The Fairy Tale Fan Club: Legendary Letters Collected by C.C. Cecily

by Richard Ayoade

Illustrated by David Roberts

128 Pages, 152.00 x 229.00 mm

£8.99

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FAIRY-LAND EXCLUSIVE! Discover THE TRUTH about your favourite fairy-tale characters in Richard Ayoade's second children's book.

"A wonderful, funny book of fairy tales with a twist, with equally fabulous illustrations by the brilliant David Roberts." Liz Pichon, author of Tom Gates

Read about the real lives of fairy-tale characters in this exclusive collection of letters between curious kids and their fairy-tale idols.

What are they doing now? Was it really Happily Ever After? Is the Big Bad Wolf actually that bad? When will Sleeping Beauty get out of bed? And what makes frogs so kissable?

Only one man has the answers, direct from the ACTUAL LEGENDS themselves: meet C.C. Cecily, Senior Secretary of the Fairy Tale Fan Club.

BAFTA-winning comedian, actor/director and presenter Richard Ayoade brings his trademark comic genius to Fairy Tale Land.

“Funny, bonkers and brilliant.” Stylist
"Richard Ayoade is one of the funniest people ever to write a book." Greg Jenner

ISBN: 9781529526271
Key Stage: Keystage 2
Age range: from 9 to 12
Length: 128 pages
Price: £8.99

Publication date: 4 September 2025
Imprint: Walker Books
Dimensions: 152.00 x 229.00 mm
Weight: 400.00gr

Richard Ayoade is a highly-tolerated British comedian, BAFTA-winning actor (The IT Crowd), writer, director and TV presenter (the BAFTAS, Travel Man). He regularly appears on shows such as 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. He wrote and directed the film Submarine from the novel by Joe Dunthorne, and directed and co-wrote (with Avi Korine) The Double. His highly-acclaimed children’s books include The Book That No One Wanted to Read and The Fairy Tale Fan Club. He has also written books on film and a biography of playwright Harauld Hughes.

David Roberts is the author-illustrator of the Dirty Bertie books and the illustrator of many beloved, bestselling books for children, including The Fairy Tale Fan Club; The Bolds; the Rosie Revere, Engineer series; the Kate Greenaway-shortlisted The Dunderheads; and the non-fiction children's book Suffragette: The Battle for Equality. Find him online at davidrobertsillustration.com.

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Bibliophiles will love this story from the beginning. . . . Droll sketches, rendered in pencil with bits of digital color, perfectly complement the text. Happily ever after, mortal reader! ~Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Definitely providing a public service, C. C. Cecily, senior secretary of the Fairy Tale Fan Club, has assembled a set of querulous letters from children to renowned fairy-tale characters. . . indispensable. ~Booklist (starred review)

Ayoade’s clever phrasing and epistolary structure prove both sturdy and irresistible, and pen illustrations by Roberts, rendered in precise, fine lines and intricate cross-hatching, provide wry visual asides throughout. ~Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A wonderful, funny book of fairy tales with a twist, with equally fabulous illustrations by the brilliant David Roberts. ~Liz Pichon, author of the Tom Gates series

Ayoade and Roberts’s combined talents are the best thing since that one guy with chocolate ran into that other guy with peanut butter and made the world a much better place in the process. A delight! ~Andrea Beaty, author of the New York Times best-selling Questioneers books