The Grunts in Trouble

Ardagh, Philip

ISBN 10: 0857630695 / ISBN 13: 9780857630698

Published by Nosy Crow Ltd, London, 2012

About this Item

Signed by the author on the title page in his 'Authentic Signature' stamp and with a dedication. Signed underneath by the illustrator who has drawn a bumble bee and written 'Cambridge 24.9.12.' Top corners bumped with a little rubbing to the corners and a little fraying to the top rear corner. Trace of a price in pencil to the front free endpaper but the pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. First printing. No jacket as issued.

Seller Inventory # 010059

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Grunts in Trouble
• Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857630695
• ISBN 13: 9780857630698
• Binding: Pictorial Cover
• Illustrator: Scheffler, Axel
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author and Illustrat

About this title

Synopsis

The first in the hilarious series from Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning author Philip Ardagh and illustrator of The Gruffalo, Axel Scheffler.

Mr and Mrs Grunt, who are neither clean nor clever, live with their adopted in fact, abducted son, Sunny, in a donkey-drawn caravan somewhere or other at some time that is a bit like now but not exactly now. Sunny is an odd-looking boy, what with his left ear being higher than his right ear and that kind of sticky-up hair which NEVER goes flat, even if you massage glue into it and then jump on it. Together the unusual family find themselves in frankly improbable but very funny adventures involving bendy railings, double-barrelled shotguns, full-fat yoghurt and, always, a beard of bees.

About the Authors

Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning author Philip Ardagh is the author of The Grunts and National Trust: The Secret Diary series. He is probably best known for his Grubtown Tales, but he is author of over 100 books. He is a "regular irregular" reviewer of children's books for The Guardian, and is currently developing a series for television. Philip Ardagh is two metres tall with a ridiculously big, bushy beard and size sixteen feet, making him an instantly recognisable figure at literary festivals around the world.

Axel is best known for his partnership with Julia Donaldson, on books including Room on the Broom and The Gruffalo. For Nosy Crow, Axel has illustrated a number of other highly successful titles, including the Pip and Posy series, The Grunts and the bestselling Flip Flap series. Axel lives in London with his partner and young daughter.