Synopses & Reviews
An anarchic, messy, monstrously magical underdog story of HUGE proportions featuring a little boy, his horrid siblings, and some super-squishy tomatoes In the dark town of Grislygust a competition is under waythe Great Grislygust Grow-off. Marvin plans to grow the tastiest tomatoes in town, but he is a small boy, and his beastly brother Boris and his poisonous sister Prunella tease him that his tomatoes will be tiny too! With a little bit of magic and a special song, his plant begins to grow and grown until . . . oh no, monster tomato! What can Marvin do to stop his wayward plant? Is there any hope of him winning now? Complete with real songs to sing aloud, this slapstick romp of a story comes to life with comic, gothic, hyper-real illustrations combined with gigantic fold-outs for interactive appeal.
Review
A fun read-aloud at storytimes, where listeners will cheer for Marvin.”School Library Journal
Synopsis
An anarchic, messy, monstrously magical underdog story of HUGE proportions featuring a little boy, his horrid siblings, and some super-squishy tomatoes In the dark town of Grislygust a competition is under way--the Great Grislygust Grow-off. Marvin plans to grow the tastiest tomatoes in town, but he is a small boy, and his beastly brother Boris and his poisonous sister Prunella tease him that his tomatoes will be tiny too With a little bit of magic and a special song, his plant begins to grow and grown until . . . oh no, monster tomato What can Marvin do to stop his wayward plant? Is there any hope of him winning now? Complete with real songs to sing aloud, this slapstick romp of a story comes to life with comic, gothic, hyper-real illustrations combined with gigantic fold-outs for interactive appeal.
Synopsis
In the dark town of Grislygust a competition is under wayThe Great Grislygust Grow-off. Marvin plans to grow the tastiest tomatoes in town but his beastly brother, Boris and his poisonous sister, Prunella make fun of him"Youre a titchy weed, Marvin, and your tomatoes will be tiny too!" But Marvin is determined to prove everybody wrong and soon his competitors will find themselves in BIG trouble
About the Author
Karen still works as a textile designer when shes not creating picture books, and Jim works in the publishing industry. They have won the picture book category of the Sheffield Book Award for their first book Letterbox Lil (OUP) and received the silver Practical Parenting award for Who are you, Stripy Horse in 2007.