Grimwood

by Nadia Shireen

Overview

Foxes on the run! A crabby cat out for revenge! Fox cub siblings Ted and Nancy are being chased by Princess Buttons––the scariest street cat in the Big City. Running for their lives, the pair flees for Grimwood—a peaceful town in the countryside. The only problem? Grimwood is NOT as they expected.

When Ted and Nancy arrive in Grimwood, instead of peace and quiet, they’re 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, they must unite with the other animals of Grimwood in a mind-bending race against time!
 
Dynamically illustrated and narrated by a hilarious cockroach (and bus driver) named Eric Dynamite, this chapter book series is perfect for young readers who love animals and are looking for big laughs. A story of friendship, humor, and adventure, Grimwoodwill delight both children and adults.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781524887704
Publisher:	Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication date:	05/30/2023
Series:	Grimwood , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	67 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Nadia Shireen has won awards for her picture books including the UKLA Book Award for Good Little Wolf and most recently for Barbara Throws a Wobbler, which has been described as a "little doorway of joy" by Caitlin Moran. She’s also been shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and has been Writer-Illustrator in Residence for BookTrust. She lives in London.

Editorial Reviews

2023-02-25
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)

Kirkus Reviews