Space Dog

Spacedog boldly flies into outer space solving problems wherever he goes - but there isn't a solution for his loneliness. Well, not until he rescues his archenemy - Astrocat... 
 
Find out in this intergalactic caper with friendship at its heart from the award-winning Mini Grey...

Space Dog by Mini Grey is an anarchic, adrenalin-packed adventure of The Highest Order. Utterly and joyously playful, wildly and lavishly imaginative, this dynamic and delightful journey exploring space and friendship is sublime.

Grey’s witty language, from the hilarious exclamations made by Space Dog (“Thundering milkswamps!”, “Shivering Stilton!”) to the deliciously outlandish names of rare alien life forms (the Cruets of West Cutlery, the Fruitons of Crumble Major) has had us all giggling time and again, even on the 15th reading of Space Dog Her pacing is timed to perfection, with dramatic stretches interspersed with moments of great relief and humour, drawing readers, listeners, grown-ups, children ever more closely in to Grey’s fantastic, phenomenal universe Spooniverse.

Grey’s illustrations richly illuminate the world she has built to share with us, giving enormous pleasure every time they are returned to.

This hilarious and zany story with its weird and wonderful situations is full of laughs - and wonderful illustrations. Great fun.

Wonderful stuff! This action-packed adventure is bound to appeal to the numerous established fans of Mini Grey and will I’m certain, win her a whole host of new ones. This is overflowing with exciting happenings, visual jokes and verbal ones; and every turn of the page brings fantastic and frenzied features to divert and delight.

Illustrated and told in Mini Grey's inimitable style, the pages are a riot of graphic creativity. She employs effective devices such as dramatic double-page spreads, cartoon character depictions, comic strip formats, action packed geometric frames and an abundance of snappy humour conveyed through speech bubbles or blocks of text. The hectic impossibility of this pacey tale offers huge appeal to young readers who enjoy extending imaginative boundaries.

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.

Spacedog’s lonely mission is nearly over, and it’s nearly time for him to go home. But one perilous rescue attempt later, and he finds himself with an Astrocat aboard his ship. But everyone knows Spacedogs and Astrocats are sworn enemies… aren’t they? And then they encounter a Moustronaut in peril, in this intergalactic romp by awardwinner Mini Grey.

The Detective Mouse

Hermelin

Meet Hermelin - the extra-special detective mouse! But not everyone is pleased to see Hermelin...

Like a good brie, you feel Hermelin will only improve with age.

Grey's work is intricate and stylish, the images often as wordy as the narrative itself.

Grey's pictures are nostalgic, comic, decorative and dramatically composed, and invite budding detectives to pay attention.

The Sunday Times, Children's Book of the Week

It's rare to find such a talented illustrator who can tell a gripping, original tale so effortlessly.

Fans of Grey's work will once again relish the hectic pace of her storytelling, its humour, its intertextual allusions, its typographical playfulness and its general layout.

Mini Grey's extra details and clues in her artwork are always so entertaining and hopefully this is just the beginning for this charming and astute mouse and his detecting friend Emily.

It's full of hilarious tiny details, which our sharp-eyed hero - and clever parents and children - can spot to solve the mysteries.

This is picture book storytelling at its best. Text and illustration perfectly integrated so that the eye moves easily across the page and the attention is held. Every page is carefully designed allowing different perspectives, creating excitement and movement through the juxtaposition of whole page and split page spreads as well as techniques adopted from graphic novel or film. There are not enough picture books that can reach older children. This is one - and it is a delight.

This is an utterly delightful book, packed with quirky text and illustrations and reall unusual.

How can you not want to read this book over and over again? How can you not want to share it with everyone you meet?

Mini Grey is as skilful as ever as she unravels a complex, tragic and very funny story through action-packed illustrations, captions and speech bubbles.

A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year—and it's an "Outstanding Merit" title!

The Best Children's Books of the Year, 2015 Edition

Hermelin is a noticer. He is also a finder. The occupants of Offley Street are delighted when their missing items are found, but not so happy to learn that their brilliant detective is a mouse! What will happen to Hermelin? Will his talents go unrewarded?

Toys in Space

TOYS! In SPACE! An exciting adventure for our furry friends, as they venture deep into the unknown...

What happens when you leave your toys out in the garden at night? They get beamed into space - that's what! Join our plucky band as they explore the cosmos, and help out one lonely alien along the way...

Traction Man and the Beach Odyssey

It's holiday time for Traction Man and that can only mean a gripping new escapade!

Grey supplies equal doses of humor and heroics in the zippy illustrations that play out the dual dramas on both human and miniature scales . . . A surefire theme worth revisiting and even moreso when done with this much panache

Grey expertly skewers toy marketing (an endpaper spread showcasing Beach Time Brenda’s many accessories is especially wonderful) while creating comedic, large-scale dramas in a child-sized world

Grey fills the spreads with color and action, providing plenty of high jinks and hilarious happenings

Traction Man is back, but is he ready for the likes of Beach-Time Brenda™? . . . A wonderfully satirical, action-packed romp that echoes the grand tradition of comic books as it ingeniously communicates the complete absorption of imaginative play

TRACTION MAN AND THE BEACH ODYSSEY 
 
MINI GREY 
 
RED FOX

Traction Man and Scrubbing Brush are at the beach! Traction Man even has his special Squid-Proof Scuba Suit, perfect for exploring the secret crevices of the Rockpool. But there are adventures in store for our intrepid hero as he faces the thrills of Operation Picnic, the tribulation of being buried in sand and - worst of all - being washed away by a giant wave... 
 
