The Dangerous Alphabet

An alphabet book with a story about two children and their pet gazelle who head off, treasure map in hand, on an underground journey into a place where monsters and pirates roam. Will they find the treasure? Will they get out alive? Will the alphabet ever be the same again?

About the author

Neil Gaiman has written highly acclaimed books for both children and adults and is the first author to have won both the Carnegie and Newbery Medals for the same work - The Graveyard Book. The L.A. Times has described his multi-million-selling graphic novel series Sandman as 'the greatest epic in the history of comic books'. Many of his books, including Coraline and Stardust, have been made into films; Neverwhere has been adapted for TV and radio; American Gods and Good Omens have been adapted into major TV series. He has also written two amazing episodes of Doctor Who and appeared in The Simpsons as himself. In 2013 he published his first adult novel for seven years, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, which received stellar reviews and was a bestseller around the world.
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For more on Neil Gaiman and his award-winning children's books, visit www.gaimanbooks.com

Product details

• Authors: Neil Gaiman, Gaiman Neil
• Assisted by: Gris Grimly (Illustration), Grimly Gris (Illustration)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.05.2009
• EAN: 9780747597155
• ISBN: 978-0-7475-9715-5
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 198 mm x 128 mm x 12 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books; JUVENILE FICTION / General, Children’s picture books, Writing systems, alphabets, Interest age: from c 5 years