PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Sally Gardner gained a first class degree at a leading London art college and became a successful theatre costume designer before illustrating and writing books. Her debut novel, I, Coriander won the Nestle Gold Award and she is also a Costa and Carnegie prize-winner. Her books have been translated all over the world and have sold over two million copies. Find Sally online at sallygardner.co.uk, or on Twitter @TheSallyGardner.
It takes a skilled and singular talent to create a book that marries an ecological message with a ripping yarn. And here there are two - mother and daughter Gardner and Corry...this stands as a perfectly realised new world that intrepid young minds will want to return to. * Big Issue, The Tindims of Rubbish Island * Combining eccentric characters, short chapters and lively illustrations... this quirky adventure also carries an important environmental message about waste, pollution and recycling. * BookTrust, The Tindims of Rubbish Island *
