Tony Ross
Author
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Language
English
Description
A hilarious and irresistible collection of stories from two of the best-known figures in the children's book world, Michael Rosen and Tony Ross. Burping Bertha: On an ordinary morning, in an ordinary flat, an up-till-now perfectly ordinary Bertha does an extraordinary burp. A burp so humongously big that very soon it's causing havoc in the school canteen, the playground, not to mention her grandad's apple trees ... Bob the Bursting Bear: Leaving Toy...
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Open the cover and step into Wonderland as you've never seen it before! This retelling of Lewis Carroll's classic tale has been carefully abridged and lavishly illustrated by Tony Ross, world-famous children's book author and illustrator. The madcap humour of the illustrations perfectly matches the surreal and magical story, accompanied by an introduction from Tony Ross.
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The only ant with his own name, Douglas is born into the wonderful Antworld and dreams of one day joining the line to hunt out food. But his superiors have other plans for him: Douglas is to be a soldier. They tell him his job is all about parading, waving flags and wearing a uniform, but Douglas is about to discover that there is no glory in war.
Author
Language
English
Description
When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds himself at Lord Funt Hospital, and is greeted by a terrifying-looking porter. Things go from bad to worse when he meets the wicked matron in charge of the children's ward. But Tom is about to embark on the most thrilling journey of a lifetime! 'The Midnight Gang' tells an extraordinarily heartwarming and, of course, funny story of five children on a hospital ward - and on a quest for adventure....
11) Awful auntie
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Aunt Alberta is on a mission to cheat the young Lady Stella Saxby out of her inheritance, Saxby Hall. But, with the help of Soot, the Cockney ghost of a chimney sweep alongside her, Stella is determined to fight back. And sometimes, a special friend, however different, is all you need to win through.
12) Bad dad
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dads come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. There are fat ones and thin ones, tall ones and short ones. There are young ones and old ones, clever ones and stupid ones. There are silly ones and serious ones, loud ones and quiet ones. Of course, there are good dads, and bad dads. A high-speed cops and robbers adventure with heart and soul about a father and son taking on the villainous Mr Big - and winning!
13) Demon dentist
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Make your appointment if you dare? Darkness had come to the town. Strange things were happening in the dead of night. Children would put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, but in the morning they would wake up to find? a dead slug; a live spider; hundreds of earwigs creeping and crawling beneath their pillow. Evil was at work. But who or what was behind it?.
14) Ratburger
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery - mainly by flobbing on her head. And now the evil Burt from Burt's Burgers is after her pet rat! And guess what he wants to do with it? The clue is in the title.
Author
Language
English
Description
1940. Britain is at war with Nazi Germany. 11-year-old Eric spends his days at the place that makes him most happy: London Zoo. And there's one animal in particular he loves: Gertrude the gorilla. With bombs falling all over London, Eric must rescue Gertrude. Together with his Uncle Sid, a keeper at the zoo, the three go on the run. But while hiding out at the seaside they uncover a top-secret Nazi plot.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jack's Grandpa? ?wears his slippers to the supermarket ?serves up Spam � la Custard for dinner ?and often doesn't remember Jack's name But he can still take to the skies in a speeding Spitfire and save the day? An exquisite portrait of the bond between a small boy and his beloved Grandpa - this book takes readers on an incredible journey with Spitfires over London and Great Escapes through the city in a high octane adventure full of comedy and heart....
18) The ice monster
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Elsie, an orphan on the streets of Victorian London, hears about the mysterious Ice Monster - a woolly mammoth found at the North Pole - she's determined to discover more. A chance encounter brings Elsie face to face with the creature, and sparks the adventure of a lifetime - from London to the heart of the Arctic!
Author
Series
Secret Seven volume 15
Language
English
Description
The Seven are desperate to help Tolly and his sick horse, Brownie. But where can they hide an old man and his horse? And can they protect Brownie from thieves?
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press
Language
English
Description
Meet the accident-prone T-Rex. First he loses his glasses, then he has one disaster after another: he can't tell his breakfast toast from a slipper, then he mistakes a prehistoric owl for his bath towel! This is a laugh-out-loud tale from Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.