Join the daring duo as they meet new challenges ... and new friends.

Three By the Sea

A modern fable about happiness and friendship from the award-winning Mini Grey

Mini Grey's beautifully illustrated story improves with each reading as the stranger's mission and legacy becomes more intriguing - is he good or bad? A lovely book to open up discussion with little ones who like a bith of depth to their bedtime reading

This is yet more proof of Grey's knack for telling stories with beautiful emotional depth. A reassuring read

A quirky, life-affirming tale with a central message about the value of friendship and the importance of thinking of others. But what really makes this book is the beautiful, remarkably evocative illustrations. I found myself genuinely longing to share the characters' existence in their idyllic seaside home

Three by the Sea 
 
MINI GREY 
 
RED FOX

In a house by the sea there happily live a dog, a cat and a mouse. Well, happily enough until a stranger knocks on the door one night, offering them each a special free gift. Who is this mysterious salesman blowing into their little world and turning it upside-down? And can their happy home survive his trouble-making gifts?

Traction Man Meets Turbodog

Mini Grey celebrates loyalty and friendship in this fabulously witty sequel to her critically acclaimed picture book, Traction Man Is Here.

Mini Grey is a consistently brilliant writer and illustrator, brimming with ideas and invention, and this is another triumph

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

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

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

A brilliant and playful parody of an action-hero drama by quirky writer Mini Grey

A glorious antidote to boneheaded machismo . . . and a visual feast of wit and boundless imagination. A gem

The retro superhero Traction Man is back for another madcap domestic adventure . . . All the excellent details in the pictures make this a hugely entertaining story from award-winning author/illustrator

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?

Mini Grey

The Last Wolf ranks alongside Mini Grey's other picture book masterpieces, with all her trademark rich, characterful illustration, quirky humour and perfect pacing. The story has an environmental message but is in no way preachy or boring, and the final spreads have a real sense of poignancy.

A fun re-telling of a very feisty Red Riding Hood and the rather sorry state of the wolf, teetering on the edge of extinction. A subtle message on conservation that sits perfectly with this age-old story.

In this powerful and emotive tale by Mini Grey, the evident issues surrounding our wildlife are touched upon in a sensitive and acessible manner for emerging and young readers. Coupled with Mini Grey's humour-filled, jam-packed illustrations, this picture book is sure to strike a chord with readers of all ages. Mini Grey produces some of the highest quality picture books around and The Last Wolf is no exception.

This is a powerful, moving and funny picture book which will have adults and children revisiting its exquisite pages time and time again, and discussing the important messages it holds.

Perfect for five to seven year olds, this is a wonderfully illustrated, gentle page-turner that encourages reading. It also carries important messages about rediscovering the wild, the value of nature in our lives and how even small steps canc make a difference.

Once upon a time, Little Red set off into the woods to catch a wolf . . . 
 
But the woods aren't all they seem - and are there even any wolves left? Mini Grey re-imagines the classic Little Red Riding Hood fable in an entirely new way. Can Little Red help her new friends in need and recover the wild days of the past? 
 
This is a powerful, moving and funny picture book which will have children and adults revisiting its exquisite pages time and time again, and discussing the important message it holds. From the award-winning author/illustrator of The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon, The Pea and the Princess and Biscuit Bear.

Mini Grey

Praise for The Last Wolf

The Last Wolf ranks alongside Mini Grey's other picture book masterpieces, with all her trademark rich, characterful illustration, quirky humour and perfect pacing. The story has an environmental message but is in n ...

A fun re-telling of a very feisty Red Riding Hood and the rather sorry state of the wolf, teetering on the edge of extinction. A subtle message on conservation that sits perfectly with this age-old story.

In this powerful and emotive tale by Mini Grey, the evident issues surrounding our wildlife are touched upon in a sensitive and acessible manner for emerging and young readers. Coupled with Mini Grey's humour-filled ...

The Last Wolf ranks alongside Mini Grey's other picture book masterpieces, with all her trademark rich, characterful illustration, quirky humour and perfect pacing. The story has an environmental message but is in n ...

A fun re-telling of a very feisty Red Riding Hood and the rather sorry state of the wolf, teetering on the edge of extinction. A subtle message on conservation that sits perfectly with this age-old story.

In this powerful and emotive tale by Mini Grey, the evident issues surrounding our wildlife are touched upon in a sensitive and acessible manner for emerging and young readers. Coupled with Mini Grey's humour-filled ...

The Last Wolf ranks alongside Mini Grey's other picture book masterpieces, with all her trademark rich, characterful illustration, quirky humour and perfect pacing. The story has an environmental message but is in n ...

A fun re-telling of a very feisty Red Riding Hood and the rather sorry state of the wolf, teetering on the edge of extinction. A subtle message on conservation that sits perfectly with this age-old story.

In this powerful and emotive tale by Mini Grey, the evident issues surrounding our wildlife are touched upon in a sensitive and acessible manner for emerging and young readers. Coupled with Mini Grey's humour-filled ...

Books by Mini Grey

Series by Mini Grey

Toys in Space1 Book

Traction Man3 Books

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