Traction Man and the Beach Odyssey
by Mini Grey
The saga of Traction Man reach the beach with the latest in Grey’s series about a small boy’s imaginings of the adventures of the toy who has an outfit (and an answer) for everything. This time Traction Man and his sidekick Scrubbing Brush, as ever kitted out with everything you need for their activities, find themselves swept out to sea and washed up further down the beach, where they team up with the Dollies in their castle.
Grey ably captures the child’s imaginary world, and through an additional level of slightly subversive humour adds an adult perspective on proceedings. The illustrations are many-layered, enabling readers of all ages to appreciate the story and its commentary on life. To be continued…
Publisher: Jonothan Cape
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Mini Grey
Mini Grey was given her name after being born in a mini in a car park in South Wales. After taking a foundation Course in Fine Art, she studied for an English degree at UCL, afterwards working as a theatre designer, then a primary teacher, before studying for an MA in sequential design at Brighton University.
Mini's first picture book for children, Egg Drop, a surreal story of an egg that dreams of being able to fly, was published in 2002. It established her as both a visually exciting illustrator of detailed, colourful artwork and a highly accomplished storyteller, who often narrates from an unusual point of view, such as that of the pea in The Pea and the Princess (2003) (shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway illustration award); the biscuit in Biscuit Bear (2004) - winner of the Nestlé Smarties Gold Prize (under 5s category) - and the spoon in The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon (2006). Traction Man is Here (2005) won the 2005 Boston Horn Book Award. Mini won the 2007 Kate Greenaway Medal for the The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon. She has also published Three by the Sea (2010) and Jim (2010) which was shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal. Mini lives in Oxford with her family.
Mini Grey
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