Mouse Bird Snake Wolf

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The narrative alone is a delight to read aloud but the combination of story with illustrations make this work remarkable.

I'd recommend it to any junior school pupil, and I'd certainly recommend it to colleagues and friends who are teachers.

His children’s novel My Name is Mina (2010), a prequel to Skellig, was nominated for a 2012 Carnegie Medal. Only Almond could so clearly show mystical and imaginative acts as physical, and in a story-telling voice that's musical, forward-moving and perfect in its surprises. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

The final picture within this graphic novel for me sums up my thoughts about the meaning of the book – lurking in the darkness we see two red eyes staring up at the world the Gods created, waiting for its time to surface…again! Aber die Geschichte, die mit Langeweile und Ausprobieren beginnt und dann eben - trotz des Eingreifens der Götter - nicht wirklich ein happy-end hat, sondern wo die Früchte des eigenen Tuns, in diesem Fall Erfindens bzw.Almond and McKean, the collaborators behind THE SAVAGE and SLOG'S DAD, take on themes worthy of Greek tragedy: human ambition, the emergence of evil, and the power of the individual to resist it.

Dave McKean is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician.From the stunning cover art hinted at by the faux-die-cut jacket to a last glimpse of the louche and negligent gods and the wolf lurking in the darkness deep underground, a fascinating, provocative collaboration. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. While I'm not much of an artist or illustration enthusiast, I found myself staring endlessly into Dave Mckean's art while possible class discussion points kept tumbling out of my head.

Speaking to my year group partner (assuming it was just my class who didn't like it) in the other class almost all of her class aren't enjoying it at all (26 out of 30). It was awarded a Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Silver Award) and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal (2000) and for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize.Make sure to look into the author and subject of this one because it isn't for the average reader/family. As the children’s ideas take shape, the power of their visions proves to be greater than they, or the gods, could ever have imagined. Harry, Sue and Little Ben when faced with these empty spaces and realising that the Gods are taking a well earned nap or a cup of tea and cake or boasting about their accomplishments the group decide to fill these gaps.