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Höt ile Zöt: İki Mağara Adamının Hikayesi
İki mağara adamı HER ŞEYİ icat ediyor!
Peki her şeye sahip olmak onları mutlu edecek mi?
HÖT ile ZÖT iki mağara adamıdır. Zöt’ün mağarası daha büyüktür ve bu yüzden kendini Höt’ten üstün görür. Höt hiç altta kalır mı, hemen mağarasına suyu getirir. Ama Zöt durmaz ve ateşi bulur! Bunun üzerine Höt bir sandalye yapar. Ve bir ev. Ve bir araba. Bu arada Zöt bir şato, bir tren ve bir radyo yapmıştır! Böylece aralarındaki yarış giderek kızışır… ta ki biriktirdikleri tüm eşyalar önlerinde dev bir kule oluşturana kadar.
Peki ama bu kule çökerse, ne kalır geriye?!
Ödüllü ikili Alastair Chisholm ve David Roberts’tan, insan doğası, rekabet ve hayatta önemli olan şeyler üzerine zekice kurgulanmış, mizah dozu yüksek ve sıra dışı bir resimli kitap.
Scottish Book Trust En İyi Resimli Kitap Ödülü
Queen’s Knickers Ödülü
Peki her şeye sahip olmak onları mutlu edecek mi?
HÖT ile ZÖT iki mağara adamıdır. Zöt’ün mağarası daha büyüktür ve bu yüzden kendini Höt’ten üstün görür. Höt hiç altta kalır mı, hemen mağarasına suyu getirir. Ama Zöt durmaz ve ateşi bulur! Bunun üzerine Höt bir sandalye yapar. Ve bir ev. Ve bir araba. Bu arada Zöt bir şato, bir tren ve bir radyo yapmıştır! Böylece aralarındaki yarış giderek kızışır… ta ki biriktirdikleri tüm eşyalar önlerinde dev bir kule oluşturana kadar.
Peki ama bu kule çökerse, ne kalır geriye?!
Ödüllü ikili Alastair Chisholm ve David Roberts’tan, insan doğası, rekabet ve hayatta önemli olan şeyler üzerine zekice kurgulanmış, mizah dozu yüksek ve sıra dışı bir resimli kitap.
Scottish Book Trust En İyi Resimli Kitap Ödülü
Queen’s Knickers Ödülü
- GenresChildrensPicture Books
48 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2020
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About the author
Alastair Chisholm
84 books84 followersAlastair is an award-winning children's author and puzzle creator. He's the author of the sci-fi middle-grade adventures ORION LOST and ADAM-2 , and children's picture books THE PRINCE AND THE WITCH AND THE THIEF AND THE BEARS and INCH AND GRUB, as well as books of Sudoku, Kakuro and other puzzles, including the Kids' Book of Sudoku and Kids' Book of Kakuro series.
Alastair lives in Edinburgh with his wife (who is lovely), two children (who are lovely but very loud), and a cat who is yowling at him even though there is clearly food in her bowl, look, it’s right there, *look*.
You can follow him on Twitter at @alastair_ch
Alastair lives in Edinburgh with his wife (who is lovely), two children (who are lovely but very loud), and a cat who is yowling at him even though there is clearly food in her bowl, look, it’s right there, *look*.
You can follow him on Twitter at @alastair_ch
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February 7, 2021
I will forever be saying to my kids
“Me can’t talk to you now, me am on the phone”.
And when in any form of despair I will say “All me have left is dust.”
Haven’t laughed so hard in a kid’s book in ages.
Plus love the excuse to cull their toys, cos look what happened to inch and grub.
“Me can’t talk to you now, me am on the phone”.
And when in any form of despair I will say “All me have left is dust.”
Haven’t laughed so hard in a kid’s book in ages.
Plus love the excuse to cull their toys, cos look what happened to inch and grub.
November 22, 2025
İnanılmaz görselleri ve tatlış bir mesajı var. Bu ara çocuk kitaplarına sardım. Bunca zaman nasıl dikkatimi çekmemişler anlamadım.
December 21, 2024
Excellent! J'ai adoré. Concept brillant. Il y a beaucoup d'intelligence dans les dialogues et dans les illustrations.
May 24, 2021
I had purchased this book as a gift for my adult nephew who is an Oxford-educated cultural anthropologist. (I have begun to buy picture books as gifts to adults.)
It is a classic keeping-up-with-the-Joneses allegory, a cautionary tale of thinking bigger-is-better and being consumed with materialism. The only two human characters are our misguided protagonists (or lovable antagonists), each with smart four-letter names: Inch and Grub. The fact that they are cavemen tells us that this is a story of not just two men, but by extension of mankind and its history. Their hair and beards are so long they need no clothes. Can we just start there? One has brown hair and an orange beard, the other has the opposite: orange hair which presents more as a Peter Frampton/Louis XIV wig of fiery leaves and a brown beard. The symmetry and complements don’t end there. The palette is prehistoric brown with textural flecks that make the paper look like natural fiber stock. Orange and blue (color complements) are used to great visual and storytelling effect as accent colors. Of course, orange and blue make brown, so a smart choice as towards creating a nature-inspired palette. As a designer and book creator myself, I may be overthinking these choices, but the orange and blue also feel as if they represent fire and water, hot and cold, and underlying conflict of war and peace. In any case, they look great.
