinary endangered animals

A rare and magical book. I didnt want it to end. Bill BrysonA total miracle. Max PorterA witty, intoxicating paean to Earths wondrous creatures.ObserverRundells pen is gold-tipped.Sunday Times** SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR **The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings.In this passionately persuasive and sharply funny book, Katherine Rundell tells us how and why.A lavishly illustrated collection of the lives of some of the Earths most astounding animals, The Golden Mole is a chance to be awestruck and lovestruck - to reckon with the beauty of the world, its fragility, and its strangeness.A swift flies two million kilometres in its lifetime. Thats far enough to get to the moon and back twice over - and then once more to the moon. A pangolin keeps its tongue furled in a pouch by its hip, a Greenland shark can live five hundred years, a wombat once inspired a love poem.

Vita set her jaw, and nodded at New York City in greeting, as a boxer greets an opponent before a fight.Fresh off the boat from England, Vita Marlowe has a job to do. Her beloved grandfather Jack has been cheated out of his home and possessions by a notorious conman with Mafia connections. Seeing Jack's spirit is broken, Vita is desperate to make him happy again, so she devises a plan to outwit his enemies and recover his home.She finds a young pickpocket, working the streets of the city. And, nearby, two boys with highly unusual skills and secrets of their own are about to be pulled into her lawless, death-defying plan.Katherine Rundell's fifth novel is a heist as never seen before - the story of a group of children who will do anything to right a wrong.

A rare and magical book. I didn't want it to end.' Bill Bryson'A witty, intoxicating paean to Earth's wondrous creatures.' Observer'A total miracle.' Max Porter'Rundell's pen is gold-tipped.' Sunday TimesThe world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In this passionately persuasive and sharply funny book, Katherine Rundell tells us how and why.A lavishly illustrated collection of the lives of some of the Earth's most astounding animals, The Golden Mole is a chance to be awestruck and lovestruck - to reckon with the beauty of the world, its fragility, and its strangeness.A swift flies two million kilometres in its lifetime. That's far enough to get to the moon and back twice over - and then once more to the moon. A pangolin keeps its tongue furled in a pouch by its hip. A Greenland shark can live five hundred years. A wombat once inspired a love poem.

A lavish edition of Katherine Rundell s gloriously illustrated and fascinating bestiary featuring three new additions to the treasure trove of vanishing wonders Exquisite and timely Maggie O Farrell A rare and magical book I didn t want it to end Bill Bryson A witty intoxicating paean to Earth s wondrous creatures Observer A total miracle Max Porter A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES AND FOYLES BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING The world is more astonishing more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings A pangolin s tongue is longer than its body It keeps it furled in a nifty pouch near the hip A swift flies 200 000 miles in its lifetime That s far enough to get to the moon and back then back to the moon There s a fable that storks deliver babies In fact the Nazis used them to air drop propaganda A lavishly illustrated compendium of the staggering lives of some of the world s most endangered animals this sumptuous expanded and updated edition of The Golden Mole is a chance to be awestruck and lovestruck to fall for the likes of the wondrous pygmy hippo the seahorse the narwhal and as astonishing and endangered as them all the human Katherine R

**A Sunday Times top ten bestseller**** Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction and the Slightly Foxed First Biography Prize ** **Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award and the Duff Cooper Prize for Non-Fiction **Masterly.ObserverWonderful, joyous. Maggie OFarrellFrankly brilliant.Sunday TimesUnmissable. Simon JenkinsEvery page sparkles. Claire TomalinA triumph. Matt HaigStylish, scholarly and gripping. Rose TremainJohn Donne lived myriad lives. Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, Donne was incapable of being just one thing.He was a scholar of law, a sea adventurer, an MP, a priest, the Dean of St Pauls Cathedral - and perhaps the greatest love poet in the history of the English language.In Super-Infinite, Katherine Rundell shows us the many sides of Donnes extraordinary life, his obsessions, his blazing words, and his tempestuous Elizabethan times - unveiling Donne as the most remarkable mind and as a lesson in living.Katherine Rundells book Super-Infinite was a Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 16-04-2022

