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Castle Grayskull Under Attack
Book by Grant, John
- GenresChildrens
52 pages, Hardcover
First published January 26, 1984
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John Grant
61 books3 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
John Grant is a Scottish author and illustrator, possibly best known as the author of the Littlenose series of children's stories, which he read on the BBC's Jackanory in 55 programmes from 1968 to 1986.
As a student, Grant earned extra cash illustrating learned academic papers and designing menus, toast lists and illuminated addresses, and during National Service he drew cartoons for the official army magazine Soldier.
He originally invented Littlenose to entertain his children, but failed to find a publisher until BBC commissioned him to both write and present his stories of a little Neanderthal boy who was always getting into trouble. These proved a great success, and he went on to write and illustrate over 13 Littlenose books between 1968 and 1993.
John Grant is a Scottish author and illustrator, possibly best known as the author of the Littlenose series of children's stories, which he read on the BBC's Jackanory in 55 programmes from 1968 to 1986.
As a student, Grant earned extra cash illustrating learned academic papers and designing menus, toast lists and illuminated addresses, and during National Service he drew cartoons for the official army magazine Soldier.
He originally invented Littlenose to entertain his children, but failed to find a publisher until BBC commissioned him to both write and present his stories of a little Neanderthal boy who was always getting into trouble. These proved a great success, and he went on to write and illustrate over 13 Littlenose books between 1968 and 1993.
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July 31, 2018
I loved the Ladybird books as a kid so this was a trip down Nostalgia Lane for me.
The book was longer than I expected and wasn't nearly as camp as the cartoon. The story wasn't Man Booker Award worthy but it was a fun tale. As for the artwork, it clearly took inspiration from the toys rather than the cartoon.
The last few lines were very cartoon esq as it gave a moral of the story. A shame that Ladybird felt the need to go down this route but I don't remember any other Masters of the Universe books doing this and certainly their Transformers books have none of this.
I'd certainly like to read more of these. As a child of the 80's and therefore a fan of the cartoons of the time I enjoy seeing what other media they used to tell stories.
The book was longer than I expected and wasn't nearly as camp as the cartoon. The story wasn't Man Booker Award worthy but it was a fun tale. As for the artwork, it clearly took inspiration from the toys rather than the cartoon.
The last few lines were very cartoon esq as it gave a moral of the story. A shame that Ladybird felt the need to go down this route but I don't remember any other Masters of the Universe books doing this and certainly their Transformers books have none of this.
I'd certainly like to read more of these. As a child of the 80's and therefore a fan of the cartoons of the time I enjoy seeing what other media they used to tell stories.
June 21, 2024
The timeline on this one is just all over the place 🤣🤦♂️🤷♂️
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