New Releases by Nick Park

For over 40 years, Aardman has entertained and charmed the world, creating memorable stories and timeless animated characters that have gone on to become household names – including Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Morph. But how did two teenagers experimenting with animation on an old kitchen table go on to create a world-class studio that conquered Hollywood? This is an intimate, revealing and funny behind-the-scenes story of Aardman, told in their own words by co-founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton and featuring Nick Park. The colourful account follows Peter and David’s extraordinary journey from their humble beginnings as penniless students, teaching themselves the craft of animation, and recounts the key moments that defined their careers and shaped Aardman into the British success story it is today. THIS STORY INCLUDES: KEY MOMENTS THAT SHAPED AARDMAN – their first professional commissions, developing iconic TV commercials, creating the most-played music video of all time and delivering a pitch to Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg. HOLLYWOOD GLAMOUR – What’s it like to work with big stars like Mel Gibson, Hugh Grant and Eddie Redmayne, and what goes on behind the scenes at the Oscars®? HIGHS AND LOWS – Winning awards and recognition worldwide for their work, and dealing with the heartbreak of shutting down a production. INSIGHTS into how two men who freely admit they are not at all business-minded managed to build a multi-million pound business. CONTRIBUTIONS from Eddie Redmayne, Timothy Spall, Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Grant. Foreword by Matt Groening.

When hare-brained inventor Wallace discovers there's no cheese in the house, he sets about building a rocket to take him and his trusty dog, Gromit, to the Moon - knowing the Moon is made of cheese.

Wallace and Gromit star as bakers who fall foul of a baker-bashing cereal killer!

Shaun is joined by new friends and adversaries, plus a host of other characters that make Shaun's world an exciting place to visit. Each book features two favourite episodes from the smash hit TV series.

Another hilarious adventure starring Wallace and Gromit.

Wallace's latest money-making scheme is to set up a mobile shoe-repair service - 'uppers stitched', 'heels reheeled, soles sold'. He has invented an 'Auto-Cobbler' - a mobile shoe-repairing machine - which to everyone's surprise (especially Gromit's) actually works. But when Wallace accepts local football team the 'Wallaby Wanderer's' plea to repair their worn-out boots, not even Gromit can anticipate the disastrous consequences…

A special ELT adaptation of the Oscar-winning animated film, A Close Shave. The video is organized into six manageable episodes, which present specific grammar points, functional language and vocabulary. The original dialogue has been simplified and additional narration gives learners further language input.

Wallace and Gromit's summer holiday is cut short when the Albatross appears… a great white seabird that seems hell bent on driving them out of their caravan. How can they explain this frightening and unwelcome presence? Will the duo ever be able shake the Albatross off and savour the delights of Bleakly-by-Sea in peace?

When Wallace's attempt to celebrate Gromit's birthday causes his garden shed to take off for outer space, propelled by homemade cheese, he builds a rocketship, enlists a crew, and blasts off to set things right.

Trapped behind the barbed wire fence of Tweedy's Farm, fearing for their very lives, Ginger, Bunty, Babs and Fowler are chickens with a mission Ginger and her fellow flock are determined to make a break for freedom before they end up in the evil Mrs Tweedy's chicken pie machine. but every escape goes fowl when they are caught out by the oafish Mr Tweedy. When an all-American flying rooster named rocky makes a crash landing into the farm however, Ginger sees her chance. These chickens won't cross the road; they'll fly the coop together they prove that chickens are anything but, as they engage in a daring and spectacular escape.

A superbly animated comic adventure that appeals to all ages.

Wallace and Gromit confront sheep rustlers.