BOOKS
Created: 14th August, 2015

Count Karlstein

Author: Philip Pullman
Illustrator: Patrice Aggs
Publisher: Corgi

A tongue-in-cheek Gothic tale, told in a blend of conventional text and comic strip. A ripping yarn with a host of interesting features such as maps, a cast of characters and contemporary ‘advertisements’. The list of ‘works consulted and ideas stolen from’ at the end gives scope for discussion about intertextual references and influences from literature, film, art and music. This book teaches much about developing as a reader.

Also: Spring-Heeled Jack (9780241362310), Puffin £6.99