Description
Ruby Red Shoes is a white hare who lives in a prettily painted caravan with her grandmother. Ruby is gentle, cheerful and enchanting. She is a very aware hare and loves animals and people, trees and nature - not forgetting red shoes . . . She also loves to travel!
Join Ruby Red Shoes on her adventure to London at Christmas-time, as she visits the sights, rides the Underground, sees snow for the first time and has a surprising encounter with the Queen!
Ruby Red Shoes Goes to London is Kate Knapp's third installment in the Ruby Red Shoes series, and features gorgeous full-colour illustrations. Discover more of Ruby's adventures in Ruby Red Shoes: A Very Aware Hare and Ruby Red Shoes Goes to Paris.
'Has the tenderness of a modern Beatrix Potter' Metro
'Utterly charming: think a modern Little Grey Rabbit' Bookseller
About the Author
Illustrator and artist Kate Knapp is a graduate of the Queensland College of Art. Her design studio, Twigseeds, produces cards, print, stationery and books. She is an Anglophile with a British mother and grandparents, and was inspired by The Magic Faraway Tree, Paddington Bear and Raymond Briggs's Father Christmas. She lives in Brisbane with her long term partner, but visits the UK every couple of years. Ruby Red Shoes was her first book, and has been shortlisted for local children's book illustration awards. This was followed by Ruby Red Shoes Goes to Paris and Ruby Red Shoes Goes to London.
Reviews
With delicate, detailed illustrations, it's utterly charming: think a modern Little Grey Rabbit. -- Fiona Noble * The Bookseller *
has the tenderness of a modern Beatrix Potter -- Imogen Russell Williams * Metro *
a gorgeous book with the feel of a classic. The illustrations are beautiful... The writing is filled with energy, rhymes and beautiful ideas... This book is a delight and written with love. -- Jane Wills * Carousel magazine *
Book Information
ISBN 9781509892907
Author Kate Knapp
Format Hardback
Page Count 48
Imprint Macmillan Children's Books
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 270g
Dimensions(mm) 242mm * 161mm * 11mm