Year R
One morning Stick Man goes for a jog, and forgets to watch out for an excited dog. Uh-oh: suddenly this poor stick is being tossed around for the dog’s favourite trick! Carried far from home, Stick Man finds himself used as a flag mast, a cricket bat, a bird’s nest … As summer turns to winter, will a lost, frozen Stick Man ever get home to his Family Tree?
READ BY Dr Cook
A KING ASKS A BLACKSMITH TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE…
READ BY MISS HOLT
One scruffy little dog needs a home . . . One lonely little boy wants a dog . . . Then one day, they find each other, and it’s the start of a wonderful friendship. But there is great drama along the way before the two can finally be together, and Fleabag at long last finds the loving home he’s been looking for.
READ BY MRS WOOD
MR WOLF IS BACK, AND HE HAS ONE THING ON HIS MIND – A GREAT BIG ENORMOUS TURNIP! WHEN MR WOLF FINDS AN ENORMOUS TURNIP, IT IS JUST THE THING TO MAKE HIS FAVOURITE SUPPER – SPICY TURNIP STEW. BUT MR WOLF NEEDS SOME HELP. THE TURNIP IS STUCK FAST. CAN THE LITTLE FROG WITH THE SAD TALE HELP HIM?
READ BY MRS WOOD
Three superheroes must find out who polluted their city!
READ BY MisS Holt
Can you trust a hungry tiger? A Korean monk finds out when he lets one out of a trap!
READ BY Miss Holt
A hero comes to the rescue when a monster wakes up Storyland – but not the hero you imagine.
READ BY MRS Tandy
The true story of a boy who had to catch them all – insects, that is!
READ BY MR McGirr
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A MERMAID? ELIZA HAS! AND THIS IS THE BEWITCHING TALE OF HOW SHE AND A LITTLE MERMAID BECAME THE MOST INSEPARABLE OF FRIENDS.
READ BY MRS WOOD
Winnie the Witch uses her magic to solve some very practical problems. But the results are never quite as she imagined. One day after turning everything in her house black to hide the mess, she discovers she can longer see her black cat Wilbur. So she decides to use a bit of magic, and that’s when the trouble really starts.
READ BY MRS WOOD
Wolf cub Wilf doesn’t want help from anyone. Whatever it is, he can do it all by himself.
READ BY MRS WOOD
Touching story about a little toy polar bear who is left, unwanted, on the top shelf of a toy shop.
READ BY MRS WOOD
Sid is a cat who is addicted to having six meals a day and glories in this lifestyle. Manipulative, persuasive and a charmer he has wrapped everybody round his little paw – each owner believes that Sid belongs to them only …until the day he is found out!
READ BY MRS WOOD
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the park . . . Timothy Pope is blown this way and that way in the windy park — but among the whistling wind and blustering brollies could that be a shark he spies through his telescope. Peep through the die-cut hole in the pages of the book to find out.
Read by Mrs Greatorex
How does a very small girl hide a very large lion? It’s not easy, but Iris has to do her best, because mums and dads can be funny about having a lion in the house.
READ BY MRS WOOD
Greta is a little girl who lives in a beautiful forest threatened by Giants. When the Giants first came to the forest, they chopped down trees to make homes. Then they chopped down more trees and made even bigger homes. The houses grew into towns and the towns grew into cities, until now there is hardly any forest left. Greta knows she has to help the animals who live in the forest, but how? Luckily, Greta has an idea…
READ BY MRS WOOD
LITTLE LUCY LUPIN IS SWEET AND DIMPLED – AND A DREADFUL LIAR. THE TROUBLE IS, IT’S IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO BELIEVE HER – SHE’S SO PERFECTLY CUTE. NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, BUT THREE TIMES THE LIBRARY IS EVACUATED WHEN LUCY SAYS THERE’S A TERRIFYING LION ON THE LOOSE. BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN LUCY’S LIE COMES TRUE . . .?
READ BY MRS WOOD
An egg tumbles down through the leaves and branches and shatters into pieces on the rainforest floor. Out pops Beaky, a creature with a bright blue beak, furry flaps and a curly orange tail. But what is he? A frog? A snake? A fish? Beaky is determined to find out.
READ BY MRS Wood
A mesmerising new picture book about a boy who is lost at sea until some unexpected help arrives to save him. The sea monster lives down at the bottom of the ocean but one day he sits among the rocks on the shore and watches a boy and his little dog playing in the rock pools. Suddenly, the current carries the boy’s toy boat out among the waves and when he tries to reach it the boy is swept far out to sea. An old fisherman tries to rescue him and receives help from an unexpected quarter.
READ BY MRS Wood
When Little Wolf lands in their cucumber frame, the Porkers set him to work straight away. He has to fetch the papers, do the washing up, clean the house and even build a swimming pool. But their little slave is growing very quickly – and one day they push him just a tiny bit too far!
READ BY MRS Wood
One day, a boy drops his sandwich in a sandpit, and the race is on! A very hungry badger wants it, but he’s just not quick enough. The sandwich is dropped, squashed and slithered over by everyone from a squirrel, to a fox, to a band of slugs Will the badger ever get his paws on that sandwich? And will he even want it if he does, or will it just be too disgusting?
READ BY MRS Wood
A boy and his grandad nurse a little bird to health, but every time they put it outside, it hops right back in.
READ BY MRS Wood
Edwardo is an ordinary boy, so sometimes he can be a bit grubby or clumsy, a bit cruel or noisy or rude. The more that he is criticised, the worse he becomes, until one day they call him ‘The Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World’. Just then, Edwardo’s luck begins to change, and a series of chance events reveal that really he is a lovely boy, and has been all along.
READ BY MRS Wood
Timothy Pope has a brand new telescope and he’s testing it out at the park. Peep through the die-cut holes in this book to see if you can spy a shark. Is that really a shark? Turn the page and find out . . .
Read by Mrs Early
Pip is very proud of his big red balloon. But when he lets the balloon go and it pops, he is inconsolable. Luckily, Posy has a clever idea to cheer up her friend and soon they are having fun again.
Read by MRS HOFMAN
At night when you are sleepingThere’s a party in your house, It’s a pumping, jumping, funky bashWhen all the lights go out . . . When the sun goes down, the Kitchen Disco starts up – and all the fruit in the fruit bowl come out to play. There are lemons who break-dance, tangerines who twirl and some very over-excited apples!
Read by Mrs Early
Aliens love underpants, in every shape and size, But there are no underpants in space, so here’s a big surprise…
Read by Mrs Hofman