Jonathan Emmett & Adrian Reynolds: Someone bigger

Sam and Dad have made a kite. They have made it large. They have made it light. They go out on a windy day to see if they can fly it but the wind blows hard and Dad thinks Sam's too small to fly the kite. It needs someone bigger - or does it?

David Bedford: It's a George thing

George spends most of his time with his friends Peachy (a gorilla) and Moon (a lion). Peachy and Moon are very boysy boys given to body-building and weight-lifting. Neither of these are George's thing - but what is? One day, walking home from another morale-crushing session of Rocks (weight-lifting), he hears some music coming from Priscilla the giraffe's river-boat. George's reaction is instinctive. This zebra was just made to boogie. He's a fantastic dancer! Trouble is, what are his friends going to make of it? A funny story about friends, fellowship, finding your own 'thing', and some very fancy footwork!

Nick Butterworth: QPootle5

Q Pootle 5 is on his way to a moon party when his rocket falls to Earth in need of some repairs! Q Pootle 5 thinks he knows what the problem is, in fact he is sure. The problem is that the rocket is broken, it needs a new rocket booster. But where on earth will this little alien find a rocket booster ? A green earthing comes along but he can't help and neither can three birds. Perhaps Colin the Cat might be able to help -- when he's finished his dinner that is!

Blue books

The camcorder

Moan, moan, moan

Tadpoles

The weather vane

No problem

Joe and the mouse

The magic key

Pip and the little monkey

Jill Murphy: Peace at last

It's late at night and Mr Bear is desperately trying to sleep--but Mrs Bear snores so he tries Baby Bear's room, but Baby Bear is pretending to be an aeroplane so there's no peace there. Room by room Mr Bear goes through the house trying to find somewhere to sleep.

John Burningham: Avocado Baby

This story tells about the Hargraves baby, who is born into a very weak family but grows super-strong once its mother begins feeding it mashed avocado.

Blue books

The new house

Roger has a ride

Arctic adventure

Yasmin's dress

The balloon

Hermien Stellmacher: Geschichten aus der Monsterschule

Die ganze Monsterschule ist in Aufregung: ein Monsterwettkampf steht bevor! Wer wird Sieger in Augenglupschen, Monsterbrüllen und Haaresträuben? Und womit kann Eddi auf sich aufmerksam machen?

Yellow books

I want my breakfast

The stranger

Bull’s eye

Robert has made a mess

Nobody wanted to play

Meanies

A sinking feeling

Nobody got wet

Millie Mouse and Charlie Cat

Adam’s car

Melting snow

Missing

The moon jet

Ann Bryant and Kate Sheppard: But, Mum!

"Es geht um eine Spinne in einer Badewanne. Der Bub kann nicht baden gehen und die Mama hat vergessen, die Spinne herausnehmen, aus dem Bad. Dann nimmt die Mama das heraus und das ist das Ende. Die Geschichte ist lustig, weil das lustig ist, dass der Bub nicht baden gehen kann. Das Buch reimt sich und ich hab es lieber, wenn sich Bücher reimen."

'...."There's a spider in the bath, Mum,
and its legs are fat and hairy!"
"Well, move it then!" said Mum.
"Yes, but Mum, it's really scary!"

Will Jamie ever get rid of the spider?'

Francesca Simon: Horrid Henry

"Das Buch gefällt mir und es ist mein liebstes Buch. Es gefällt mir am besten, weil es viele Geschichten hat. Die Geschichten sind lustig, weil ich mag den Perfect Peter gerne, weil der immer brav ist. Aber wenn der Horrid Henry an dem einen Tag brav ist, dann mag ich den Horrid Henry."

More stories about Horrid Henry. Stories include: Horrid Henry's Christmas Presents, Horrid Henry's Car Journey, Perfect Peter's Horrid Day, Horrid Henry Runs Away, Horrid Henry Eats a Vegetable, Horrid Henry Goes Shopping, Horrid Henry's Hobby, Horrid Henry's Bathtime, Horrid Henry's Perfect Day, Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine.

Francesca Simon: Horrid Henry

"Das Buch gefällt mir besser, weil da kann man die Zeichnungen und die Zeilen sehen. Ich mag am liebsten 'Horrid Henry's Sleepover', weil ihm der Hund das Essen wegnimmt."

