To escape the stress of the holidays, the Heffleys decide to get out of town and go to a resort instead of celebrating Christmas at home. But what’s billed as a stress-free vacation becomes a holiday nightmare. The funniest books you’ll EVER read. Praise for Jeff Kinney: ‘The world has gone crazy for Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ – Sun ‘Kinney is right up there with J…
This takes the form of Tom’s battered homework diary crammed with his doodles and stories. Exciting News! Mr Fullerman announces that class 5F are going on an ‘Activity Break’! Which should be fun. As long as I don’t ge stuck in a group with anyone who snores or worse still with …Marcus Meldrew. Delia is already threatening to paint my room funny colours while I’m away. Which is annoying….
Creepella’s father, Boris von Cacklefur, is a finalist in the Fright Night contest. Gloomeria’s prestigious poetry competition. If he can perform the most terrifying rhymes, he will be crowned Fright Night Idol! But midway through the contest, Boris mysteriously disappears. Can Creepella and her friends find him before the final round?
Reading Guide:
Children Read Themselves: 7-9
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Matilda Wormwood’s father thinks she’s a little scab. Matilda’s mother spends all afternoon playing bingo. And Matilda’s headmistress Miss Trunchbull? Well, she’s the worst of all. She is a big bully, who thinks all her pupils are rotten and locks them in the dreaded Chokey. As for Matilda, she’s an extraordinary little girl with a magical mind – and now she’s had enough. So all these grown-ups had better…
Pilkey plays with words and pictures, providing great entertainment. The story is immediately engaging—two fourth-grade boys who write comic books and love to pull pranks find themselves in big trouble. Mean Mr. Krupp, their principal, videotapes George and Harold setting up their stunts and threatens to expose them. The boys’ luck changes when they send for a 3-D Hypno-Ring and hypnotize Krupp, turning him into Captain Underpants, their own…
This delightful series of classic stories will give children of around 8 to 10 years old excitement and adventure that will keep girls and boys spellbound until the very last page. Each classic story has been masterfully rewritten to suit the reading standards of this age group. The exclusive Van Gool full colour illustrations on each page help make “Junior Classics” A unique reading experience.
A wonderful retelling of Shakespeare’s thrilling tale of love torn apart by history. With notes on Shakespeare and the Globe theatre and Love and Death in Anthony and Cleopatra. The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help of Tony Ross’s engaging black-and-white illustrations, each play is vividly brought to life allowing these culturally enriching stories to be shared with as wide an audience as possible.
PRIYADARSHINU PANCHTANTRA by Gurjar Sahitya Bhawan
The fourth in the fantasy series about children and their spirit animals fighting to save their kingdom Four children separated by vast distances all undergo the same ritual, watched by cloaked strangers. Four flashes of light erupt, and from them emerge the unmistakable shapes of incredible beasts – a wolf, a leopard, a panda, a falcon. Suddenly the paths of these children – and the world – have been…
Dragon Masters has it all–dragons, Dragon Stones, a wizard, and even some magic!
Reading Guide:
Children Read Themselves: 9-12
Reading is a healthy ritual for children, Skryf believes!