Inch and Grub: A Story About Cavemen by Alastair Chisholm

Inch and Grub: A Story About Cavemen by Alastair Chisholm

Two cavemen desire the best of everything! But will their competitive games make them happy in the end? Inch and Grub are two exquisitely hairy and competitive cavemen. Grub’s cave is bigger, and he says that makes him the best. So Inch adds a water feature to his cave. But Grub has made fire! So Inch makes a chair. And a house. And a car. Grub, meanwhile, has accumulated a castle and a train and a radio! And so the contest spirals and spirals to ever ridiculous heights … until they each have a HUGE wobbling mountain of stuff! From the humble handprint to Michelangelo's "David" the ambition and creativity of these two characters seems limitless. But their desire to go one better than the other is in danger of toppling their friendship until, at last, they realize what is most valuable of all – each other.

In picture books, Alastair Chisholm and David Roberts collaborate on Inch and Grub, a consumerist caveman caper that sees the titular Stone Agers competing to acquire possessions, from fire and chairs to phones and computers, until disaster strikesThe blissful wit of Roberts’s illustrations combines to strong effect with Chisholm’s restrained text. * The Guardian *

Alastair Chisholm began his career as a software developer in Edinburgh. His interest in devising and tackling logical problems led him to create the hugely successful Kids Book of Sudoku and Kids Book of Karuko puzzle book series. He is the author of the highly-acclaimed sci-fi adventure Orion Lost (Nosy Crow) and picture books The Prince and the Witch and the Thief and the Bears and its companion title, The Tale of the Valiant Ninja Frog, both illustrated by Jez Tuya. Alastair lives in Edinburgh. Find him online at alastairc.com, on Instagram as @alastairchisholm and on Twitter @alastair_ch

David Roberts is the author-illustrator of the Dirty Bertie books and the illustrator of many books for children, including the bestselling Rosie Revere, Engineer and Ada Twist, Scientist, written by Andrea Beaty, several titles by Julia Donaldson, the Kate Greenaway-shortlisted The Dunderheads, written by Paul Fleischman, non-fiction children's book Suffragette: The Battle for Equality, and the picture books The Dumpster Diver, written by Janet S. Wong, and His Royal Tinyness, written by Sally Lloyd-Jones. Born in Liverpool, he now lives in London. Find him online at davidrobertsillustration.com.

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ISBN 13	9781406362817
ISBN 10	1406362816
Title	Inch and Grub: A Story About Cavemen
Author	Alastair Chisholm
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Walker Books Ltd
Year published	2021-09-16
Number of pages	48
Prizes	Winner of Queen's Knickers Award 2022 (UK), Winner of Bookbug Picture Book Prize 2021 (UK)
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