Ottoline and the Yellow Cat

Chris Riddell

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Macmillan
28 October 2025

Series: Ottoline

A fun, fresh cover look for the first title in Chris Riddell's imaginative Ottoline series. Packed with gorgeous black-and-white illustrations throughout, Ottoline and the Yellow Cat is perfect for kids aged 7+!

Introducing Miss Ottoline Brown, an exceptionally inquisitive Mistress of Disguise, and her partner in crime, Mr Munroe. No puzzle is ever too tricky for the two of them to solve . . .

Ottoline lives in a stylish apartment in Big City with a small hairy creature called Mr Munroe. Together they look after the Brown family's eclectic collections - and dabble in a spot of detective work. So they are the first to the scene of the crime when a string of high-society dog-nappings and jewel thefts hits Big City.

It's up to Ottoline and Mr Munroe to go undercover - and expose an ingenious scam masterminded by furry feline crook, the Yellow Cat . . .

Winner of the Nestle Prize, and crammed with black-and-white illustrations, Ottoline and the Yellow Cat is perfect for young and reluctant readers.

Join Ottoline and Mr Monroe for more adventures in Ottoline Goes to School, Ottoline at Sea and Ottoline and the Purple Fox!

By: Chris Riddell
Imprint: Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 128g
ISBN: 9781035067879
ISBN 10: 1035067870
Series: Ottoline
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 28 October 2025
Recommended Age: From 7 to 11 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chris Riddell, the 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate, is an accomplished artist and the political cartoonist for the Observer. He has enjoyed great acclaim for his books for children. His books have won a number of major prizes, including the 2001, 2004 and 2016 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals. Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse won the Costa Children's Book Award 2013. His work for Macmillan also includes the bestselling Ottoline books, The Emperor of Absurdia, and, with Paul Stewart, the Muddle Earth books, the Scavenger series and the Blobheads series. Chris has been honoured with an OBE in recognition of his illustration and charity work. He lives in Brighton with his family.

Reviews for Ottoline and the Yellow Cat

Possibly the most instantly covetable book ever published. * Sunday Telegraph * Beautifully illustrated. * Guardian * Each page is designed with retro elegance. * Sunday Times * Delightfully elegant, packed with quirky detail, clever pictorial surprises and visual jokes. * Daily Mail *