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Posted by Tom, October 21, 2013

Axel Scheffler brings The Grunts to life

If you’re in need of some inspiration on a very grey Monday morning, here’s something that ought to do the trick: Axel Scheffler drawing The Grunts, the stars of the hilarious series written by Philip Ardagh.

If you’re new to The Grunts, here’s chapter one of the hilarious first book in the series, The Grunts in Trouble:


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And here’s the first chapter for The Grunts all at Sea, the EQUALLY brilliant second voume:


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And as it’s a PARTICULARLY grey Monday morning, here’s something else that’s also quite exciting: a very first look at the cover for the third book in the series, The Grunts in a Jam, out next year (click to enlarge):

Oh dear. I wonder what sort of trouble they’ve found themselves in this time.

Don’t forget there’s also a FREE iOS game app for the series, available for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch – The Grunts: Beard of Bees. Build the biggest beard of buzzing bees as you can before your time runs out, but be careful – birds and butterflies will make your bees fly away! You can find it here on the App Store.

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