Alan Macdonald
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Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Based on the dubious members of the Wart family tree, each book will focus on the adventurous life and turbulent times of a different 'Wart' from pirate to gladiator as he (or she) experiences the peculiar misfortunes which befall all Warts throughout the centuries.
Book 1 is set in Roman times. Emperor Porcus Maximus is coming for dinner and so Ditherus and his faithful slave Punio are sent (by Ditherus's mother) to market for supplies. But Ditherus...
Book 1 is set in Roman times. Emperor Porcus Maximus is coming for dinner and so Ditherus and his faithful slave Punio are sent (by Ditherus's mother) to market for supplies. But Ditherus...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
At the Dankmarsh School for poor orphans, the childen sleep four to a bed and exist on watery porridge. Teachers don't last long, and so when a new one arrives they are intrigued, especially since he has an eyepatch a huge moustach and calls himself the Captain. Miss Scrubshaw interviews him for the post, though he and his cousin 'Mr Mate' seem most interested in the ancient map on her wall. The Captain introduces new lessons: compass use, swordcraft...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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When King Eggnog rashly offers the hand of his daughter Princess Miranda in marriage, Sir Bigwart sets out on a daring quest with his faithful squire Toby in tow. The quest is to bring back a tooth of the Ogre of Ghastly Fell, a fearsome, flesh-eating giant whose breath is so bad it can knock you at a hundred paces and whose two heads are constantly squabbling with each other.
Sir Bigwart's real talent is for empty boasting so he's going
...Author
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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From the bestselling author of Dirty Bertie.
Stan Button had always dreamed of becoming a superhero. Then one day a letter arrives inviting him for an interview at the mysterious Mighty High School. To his amazement, Stan is offered a place – starting immediately. His superpower is 'non-conventional', as are those of his two new best friends, but lessons in supervillain-spotting and tight-wearing mean they are soon ready to defeat...
Stan Button had always dreamed of becoming a superhero. Then one day a letter arrives inviting him for an interview at the mysterious Mighty High School. To his amazement, Stan is offered a place – starting immediately. His superpower is 'non-conventional', as are those of his two new best friends, but lessons in supervillain-spotting and tight-wearing mean they are soon ready to defeat...
5) Monster!
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Series
Publisher
Little Tiger Press
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Description
Calling all Dirty Bertie fans! Dirty Bertie – the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits – is back for another helping of comic chaos! With ever-increasing madcap schemes and crazy capers, Bertie continues to delight his legions of fans who revel in his revolting ways. Join Bertie as he turns Know-All Nick into a monster, gets stuck on a mountain with Dad and comes face to face with his French double! Dirty Bertie is a hugely popular series...
6) Fame!
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Publisher
Little Tiger Press
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Description
Calling all Dirty Bertie fans! Dirty Bertie – the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits – is back for another helping of comic chaos! With ever-increasing madcap schemes and crazy capers, Bertie continues to delight his legions of fans who revel in his revolting ways. Join Bertie as he finds fame in front of the cameras, gets into a spot of bother on a fishing trip and becomes a modern-day Robin Hood. Dirty Bertie is a hugely popular series...
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Tiger Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Description
Calling all Dirty Bertie fans! Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping of comic chaos! More disgusting than ever, with crazier plans and increasingly madcap schemes, Bertie continues to delight his legions of fans who revel in his revolting ways. In Dinosaur! (Book 20 in the Dirty Bertie series) join Bertie as he takes Angela Nicely on a dinosaur hunt, bites off more than he can chew at the Easter...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
Life for Honesty and his sisters Mercy and Patience is not a bundle of laughs. His family are strict Puritans and singing, dancing and anything that sounds like fun is forbidden. Life, Honesty thinks, can't get much worse when Christmas is cancelled by order of the government.
But he is wrong - the real problem is Gran who has one tooth, a hooked nose, a very hairy chin and a pet toad called Merlin. Honesty suspects she may be a witch,
...9) Worms!
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English
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In these three tales Bertie turns a pink birthday party into a mess, faces and fails the challenge of being polite for an entire day (fortunately), and mistakes his mother's flower arrangement for garbage.
10) Germs!
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English
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What kind of trouble will Bertie get into next? In this trio of tales, Bertie tries to catch his sister's horrible illness, finds himself partnering with his grandma at a dancing competition, and meets his match in a new babysitter who's even grubbier than he is!
11) Fleas!
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English
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Bertie finds trouble everywhere, and in this trio of adventures he has plans for his dog's fleas, locks a substitute teacher in the storeroom, and has an encounter with a fire engine.
12) Fangs!
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English
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Wherever Bertie goes, chaos follows, and this trio of stories is no exception. Join Bertie as he attempts to prove the grumpy school custodian is a vampire, finds himself modeling the latest fashions, and gets a serious "scare-cut" at the barbers.
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English
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When Dr. Sinister hatches his latest plan to take over the world and creates evil custard that turns children into deadly blob monsters, what better place to try it out than an unsuspecting school? Little does Dr. Sinister realize that Mighty High is a school for superheroes - they are all acting ordinary to pass the school inspection! Can Stan, Minnie, Miles and of course, Pudding the Wonder Dog, come up with an anti-custard-dote in time?
15) Alien Attack!
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English
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Welcome back to Mighty High, the school for superheroes. Stan and his friends are so busy preparing for their heroes exams and having flying lessons that no one seems to realize that Miles has been abducted by aliens! Can fully-fledged superhero Captain Courageous lend a hand or will their fates be decided by a piece of bionic bubble gum?
17) Snarlyhissopus
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Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
As Pelican's news about a "spottyhipppomus" in the jungle spreads from animal to animal, the facts become monstrously distorted.
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English
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As a nation, we are wealthier and more prosperous than our parents could have ever dreamed. Yet for the vast majority, money remains a source of stress and uncertainty in our lives. Even those of us who are fortunate enough to earn a decent living can suddenly wake up to find ourselves asset rich but cash poor. Ask yourself-do you ever find yourself: Living from paycheck to paycheck? Making only the minimum payment on your credit cards? Struggling...
