Tuesday, 28 December 2010

Hilary McKay: Charlie and the Tooth Fairy

Charlie has four wobbly teeth. He can hardly wait to put them under his pillow for the tooth fairy. If only there was a way to make them fall out faster...

Saturday, 25 December 2010

Jan Burchett & Sara Vogler: Gargoylz save Christmas

Santa’s elves have been struck down with the dreaded Sneez Disease on Christmas Eve. Who will help out on the busiest night of the year? Luckily Max and Ben with the help, or sometimes hindrance, of Santa’s special Gargoyle, are ready to lend a hand. But, as the boys should know by now, nothing is straightforward when a gargoyle’s on the loose, particularly on an occasion as important as Christmas!

Friday, 24 December 2010

Mary Pope Osborne: Das magische Baumhaus 2 - Der geheimnisvolle Ritter

Ein rätselhaftes Schloss taucht plötzlich aus dem dichten Nebel auf. Philipp und Anne stockt der Atem. Wo hat sie das magische Baumhaus dieses Mal hingewirbelt? Was mag sich hinter den steinernen Mauern wohl verbergen? Und wo ist der geheimnisvolle Ritter, der kurz zuvor ihren Weg gekreuzt hat? Eine abenteuerliche Suche beginnt...

Friday, 17 December 2010

Mary Pope Osborne: Das magische Baumhaus 8 - Abenteuer auf dem Mond

Der Mond scheint hell über dem magischen Baumhaus. So spät sind Philipp und Anne noch nie hier gewesen. Aber wohin sie das Baumhaus bei dieser aufregenden Reise trägt, hätten sich die beiden nicht in ihren kühnsten Träumen ausgemalt. Denn ein ganz und gar außerirdisches Abenteuer erwartet Philip und Anne: ihr erster Spaziergang auf dem Mond.

Wednesday, 15 December 2010

Hilary McKay: Charlie & the big snow

Charlie's waited for snow his whole life - but now it's arrived, his mean mum and teacher won't let him play in it! Luckily, he has a plan to keep it safe...

Tuesday, 30 November 2010

Free reading


Stephen is now allowed to read whatever he likes....

Horrid Henry Jokes
Winnie the Witch Jokes

Frau Holle
Hanna hebt ab

Monday, 8 November 2010

Mary Pope Osborne: Das magische Baumhaus 7 - Im Reich der Mammuts

Eisiger Wind schlägt Philipp und Anne entgegen, als das magische Baumhaus zum Stillstand kommt. Wo sind sie nur diesmal gelandet? Um sie herum ist nichts als Schnee, Eis und karge Felsen. Doch dann entdecken die beiden eine geheimnisvolle Höhle. Was bedeuten die seltsamen Zeichnungen an der Wand? Philip und Anne folgen der Spur, und plötzlich sind sie mitten in einem spannenden Abenteuer im Reich der Mammuts.

Sunday, 31 October 2010

Gold books


A proper bike
The litter queen
Hamid does his best
Diamonds
The blue eye
Mountain Mona
William and the dog
Animal Ancestors
Treasure Hunt

Saturday, 30 October 2010

Mary Pope Osborne: Das magische Baumhaus 6 - Gefahr am Amazonas

Ist das magische Baumhaus etwa geschrumpft? Philipp und Anne wundern sich, dass der Waldboden so weit entfernt von ihnen ist. Auch die Bäume sind plötzlich riesengroß und fremde Geräusche dringen durch die schwüle Luft. Sind die Geschwister tatsächlich im Regenwald gelandet? Auf der Flucht vor Riesen-Ameisen, Spinnen, Piranhas und Krokodilen treiben Philipp und Anne auf dem Amazonas einem neuen Geheimnis entgegen …

Tuesday, 26 October 2010

Mary Pope Osborne: Das magische Baumhaus 5 - Im Land der Samurai

Philipp und Anne können es kaum glauben: Dunkel vermummte Gestalten klettern zum magischen Baumhaus empor. Das können nur japanische Ninja-Kämpfer sein! Die Ninjas weisen den Geschwistern den Weg durch geheimnisvolle Wälder, über reißende Flüsse bis hin zu einer dunklen Höhle. Als plötzlich grimmige Krieger aus der Dämmerung auftauchen, befinden sich Philipp und Anne mitten in einem neuen Abenteuer im Land der Samurai ...

