Colin's Grandma

Colin’s Castle was an instant best seller in Autumn 2024 and nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration. This brilliant follow- up once more presents the vegetarian characters, Colin and Duck. They are now friends, and happily share their vampire castle. Expecting a visitor, Colin and Duck work hard to ensure everywhere is spick and span in readiness for Colin’s Grandma’s visit. He hasn’t seen her for over 100 years but she has not changed one bit- apart from bringing her pet croc! But Grandma likes things done her way, so out into the moat she flings the hoover, and as for the vegetables… out they go. The last straw is when Grandma announces that Duck must go too. Poor Colin! Will he dare? The resolution will have listeners bursting with laughter. Those reading for themselves will want to go back and giggle at all the delightful humour in the whacky illustrations. There are so many hilarious picture details scattered throughout the book, and it is not surprising this too is nominated for the Carnegie Medal for illustration. A fan(g)tastic read aloud for spooky nights, or any torch-lit read under the bedclothes. Long live Colin and Duck!