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Alienography #2
Alienography 2: Tips for Tiny Tyrants by Chris Riddell
Join Chris Riddell and Colin the alien as they explain their tips for intergalactic domination. Learn how to select a simpering sidekick, how to choose an evil outfit (a good vest is a must!) and how to buy the best battlecruiser . . . you'll be a butt-kicking baddy before you can blink! Alienography 2: Tips for Tiny Tyrants is magnificently illustrated and hugely funny, with novelty elements including a mini comic, a fold-out cross-section of the 'Centennial Turkey' spaceship, and a 'Top Chumps' card game.
- GenresPicture Books
Hardcover
Published January 1, 1861
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About the author
Chris Riddell
379 books1,034 followersChris Riddell was born in Cape Town, South Africa, where his father was an Anglican priest and a member of the ANC. The family moved to England in 1963, when Riddell was one year old, and he spent his childhood in a number of different locations, as his father moved between parishes. Both of Riddell's parents continued to be active in the anti-apartheid movement.
Chris Riddell is an internationally acclaimed writer and illustrator whose many awards include the Nestlé Gold Award and two Kate Greenaway Medals—the most prestigious prize for illustration in the UK. He is the creator of more than one hundred books for all ages, including the immensely popular series the Edge Chronicles and his latest chapter book series, starring the irrepressible Ottoline Brown, which School Library Journal called "exceptional." Chris lives in Brighton, England, with his wife and three children where he invents his amazing characters in a very tidy shed in his yard.
Chris Riddell is an internationally acclaimed writer and illustrator whose many awards include the Nestlé Gold Award and two Kate Greenaway Medals—the most prestigious prize for illustration in the UK. He is the creator of more than one hundred books for all ages, including the immensely popular series the Edge Chronicles and his latest chapter book series, starring the irrepressible Ottoline Brown, which School Library Journal called "exceptional." Chris lives in Brighton, England, with his wife and three children where he invents his amazing characters in a very tidy shed in his yard.
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March 3, 2016
This is the second volume about "Alienography". This time we get loads of tipps about how to be a tiny (or not so tiny) tyrant. And yes, it was hilarious again!
The book is also as lovely as the first, although my edition (I had to buy a used one) got pretty banged up (the binding seems to have taken most of the damage though). It was really a shame since it spoiled the fun for me for a moment. But only a moment. Because Chris Riddell packed the book full of extremely "great" tipps
and funny references to well-known sci-fi characters (both just with the names and with the illustrations). We get a mix of everything between the original Star Wars and Avatar and some of the pages have fold-out parts, tiny books attached and even another card game!
Again, a blast for young AND old(er)!
The book is also as lovely as the first, although my edition (I had to buy a used one) got pretty banged up (the binding seems to have taken most of the damage though). It was really a shame since it spoiled the fun for me for a moment. But only a moment. Because Chris Riddell packed the book full of extremely "great" tipps
and funny references to well-known sci-fi characters (both just with the names and with the illustrations). We get a mix of everything between the original Star Wars and Avatar and some of the pages have fold-out parts, tiny books attached and even another card game!
Again, a blast for young AND old(er)!
November 5, 2012
I find Chris Riddell fairly touch-and-go as both a writer and an illustrator. Our whole family thoroughly enjoyed his Ottoline series, but none of us were interested in his illustrations for Gaiman's Graveyard Book.
This book is wonderful to look at, featuring as it does huge two-page spreads of fully coloured Riddell illustration. It plays with the conventions of science-fiction , and openly parodies some of the touchstones of sci-fi culture. But I don't really get who it's for. It seems too juvenile for more advanced young readers, but too advanced for very young readers. There's no story, per se, so it's not really suitable for reading aloud to pre-readers. It made me chuckle once, and there are some fun ideas in it, but overall it's better as a showcase for Riddell's illustration than anything else.
This book is wonderful to look at, featuring as it does huge two-page spreads of fully coloured Riddell illustration. It plays with the conventions of science-fiction , and openly parodies some of the touchstones of sci-fi culture. But I don't really get who it's for. It seems too juvenile for more advanced young readers, but too advanced for very young readers. There's no story, per se, so it's not really suitable for reading aloud to pre-readers. It made me chuckle once, and there are some fun ideas in it, but overall it's better as a showcase for Riddell's illustration than anything else.
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June 25, 2013Five year old girl I care for picked this book up at the library and hasn't wanted to pick up anything else for days. I love the creativity and imagination, and wish that Riddell had expanded some of these characters into a chapter book series! Fantastic.
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