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My name is Ian Mayes and I live in the UK.

I am an author and illustrator and I am on the verge of publishing a new book that’s titled A day in the life of Russell Sprout.

It will help teach basic food nutrition, as nutrition has always been something I have studied and been interested in. I have qualifications in the subjects and I wanted to create a book that was fun, educational with added humour for good measure.

Changing the story.

LATEST NEWS MR THINKALOT’S FANTASTIC SPACE JOURNEY BOOK - REMASTERED AND REPUBLISHED.

Mr Thinkalot’s Fantastic Space Journey was the first book I wrote and illustrated. Although at the time, I had not been drawing for over 15 years due to my health problems. I was happy that I managed to illustrate and write the ...more

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	A day in the life of Russell Sprout 4.81 avg rating — 88 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Day in The Life Of Russell Sprout: A sprout is for life, not just for Christmas 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr Thinkalot’s Fantastic Space Journey #1 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr Thinkalot’s Spectacular Space Journey #2 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr Thinkalot’s Fantastic Space Journey revised 2025 version it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Christmas will soon be here 🎁🎁🎄🎄🎅🏼🎅🏼

Happy Monday, have a great week.

It’s that time of year again when we are all scrambling around trying to get gifts for our families. Writing Christmas cards and wrapping presents. It can be quite busy and hectic at this time of year.

It would be really kind and fantastic if you would consider my book A day in the life of Russell Sprout for your loved ones.

Do you want to bring in happiness, joy, lau Read more of this blog post »

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I.M. made a comment on Acosta Olami’s review of A day in the life of Russell Sprout " Thank you for the really heart warming feedback. I truly am grateful and I am happy you both enjoyed the story. Your review made my day. I thank you f ...more "
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I.M. liked Acosta Olami's review of A day in the life of Russell Sprout: "I came across your book a few days ago, and I had no choice but to get my own copy on Amazon the presentation alone pulled me in. The characters are so captivating, especially Miss Scallion, who makes school feel like a playground. She creates an atm" Read more of this review »
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I.M. answered Miriam Issac's question: This story really teaches compassion — how different would the world be if everyone read this book? Hello Miriam, Thank you for the question and your kind comment. To answer your question I would like to say that being compassionate is not a bad trait to have, so if more people learn that from the book it sounds like a future of nice, caring, compas See Full Answer
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