A Close Shave

by Nick Park

Book Overview

From three-time Oscar winner Nick Park come Wallace and Gromit--"The coolest claymation couple since Gumby met Pokey" (Entertainment Weekly). Join the eccentric, cheese-loving inventor and his brilliant, faithful companion as they muddle through suspense-filled misadventures in outrageous, original and ever-endearing style. Soon to be a CBS/Fox video release. Full color photos.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385323212
• ISBN13: 9780385323215
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
• Length: 47 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

One of Nick Park's Best Movies!

A Close Shave is a wonderful movie. A definite classic that both children and adults can really enjoy. Definitely add this one to your Wallace & Gromit collection - it's a must have!

Love It

I love Wallace and Gromit-a true classic Author of "Hobo Finds A Home"

FANTASTIC, AS ONLY THE BRITISH CAN MAKE!!

THANK GOD FOR THE UK!!! KIDS WILL LOVE THIS AS WILL ADULTS! I GOT MINE FOR ABOUT 11.00 ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO, SO DON'T PAY THIS CRACK HEAD'S PRICE OF 99.00 TRY EBAY INSTEAD

A Visual Piece of Reading.

Wallace and Gromit are huge in the U.K. and though they will never be as big in the U.S., the duo has slowly gained a loyal following. Wallace and Gromit are the stars of a series of British clamation shorts and thirty-minute movies. Wallace is an inventor who wears a lot of Mister Roger-type sweaters (usually in green). Gromit is Wallace's dog and though Wallace is smart, Gromit is probably the more intelligent and is definitely the more clear-headed, logical, and reasoning of the duo. Oh, and they both love cheese. Americans are probably most familiar with the Wallace and Gromit short, THE WRONG TROUSERS. THE WRONG TROUSERS won an Academy Award and augmented the fan base of Wallace and Gromit fans in the U.S. Though THE WRONG TROUSERS is what the pair is best known in, they starred in a previous short film entitled A GRAND DAY OUT. This is the graphic novel adaptation of that short film. In A GRAND DAY OUT, Wallace and Gromit discover they don't have any cheese. The pair is in need of holiday and sets off for a place that is literally made of cheese: the moon. Once there they run into a mechanical machine that just wants to ski. As graphic novels go, A GRAND DAY OUT is not that great. There isn't any amazing reading here and though the graphics are intriguing, they aren't original and most look like shots taken from the film. Nevertheless, this is Wallace and Gromit and the story of A GRAND DAY OUT originated in the genius mind of Nick Park. Therefore, the story content alone makes it better than the average graphic novel fair.

A grand movie!

I love all of Nick Park's characters in his movies I absolutly love the character Gromit because he aks so civilized. I also enjoy Wallace's loving,care free,and sometimes comical moods.