About Chris Riddell's The Cloud Horse Chronicles
Experience The Cloud Horse Chronicles, a thrilling magical adventure series from award winning author and illustrator Chris Riddell.
Zam, Phoebe and Bathsheba live in uncertain times. The future of magic is in danger. Enemies are working together to destroy it. Unless these three brave children fight back and believe in the impossible, soon magic and the cloud horses will be gone forever. The future is in their hands…
Join Chris Riddell to discover how he has been inspired by fairy tale characters and ingredients to create a new, fantastical world. Learn tips and techniques in an inspiring draw-along and get ready to ask all those burning questions.
Expect gentle giants, brave bakers and enchanted objects.
Please note if you have a ticket to our Family Festival: Happily Ever After you do not need a separate ticket for this event.
Why not visit Fairy Tales, our new family friendly exhibition, as part of your visit to the Library?
There will be British Sign Language Interpretation at this event.
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Chris Riddell, OBE
Chris Riddell, OBE, is the creator of an extraordinary range of books
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Many of his books have won illustration awards including the UNESCO Prize, the Greenaway Medal (on three occasions) and the Hay Festival Medal for Illustration. As an author his work includes the highly-acclaimed Ottoline titles and the 2013 Costa Children’s Book Award-winning Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse. Chris has also achieved global success through his New York Times best-selling collaboration on The Edge Chronicles with Paul Stewart and through his illustrated works with other high-profile figures including Michael Rosen.
Family activities at the Library
We have lots of free family events and workshops in London and West Yorkshire. Spaces can fill up quickly, so please book ahead.
You can also pick up a Family Trail from the Information Desk to help you explore the Library further, and visit our free Treasures Gallery.
Food and drink
Families are welcome at all of the Library’s cafés and restaurants. The Terrace Café on the first floor has lots of seating (including an outdoor terrace for sunny days). Highchairs are available in the Terrace Café and the Upper Ground Floor Café, subject to availability.
Families with children may also bring their own food to eat outside on the Piazza or in our public spaces, and there are water fountains that can be used to refill water bottles across the building. Please do not consume food or drink inside the exhibition galleries.
Baby-feeding
Parents are welcome to breastfeed or bottle-feed anywhere in the Library. Please ask a member of Library staff if you would like help finding a quieter space.
Please note that we cannot heat bottles or baby food in our cafés and restaurants.
Bags, cloakrooms and lockers
Our cloakroom and digital lockers are free to use, located on the Lower Ground Floor with step-free access. Please note our cloakroom is closed on Sundays, but you can still use our lockers. View more information on our bags and luggage restrictions.
Baby-changing and toilets
There are baby-changing stations available in the following toilets:
- in the men's and women's toilets on the Lower Ground Floor, near the cloakroom
- in the women's toilets near Reader Registration on the Upper Ground Floor
- in the men's and women's toilets in the Terrace Café on the First Floor
- in the men's and women's toilets in the Knowledge Centre.
Accessible toilets can be found on all floors. The nearest Changing Places toilet is at King's Cross station.
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