Younger Readers Category 2014

Book Week Fun Continued…

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Younger Readers Category

2014_violet_mackeralViolet Mackerel’s Possible Friend
by Anna Branford. Illustrated by Sarah Davis

Violet Mackerel has moved into her new house. There is a girl next door who could be a possible friend. Her name is Rose and she has a pink and white bedroom and a doll’s house. Violet hopes that Rose might not be just a possible friend for very long. Instead, she would quite like Rose to be a very good friend.

Fun activities and a jigsaw.

Read some of the book here.

 


2014_alphabetMy Life as an Alphabet
by Barry Jonsberg

Candice Phee wants to bring light and laughter to those around her, and somehow she succeeds despite the bizarre mix-ups and the confusion she effortlessly creates.

Fun activities and a jigsaw.

Read some of the book here.

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2014_unusual_pursuitA Very Unusual Pursuit
by Catherine Jinks

Monsters have been infesting London’s dark places for centuries, eating any child who gets too close. That’s why ten-year-old Birdie McAdam works for Alfred Bruce, the bogler. With her beautiful voice and dainty looks, Birdie is the bait that draws bogles from their lairs so Alfred can kill them. One life-changing day, Alfred and Birdie are approached by two very different women. Sarah Pickles runs a local gang of pickpockets, Edith Eames is studying the mythical beasts of English folklore. Both of them threaten the only life Birdie has ever known.

Very spooky trailer for the US Edition titled: How to catch a Bogle

Fun activities and a jigsaw | Read some of this book here.

 


2014_light_horseLight Horse Boy
by Dianne Wolfer. Illustrated by Brian Simmonds

In 1914 Jim and Charlie abandon the Australian outback for the excitement and adventure of the war to end all wars but in the Light Horse they quickly discover the brutal realities of life on the frontline. Nothing will ever be the same again.

Trailer | Download the quiz

Fun activities and a jigsaw

See some pages from the book here.

Diane Wolfer reads from Light Horse Boy

 


2014_scarlet_runnerPeat is on the run – forced to flee for her life when she’s blamed for bringing bad luck to her village. She heads for the endless marshes, where she’s caught by an old healer woman who makes Peat her apprentice and teaches her the skill of storytelling. But a story can be a dangerous thing. It can take you out of one world and leave you stranded in another and Peat finds herself trapped in an eerie place beyond the Silver River where time stands still. Her only friends are a 900-year-old boy and his ghost hound, plus a small and slippery sleek, a cunning creature that might sink his teeth into your leg one minute, and save your life the next.

Trailer | Fun activities and a jigsaw | Read some of the book here.