Madame Badobedah and the Old Bones

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A timeless story celebrating friendship, imagination and adventure, with exquisite illustrations, from a bestselling author.
Mabel lives with her parents in The Mermaid Hotel, by the sea. Mabel likes to keep an eye on the comings and goings of all the guests, particularly their most interesting guest and Mabel's best friend, Madame Badobedah. Madame Badobedah has pirouetted through pyramids, skated across rivers, swum with mermaids and even helped a Triceratops with a toothache. Now Mabel joins her on her latest adventure to return a priceless emerald to the Natural History Museum. And while there, they just might meet an old friend...

Author Bio

Sophie Dahl is the bestselling author of four books for adults, and two for children. The Worst Sleepover in the World follows her childrens debut, the critically acclaimed, Madame Badobedah. Dahl has written non-fiction essays for US Vogue, Vogue, The New York Times, The Guardian and The Sunday Times. She has judged the Womens prize for fiction and Vogues Young Talent Contest. She is also a contributing editor and monthly columnist at House and Garden magazine. Madame Badobedah, was nominated for a Greenaway Medal, selected as one of both The Guardian's and The Sunday Times's Childrens Books of the Year in 2019, and in the US it was awarded a Parents Choice Gold Award.
Lauren OHara is an illustrator from the north of England. As a child she loved reading fairy tales, painting insects and listening to her grandmothers stories. She studied art and illustration at Kingston University and then designed window displays and props for films. Laurens career as an illustrator began when she and her sister Natalia worked together on a picture book, Hortense and the Shadow. This was published in 2017 and followed in 2018 by The Bandit Queen.