Colin Thompson, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $15 (1p) ISBN 978-0-679-83048-1
His kingdom is the town dump; his palace, an abandoned railroad carriage at the edge of it. But the Paper Bag Prince (he earned his title by foraging in the litter for bags and other useful objects) is content with his lot, and with his subjects--the
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Colin Thompson, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $16 (1p) ISBN 978-0-679-86744-9
Once again Thompson (The Paper Bag Prince; Looking for Atlantis) breaks barriers of narrative time and space with an ornately crafted, multilevel picture book. Simultaneously told (and cleverly intertwined) stories revolve around a ruby-red Austin 7
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Colin Thompson, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-679-85648-1
Thompson's ( The Paper Bag Prince ) haunting picture book is both serious and witty. The deceptively simple story opens with the death of the young narrator's grandfather, a raffish sailor. Responding to the death, Titanic the parrot says, ``Hello,...
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Colin Thompson, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $17 (1p) ISBN 978-0-679-87898-8
Libraries will never look the same now that Thompson (Ruby; The Paper Bag Prince) has gotten ahold of them. Readers of his new picture book are plunged into a realm of boundless imagination, a library where, after hours, the shelves come to life....
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Colin Thompson, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $17 (0p) ISBN 978-0-679-88334-0
His imagination once again in overdrive, Thompson (How to Live Forever) takes readers on another full-throttle journey into a fantastical world. He covers no new ground thematically--readers will quickly recognize the dismal future envisioned here,...
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Colin Thompson, Author Dragonfly Books $6.99 (30p) ISBN 978-0-679-88546-7
Thompson's illustrations are ""crammed with detail and small treasures""; in the latter book, he creates ""a dense, Escher-like world... with immensely satisfying art--intricate, colorful, joyous,"" said PW. Ages 6-up. (Apr.)
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Colin Thompson, Author Hutchinson Radius $18 (32p) ISBN 978-0-09-176817-1
Colin Thompson's enigmatic artwork once again takes center stage in Falling Angels, the story of a girl who can fly. Sally thinks she's the only one who possesses this power but soon finds out her grandmother once flew, too. (Hutchinson [Trafalgar
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Colin Thompson, Author, Crab Scrambly, Illustrator , illus. by Crab Scrambly. HarperCollins $15.99 (214p) ISBN 978-0-06-113196-7
In their first outing, the eponymous stars of the Floods series, a clan of reptile-eating witches and wizards, make the Addams family seem tame. When they remodel their new house, they bury their “dead and semidead friends and relations”
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Colin Thompson, Author, JR. Arthur Thompson, Author Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $14 (32p) ISBN 978-0-671-79584-9
Images from several of Thompson's calendars are paired here with brief quotations from children about the meaning of home. The result is an often visually interesting but uncohesive work. The paintings combine sharp-edged realism with surreal...
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Colin Thompson, Author, Colin Thompson, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-375-80156-3
Thompson's (The Paradise Garden) latest picture book seethes with the kind of curious detail and odd visual juxtapositions that have become his trademark. This time, he fabricates a rather convoluted fairy tale about an obsessed alchemist. Given a...
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Colin Thompson, Author, Ben Redlich, Illustrator , illus. by Ben Redlich. Star Bright $16.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-59572-008-5
The unlikely hero in this subtly comic story, a magician of less-than-Copperfieldian talent, enjoys considerable fame at his nightly performances at the Royal Mustache Theatre. Australian artist Redlich pictures the Great Montefiasco ("the worst
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Colin Thompson. Jessica Kingsley, $25 (258p) ISBN 978-1-78592-046-2
Author and illustrator Thompson's autobiography/memoir displays all the wonder, complexity, joy and sadness found in his more than 70 children's books (The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley, etc.). Now in his 70s, Thompson looks back on a...
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