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Laugh your head off in this second adventure in the bestselling, highly acclaimed Grimwood series.

Your favourite fox cub siblings Ted and Nancy are back with an all-new wildly funny story that will have children (and their grown-ups) begging for more.
Perfect for readers age 7+, and fans of Dog Man, Roald Dahl, David Walliams, Loki, Bunny vs Monkey and anyone who likes to laugh.


Ted and Nancy love their new life in Grimwood – the forest where anything can happen. But the dastardly mayor of neighbouring town Twinklenuts is on a mission to take over Grimwood and kick everyone out. Ted and Nancy must muster up bags of courage, rally their friends, and show off their treebonking skills to save the home they’ve grown to love.

Fully illustrated throughout and full of heart, laughs and surprises, this is the must-read second title in the bestselling and fantastically funny Grimwood series.

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

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. Grimwood is her first series for older readers.

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

‘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

‘Every page of the book zings with invention and joie de vivre’ – The Financial Times

About The Author

Nadia Shireen has been described as one of the “best and brightest picture book creators working in Britain today” (The Observer, London). Her debut picture book Good Little Wolf received a mention in the BolognaRagazzi 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, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Week Junior Book Award, the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards and the Books Are My Bag Reader Awards, and has been Writer-Illustrator in Residence for BookTrust.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's UK (September 1, 2022)
  • Length: 256 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781471199332
  • Ages: 7 - 99

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Raves and Reviews

PRAISE FOR GRIMWOOD

‘Funny, anarchic, original and gloriously silly.’

– Richard Osman

'Pure genius!'

– Louie Stowell

‘Ted and Nancy are my favourite funny foxes EVER.

– Liz Pichon

‘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

'This book made my face hurt! Relentlessly funny.'

– Rob Biddulph

'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

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