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

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.

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 Paperbag Prince

Thompson's finely drawn, intricately bordered pages are as crammed with detail and small treasures as the dump itself

This is a book to be read in ten minutes and lost in for hours

The Paperbag Prince is an old man living in a railway carriage on a rubbish dump. But he knows that even rubbish can sometimes contain treasure, and that if he stays long enough, gentle nature will heal the countryside and make the green come again. 
 
'Thompson's finely drawn, intricately bordered pages are as crammed with detail and small treasures as the dump itself.' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 
 
'The pictures are astonishing' - THE TIMES 
 
'This is a book to be read in ten minutes and lost in for hours' - TES

Colin Thompson

Unconstrainedly escapist. Thompson is a one-off, a wit, a virtuoso. His collection of imaginary "castles" is a surreal treat

It will afford hours of absorbing puzzlement in trying to decipher the wicked jokes hidden in the unbelievably detailed pictures

Colin Thompson has created illustrations that are truly extraordinary. So take a journey into your imagination and have a look at this castle celebration

One to produce when the batteries die and gizmos crash . . . Maddeningly taunting, this will give hours of  quiet searching

Unbelieveably detailed pictures of imaginary castles will keep loyal reader entertained for hours

In this fantastical world there are castles in space, floating castles, castles in the sky and castles made of glass. Each one hides a royal family and there are all the usual mazes, puzzles tricks and messages waiting to be discovered. Colin Thompson's wonderfully detailed artwork reaches new heights of ingenuity and invention in this brilliant new book.

Colin Thompson

Praise for Castles

Unconstrainedly escapist. Thompson is a one-off, a wit, a virtuoso. His collection of imaginary "castles" is a surreal treat

It will afford hours of absorbing puzzlement in trying to decipher the wicked jokes hidden in the unbelievably detailed pictures

Colin Thompson has created illustrations that are truly extraordinary. So take a journey into your imagination and have a look at this castle celebration

Unconstrainedly escapist. Thompson is a one-off, a wit, a virtuoso. His collection of imaginary "castles" is a surreal treat

It will afford hours of absorbing puzzlement in trying to decipher the wicked jokes hidden in the unbelievably detailed pictures

Colin Thompson has created illustrations that are truly extraordinary. So take a journey into your imagination and have a look at this castle celebration

Unconstrainedly escapist. Thompson is a one-off, a wit, a virtuoso. His collection of imaginary "castles" is a surreal treat

It will afford hours of absorbing puzzlement in trying to decipher the wicked jokes hidden in the unbelievably detailed pictures

Colin Thompson has created illustrations that are truly extraordinary. So take a journey into your imagination and have a look at this castle celebration

Books by Colin Thompson

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