Andrew Fusek Peters ist ein anerkannter Dichter, Anthologist und Dramatiker, dessen umfangreiches Werk mehr als siebzig Kinderbücher umfasst. Seine Arbeit konzentriert sich häufig auf poetischen Ausdruck für junge Leser und zeugt von einem tiefen Verständnis der Kinderwelt. Durch seine Sammlungen und Anthologien präsentiert er gekonnt Verse und macht den Reichtum von Sprache und Emotionen für Kinder zugänglich.
Als ein goldenes Ei aus einem Londoner Museum gestohlen wird, wird der ehemalige Gangster Danny Cooper verdächtigt. Seine Tochter Charlie und ihre Skater-Freunde setzen alles daran, seine Unschuld zu beweisen und geraten dabei in ein spannendes Abenteuer, in dem sie ihre sportlichen Fähigkeiten einsetzen müssen.
When Bully Goat takes over Badger's house. Badger needs help to move him out. His biggest and bravest friends all make excuses. Finally help arrives from an unexpected quarter and Badger realises that size isn't everything. This traditional Iberian tale is retold with a twist by storyteller, poet and anthologist Andrew Fusek Peters.
Heart-warming picture book story of hope triumphing over despair, for families touched by depression.
When Ameerah Monkey wants to cross the river, she hatches a plot to trick crocodile into helping her. But how will she escape being his next meal? schovat popis
When Turtle challenges Bear to a race along the lakeshore, Bear is confident about the outcome, but all is not as it seems in this competition of wits. Complete with Audio CD.
A talkative tortoise lets his vanity win out over common sense in this tale of why the tortoise has a cracked shell. This traditional Himalayan 'Tale with a Twist' is retold by poet, author and storyteller, Andrew Fusek Peters. Tales from around the world provide an insight into cultures other than our own. Complete with audio CD.
The story revolves around a wise man's cleverness as he faces the threat of being eaten by a cunning tiger. With all the animals seemingly aligned against him, the wise man must navigate a web of deception and potential allies. The jackal's role adds intrigue, leaving readers to wonder whether it will assist him or betray him further. Themes of wit, survival, and the unpredictability of friendships unfold in this engaging tale.
In Dip, Andrew Fusek Peters describes an extraordinary year of wild swimming. Following in the wake of great writers such as Richard Jefferies and Edward Thomas, Dip combines meditations on place, history and myth with sharp observation and a poet's eye.
The Bush animals are fed up of Dingo dog's bullying and generate a storming idea to teach him a lesson.
A Groaning Coffin of Poems, Jokes, Riddles, and Plots Opened Up
There's nothing that Fred likes better than to stroll around the local graveyard. For Fred isn't your normal type of kid-he just loves all things ghoulish and ghosty, even if it means getting grief from Barry the Bully at school. But one day while mooching around the cemetery he suddenly slipsdown a hole and enters a whole different world-the world of ghosts! To be accepted, he must pretend to be dead (of course) and he finds himself taking the entrance exams to Ghost School. Fred succeeds and has a whale of a time, for he can now practise his spooking as much as he likes, and he meetslots of hilarious characters. When his cover is finally blown and he returns to his own world, his new friends are very useful for giving old Barry the creeps . . . Full of variety and humour with an appealing design to draw the reader in, this book is great for dipping into or reading from start tofinish. There are many different types of poems and plenty of jokes and riddles to make this collection a useful resource for teachers as well as highly appealing to children.
