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Tricky Tortoise – African Anima...
Brief summary
When Elephant trod on Tricky Tortoise for the three hundred and thirty second time, Tortoise devised a cunning plan to teach Elephant a lesson.
This is the story of how Tricky Tortoise proves that brains are often better than strength or size.
ISBN:9780340516249
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Running Rhino – African Animal ...
Brief summary
Rhino runs everywhere. And as he runs, he leaves a wake of devastation in his path. The other animals are fed up of this rampant running and so Lion confronts him, telling him he must stop. Rhino refuses and challenges anyone to try and stop him.
Out of all the animals it is little Tickbird who takes up his challenge, with interesting results.
ISBN:9780340989388
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Lazy Lion African Animal Tales
Brief summary
Lazy Lion orders the animals to build him a house on the African plain.
The Weaver Birds build him a house of nest grasses and palm leaves, but Lazy Lion is too heavy to reach the door. The Ant Bears build him a house with many rooms and caverns, but it is so dark Lion can't see anything.
The animals do their best to please Lion, but he is very difficult to please. Will he ever find a home?
This is the story of how Lazy Lion found his home on the great African plain.
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ISBN:9780340565650
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Laughing Giraffe – African Anim...
Brief summary
In the days long ago, Giraffe was the noisiest animal on the Great African Plain. He shouted a lot and he laughed all the time. This is the story of how the littlest Egret proved to Laughing Giraffe that you don't need to be loud to be heard.
ISBN:9780340945209
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Hungry Hyena
Brief summary
Hungry Hyena steals Fish Eagle's dinner and sets off a chain of events which leads to the hyenas reaching for the moon ... with disastrous results. This is the story of how Hungry Hyena came to slink about on the great African plain and how Fish Eagle soars in the clouds.
ISBN:9780340626856
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Hot Hippo
Brief summary
Hippo was hot and thought how wonderful it would be to live in the water, so he walked and ran until he came to the mountain where Ngai lived.
Hippo pleaded and eventually Ngai agreed Hippo could live in the water, but only if he did not eat the fish and came onto the land at night.
ISBN:9780316337182
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Handsome Hog
Greedy Zebra
Brief summary
When the animal’s discovered a cave full of furs and skins, they discarded their drab skins for glossy new ones. Greedy zebra, arrives late, after a delicious snack, only to find a few stripes of black cloth. He squeezes into them but Greedy Zebra is too big for them and his new coat bursts open!
The story of how all the animals chose their clothing, except for Greedy Zebra, who had to take the left-over pieces. .
ISBN:9780340409121
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Enormous Elephant – African Ani...
Cross Crocodile
Brief summary
Long ago on the Great African Plains, it was so dry before the rain came that all the animals were hot, thirsty, and hungry. All, that is, except Cross Crocodile.
This is the story of how Monkey tricked Crocodile into sharing his food with the other animals.
ISBN:9780340970324
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Crafty Chameleon – African Anim...
Brief summary
Tormented every morning by leopard and bullied by crocodile, the clever little chameleon decides to play a trick on them. He manages to get the better of his two oppressors without them even knowing how he did it!
This is the story of why Crafty Chameleon changes color and hides when he hears you coming.
ISBN:9780340486986
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Bumping Buffalo – African Anima...
Baby Baboon
Brief summary
Leopard is hungry, but he is also lazy. How will he catch his dinner? Leopard recruits the help of Baboon and Baby Baboon to trap Hare whom he plans to eat for his dinner. But Leopard is outwitted and Baby Baboon laughs and laughs.
This is the story of how Leopard came to lie in wait in the trees and why you just might hear Baby Baboon laughing and laughing.
ISBN:9780340580486
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Awkward Aardvark-African Animal Tales
Brief summary
Aardvark's snoring keeps the other animals awake night after night. Something has got to be done! Mongoose calls on the others for help, but it is not until the termites get involved that the problem is solved.
This is the story of how Awkward Aardvark came to sleep during the day and eat termites at night.
ISBN:9780340525814
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Grandpa’s Great Escape
Brief summary
Grandpa lives in a Maximum Security Twilight Zone, and his Grandson attempts to set him free.
Jack’s Grandpa…
1. wears his slippers to the supermarket
2. serves up tinned tongue for dinner
3. 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. Illustrated by the award-winning Tony Ross
ISBN:9780007494019
Author:David Walliams
Awful Auntie
Brief summary
A page-turning, rollicking romp of a read, sparkling with Walliams' most eccentric characters yet and full of the humour and heart that all his readers love, Awful Auntie is simply unmissable!
From larger than life, tiddlywinks obsessed Awful Aunt Alberta to her pet owl, Wagner – this is an adventure with a difference. Aunt Alberta is on a mission to cheat the young Lady Stella Saxby out of her inheritance – Saxby Hall. But with mischievous and irrepressible 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.
ISBN:978000794445
Author:David Walliams
Demon Dentist
Brief summary
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…?
ISBN:9780007453566
Author:David Walliams
The Midnight Gang
Brief summary
Welcome to the Midnight Gang! Midnight is the time when all children are fast asleep, except of course for… the Midnight Gang. That is when their adventures are just beginning…
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! It is a story of friendship and magic – and of making dreams come true. Readers are set to be utterly spellbound by this heartfelt story that will bring magic to everyone.
ISBN:9780008164614
Author:David Walliams
The World’s Worst Children
Brief summary
From the world’s favorite author, David Walliams – ten cautionary tales and a delightfully dreadful cast of characters; all in a gorgeously gifty FULL COLOUR format!
Are you ready to meet the World’s Worst Children? Five beastly boys and five gruesome girls!
1. Like Sofia Sofa – a TV super-fan so stuck to the sofa that she’s turning into one!
2. Or Dribbling Drew – a boy whose drool gets him into trouble on a school trip!
3. And not forgetting Blubbering Bertha – a girl who bawls and tells terrible tales!
Also featuring a special appearance from fan-favorite Raj!
From Number One bestselling author David Walliams comes this collection of wickedly funny, deliciously mischievous tales, illustrated in glorious colour by the artistic genius Tony Ross.
ISBN:9780008197032
Author:David Walliams
The Boy in the Dress
Brief summary
The sparkling debut children's novel from David Walliams, co-creator and co-star of the multi-award-winning Little Britain. Dennis was different. Why was he different, you ask? Well, a small clue might be in the title of this book! Charming, surprising and hilarious –
The Boy in the Dress is everything you would expect from the co-creator of Little Britain. David Walliams's beautiful first novel will touch the hearts (and funny bones) of children and adults alike.
ISBN:9780007279036
Author:David Walliams