Tuesday, 19 October 2010

JK Rowling: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

A mysterious letter, delivered by the friendly giant Hagrid, wrenches Harry from his dreary, Muggle-ridden existence: "We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry". Of course, Uncle Vernon yells most unpleasantly, "I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOME CRACKPOT OLD FOOL TO TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS!" Soon enough, however, Harry finds himself at Hogwarts with his owl Hedwig ... and that's where the real adventure begins.

Friday, 15 October 2010

Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul: Winnie the witch

Winnie the Witch has many talents! In 'Winnie's Wheels' she magics an old wreck of a car to take herself and Wilbur on holiday and demonstrates some rather unconventional driving skills; in 'Blooming Winnie' she summons the help of the ghost of Great Aunt Winifred in order to control a class of unruly children who have come to see her garden; in 'Winnie's Tea Party' Winnie is playing hostess and showing off her culinary repertoire to her oddball relatives; and in 'Giddy-Up, Winnie!' Winnie and Wilbur head for the local race meeting on a homemade hobby horse - with hilarious results.

Sunday, 10 October 2010

Alan MacDonald and David Roberts: Dirty Bertie

Fleas! Yuck! Worms! Fetch!


Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping of comic chaos!

Thursday, 30 September 2010

Gold books


William and the Pied Piper
Storm Castle

Purple books


Victorian Adventure
Starboy's Surprise
Viking Adventure
Superdog
Freaky fish
Naughty puppy
The Jokers
Mog and the granny

Sunday, 26 September 2010

Valerie Thomas: Winnie the Witch

This collection contains six of Winnie and Wilbur's crazy capers. Meet them in their black house, take a hazardous ride on Winnie's broomstick, join them on a hot and sunny winter's day, find out what happens when Winnie's wand stops working, discover how much chaos a computer can cause and spend a day with them at the seaside! The stories are full of noisy antics: clattering footsteps, colliding broomsticks, clanking washing machines, whirring computers and splashing waves are just some of the wonderful additions to the narration of each story on the accompanying two CDs.

Saturday, 25 September 2010

Roald Dahl: George's Marvellous Medicine

George's grandma has some very odd views. In fact, she's not a very nice person at all. She thinks caterpillars and slugs are delicious and likes to crunch on beetles best of all. George can do nothing right in Grandma's eyes, so when its time for her medicine, he decided to give her a dose of his own special brew.

Saturday, 18 September 2010

Valerie Thomas: Winnie the Witch - Winnie at the Seaside

Winnie decides she needs a seaside break, so she and Wilbur zoom off to the coast. Winnie makes a beeline for the sea to cool down. Wilbur makes a beeline for anywhere other than the sea - he hates water, and can't bear getting wet. Winnie is having so much fun in the water that she doesn't notice her broomstick being washed out to sea. She waves her magic wand in an attempt to get the broomstick back but it doesn't really go according to plan. The mix of magic and mayhem that follows involves a surfer and a whale and, predictably, it's poor Wilbur who gets the worst of things...

Friday, 17 September 2010

Julia Jarman: Kisses are Yuk!

Jack loves getting prizes and cups of all sizes, but if there's one thing he hates... it's being kissed! And with an army of aunts and uncles, there's no getting away from it. What's a boy to do?

Wednesday, 15 September 2010

Mary Pope Osborne: Das magische Baumhaus 1 - Im Tal der Dinosaurier

Philipp und Anne trauen ihren Augen nicht, als sie im Wald ein verborgenes Baumhaus entdecken. Gespannt klettern sie die lange Strickleiter nach oben. Was für ein toller Ausblick! Doch plötzlich beginnt sich das Baumhaus zu drehen. Schneller und schneller! Dann ist alles still. Aber Philipp und Anne sind nicht mehr da, wo sie vorher waren. Sie sind im Tal der Dinosaurier ...

Monday, 6 September 2010

Valerie Thomas: Winnie the Witch - Winnie's crazy capers

This fantastic volume includes three of Winnie and Wilbur's crazy capers:

Winnie's Midnight Dragon:
It's just after midnight. Winnie has gone to bed and is snoring peacefully when Wilbur is woken by a strange noise. He goes downstairs to investigate and, to his horror, discovers a baby dragon squeezing through his cat-flap!

Happy Birthday Winnie!:
It's Winnie's birthday and she's celebrating in style with a garden party. She uses all sorts of magic to invite the guests and transform her garden into the perfect party venue. There are presents to unwrap and games to play but then things start to go wrong when Winnie toots on the magic trumpet that cousin Cuthbert has given her. All her guests disappear!

