Traction Man Meets Turbodog

Author: Grey, Mini

Brand: Red Fox Picture Books

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 32

Release Date: 01-10-2009

Part Number: 388289

Details: Product Description
Traction Man is back! And so is Scrubbing Brush, his brave and rather bedraggled pet. But one night Scrubbing Brush myseriously vanishes and in his place is the utterly hygenic Turbodog, in indestructible Purple Plastic with Flashing Eyes, Electronic Bark and three AA batteries. But it's not the same without Scrubbing Brush. Where can he be? Traction Man sets out on his greatest rescue mission yet. Can he save Scrubbing Brush from? And is there room in his life for
two pets?
Review
Mini Grey is a consistently brilliant writer and illustrator, brimming with ideas and invention, and this is another triumph ―
Daily Telegraph

Mini Grey's comic-strip story, with its busy frames and witty filmic references, celebrates true friendship, dirt and all ―
Guardian

I can't recommend
Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog highly enough . . . A witty and surreal picture book that's suitable for both reading aloud and first attempts at reading alone. It's slightly subversive in a
Toy Story way, but is absolutely and utterly British. Don't miss it ―
thebookbag.co.uk

Another brilliant picture book from Mini Grey, whose sense of humour and adventure, love of the language of the toy box and understanding of childhood fantasy is matched by her pictorial invention and a skill at characterisation that can make even a scrubbing brush appealing ―
Books for Keeps

A brilliant and playful parody of an action-hero drama by quirky writer Mini Grey ―
Junior
About the Author
Mini Grey was given her name after being born in a Mini in a car park in Newport, Wales. She studied for an MA in Sequential Illustration at Brighton under the tutelage of John Vernon Lord. Mini also worked as a primary school teacher in Oxford, where she now lives. Her books include
Egg Drop,
The Pea and the Princess (shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal),
Biscuit Bear (winner of the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Gold Award),
Traction Man is Here (winner of the Boston Horn Book Award and shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal),
The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon (winner of the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Bronze Award and winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal), and
Traction Man meets Turbodog. Mini Grey is one of the Big Picture's ten Best New Illustrators.

EAN: 9780099484028

Package Dimensions: 9.7 x 8.7 x 0.3 inches

Languages: English