
Knopf Books for Young Readers - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Release date: 2008-04-08
Hardcover
Author: Philip Pullman
Juvenile Fiction, Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction, Children's Books/All Ages, Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9), Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic, Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic, Action & Adventure - General, Fantasy




Anything by Philip Pullman is a gift, but this beautifully made little book (along with its counterpart, Lyra's Oxford) is particularly wonderful. Not only well-written to provide detailed and fascinating "back story" for characters in Pullman's masterful trilogy, His Dark Materials, but also a pleasure to hold and read--a hard covered book with pages of high-quality paper that are a delight to turn, full of period maps and pictures and printed in an appealing font. Both the story and physical nature of the book will make you feel enriched.