Books by Katherine Rundell

Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell..._______________Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book AwardShortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie MedalFrom the winner of the Costa Children's Book Prize_______________'I enjoyed it tremendously ... The next time I go to Paris I will be looking up at the rooftops' - Jacqueline Wilson'A writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination' - Philip Pullman'Read everything she writes' - Daily Mail_______________Everyone tells Sophie that she was orphaned in a shipwreck - found floating in a cello case on the English Channel on her first birthday. But Sophie is convinced her mother also survived.When the Welfare Agency threatens to separate her from her guardian and send her to an orphanage, Sophie takes matters into her own hands, starting with the only clue she has - the address of a cello-maker in Paris. On the run from the authorities, Sophie finds Matteo and his network of rooftoppers - urchins who walk tightropes and live in the sky. In a race across the rooftops of Paris, will they be able to find her mother before it's too late?Hopeful, inspiring and thrilling in equal measure, this is a classic adventure story about pursuing your dreams and never ignoring a possible.

Læsende børn bliver tænkende voksne. Alene derfor burde børnelitteratur i udgangspunktet være den vigtigste litteratur, vi har. Men er der stadig noget at hente i børnelitteraturen, når man er nået skelsår og alder (og er blevet så vis, at man næsten kan undvære hovedet)? Også i dén grad, lyder det passionerede svar fra den britiske forfatter Katherine Rundell. Læs hendes veloplagte og -argumenterede essay om at elske bøger, om bibliotekers værdi og om som voksen at få genfornyet troen på, at ting kan være anderledes. Og lad os nu én gang for alle lægge udsagnet "det er bare børnebøger" i graven!Med dansk forord af Jens Raahauge, der bl.a. får læseren til at huske, hvad ens egen kærlighed til bøger spirede frem af. P.S. Til alle voksne, der beklager, at de ikke har tid læse ret meget: Læs først og fremmest dette korte essay. Derved får du lyst til at opsige dine streamingsabonnementer og således få frigjort en masse tid ... God læselyst :)