No Trouble At All

by Sally Grindley, Eleanor Taylor (Illustrator)

This charming bedtime story is sure to inspire giggles from children and parents alike with its fun portrayal of a rather naïve Grandfather bear who thinks that the cubs he is babysitting are perfectly behaved. But the pictures tell another story! The little mischief-makers get into a pillow fight, snatch jam from the kitchen and sneak outside, all while Grandfather believes they are fast asleep. This Grandfather is universal in his love and tolerance, and children will recognize themselves in the playful cubs.

Genres: Picture Books, Humor, Family, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published May 6, 2002

About the author

I came into children's books originally as Editorial Director of a nationwide children's book club, though I had written and directed a children's play while a student at Sussex University, which was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe. I wrote my first two children's picture books in 1984 and was lucky enough that Anthony Browne wanted to illustrate the second - Knock Knock Who's There? It was published in 1985, is still going strong today and is one of my most successful.

Shhh! was published in 1991 and has known great success in France/Belgium in particular (close on 300,000 copies sold). It's success in the UK - it won the Children's Book Award - was hampered by the liquidation of its original publisher.

I became a full-time author in 1995 and now have some 150+ titles published, the most recent being L'Histoire du Soir in France, Belgium and Italy.

Feather Wars, published in 2003, was my first sortie into young fiction and was followed by the very successful Spilled Water, which has been published in some ten different languages and is very popular in schools as a class reader. It won the Nestle Smarties Gold Award (and I wound up being a 'Pointless' answer on the back of it!) Broken Glass came next and was a Sunday Times Book of the Week.

I'm currently working on picture books again and have plans to illustrate one of my own in the not too distant future - watch this space!

Reviews

[Rachel Pinkney · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’ve read this book twice this term already. We like the naughty bears!

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant. The dry voice of the Grandfather is a wonderful contrast to the illustrations.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute story about 2 bears and their grandpa. The bears have come for a visit and grandpa misses all the "trouble" they get into while they are there. Big words, easy book to have in a classroom for independent reading.

[Anastacia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one is great for a "troublemakers" or "bedtime" storytime.

[Ruth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a cute little book for children.

[Cws]

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[Bridget]

On the hardback shelf.

[Isoken · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the way the grandfather bear put the bears to bed and settles down for a quiet evening