How To Live Forever
By (Author) Colin Thompson
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Red Fox
27th February 1998
5th March 1998
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
823.914
Paperback
32
Width 227mm, Height 295mm, Spine 4mm
206g
Colin Thompson's books are mystical and complex, they will appeal to children and adults alike and demand to be returned to as there is always a new image to see . . . something more to catch the eye. Peter and his family live among the Quinces in the cookery section of a mystical library, and at night, when the library comes to life, Peter ventures out of his home to find a missing volume- How To Live Forever
The story of a missing book, a child who holds the secret of everlasting life and a library that comes to life at night . . . Children and adults will relish it * Financial Times *
After leaving art school, Colin Thompson went to the London school of film Technique. He worked for a while at the BBC, then moved to the Outer Hebrides where he began 20 years of self-employment ceramics. He is is the author/illustrator of several highly acclaimed picture books including The Paradise Garden, The Last Alchemist and Falling Angels. He lives in New South Wales, Australia.