Bestselling, award-winning Gaiman and McKean collaborate again in this stunning book A warm father/daughter picture book perfect for reading aloud or alone Shortlisted for the 2010 Kate Greenaway Award

Shortlisted for Kate Greenaway Medal 2010.

'Electrifying and very funny ... a hymn to the unexpected ... more thrilling than threatening ... Parents will enjoy reading it aloud at bedtimes, bathtimes or before those dreaded preschool visits to the hairdresser at the end of the school holidays' Saturday Times 'Individual spreads are breathtaking; the whole book is astonishing: vibrant, funny, mysterious and inspiring' Books for Keeps 'A work of unique luminescence ... that pays testament to the power of the imagination' The Bookseller There are few picturebook-makers as cool as Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman, and their latest collaboration is wild ... distortions and magnifications make the images strange and dark, rivaling the text for energy and verve' Nicolette Jones, The Times

Neil Gaiman is the author of many much loved and bestselling books, including The Sandman, The Graveyard Book and Coraline. His picture books include The Wolves in the Walls and The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish. Neil is British and lives in the USA. Dave McKean is a long-time artistic collaborator of Neil's. He is also a film-maker. Dave lives in Kent.