JEREMY STRONG

SMALL TALES FROM THE BIG FORESTArmadillo is quite grumpy. Hare is rather cheerful. Despite their differences, they are very best friends.One day, something unusual happens. A glitzy new neighbour appears - singing, dancing, and turning the Big Forest upside down!Its Flamingo - a flamboyant new friend for Armadillo and Hare!

Patagonia Clatterbottom is very cross. Other pirates have ambushed the Pirate School's food. So, she's going to teach the children - Smudge, Flo, Ziggy and Corkella - how to make a proper pirate attack and get their food back. But things go wrong, and all the teachers are captured! Luckily the children have a plan.

Nicholas's dad has had an idea - always a cue for disaster! This time he's planning to take the whole family camping. Sounds great, but Tomato is taking her pet carrot (don't ask) and Cheese is smuggling his pet hen into the camping van, while Granny and Lancelot are planning on bringing the goat . . . How much chaos can one family cause! The sixth story in this very popular series is every bit as silly and delightful as all the rest, while Rowan Clifford's black-and-white illustrations add to the fun.

Armadillo and Hare live together in the Big Forest. Armadillo loves cheese sandwiches. Hare loves playing tuba. In this delightful set of stories, they have a new neighbour in the Big Forest - Bear (of the polar variety!). Bear has brought his drum kit with him. Hare is excited, but Armadillo is decidedly NOT.A collection of charming stories, with beautifully whimsical illustrations by Rebecca Bagley, about sharing what we love with new friends.

Bungleman is Pickletons very own local superhero. Dennis is his long-suffering son. When disaster strikes in Pickleton, it is Bungleman who everyone calls upon to save the day. Unfortunately, Bungleman is a rather useless superhero. When things go wrong, Dennis secretly always comes to his dads rescue. Topaz/ Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate. Text type A story with a familiar setting. A reader response page provides lots of opportunities for speaking and listening and to scaffold writing. Curriculum links Art and design: People in action; Citizenship: People who help us the local police; ICT: Writing stories: communicating information using text. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Josh thinks Fizz is dentally challenged and fluent in gibberish. Fizz thinks Josh is the Prince of Handsomeness. They're destined to work together at Marigolds Old People's Home - can Cupid's arrow strike among the Zimmer frames? Thow in Josh's wacky mother with her goats on the sofa and Fizz's goddess-like big sis and one thing is certain. Things will get a lot weirder before they start making sense - and can the oldies really make their great escape ...using tablespoons? Being fourteen has never been so weird.

From The Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog to karate princesses and hot cross bottoms, there''s a Jeremy Strong story to suit every child''s sense of humour. Jeremy''s readers range from 7 to teen, perfect for fans of Roald Dahl and Andy Stanton.Streaker was so gobsmacked she leaped into the air as if she had a pogo stick attached to each leg. KER-POING!Streaker runs like a jet-propelled hurricane, which could cause problems when she enters the local dog show. She has to do well or she''ll get into trouble with the local police. . .and Trevor will get into trouble with horrible Charlie Smugg - again!Award-winning Jeremy Strong has written many wacky books for children aged 7-teen, including My Dad''s Got an Alligator and My Brother''s Famous Bottom. Most of which are illustrated by Nick Sharratt, who also illustrates for Jacqueline Wilson! The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog is back causing more chaos and getting into more trouble in The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog, Lost! The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog, Wanted! The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog, Christmas Chaos for the Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog and The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog Goes for Gold! - guaranteed to have you laughing your socks off!

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Armadillo and Hare live with their friends in the Big Forest.Hare loves dancing. Armadillo loves cheese sandwiches.Hare loves playing the tuba. Armadillo loves cheese sandwiches.Hare loves his best friend, Armadillo. Armadillo loves Hare - AND cheese sandwiches!They have quite a mix of friends, including an acrobatic wombat, a know-it-all lobster, a hungry jaguar, and (lets not forget) the invisible stick insect.

Yo había accedido a sacar a nuestro perro Rayo todos los días durante las vacaciones de Semana Santa. ¿Es que me había vuelto loco? Mi madre me había tentado ofreciéndome cinco mil pesetas por hacer ese trabajo y yo cai en la trampa como un tonto.

Los abuelos de Parchete habían sido piratas. También su padre y su madre fueron piratas, así que parecía evidente que también él debía ser pirata. Y ya era mala pata, porque a Parchete no le gustaba nada el mar. En realidad, no le gustaba el agua en general: ni para beber, ni para bañarse, ni para lavar... Pero sobre todo odiaba el agua del mar.

Ten-year old Nicholas, embarassed by his mum's pregnancy, is worried about his status as an only child. Then Granny and Lancelot find out they must move out to make room for twins. When Mum is in labour and Dad's car won't start, a pizza delivery van comes to the rescue.

Dinah the Mynah is hopping mad. She's trying to tell the family the danger they are in, but humans are so dense. They've been completely taken in by the beautiful Divine, an evil woman with a sinister plan. And then a chimpanzee comes crashing down the chimney ... A very funny story by the winner of the Children's Book Award.

Yo había accedido a sacar a nuestro perro Rayo todos los días durante las vacaciones de Semana Santa. ¿Es que me había vuelto loco? Mi madre me había tentado ofreciéndome cinco mil pesetas por hacer este trabajo y yo cai en la trampa como un tonto. Y es que sacar a Rayo es alto riesgo. Rayo es capaz de adelantar a un torpedo. Pasa de 0 a 100 km/h en un abrir de ojos. Y por supuesto, no obedece a nadie.