This is a beautiful book and could well become a minor classic. Joan Porter used to recite these verses to her own children as they grew up, so they have been well tried out. The verses introduce a host of characters from the countryside including: Terry Tiddlemouse with brothers Snitch and Snatch who live together happily in their house that's made of thatch, Fergus Frog too busy to drink tea from a cup so drinks it from the spout, and Hector Hog who without his spines would look a lot thinner. Kids will learn about the creatures that inhabit our countryside as well as enjoy the wit and humour of the verses and delightful illustrations. It's a bedtime treat and, like the mice, kids will want to huddle and cuddle and become a mousey muddle!
Part of the STORY LIBRARY series, a collection of more than twenty stories and extracts about the animal kingdom, including contributions from Rudyard Kipling, John Steinbeck, Charles Darwin, Ted Hughes, Ernest Hemingway, Dick King-Smith, and Michael Morpurgo.
""The Gingerbread Man and Other Stories"" is taken from ""The Macmillan Treasury of Nursery Stories"" (0-333-76579-6). This illustrated collection is a selection of eight classic nursery stories including ""Snow White"", ""The Princess and the Pea"" and ""Jack and the Beanstalk"".
Ten prize-winning authors each with a brand new story based on their own schooldays. Bernard Ashley, Malorie Blackman, Berlie Doherty, Paul Jennings, Margaret Mahy, Michael Morpurgo, Jenny Nimmo, Michael Rosen, Jeremy Strong and Robert Swindells.
Brand new stories based on each author’s own schooldays – sometimes funny, often poignant, always riveting. Written in each author’s unique style and based on something that is common to every child in the country – SCHOOL. Authors as below:
PAUL JENNINGS
MICHAEL MORPURGO
JEREMY STRONG
BERNARD ASHLEY
ROBERT SWINDELLS
MALORIE BLACKMAN
BERLIE DOHERTY
JENNY NIMMO
MARGARET MAHY
MICHAEL ROSEN
Stories of running away from school; getting the strap for punishments; vindictive teachers; boys who tell porky-pies; the shy girl who could only talk through her puppet; getting expelled [almost]; being an evacuee; original ways of getting out of being in the school play, as well as meeting one’s own true love at school! Stories that contemporary schoolchildren will relate to in sharing the triumphs and disasters of their favourite authors’ schooldays.
Bob and the team have been given the exciting job of building a new amusement park. The only problem is trying to think of a good theme for it. But when work on the roller coasters begins and some mysterious-looking bones are unearthed, the team find themselves with a theme of prehistoric proportions.
Featuring the best of BBC Children's TV, this annual contains news, stories, cartoons, reports, quizzes, presenters' profiles, games, behind-the-scenes information, competition and gossip.
