Today I am really chuffed to present Dave Shelton’s Fabulous Five. If you read my review of his début novel, A Boy and a Bear in a Boat (see here), you will know how much I have enjoyed it. But it is the DFC that first introduced us to Dave Shelton’s work, with his comic …
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Claude at the Circus
Alex T. Smith(Hodder Children’s Books) Claude and his best friend Sir Bobblysock are back for a third adventure, hurrah, and of course Claude once again manages to put himself into precarious situations. A perfectly innocent stroll in the park is disturbed with a encounter with some joggers, a frowned-upon nap in the bushes, an unfortunate episode on the golf …
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates
Liz Pichon(Scholastic) Tom Gates is quite a regular boy, but also a master homework escapologist and excels at tormenting his older sister Delia. He also spends a lot of time thinking about his band Dog Zombies and eating caramel wafers. But Tom still manages to spend a lot of time writing and doodling in his homework book and it is …
SPOOKY READS FOR HALLOWEEN (9): Hubble Bubble Granny Trouble
Tracey Corduroy (text) & Joe Berger (illustrations)(Nosy Crow) What if your granny was a little bit “out there”? What if people stared at her in the street when you are out shopping with her? What if your friends found her really cool, while you just found her just a little bit embarrassing? And what if …
Even My Ears Are Smiling
Michael Rosen (text) & Babette Cole (illustrations)(Bloomsbury Children’s Books) A little interlude from Children’s Book Week as today is also National Poetry Day! I have to admit I am not usually one for reading a lot of` poetry but when this came through the post I got quite excited! Rosen and Cole? What a team! Michael Rosen’s wonderfully …
Stuck
Oliver Jeffers(HarperCollins Children’s Books) What do you do when your kite gets stuck up a tree? When plaid-shirt-clad Floyd finds himself in this situation, he decides to throw his shoe to try to dislodge it. When that doen’t work, he throws the other one, then a cat, a ladder and a variety of other items, each more …
The Wide-Awake Princess
E.D. Baker(Bloomsbury Children’s Books) What if Sleeping Beauty wasn’t an only child? What if she had a younger sister whose only gift from the fairies was that she could not be touched by magic, and that in fact magic recoiled from her? Princess Annabelle has not had a great childhood; her family hold a distance …
Traction Man and the Beach Odyssey
Mini Grey(Jonathan Cape) Traction Man and his faithful sidekick Scrubbing Brush are back for a new adventure, and this time they are venturing out on a holiday at the seaside! Traction Man is looking the part in his Squid-Proof Scuba suit and is ready to explore the secret crevices of the Rockpool. But Truffles, Granny’s new pet …
Claude on Holiday
Alex T. Smith(Hodder Children’s Books) Claude, the lovable beret-wearing dog, and his best friend Sir Bobblysock are back for another adventure, hurrah! Once more, as soon as his owners Mr and Mrs Shinyshoes are off to work, the duo are ready to go off on a new outing. They decide to go on their first ever holiday, and …
The Vampire Hunters
Pete Johnson(Yearling) On his thirteenth birthday, Marcus found out that he was a half-vampire. It might sound exciting, but Marcus certainly does not think so: blood cravings, near death-experiences when eating pizza (half-vampires are allergic to garlic) and powerful vampires wanting to drink your blood while you are a fledgling … it is not that …