The Puffin book of school stories

A collection of stories about school by authors such as Noel Streatfeild, Jan Mark, Charles Dickens, Ger Duffy and Bernard Ashley. The stories take a look at starting a new term, dealing with bullying, getting out of a sticky situation and facing parents with a bad report.

Snarf attack, underfoodle, and the secret of life : the Riot Brothers tell all

Move over, Captain Underpants, a couple of new pranksters are in town. Narrated by fifth-grader Wilbur and featuring his third-grade brother, Orville, this hilarious story follows the antics of two boys with overactive imaginations and a comfortable sibling relationship. The action is divided into three “books,” with six chapters each. In the first, the brothers are determined to catch a cr…

Once upon an alphabet

Perfect for gift-giving, here isTHE alphabet book to top all others, an over-sized work of brilliance from the illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Day the Crayons Quit! If words make up the stories and letters make up the words, then stories are made up of letters. In this menagerie we have stories made of words, made FOR all the letters. The most inventive and irresisti…

Winds of change : modern short stories from black Africa

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

0582537657

Collation

89 pages : illustration ; 19 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

808.83 ACH

Poetry for Young People: Edgar Allan Poe

The creator of unforgettable tales of horror that remain classics to this day, Edgar Allan Poe may be best-known as a nineteenth-century short-story writer, but he was also a great poet who composed verses that expressed his emotions and feelings. More than twenty of his poems are brought to a new generation of readers with colorful illustrations and easy-to-understand notes that will encourage…

More farmyard tales

This series of delightful short stories has been especially written, with the help of a language expert, for young children who are just beginning to read. Stephen Cartwright's charming illustrations carry the exciting and humorous stories along and give clear clues to the words and their meaning. With the help and encouragement of an adult, beginner readers will be able to achieve the pleasure…

Just so stories

Twelve stories about animals, insects, and other subjects include How the Camel Got His Hump. The Butterfly That Stamped, and How the Alphabet Was Made..

The happy prince, and other tales

Oscar Wilde made up these very special fairy stories for children. He was telling them more than stories about princes, giants, nightingales, and roses, he was teaching them about life and the way to live it. You will find in them so much sweetness and tenderness you will never forget them. They can be read aloud to children of six, and everybody will want a copy for their own private deligh…

Some christmas Stories

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are tru…

The Stinky Cheese Man and other fairly stupid tales

A revisionist storyteller provides his mad, hilarious versions of children's favorite tales in this collection that includes "Little Red Running Shorts", "The Princess and the Bowling Ball", "Cinderumpelstilskin", and others.