* Cuando una cebra aparece en la plaza donde vive Visi, y descubre que sus padres han sido capturados por el malvado Spit, sabe que le toca ayudar. Spit se la tiene jurada, pero la valentía y unos maravillosos amigos son infalibles, La aventura de la cebra Gabriel, el perro Arcoiris, Visi y todos sus compañeros, con una gran valentia y determinacion, ¡al rescate! Una historia ilustrada sobre la valentia, la amistad y la importancia de actuar. "Una autora con un talento ilimitado y una imaginacion extraordinaria". The Observer

* Quan una zebra apareix a la plaça on viu la Visi, i descobreix que els seus pares han estat capturats pel malvat Spit, sap que li toca ajudar. El senyor Spit els la té jurada, però amb valentia i u

Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell FOYLES CHILDREN S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019From the winner of the Costa Children s Book Award An amazing adventure story told with sparkling style and sleight of hand Jacqueline Wilson Read everything she writes Daily Mail Fresh off the boat from England Vita Marlowe has a job to do Her beloved grandfather Jack has been cheated out of his home and possessions by a notorious conman with Mafia connections Seeing Jack s spirit is broken Vita is desperate to make him happy again so she devises a plan to outwit his enemies and recover his home She finds a young pickpocket working the streets of the city And nearby two boys with highly unusual skills and secrets of their own are about to be pulled into her lawless death defying plan Katherine Rundell s fifth novel is a heist as never seen before the story of a group of children who will do anything to right a wrong

RETORNE À MAGIA DO ARQUIPÉLAGO...O VENENO ESTÁ SE ESPALHANDO E O TEMPO ESTÁ ACABANDO.Quando Christopher acorda com um dragão mordiscando seu rosto, o coração acelera – não de medo, mas de alegria pur

The dragons call out, and the ratatoskas tell of murder. Come with us now. There is justice to be done.Return to the magic of the Archipelago... The Poisoned King is the dazzling second book in Katherine Rundell's epic and bestselling Impossible Creatures series.'There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell' - Michael MorpurgoWhen Christopher Forrester is unexpectedly woken by a miniature dragon chewing on his face, his heart leaps for joy. For months he's dreamed of returning to the Archipelago - the secret islands where all the creatures of myth still live. But he did not know it would involve a rescue mission on the back of a sphinx, or a plan to enter a dragon's lair. Nor did he imagine it would involve a girl with a flock of birds at her side, a new-hatched chick in her pocket and a ravenous hunger for justice...

It was a very fine day, until something tried to eat him.A boy called Christopher is visiting his reclusive grandfather when he witnesses an avalanche of mythical creatures come tearing down the hill. This is how Christopher learns that his grandfather is the guardian of one of the ways between the non-magical world and a place called the Archipelago, a cluster of magical islands where all the creatures we tell of in myth live and breed and thrive alongside humans. They have been protected from being discovered for thousands of years; now, terrifyingly, the protection has worn thin, and creatures are breaking through.Then a girl, Mal, appears in Christophers world. She is in possession of a flying coat, is being pursued by a killer and is herself in pursuit of a baby griffin. Mal, Christopher and the griffin embark on an urgent quest across the wild splendour of the Archipelago, where sphinxes hold secrets and centaurs do murder, to find the truthwith unimaginable consequences for both their worlds. Together the two must face the problem of power, and of knowledge, and of what love demands of us.

There was Tolkien there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell Wondrous invention marvellous writing Michael Morpurgo Rundell s first foray into fantasy is both a deft rich homage to the greats of children s literature and an absorbing profoundly poignant quest story for those aged 9 quite possibly her best yet The Guardian A book stuffed full of fantastical magical delight and a world of richly imagined wonder Cressida Cowell WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD WINNER FOYLES CHILDREN S BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR AMAZON KIDS AND YA BOOK OF THE YEAR THE TIMES CHILDREN S BOOK OF THE WEEK THE INDEPENDENT CHILDREN S BOOK OF THE WEEK THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CHILDREN S BOOK OF THE WEEK SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER IN SEPTEMBER 2023There s a place where all the wildest stories began From Katherine Rundell winner of the Costa Children s Book Award the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children s Book Prize comes the first novel in a landmark trilogy for 9 fans of His Dark MaterialsChristopher is stunned when he discovers a passage to the Archipelago a cluster of magical islands where all the creatures of myth still live and breed and thrive in their thousands There he meets Mal a girl from th

