Thursday, August 19, 2010

Series fun for younger readers

All of these books are fun reads. They are short, some with illustrations some without, and great for younger readers who want short chapter books with action and fun and that have other books of the same kind. Kids love the "collecting' aspect.

Stick Dudes #2 : The Secret Four-ce & #3 Champions Of The World Felice Arena (Scholastic)
The Stick Dudes are 4 'dudes', around about 10 years old. They return in more riotous fun – and they really are stick drawings so kids, especially boys, are going to love them!
In The Secret Four-ce, the Stick Dudes (Ben, Martin, Johnny and Michael) uncover a thief in their very own school. There is only one thing the Stick Dudes can do—form the ace spy team ‘The Secret Four-ce’ and attempt to uncover the culprit! With high-five slaps, secret spy names, and some crazy detectiving the mystery os about to be solved ... but not before some craziness too.

The Stick Dudes have World Cup Fever! Soccer is the rage and these dudes have been caught up with it too ... starting with an attempt at the world record for juggling a soccer ball. This fails when the school bully sends another soccer ball whooshing by that collides with the record attempt and eventually a soccer match where the winner gets to meet the soccer hero as he presents the cup. But to meet their hero they dudes have to play the perfect game!
Littered with quirky sketches and pages for readers to draw their own stick dudes these are fun! And this is a ripper for BOYS.

Slowcoach Turtle Kyle Mewburn & Heath MacKenzie (Little Hare)
Pop Hooper’s Perfect Pets is a fun series -- Slowcoach Turtle is the latest instalment. Great for younger readers who love animals and pets.
Tilda wants a monkey - which she thinks will make a perfect pet, so when Pop Hooper’s long shiny Pet Express truck arrives she was sure to get her perfect pet - after all Pop Hoopper guarantees perfect pets! And after her best friend Nat fell out of tree she is very lonely ...but things are not as they seem. Tilda gratefully accepts Houdini the monkey as a pet but when he runs away - that's when the trouble beings. Will Tilda find the perfect pet, and will she and Nat be friends again?


Haggis McGregor and the Night of the Skull Moon Jen Storer & Gus Gordon (Penguin)
This book is a real bony giggle.
Haggis McGregor is a skeleton. His horse is a skeleton too and together, once a month, on the night of the skull moon, they roam the village of Dunroamin for haggis is searching for a wife -even though Haggis has been dead for hundreds of years. Of course Haggis is not the only roaming spirit. Young Gordon has also, for the first time in years, materialised and he is searching for a family! When Miss Myrtle McDougal (standing alone on the railway station) breaks the second rule that all villages heed - never give Haggis anything, things get a little restless in Dunroamin!
A new Aussie Bites title - just right for kids wanting books with short illustrated chapters.


A Horse Called Darling Delwyne Stephens (Penguin)
Penny will never ride again; at least that is what she feels when her horse Manny is killed in a riding accident. Horse riding is expensive and her parents can't afford another horse but a when a mean-spirited horse called darling is brought home by her father Penny finds that she might ride again - but first she has to tame the wild horse! Will she and Darling ride the Windhaven one-day event and can they beat the not so pleasant Miranda!
A new Aussie Chomps title which are short chapter books and high interest.

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