Coraline

“This book tells a fascinating and disturbing story that frightened me nearly to death.” - Lemony Snicket“A magnificently creepy story. Coraline is spot on.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“Coraline is by turns creepy and funny, bittersweet and playful…can be read quickly and enjoyed deeply.” - San Francisco Chronicle Book Review“Beautifully spooky. Gaiman actually seems to understand the way children think. ” - Christian Science Monitor“Not since Narnia has the simple act of opening a door unlocked such a fantastic journey. And not since Alice tumbled down the rabbit hole has that journey been so splendidly strange and frightening. Walk through the door and you’ll believe in love, magic, and the power of good over evil.” - USA Today“A deliciously scary book that we loved reading together as a family.” - Orson Scott Card“Gaiman’s pacing is superb, and he steers the tension of the tale with a deft and practiced narrative touch.” - Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books“A frighteningly realistic fantasy. Lean crisp prose adds to the suspense and propels the story, and the eerie black-and-white illustrations by Dave McKean heighten the nightmarish quality of the tale.” - Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)“The danger is convincingly dangerous, the heroine is convincingly brave, and the whirlwind denouement will leave readers bemused but elated and slightly breathless.” - Horn Book Magazine“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, rise to your feet and applaud: Coraline is the real thing.” - Philip Pullman, The Guardian“So wonderfully whimsical that readers of all ages will hungrily devour itCoraline is destined to become a classic. - Globe and Mail (Toronto)“Chilly, finely-wrought prose, a truly weird setting and a fable that taps into our most uncomfortable fears.” - Times Educational Supplement“A modern ghost story with all the creepy trimmings…Well done.” - New York Times Book Review“Gaiman’s tale is inventive, scary, thrilling and finally affirmative. Readers young and old will find something to startle them.” - Washington Post Book World“An electrifyingly creepy tale likely to haunt young readers for many moons.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review)” Walk through the door and you’ll believe in love, magic, and the power of good over evil.” - USA Today“Kids will hang on every word. Coraline is a character with whom they will surely identify, and they will love being frightened out of their shoes. This is just right for all those requests for a scary book.” - School Library Journal (starred review)

Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling and multi-award winning author and creator of many beloved books, graphic novels, short stories, film, television and theatre for all ages. He is the recipient of the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and many Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner Awards. Neil has adapted many of his works to television series, including Good Omens (co-written with Terry Pratchett) and The Sandman. He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR and Professor in the Arts at Bard College.

McKean is best known for his work on Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series of graphic novels and for his CD covers for musicians from Tori Amos to Alice Cooper. He also illustrated Neil Gaiman’s picture books The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, The Wolves in the Walls, and Crazy Hair. He is a cult figure in the comic book world, and is also a photographer.