by Rowena Morcom | Sep 5, 2023 |
Bedtime has never been so bonkers! The ultimate collection of short stories from the irrepressibly funny author of Friday Barnes.
From the bestselling author and host of the hugely popular Bedtime Stories with R. A. Spratt podcast comes this bumper collection of the show’s most popular stories.
Just as the Grimm brothers collected fairytales and Scheherazade told tales of the Arabian nights, now R.A. Spratt has assembled the most comprehensive collection of silly stories ever bound together in one book.
Stories so good no human mind could come up with them. They were often dictated to R.A. by the world’s most glamorous storytelling pig, Nanny Piggins. There’s a never-before-seen Friday Barnesmystery, and tall tales from R.A.’s own domestic life. You’d better brace yourself – these are tales so tall you will get altitude sickness.
Delight your friends and dazzle your family by reading aloud from this book. Or drive them into a paroxysm of jealousy as they watch you silently read this book to yourself. Either way, you must buy this book if you want joy in your heart, a tickle in your funny bone and a boggled brain as you try to wrap your mind around the brilliance of these bedtime stories.
by Jenni Leigh | Aug 18, 2023 |
Age range 4+
Captain Thunderbolt was known as the ‘gentleman bushranger’. He didn’t like violence, was always polite, and even paid back most of the money he stole. In Captain Thunderbolt’s Recital, author Jane Jolly retells the true tale of one of the bushranger’s most famous robberies with comic effect. When Thunderbolt held up Wirth’s German brass band, he took their money, asked them to play some music for him and promised to pay the money back. Sure enough, when the men returned home, there was a postal order waiting for them, with the exact amount he had stolen.
Illustrations by Liz Duthie perfectly capture the funny text, bringing to life the quirky band members as well as the impish Captain Thunderbolt.
by Jenni Leigh | Aug 18, 2023 |
Do you think the sleepy sheep will sleep on top of this wild and windy hill
Baah!
No-o-o, this windy hill is far too high and wild for a sleepy sheep to sleep on!
Do you think the sleepy sheep will sleep deep down in this steep and stony valley?
Baah!
No-o-o, this valley is far too deep, steep, and stony for a sleepy sheep to sleep in!
So where will the sleepy sheep end up sleeping? A delight from beginning to end – bedtime reading at its best.
by Jenni Leigh | Aug 18, 2023 |
Age range 9+
Do Penguins’ Feet Freeze? is a wonderfully weird collection of questions and answers about our natural world, written by the expert team at the Natural History Museum, London. Packed with colourful images throughout, this book reveals:
- Why do rabbits eat their own poo?
- How do polar bears stay warm?
- Can dolphins talk to each other?
- Why does rain smell?
- How clever is an octopus?
- Which animal has spines in its throat?
- Why do goats scream and faint?
- Will an asteroid hit Earth?
- Why are flamingos pink?
- Do birds sneeze?
- Why do honeybees dance?
… and many more cool and quirky facts that prove nature is often stranger than fiction!
by Jenni Leigh | Aug 18, 2023 |
Age range 10 to 14
Winston is fourteen and apprenticed to the wizard Faramond. Winston’s problem is that he’s a lot brighter than his master. Faramond is being forced to bring more valuable magical slaves into the world. Winston wants to free the enslaved magical creatures who are already there. This spells trouble.