Winnie's Flying Carpet:
Winnie's sisters have given her a flying carpet but Winnie is struggling to find something nice to say about it in her thank-you letter as the carpet has been more than a little wayward. Winnie decides to give the carpet one last chance but then disaster strikes. The carpet swoops off with poor Wilbur as its unwilling passenger. Winnie tries to catch it but the carpet is too fast for her and it heads straight for a funfair where it subjects Wilbur to a string of crazy rides.

Thursday, 26 August 2010

Quentin Blake: Mister Magnolia

Mister Magnolia has only one boot. He has an old trumpet that goes rooty-toot - and two lovely sisters who play on the flute - but Mister Magnolia has only one boot. In this wittily rhyming picture book, Mister Magnolia has a full and happy life except for one serious omission - a boot. But one day, he receives a mysterious parcel, and at last Mister Magnolia can splash in the puddles with everyone else!

Wednesday, 25 August 2010

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.

Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Janet & Allan Ahlberg: Funnybones

This is the first book in the FUNNYBONES series and introduces the skeletons - a big skeleton, a little skeleton and a dog skeleton. They live in a dark dark cellar of a dark dark house on a dark dark hill and so the word repetition continues through this lighthearted story for early readers. The skeletons venture out of their cellar one night to find someone to scare, but everyone is in bed so they amuse themselves by scaring each other and playing with the skeleton animals that live in the zoo.

Saturday, 31 July 2010

Turquoise books


Mum's new car
The long journey
Chewy Hughie
Australian Adventure

Sunday, 18 July 2010

Brian Moses: Walking with my Iguana

Paul Cookson, Michael Rosen, Andrew Fusek Peters, Pie Corbett, Wes Magee, and John Rice are just some of the outstanding poets that are included, and strongly represented are poets and poems from ethnic minorities whose work is more readily appreciated in performance than on the printed page eg John Agard, Valerie Bloom, Debjani Chatterjee and Adisa.

Saturday, 17 July 2010

Ben Galbraith: The three fishing brothers Gruff

Once upon a time, there lived three mean and greedy brothers called Gruff. They fish and fish until Poverty Bay is empty, and so resolve to find somewhere else to catch their fish. But watch out, Minke Whale, the Guardian of the Ocean isn't happy and the neither are the townspeople of Poverty Bay! This brilliantly conceived text is based loosely on The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

Eric Hill: Where's Spot?

Where's Spot is the ultimate, must-have Spot book: with its bold illustrations, simple, large text and plenty of flaps to lift, pull and tug as the reader tries to track down the naughty little dog. Great fun for children, and just as much fun for adults who enjoy sharing a book with their child, Where's Spot is something of a classic.

Allan Ahlberg & Raymond Briggs: A bit more Bert

This time, Bert's adventures include having a haircut - the reader is invited to give Bert a trim and then blamed for leaving him almost bald!

Tuesday, 13 July 2010

Francesca Simon: Horrid Henry's Underpants

Four hilarious new stories, enhanced by Miranda Richardson's manic reading and really horrid music and sound effects, in which Horrid Henry hits on a brilliant way to write thank you letters, negotiates over vegetables, competes with Perfect Peter over which of them is sickest, and finds himself wearing the wrong underpants, with dreadful consequences.

Monday, 12 July 2010

Francesca Simon: Horrid Henry and The Abominable Snowman

Building a snowman brings out Henry's competitive streak; he sets up his Monstrous Makeovers business to rival Moody Margaret's Miraculous Makeovers; things go badly wrong when a famous author comes to school; and he thinks 'You'll all be sorry when I'm dead' and spends a rainy day writing his will.

Tuesday, 6 July 2010

Steve Smallman and Joelle Dreidemy: The lamb who came for dinner

When a hungry old wolf gets an unexpected visit from a little lamb, he starts planning a delicious lamb hotpot. But the lamb doesn't want to be the wolf's dinner, she wants to be his friend.

Wednesday, 30 June 2010

Turquoise and purple books

The monster under the stairs
Cleversticks
William's mistake
A Chinese adventure

Thursday, 24 June 2010

Rex Stone: Dinosaur Cove 3 - March of the armoured beasts

Jamie and Tom discover some fresh dinosaur footprints and decide to do some tracking. It looks as if a large herd are moving towards the river, but as the boys approach the marshy area they notice some smaller footprints going a different way. They discover a baby Ankylosaurus in the mud - it's thrashing around and has sunk up to its middle. The baby dino is well and truly stuck. The boys have to find a way of saving the little Ankylosaurus. But when its mother appears will she realize they're trying to help? Or will she come at them with her huge clubbed tail?

