Wolves in the Walls

**20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION**Riveting text and astounding art make this a picture book to adore, from award-winning superstar author Neil Gaiman, and illustrated by the hugely talented and award-winning illustrator Dave McKean.When Lucy hears noises from behind the wall she tries to warn her parents that there are wolves banging about. But her parents don't listen.When the wolves finally take over the house and Lucy and her family are evicted to live in the garden, her parents realise perhaps they should have listened. But Lucy is no shrinking violet and pretty soon she has the wolves out and the family back in the house.So what was that noise Lucy heard coming from behind the wall . . . ?A brilliant, witty and inventive picture book with cutting-edge art, which is sure to be a hit with existing fans of Neil Gaiman as well as young readers.

This book is quite extraordinary. Extraordinary and scary. But also madly inventive and madly funny., This spectacular book, with its stylish blend of photography, paint, collage and drawing does not look like most children's picture books. It is atmospheric, sinister, scary and funny ... This is a book for cool kids who will grow up to be fearless., A riotously strange, funny and scary picture book for fright-loving older readers. McKean's spiky art, with its imaginative use of photography is the real star turn here and has to be seen to be believed., Neil Gaiman fuses some classic fictional strands as Lucy's fears are ignored by her family...Gaiman doesn't waste words as he builds up first fear and then a delicious sense of relief achieved by some moments of real humour., Bringing the unsettling quality of his brilliant Coraline novel to picture books, Neil Gaiman has teamed up with illustrator Dave McKean to create the unparalleled The Wolves in the Walls. Despite the flashes of humour and the clearly nonsensical proposition at the heart of this book, this is deeply scary stuff...

Neil Gaiman is a highly acclaimed writer of books for both children and adults and has won many awards for his work including both the Carnegie and Newbery Medals. He is also a screenplay writer and the author of Coraline and Pirate Stew for the children's audience. Neil is British and lives in America.Twitter: @neilhimselfDave McKean is a long-time collaborator of Neil's and has worked with him on many titles including The Day I Swapped my Dad for Two Goldfish and The Sandman comics. Dave is also a filmmaker, musician and he lives in Sevenoaks in Kent.Twitter: @DaveMcKean