Must all Children’s Laureates be tedious lefties?

Unless you’re an avid reader of the Guardian, you’re probably blissfully unaware that Britain has a new Children’s Laureate. His name is Chris Riddell, he’s an illustrator and a cartoonist for the Observer, and according to one who has interviewed him he is a delightful man: ‘Giggly, childlike, doodled book illustrations on his napkin throughout.

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TaggedAlan Bennett, Anthony Horowitz, bear hunt, Children’s Laureate, Chris Riddell, Education, Guardian, History Boys, Malorie Blackman, Mary Seacole, Michael Rosen, Noughts and Crosses, Observer, Watford Grammar School

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Must all Children’s Laureates be tedious lefties?

I hear Chris Riddell’s lovely. I just hope he doesn’t engage in the same politically correct proselytising as his predecessors

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