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| Author | Philip Ridley |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's |
Publication date | 1991 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
Krindlekrax is a thriller children's novel by author Philip Ridley. It was first published in 1991 by Jonathan Cape and republished in 1992 by Red Fox and then again in 2001 by Puffin Books where it is still in print.[1]
The book won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in 1991 in the 9 – 11 age category.[2] It was also selected by children aged 9 to 12 as the winner of the 1993 WH Smith Mind-Boggling Book Award.[3][4]
The book became a Tellastory Audio Cassette in 1994 that was read by Rik Mayall.[5]
In 2000, to celebrate the new millennium, Hachette Children's Group published Out of this world, a collection of extracts from "the best in 20th century children's literature". Krindlekrax was one of the books featured and appeared alongside such classics as Roald Dahl's Matilda and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.[6]
Ridley adapted Krindlekrax into a stage play, which premiered at Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 2002.[7]
- ^ Krindlekrax listing on the Penguin publishing website
- ^ http://www.booktrust.org.uk/prizes/archive/13
- ^ "Mind-Boggling Book Award". Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ "W H Smith Mind-Boggling Books Award | Book awards | LibraryThing".
- ^ Listing on the WorldCat website for the Krindlkrax Telastory cassette.
- ^ "Out of This World by David Almond, Philip Ridley | Waterstones".
- ^ Ridley, Philip (2002). Krindlekrax. Faber & Faber, Limited. ISBN 9780571215430.