Nueva novela de una de las grandes novelistas juveniles anglosajonas. Cuando Vita Marlowe aterriza en Nueva York, ciudad a la que ha viajado con su madre desde Inglaterra, ignora que está a punto de emprender una arriesgada aventura para ayudar a su querido abuelo Jack Welles. Un famoso estafador con conexiones con la mafia lo ha engañado y el anciano ha perdido su casa y todas sus posesiones. Su nieta hara lo imposible para hacerle sonreir de nuevo. Con ese objetivo en mente, Vita urde un plan con la ayuda de una joven carterista y dos talentosos aprendices del circo, ambos amantes de los animales y capaces de desafiar la gravedad con sus excepcionales habilidades. Rapidamente los cuatro amigos se veran envueltos en una intriga repleta de emocion para recuperar el hogar de Jack. La nueva novela de Katherine Rundell es una historia trepidante y apasionada, con elementos de luces y sombras, protagonizada por un grupo de niños unidos contra el mal y la injusticia.Reseñas:Rundell es una de las mejores escritoras de literatura juvenil que hay en este momento, y si aun no la has descubierto, este libro divertido y adictivo es una gran opcion para comenzar. Es probable que sea el mejor libro juvenil que leeras este año.The Times Una historia deslumbrante llena de esperanza, dolor, valentia y amor intergeneracional.Publishers Weekly (reseña destacada)Rundell tiene un don para las descripciones precisas y hermosas. El libro esta lleno de escenas bellas y sorprendentes, como la del caballo blanco galopando por la ciudad a primera hora de la mañana, asi como de un generoso sentido de la aventura y el compañerismo. Rundell usa, y subvierte ligeramente, la clasica historia de la busqueda del tesoro.Literary ReviewLos buenos ladrones es un libro de intriga maravillosamente escrito que deleitara a los seguidores de Rundell.The Telegraph Su ultima entrega no solo es adictiva, sino que es un placer leer cada frase.Sunday Times Esta novela es tan convincente como una aventura circense de Enid Blyton: si Blyton hubiera escrito con compasion y con una prosa limpia y elegante, en la que es un placer sumergirse... Escarceos mafiosos, hazañas impresionantes y una atmosfera trepidante de principio a fin, hacen que sea una delicia para leer de una sentada. Sin duda Rundell esta en la cumbre de su talento.The Guardian Rundell orquesta una accion trepidante y emocionante, con unos personajes vividos y entrañables, con la precision de un relojero.Daily MailCon una trama apasionante y unos personajes inolvidables, lo ultimo de Rundell es otro triunfo.Mail on Sunday Bellamente escrito y con una trama perfecta.The Times Saturday Review Katherine Rundell se hizo un nombre con la multipremiada Sophie en los cielos de Paris y es una de las autoras infantiles mas talentosas que existen.Daily ExpressCon un ritmo rapido y una redaccion aguda, con generosas dosis de emocion y humor, la nueva novela de Rundell atraera a los lectores amantes de las grandes aventuras y con un fuerte sentido de la justicia.Bookpage

Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell ... Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize | Winner of the Blue Peter Book AwardShortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal | From the winner of the Costa Children's Book Prize'A writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination' - Philip Pullman'Read everything she writes' - Daily MailEveryone tells Sophie that she was orphaned in a shipwreck - found floating in a cello case on the English Channel on her first birthday. But Sophie is convinced her mother also survived.When the Welfare Agency threatens to separate her from her guardian and send her to an orphanage, Sophie takes matters into her own hands, starting with the only clue she has - the address of a cello-maker in Paris. On the run from the authorities, Sophie finds Matteo and his network of rooftoppers - urchins who walk tightropes and live in the sky. In a race across the rooftops of Paris, will they be able to find her mother before it's too late?Hopeful, inspiring and thrilling in equal measure, this is a classic adventure story about pursuing your dreams and never ignoring a possible.