Two complete books - Horrid Henry and the double-award-winning Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb - enhanced by Miranda Richardson's inspired reading and really horrid music and sound effects. Horrid Henry is dragged to a dance class, makes disgusting Glop with Moody Margaret, discovers he doesn't like camping and tries to get even with his brother Peter. A stinkbomb becomes a deadly weapon in Henry's war with Moody Margaret, he wins the school reading competition, goes for a sleepover and sees Miss Battle-Axe ticked off by the Head when he knows it was all his fault.

Postman Pat

"Ich höre mir die schon gerne an, weil die immer die gleiche Musik haben. Alles andere mag ich. 'Postman Pat gets a pet' mag ich gerne, weil da eine Maus ist. Die Maus geht aus dem Käfig heraus. In dem Bus geht sie heraus. Die Leute im Bus schrecken sich, weil es kitzelt. Und das ist lustig."

Postman Pat, the world's most famous postman and his black and white cat, Jess, deliver a fantastic package of fun and adventure in this great triple CD travel pack. This collection features recordings of the original Postman Pat television series along with "Postman Pat gets a pet"....

Ian Whybrow: Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs

"Es gefällt mir schon, weil da Dinosaurier sind. 'Makes a splash' mag ich gerne. Das mag ich, weil das Wasser hat."

The collection contains some of the popular Harry stories. Charmingly read by Andrew Sachs, these stories feature specially composed music, lots of noises and amusing sound effects, and a theme tune that will have Harry fans roaring with delight - Raaaaah!!!

Yellow books

Elvis and the scooter

Pip at the zoo

Mrs Wishy-Washy

Grandpa, Grandpa

Go and get it

Presents for Baby

Joe and the bike

Kipper, the Clown

At the seaside

Hey presto!

The jigaree

Pond dipping

Can you catch your shadow?

Kipper's idea

The ice-rink

Where do you live?

The jumble sale

On the sand

Millie Mouse goes to the moon

Rudyard Kipling: How the camel got its hump

"Das Kamel war faul und wenn die anderen mit ihm geredet haben, hat es 'humph' gesagt. Dann hat der Jinn dem Kamel den Buckel gezaubert, den 'hump'. 21. 07. 2009

Adapted from Rudyard Kipling - a story about an idle camel with a straight back and how it is punished for being lazy and therefore gets its hump...

Wizards - Usborne young readers

"Es geht um Zauberer. Die Leute schauen zu wie sie so turnen und die Leute, die zuschauen geben ihnen Geld, wenn sie fertig sind."

"Das ist eine andere Geschichte. Der hat etwas auf der Nase. Der Zauberer hat das weggezaubert und die Mama hat dann gesagt 'What have you done?' Dann sagt er 'Nothing'. Die Mama ist böse, weil der das bei der Nase getan hat. Die Mama hat dann gefunden, dass das 'lump' im Sackerl war." 21. 07. 2009


Various stories by different authors all to do with wizardry and magic...

Jillian Powell and Amanda Wood: Recycled!

"Die Kinder basteln ein Krokodil in der Schule. Die haben Sachen, die alt sind und die recycled sind." 16.07.2009

Class 2d are learning all about recycling. They collect old bottles, cans, newspapers and lots more. Imagine their surprise when all the rubbish starts to disappear....

Sue Graves: Popcorn Pop

"Die tun Popcorn machen. Die tun das in den Ofen geben, dann spielen sie Fußball, dann hören sie pop, pop, pop, pop. Und dann haben sie den Durcheinander aufgekehrt. Die Mama hat Popcorn gekauft in der Stadt." 10.07.2009


When Mum goes to town, she leaves Pop in charge of Paul. They decide to make some popcorn, but they forget all about it once they start playing football...

Margaret Ryan: The littlest dragon

"Es geht um Drachen. Der Drachen wollte das Gewand anziehen und die anderen Drachen haben ihn nicht gelassen. Dann hat ein anderer Drache, der Fußball gespielt hat, das Shirt hingegeben, für den kleinen Drachen." 10.07.2009

The Littlest Dragon is known as Number 10. He is the youngest in a family of ten dragon brothers and they all sleep in one big dragon bed. The Littlest Dragon has to come up with the best and brightest way to get a good night's sleep. In the second story, the big dragon brothers won't let The Littlest Dragon play football with them, so he has to be resourceful and get his own kit together and persuad Mum to take him. He manages to come up with an idea which wins the praise of the most famous footballing dragon, Dragon McFeet, and gets to keep his winning jersey, much to the disgust of his brothers.