Neil Gaiman

Odd and the Frost Giants

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Produktbeschreibung

Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell join forces once more in this irresistible Nordic fable, gorgeously illustrated and now available in a much-anticipated paperback edition Neil Gaiman's thrilling, wintery epic weaves a tale of legend, magic and adventure that will grip and enchant readers from beginning to end. When a fatherless young Viking boy called Odd stumbles into the woods and meets a fox, an eagle and a bear, his destiny begins to change. These are no ordinary creatures but the mighty Gods Loki, Odin and Thor - trapped in animal form by evil Frost Giants. Now our hero must reclaim Thor's hammer, outwit the Frost Giants and release the Gods... Neil Gaiman has written highly acclaimed books for both children and adults and is the first author to have won both the Carnegie and Newbery Medals for the same work - The Graveyard Book. Many of his books, including Coraline and Stardust, have been made into films, while Neverwhere, American Gods and Good Omens have been adapted for TV. Chris Riddell is an award-winning illustrator and political cartoonist, and was Waterstones Children's Laureate 2015 - 2017. He is the acclaimed illustrator of J.K. Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard, and remains the only artist to have won the Kate Greenaway medal three times.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526610355
• ISBN-10: 1526610353
• Artikelnr.: 58620958

Autorenporträt

Neil Gaiman has written highly acclaimed books for both children and adults and is the first author to have won both the Carnegie and Newbery Medals for the same work - The Graveyard Book. Many of his books, including Coraline and Stardust, have been made into films; Neverwhere has been adapted for TV and radio; and American Gods and Good Omens have been adapted for TV. He has also written two amazing episodes of Doctor Who and appeared in The Simpsons as himself. gaimanbooks.co.uk / @neilhimself Chris Riddell is an award-winning illustrator and acclaimed political cartoonist. He is currently the only artist to have won the Kate Greenaway Medal three times, most recently for his illustrations in Neil Gaiman's The Sleeper and the Spindle. Chris Riddell was Waterstones Children's Laureate from 2015 to 2017 and has recently been announced as a BookTrust ambassador. He is the author of the bestselling Goth Girl and Ottoline series, co-creator of the much loved The Edge Chronicles, and acclaimed illustrator of J.K. Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard.

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Rezensionen

One of the joys of reading Gaiman is how he subverts our expectations of magic, horror, fantasy and the mundane The Times on CORALINE