Paul Kidby
6 books
Books (6)
The Wee Free Men
Tiffany Aching
1994
Nine-year-old Tiffany Aching wants to be a witch. When her baby brother is stolen by the Queen of the Fairies, Tiffany goes to get him back, armed with a frying pan and accompanied by the Nac Mac Feegle - six-inch-tall, blue-skinned, heavily tattooed pictsies who drink, fight, and steal everything that isn't nailed down. A Discworld novel for younger readers that doesn't talk down to them, and the beginning of Tiffany's journey from shepherd's daughter to the greatest witch on the Chalk.
The Last Hero
Rincewind / The Wizards
2001
Cohen the Barbarian and the Silver Horde are going to return fire to the gods - by taking a massive explosive device to the top of Cori Celesti, the mountain at the centre of the Disc where the gods live. If they succeed, it will destroy the world. Captain Carrot, Rincewind, and the inventor Leonard of Quirm are sent on a desperate mission to stop them - in a craft that flies over the edge of the Disc and underneath it. Originally published as an illustrated hardback with Paul Kidby, The Last Hero is a love letter to the idea of going out with a bang.
A Hat Full of Sky
Tiffany Aching
2004
Tiffany leaves the Chalk for the first time to train as a witch under the eccentric Miss Level. But something is following her - a hiver, an ancient parasitic entity that takes over minds and burns through them. Tiffany must learn what it means to be a witch - not the pointy hat and the broomstick, but the real work of tending to the people nobody else cares for. The book where the Tiffany Aching series finds its voice.
Wintersmith
Tiffany Aching
2006
Tiffany dances with the Wintersmith - the elemental personification of winter - and he falls in love with her. Now winter won't end, the Wintersmith is trying to become human for her sake, and Tiffany must find a way to put things right before the Chalk is buried under snow forever. Granny Weatherwax watches from a distance, and the Nac Mac Feegle are as unhelpful as ever. A story about responsibility, growing up, and the gap between flattery and love.
I Shall Wear Midnight
Tiffany Aching
2010
Tiffany is the witch of the Chalk now - doing the real, unglamorous work of looking after people who often don't want to be looked after. But something old and hateful has been awakened, a thing that turns people against witches, and it is coming for Tiffany. The darkest of the Tiffany Aching novels, dealing directly with domestic abuse, suspicion of outsiders, and the courage it takes to do the right thing when the crowd is against you.
The Shepherd's Crown
Tiffany Aching
2015
Granny Weatherwax dies. Tiffany must take up her mantle as the leading witch of the Disc, while an invasion of elves threatens the world. Terry Pratchett's final novel, published posthumously and unfinished in places, but containing some of his most moving writing. A book about endings, succession, and what we leave behind.