Grimwood

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

'Funny, anarchic, original and gloriously silly.' - Richard Osman



'Ted and Nancy are my favourite funny foxes EVER.' - Liz Pichon, author of Tom Gates



'I CACKLED ALOUD on practically every page. Comic gold, tinged with such tenderness.' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave



'Grimwood is like Winnie-the-Pooh written by the Pythons, and so madly inventive and funny I was howling with laughter by the third page. This is about to become a fundamental part of 21st century childhood' - Caitlin Moran



Laugh your head off with this fully-illustrated new series from award-winning Nadia Shireen. Perfect for readers age 7 to 107, fans of Dog Man, Roald Dahl, Mr Gum and David Walliams, and anyone who loves to laugh.



Fox cub siblings Ted and Nancy are on the run from Princess Buttons , the scariest street cat in the Big City. They flee for Grimwood, expecting to find refuge in the peaceful countryside. Instead, they are met with thieving eagles, dramatic ducks, riotous rabbits and a whole host of unusual characters. Grimwood is . . . weird. But when Princess Buttons tracks them down, Nancy and Ted and the animals of Grimwood must unite in a mind-bending race against time . . .



This memorable, distinctive and warm-hearted comedy series will have kids begging to read more.



Grimwood: Party Animals , the must-read fourth Grimwood adventure OUT NOW!



PRAISE FOR GRIMWOOD :

'Grimwood is where I want to be. A carnival of crazed confused comical critters that is more real than real life. Lots of things make me laugh but Grimwood makes me laugh out loudest.' - Frank Cottrell-Boyce



'Gloriously anarchic, properly funny and highly illustrated with dynamic black-and-white art, this is a quirky delight for children - and their parents, too.' - The Bookseller



'Dark, original and laugh-out-loud funny' - The Times



'This book made my face hurt! Relentlessly funny.' - Rob Biddulph



'Like Watership Down , but funny. You'll laugh hysterically on every page.' - Caitlin Moran



'Fantastic.' - Lauren Laverne



'Pure genius!' - Louie Stowell



'Made us laugh out loud.' - Jim Smith , author of Barry Loser



'You're in for a treat!' - Selom Sunu , illustrator of Look Both Ways



'Utterly HILARIOUS' - Sophy Henn , author-illustrator of Pizazz



'Every page of the book zings with invention and joie de vivre ' - The Financial Times



PRAISE FOR NADIA SHIREEN:

'Shireen's latest book confirms her as one of the brightest and best picture book creators working in Britain today ... Sensational.' - Observer

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Kirkus Book Review

Two fox siblings, refugees from the Big City, find a friendlier (if occasionally dangerous) new home. "No real animals were harmed in the making of this book," Shireen writes, and though that's true in the literal sense, there's plenty of damage to fictive ones. With their parents long gone (but maybe someday coming back?) sweet little Ted and his grumpy, protective big sister, Nancy, are eking out existence as dumpster divers--until Ted mistakes the tail of vicious kitty Princess Buttons for a hot dog and bites it off. Thinking it might be wise to lie low for a bit, the two scarper off to the happy forest community of Grimwood, where helmet-wearing squirrels compete in wild games of "treebonk," antlered mayor Titus Wildhorns has friendly greetings and a gift basket for them, and Ted is soon enlisted by the local community theater to replace a rat who has just had his head bitten off by Pamela the eagle ("A bird has to eat"). Along with genuine "spot art" made up of fingerprints, coffee stains, and spatters of ink, the author decorates this sylvan idyll with charming and hilarious loosely drawn vignettes and occasional commentary by a pillbug named Eric sporting a straw boater. Princess Buttons does eventually show up, bent on vengeance, setting the stage for a dramatic climax. The action, humor, and ample illustrations give this much reader appeal. A lighthearted series opener. (Animal fantasy. 8-12) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.