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A Shame to Miss Poetry Collection 1 by Anne Fine
$16.95 NZD
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Category: Poetry & nursery rhymes - children | Reading Level: From 7 To 99
Aimed at junior readers, this collection offers a diverse mixture of classic poetry chosen by Anne Fine. Poets include Lewis Carroll, Walter de la Mare, Eleanor Farjeon and Kipling and many others. A collection of over 70 poems, the book also contains tips to help children understand the poems.
A Shame to Miss Poetry Collection 2 by Anne Fine
$16.95 NZD
Category: Poetry & nursery rhymes - children
Aimed at junior readers, this collection offers a diverse mixture of classic poetry chosen by Anne Fine. Poets include W.H. Auden and Ted Hughes. It also includes poets from Afro-Caribbean backgrounds like Grace Nichols who are featured alongside other poets from non-European cultures.
A Shame to Miss Poetry: Collection 3 by Anne Fine
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Category: Poetry & nursery rhymes - children | Reading Level: very good
Selected personally by Anne Fine, this collection offers over 100 poems from poets including Kingsley Amis, John Betjeman, Robert Browning, Leonard Clark, Adele Geras, Seamus Heaney, A.E. Housman, Philip Larkin, Pablo Neruda, Brian Patten and Derek Walcott.
Angel of Nitshill Road by Anne Fine
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Category: Fiction - junior | Reading Level: 7+
Penny, Mark and Marigold are miserable. Penny is rather plump, Mark's compared with a Martian and Marigold can't speak to anyone - thanks to relentless bullying from Barry Hunter. Then Celeste arrives and things begin to change. Watering the plants, polishing her desk - her whims infuriate Mr Faraway, b ...Show more
Anneli the Art Hater by Anne Fine
$12.99 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle | Reading Level: 7+
Anneli hates art - art lessons are awful and trips to galleries just make her squirm. Now she's got to try to find something precious in her attic to make some money to save the big house on the road, now a home for children with disabilities. It seems ridiculous, but when she looks, she finds a door le ...Show more
Bill's New Frock by Anne Fine
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Category: Fiction - middle | Reading Level: 7+
Bill Simpson wakes up to find he's a girl, and, worse, his mother makes him wear a frilly pink dress to school. How on earth is he going to survive a whole day like this? Everything just seems to be different for girls...
Care of Henry by Anne Fine
$13.95 NZD
Category: Fiction - junior | Series: Sprinters S.
Hugo has to choose who to stay with while his mother's having a baby. Granny? Mrs Mariposa next door? Uncle Jack? Who will care for him - and his dog Henry - the best?
Charm School by Anne Fine
$16.99 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle
Forced to spend a day at Charm School while her mother is on a course, Bonny makes some surprising and hilarious discoveries. Can Bonny cope with listening to Mrs Opalene's Helpful Handy Hits (like 'how to bleach your elbows'!)? And what about the other girls? After Bonny's day there, Charm School will ...Show more
Charm School - out of print by Anne Fine
$16.95 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle | Reading Level: 8-11
Bonny has no choice. If her mother is to keep her new job, Bonny must take a one-day course at Charm School. One day at Charm School turns out to be every bit as bad as Bonny had feared. The other girls are scratchy and self-obsessed, and will do anything to win the "glistering tiara".
Countdown by Anne Fine
$12.95 NZD
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Category: First Readers | Series: Yellow bananas
What's it like to be stuck in a room all day alone? Hugo is about to find out! If he wants a gerbil Hugo must prove to Dad that life in a cage isn't so bad. But can he stand it, or will he crack?
Country Pancake by Anne Fine
$12.95 NZD
Category: Fiction - junior
Lancelot's lovely teacher, Miss Mirabelle, is in big trouble. She's told a giant whopper and unless she can come up with a brilliant plan, she's going to look vey, very silly. Can Lancelot help this damsel in distress?
Design a Pram by Anne Fine
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Category: First Readers | Series: Yellow Banana Books | Reading Level: From 7 to 99
Mr Oakway has to think of something to keep his class busy while he writes reports. "Design a pram" he tells them. Hetty and Oliver, the bossiest children, take over straightaway and choose two teams. One designs a super-realistic one and the other a super-fantastic one. But which is best?