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It sounded like a respectable and worthy enough death for an explorer – tumbling from an ice bridge to be impaled upon a mammoth tusk – but Stella really, really didn’t want that to happen, just the same.
Join Stella Starflake Pearl and her three fellow explorers as they trek across the snowy Icelands and come face-to-face with frost fairies, snow queens, outlaw hideouts, unicorns, pygmy dinosaurs and carnivorous cabbages . . .
When Stella and three other junior explorers get separated from their expedition can they cross the frozen wilderness and live to tell the tale?
A gorgeously imaginative middle grade fantasy adventure combining the best of Peter Pan, Lemony Snicket, Northern Lights and Alice in Wonderland.
‘A magical adventure of friendship, bravery and derring-do in a richly imagined world.’ The Bookseller
‘A fantastic frosty adventure.’ Sunday Express
‘Wintry, atmospheric, highly imaginative fantasy.’ Metro
‘The most huggable book of the year . . . An (iced) gem.’ SFX
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A magical adventure of friendship, bravery and derring-do in a richly imagined world.
The Bookseller
This could well be the most huggable book of the year. It's ludicrously cute . . . It's also an entertainingly ripping yarn. A joyful, witty tone that channels everything from Lemony Snicket to JK Rowling. An (iced) gem.
SFX
Whisks you humorously along . . . an inventive adventure . . . a hoot.
The Sunday Times
Wintry, atmospheric, highly imaginative fantasy.
Metro
A fantastic frosty adventure.
Sunday Express
This highly imaginative, adventure story conjures up a vivid polar landscape with daring deeds and dangerous magic.
Carousel
A hugely enjoyable, fast-paced magical adventure.
WRD
This books whisks you away to a world of frost fairies, yetis and snow queens. A delightful read for cosy winter nights.
The Week Junior
Big on tiny enchanted penguins, pygmy diplodocuses, moustache wax, unicorns and compassion.
Guardian
A great book, very imaginative – I can't wait for the next one!
Havana Brown, Aged 12
We're still only about halfway through as a group due to the differing reading speeds, but I wanted to let you know how much they've loved it, and more importantly, how much it's been sparking their imaginations.
So far they've written plays, comic strips, designed posters, written mini books and created their own club membership cards.
They've written lists of equipment that they'd choose to take on the expedition (including laptops!?) and we've had lots of fun speculating about where the plot will go next, then seeing if we're right.
Melanie Tyrrell
From the opening of the diverting The Polar Bear Explorers' Club (Faber �6.99, 8-12), in which aspiring explorer Stella, who has a pet polar bear, is supposed to stay with her Aunt Agatha (who puts whole cabbages into packed lunches) while her adoptive father goes on an expedition, Alex Bell's story, illustrated by Tomislav Tomic, whisks you humorously along. It takes us, with Stella and three young companions, into a perilous frozen wilderness and an inventive adventure, full of magical creatures, with explorers' club rules such as: no disorderly moustaches and only polished silver picnicware. A hoot.
The Times BOOK OF THE YEAR
A gloriously inventive adventure series packed with danger, magic and snow. I loved Stella and her pals: they are fierce, intrepid and brave and no matter what happens, they have the crucial power of friendship on their side.
Judith Eagle, author of The Accidental Stowaway