The characters and illustrations are warm and amusing and made me recall what it was like as kid to just viscerally like a picture book. The pacing, the expressions, the layout all have perfect comic timing. Even the typography is well done, getting larger with each example of one-upmanship and using hand drawn words for the primal onomatopoeia such as “Ooooooo!” This is a book that appeals on many levels. Kids will just love the funny antics of the two cartoon-like characters and the meaning will deepen as the kids age. It is a book which draws you in from the front cover, but which you will want to read over and ever again to enjoy the details in the illustrations. For the adults and sophisticated kids, there are objects that Inch and Grub acquire from different design eras in history, from a stylish 1960s’ chair to a Baroque Cinderella-type stagecoach, from a clunky 1980s cordless early cell phone to a 1920s’ luxury liner. Art history buffs will note the inclusion of a Jeff Koons balloon dog and Michelangelo’s David modestly sporting a blue pair of Jockey-style briefs!
The words by Alastair Chisholm and the illustrations by David Roberts work so well together that you would think the brilliance of this book all came from the same mind, so cohesive is its vision. This is an inspiring example to me of everything a picture book can be. I will be buying myself a copy for my collection.
It is a classic keeping-up-with-the-Joneses allegory, a cautionary tale of thinking bigger-is-better and being consumed with materialism. The only two human characters are our misguided protagonists (or lovable antagonists), each with smart four-letter names: Inch and Grub. The fact that they are cavemen tells us that this is a story of not just two men, but by extension of mankind and its history. Their hair and beards are so long they need no clothes. Can we just start there? One has brown hair and an orange beard, the other has the opposite: orange hair which presents more as a Peter Frampton/Louis XIV wig of fiery leaves and a brown beard. The symmetry and complements don’t end there. The palette is prehistoric brown with textural flecks that make the paper look like natural fiber stock. Orange and blue (color complements) are used to great visual and storytelling effect as accent colors. Of course, orange and blue make brown, so a smart choice as towards creating a nature-inspired palette. As a designer and book creator myself, I may be overthinking these choices, but the orange and blue also feel as if they represent fire and water, hot and cold, and underlying conflict of war and peace. In any case, they look great.
The characters and illustrations are warm and amusing and made me recall what it was like as kid to just viscerally like a picture book. The pacing, the expressions, the layout all have perfect comic timing. Even the typography is well done, getting larger with each example of one-upmanship and using hand drawn words for the primal onomatopoeia such as “Ooooooo!” This is a book that appeals on many levels. Kids will just love the funny antics of the two cartoon-like characters and the meaning will deepen as the kids age. It is a book which draws you in from the front cover, but which you will want to read over and ever again to enjoy the details in the illustrations. For the adults and sophisticated kids, there are objects that Inch and Grub acquire from different design eras in history, from a stylish 1960s’ chair to a Baroque Cinderella-type stagecoach, from a clunky 1980s cordless early cell phone to a 1920s’ luxury liner. Art history buffs will note the inclusion of a Jeff Koons balloon dog and Michelangelo’s David modestly sporting a blue pair of Jockey-style briefs!
The words by Alastair Chisholm and the illustrations by David Roberts work so well together that you would think the brilliance of this book all came from the same mind, so cohesive is its vision. This is an inspiring example to me of everything a picture book can be. I will be buying myself a copy for my collection.
September 12, 2020
A timely look at rapid changes in the world and inventions throughout history, this book will keep young readers entertained with every page. As each of the cavemen let their competitive nature take hold, building bigger and better things to outdo the other and their accumulation of ‘stuff’ turns into a toppling, dangerous mess, they learn a valuable lesson about themselves. By the end, they understand they value of sharing, the importance of the simple things in life. The illustrations brilliantly demonstrate this with a subtle palette, expressive drawing and detail and great humour, Page after page is filled with giggles as increasing unlikely scenes appear. A fantastic story to share with little ones about the appreciation of friendship over possessions and what we really need to be happy; lighthearted, quirky, fabulously funny and delightful.
January 9, 2021
What the constant striving to be better can cause, as Inch and Grub try to one-up each other with bigger and 'better' things.
February 11, 2021
Immediately a firm favourite in our house. A fun, humorous book with a lovely message to take away. My children loved the dialogue.
May 4, 2021
Can't wait to try this when I can do class visits again. Love David Robert's illustrations of these two exceptionally competitive cavemen. Wonderfully silly story.
March 5, 2022
Eestlasliku naabrikadeduse arengulugu. Või noh võiks olla eestlastest.
Jääb ainult loota, et päriselus oleks ka tulem samasugune kui raamatus.
Jääb ainult loota, et päriselus oleks ka tulem samasugune kui raamatus.
March 2, 2023
Sjov og god fortælling om at ville have mere og bedre end de andre - børne logik, og med fin læring om at dele til sidst.
August 23, 2023
Totes emosh.
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June 5, 2024Inch and grub
December 31, 2022
Has a lot to say about materialism and capitalism
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