by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 3rd/4th, Class Novel
When Mr Curry the headmaster announces The Great Gazebo is coming to visit the school, Albert’s big sister Fionnuala tells him awful tales of the powers of magicians, especially over seven-year-old boys. ‘They appear in a cloud of smoke and red sparks and...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 3rd/4th, Class Novel
Adam’s Starling tells the story of a nine year old boy who is finding life difficult. At home, no-one has any time for him. At school things are even worse – a gang of bullies has singled Adam out for punishment. Life is becoming increasingly difficult for Adam....
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
Mum goes out for the day and Dad is left in charge of twins Katie and Ted. That means anything could happen. Tuffy the dog tries to keep order. Katie and Ted play at dressing up. This is OK until they decide they need to go into Mum and Dad’s room. Tuffy knows...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
Grandad and Lenny are trying to paint the living-room. But Grandad’s paint is very old and it’s gone quite strange. It has stripes and patterns in it….. At first it seems like fun to make pictures with this weird paint. Lenny calls his picture ‘Fang’ because it looks...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
Lenny and his mad grandad buy a flying saucer and shoot into space together. But space is full of all sorts of creatures — some are friendly, some are not so friendly… Getting into space is easy. Getting home again — alive — is going to be a...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
Have you ever wondered where the other sock goes, or those keys or your earring or pen? Grandad wonders that all the time. Things keep disappearing down the back of Grandad’s sofa — who, or what, has taken them? When Lenny and Grandad discover the Kleptoes...