Tuesday, 22 June 2010

Rex Stone: Dinosaur Cove 2 - Charge of the three-horned monster

Jamie and Tom return to their secret dinosaur world and find their friend Wanna, the Wannanosaurus, waiting for them. They spot what looks like a village in the distance and set off to investigate. On the way they meet a herd of Triceratops and it seems the only way to avoid being trampled is to hitch a ride on their backs. But as they approach the 'village' the boys realize too late that what they thought were huts are in fact termite hills. With insects swarming all over them, the Triceratops charge! Can the boys hang on? Will they fall under the feet of the giant dinosaurs? And how can they get away from the huge, biting termites?

Sunday, 20 June 2010

Read at home: The real Floppy

Floppy isn't allowed on the beach, so Dad, Biff, Chip and Kipper make Mum a surprise.

Saturday, 19 June 2010

David McKee: Not now, Bernard

A humorous story in which a young boy is exasperated by his parents refusal to listen to him, so he decides to make them take notice.

Wednesday, 16 June 2010

Out and about: Dogball

The stories follow the adventures of Jake and his friends. Jake learns to swim and be good at PE. The children have great fun creating an obstacle race and going on a nature trail.

Read at home: At the dentist

Kipper gets toothache and has to visit the dentist.

Tuesday, 15 June 2010

Out and about: The fun race

Jake learns to swim and be good at PE. The children have great fun creating an obstacle race and going on a nature trail.

Read at home: Hungry Floppy

Hungry Floppy looks for food.

Friday, 4 June 2010

Rex Stone: Dinosaur Cove 1 - Attack of the Lizard King

When Jamie moves to Dinosaur Cove with his father he's looking forward to doing some fossil hunting on the beach. But when he and his friend, Tom, discover a forgotten cave with fossilised dinosaur footprints, it takes them to another world. The boys meet a small, friendly Wannanosaurus, who leads them further into the prehistoric landscape, past mysterious fungi and strange fruits. But when the ground starts to shudder and the Wannanosaurus runs off, the boys know they're in serious danger. The Tyrannosaurus Rex has spotted them and he's coming their way . . .

Wednesday, 2 June 2010

Alan MacDonald and David Roberts: Dirty Bertie - Mud!

Bertie faces a barrage of footballs as the school's new goalie and battles to stay clean for the school photographer and gets hopelessly lost in a huge department store.

Monday, 31 May 2010

Turquoise and purple books

A day in London
House for sale
The lost key
William and his dog

Friday, 28 May 2010

Alan MacDonald and David Roberts: Dirty Bertie - Loo!

Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping of comic chaos! Bertie finds himself desperate to go to the loo on the school coach, up to his neck in sand and trouble on holiday, and staging a one-man protest to stop Mum and Dad from selling the house!

Thursday, 13 May 2010

Paul Mason: Destination Detectives - Italy

Facts and figures about Italy. On average each Italian eats 25 kg of pasta per year. And when they travel through Venice in a vaporetti they take a panini for lunch....

Friday, 7 May 2010

Jan Burchett, Jan Vogler, and Leighton Noyes: Gargoylz take a trip

The gargoylz are up to more mischief when they stow away on a school trip! Can Max and Ben keep their monster friends a secret? And will the boys get all the blame for the gargoyle-created chaos? Gargoylz are very naughty and won't keep still for long.

Friday, 30 April 2010

Turquoise books

Jill's new bike
The power cut
Wizard Blot
The broken roof

Tuesday, 27 April 2010

Lauren Child: Charlie and Lola - Whoops! But it wasn't me

Charlie has built a fabulous prize-winning rocket and has forbidden Lola to touch it. But when Lola finds herself with nothing to do, the temptation is just too great and she goes to get the rocket ... but knocks it on the floor, destroying it. When Charlie finds out he is distraught and wants to know who is to blame. Lola vehemently denies it until she realises the only way to win back Charlie's trust and respect is to own up, apologise and really mean it.

Monday, 26 April 2010

Roger Hargreaves: Mr Topsy-Turvy

Mr Topsy Turvy is a very strange fellow. He has everything upside down, inside out or back to front. His front door, windows and chimney were upside down. He read books upside down and from the back to the front. One day he comes to town and causes chaos...