Grimwood [electronic resource] : Five Freakishly Funny Fables: World Book Day 2022
Shireen, Nadia2022
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A special World Book Day adventure in the wildly funny new series from award-winning Nadia Shireen. Welcome to Grimwood! Join the residents of the woods where anything can happen, as they tell stories around the campfire. You'll hear weird and wonderful tales from Titus the stag, mayor of Grimwood, Nancy the fox with attitude, Willow the excitable rabbit, Frank the no-nonsense owl, and Ingrid the movie-star duck. Expect the unexpected, and be warned: you may laugh your head off . . . Praise for Grimwood: '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 '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 'Fizzes with mad energy. Brilliantly addictive. ? Phil Earle, author of When the Sky Falls
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Author:
Shireen, Nadia, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Simon & Schuster UK, 2022
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Biography/History:
Nadia Shireen has been described as one of the 'best and brightest picture book creators working in Britain today.' (The Observer.) Her debut picture book Good Little Wolf received a mention in the Bologna Ragazzi Opera Prima Award and won the UKLA Book Award. Other books include The Bumblebear, which was distributed to over 700,000 children as part of Booktrust's Time To Read campaign, as well as Billy and the Beast and Billy and the Dragon. Nadia has been shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and has been Writer-Illustrator in Residence for BookTrust. Her first book in the Grimwood series was published in 2021, with the second due to be released in 2022. She lives in London.
ISBN:
9781398509665
Language:
English
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BRN:
388291