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My name is Ian Mayes and I live in the UK.

I am an author and illustrator and I am on the verge of publishing a new book that’s titled A day in the life of Russell Sprout.

It will help teach basic food nutrition, as nutrition has always been something I have studied and been interested in. I have qualifications in the subjects and I wanted to create a book that was fun, educational with added humour for good measure.

Changing the story.

LATEST NEWS MR THINKALOT’S FANTASTIC SPACE JOURNEY BOOK - REMASTERED AND REPUBLISHED.

Mr Thinkalot’s Fantastic Space Journey was the first book I wrote and illustrated. Although at the time, I had not been drawing for over 15 years due to my health problems. I was happy that I managed to illustrate and write the ...more

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Average rating: 4.85 · 292 ratings · 184 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	A day in the life of Russell Sprout 4.83 avg rating — 191 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr Thinkalot’s Fantastic Space Journey #1 4.89 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr Thinkalot’s Fantastic Space Journey revised 2025 version 4.94 avg rating — 34 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr Thinkalot’s Spectacular Space Journey #2 4.87 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Mr Thinkalot’s Fantastic Space Journey release and publication.

It’s been a long time coming, but the publication for my next book - Mr Thinkalot‘s Fantastic Space Journey 2026 version is just on the horizon.

I am currently going through my final read and making sure everything is in order and I am happy with it. Just going through the final quality control to make sure everything is how I would like it to be.

The cover I have been illustrating, is now exactly h Read more of this blog post »

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