The Fairy Tale Fan Club: Legendary Letters Collected by C.C. Cecily
Published on 28. August 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-5295-2627-1 (ISBN)
Description
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
"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
Reviews / Votes
This witty, sardonic series of letters to and from fairytale figures - the disillusioned Little Mermaid, a split-in-two Rumpelstiltskin, hatched-out Humpty Dumpty, and more - explores life beyond the happily ever after. It's the 8+ answer to The Jolly Postman. * The Guardian * Ayoade's eccentric, oddball and often childish humour [...] transfers to children's books with aplomb [...] The book is beautifully written, full of the kind of silly pedantry that Ayoade's The IT Crowd character, Moss, would approve of. [...] daft laugh-out-loud moments. * The Big Issue * 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 * 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) *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
332 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5295-2627-1 (9781529526271)
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Persons
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.
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.