Children's Book of the Week - The Times, The Sunday Times
Best New Children's Books - Guardian
The Misadventures of Frederick is a funny, joyful story about friendship and the delights of outdoor adventures (even for the accident-prone) - wonderfully written by debut author Ben Manley and beautifully illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark, creator of Plumdog and Blue Kangaroo.
In a mansion surrounded by lakes and forests, Frederick is bored. He leads a very sheltered life: and when Emily invites him to play outside he has no choice but to refuse - what if he hurts himself? Much better to stay safely indoors. But Emily is not one to take no for an answer . . .
A series of brilliantly funny and evocative letters between Frederick and Emily tell this unique story which weaves together the colourful, adventurous world of Emily with Frederick's drab life of boredom and safety.
A playful yet poetic picture book about the fun of using your imagination outside. Emily shows the sheltered Frederick the potential of this, inviting him to come and play outdoors. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
This delightful book with its series of letters written on paper aeroplanes and its story told largely through the pictures is fun, and a nice comment on our risk-averse culture. Detailed pictures which repay close attention contrast the darkness of Frederick's enclosed, safe world with the bright freedoms of Emily's life, the fun of which eventually banishes the boredom of Frederick's existence
