Colin McNaughton Bücher

Witzig illustriertes Reimebilderbuch über die absonderlichsten Bewohner einer Reihenhaussiedlung. (ab 5)

Bernie ist neu in der Stadt und hat noch keine Freunde. Als er um Aufnahme im Fussball-Team bittet, ist niemand begeistert, denn Bernie hat nicht wirklich eine Fussballer-Statur: er ist ziemlich rund und ungeschickt. Erst beim grossen Fussball-Turnier kann er Tims Tigern beweisen, wo seine Stärken liegen.

Schweinchen Paul, der beste Fussballer der Welt, wird zum Supermarkt geschickt. Der Fussball kommt selbstverständlich mit. Ein Tor jagt das andere. Der Schaden ist riesengross!

Erwin, der Rächer, schleicht durch die Stadt und stösst sein grausiges Huh aus. Doch als er dem grössten Bösewicht auflauert, passiert etwas Unerwartetes ...

A collection of humorous poems about eccentric characters.

Preston Pig (aka the Masked Avenger) is on a mission to frighten as many people as possible, shouting "Boo " and then disappearing into the night. But his mission is thwarted by the greatest villain in the universe -- his dad. Preston's dad decides he must teach Preston a lesson. But it might just backfire on him . . .

Labelled pictures introduce vocabulary and such concepts as cause and effect, opposites, and parts of a whole.

It was an ordinary morning when the ordinary boy woke up, and it was an ordinary journey to school - but then Mr Gee bounced into the classroom and everything changed. And the ordinary boy began to write: the words just tumbled out of him pell-mell.

In this colourful picture book, the aliens are coming - in all shapes and sizes. But something frightens them off, and they vanish forever.

This novelty book contains the last remains and journals of Count Dracula, including his school report, his holiday snaps, pictures of his pets and the contents of his fridge. On the last page, the count himself pops up to give the reader a surprise

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Mr Wolf is hungry as usual and Preston the Pig has some career suggestions for his enemy so that he will be able to buy food rather than catch it Preston, whilst keeping at a safe distance from Mister Wolf, suggests that he could become a footballer, or a poet or a crane driver or even an astronaut. But no matter what job Mister Wolf imagines himself doing it somehow always manages to involve eating Preston When Preston is called away to his dinner the wolf is also given a dinner of sorts, when Preston's dad drops a solid iron pot of slops on unlucky wolf's head. AGE 4-7

Simple text and illustrations demonstrate in brief vignettes such concepts as cause and effect, adding, parts of a whole, opposites, and the meaning of words.

Time after time, Preston the pig unknowingly outwits a hungry wolf that is trying to catch and eat him.

Two boys who urged their father to tell them bedtime stories hear four very short and silly tales fo overeating animals

First published in 1985, in three sections: a bear has a noisy birthday party; a little man has a big hat; and a door is opened to a monstrous surprise.

"No-no-no-no-no-no-no!" said Littlesaurus. "Yes," said Daddysaurus. "It's time for bed." Littlesaurus doesn't want to go to bed and can think of a million reasons to stay up. This is a bedtime story, filled with prehistoric humour, that can help even the most exasperated parents get their toddler to bed, and have them chuckling as they do so.

"Wonderful...It is hard to imagine better first reading books." The Times Educational Supplement.

Meet the Oozily Woozily Plonk, The Squidgeree and Miss Melanie Mish in this collection of almost 50 poems about travelling through the weird and wonderful. There's a chance to take a trip to Treasure Island, join the aliens on vacation and see Frankenstein's Monster World Tour.

"Wonderful...It is hard to imagine better first reading books." The Times Educational Supplement.

How do you get Littlesaurus to use the potty when he just doesn't want to? And how can you stop him singing 'potty poo-poo-wee-wee' in public? The more Mummysaurus and Daddysaurus keep telling him it's rude, the more raucous he gets.

ughton's third book of silly, funny, completely hilarious verse offers a veritable feast of ridiculous monsters, revolting insults, and awful aliens. Packed with irresistible and irrepressible illustrations, Making Friends With Frankenstein promises readers hours of read-aloud fun. Full color.

Labelled action pictures with a light story line introduce such concepts as cause and effect and opposites.

Reading Together is a learn-to-read series of picture books for young children and parents to enjoy together. There are four levels, each consisting of six books, offering a variety of reading experiences: stories, poems, rhymes and songs, traditional tales and information books.

"Wonderful...It is hard to imagine better first reading books." The Times Educational Supplement.

Not last night but the night before, everyone knocked at the little boy's door, they knocked him down when he let them in, but was there a big surprise for him?

When Preston the Pig puts on his red coat and sets off through the woods to visit his granny, Mr Wolf is reminded of a story, but he just can't remember what the story is and how it ends. Eventually, just as he is about to make off with Preston and Granny stuffed in his sack, the door swings open. . . . and Mr Wolf remembers what happens in LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD! Colin McNaughton's slapstick humour speaks directly to children's sense of fun and mischief. Both children and adults alike will delight in the comedy of this new story, and in the bold, colourful illustrations, full of incident and humour.

Fabulous new title in the Sprinters series relauneh; a rumbustious pirate romp, featuring the same pirates as the award-winning Jolly Roger. Written in diary form, this is the swashbuckling story of reluctant pirate pupil Pickles. packed off to pirate school by her parents, when she would much rather spend her days painting. At least she manages to smuggle in her dog Spud At Captain Abdul's awful academy she is taught such essential pirate topics as treasure, how to make cannon balls and the correct way to say Ooh arrgh . Then she discovers a staffroom plot to kidnap the pupils and hold them to ransom So she leads a mutiny, following which she and her fellow pupils set sail in the Golden Behind and have a great life robbing other pirates. Pickles (revealed on the last page to be a girl called Maisy) is happy because she has plenty of time to paint

Das hat er nun davon, der schaurig-schreckliche Oberpiratenlehrer Abdul: Er selbst und sein ganzer Grusellehrkörper werden von den Kids ausgetrickst. Denn Piratenschulkinder sind schlauer als der schlaueste Pirat! (ab 6).

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