Blackberry Blue: And Other Fairy Tales

Prepare to enter a world of magicians, enchanted forests, talking animals, and wicked witches, with these six brand-new breathtaking fairy tales

Here are six magical stories to thrill and enchant young readers. Watch Blackberry Blue rise from the bramble patch, follow Emeka the pathfinder on his mission to save a lost king, and join Princess Desire as she gallops across the Milky Way on her jet-black horse. A diverse cast of multicultural heroes and heroines populate these haunting, utterly original stories. Beautifully written, they blend magic with the macabre, and are accompanied by stunning illustrations by Richard Collingridge that will take your breath away.

JAMILA GAVIN’s first book, ＂The Magic Orange Tree, ＂ was published in 1979 and she has since been writing steadily, producing critically acclaimed novels and collections of short stories. She has been shortlisted for many of the major children’s book awards, including the Smarties Award and the Guardian Award. ＂Coram Boy＂ won the Children’s Whitbread Award and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, before being adapted for the stage.
RICHARD COLLINGRIDGE was born in London, studied Illustration at the University of the West of England, graduating in 2008, and after living in France for a few years, has recently moved back to the UK. At about the age of five Richard noticed that real people didn’t look like a bunch of sticks with a circle on the top. But to his amazement, no one else in his classroom, including the teachers, seemed to be able to see this. So with this secret in mind, he decided that when he grew up, he wanted to draw pictures for a living. He has always enjoyed creating different worlds and universes for his non-stick people, and after illustrating book covers and other people’s stories, he decided to put some words next to his own drawings. This seemed to work rather well and resulted in Richard’s stunning debut picture book, ＂When it Snows.＂＂