Books for Roisin and Yorkiegirl to read!

Golden Apple are the publishers who print loads of different musical type things for primary schools. Perhaps one from the point of view of the overworked innkeeper could be good.....
I need to think about the theory workbooks. Let me get back to you on that one! Keep reminding me. Boots ok?

Read Shadowmancer and loved it! Not tried Garth Nix yet.

Christmas plays have to be cheesy though! I don't know who "Golden Apple" are ...? At our school Christmas is 'done' by KS1, so they aim fairly low. This year they're doing "The Grumpy Shepherd" last year it was the "Bossy King" (missed out the bit about the slaughter of the innocents though!)

Have you come across Doug Horley's song "The angry hotel man"? It's hysterical, and I'm sure you could base an entire nativity around that.

I've just remembered I was supposed to pick your brains about music theory workbooks on Friday ...?!

Have you tried Shadowmancer by GP Taylor? Or any Garth Nix?

Haven't tried him before, but loads of the kids at school really like him. When I saw that offer I couldn't resist!
Has William Nicholson written any other half decent ones?

Oh, I have a new project.... I want to have a go at writing a christmas musical thing for kids, think I can do it. I just need to come up with a starting point that's original... along the lines of the story of Christmas told from a different perspective. The Golden Apple ones are so cheesy I could do better!

Nope - not on msn - spend too much time on the PC as it is!

Have you read any MM? They are stunningly, beautifully written. DS1 wrote to him a couple of years ago, and had a lovely card back.

Our school library is absolutely rubbish. No decent books at all. We really need to do something about it TBH. And pronto.
I got a set from the Book People, £13 for 12 books:
Cool!, War Horse, Dear Olly, Kensuke's Kingdom, Toro! Toro!, Why the Whales Came, The Butterfly Lion, My Friend Walter, Billy the Kid, The Sleeping Sword, Farm Boy and The Wreck of the Zanzibar.
Pretty good value, isn't it!
Are you on msn?

AlexRider are definitely worth a read. Red House have got an offer on at the moment with all 5 for about £13. (Who's in charge of the library at school? Can you get them for the school library?) They are excellent.

LionBoy and the sequel LionBoy:the Chase are by "Zizou Corder" who is actually a 14 yr-old girl and her mum! I enjoyed it, but wouldn't rate it very highly. But ds1 loves it. He read 220 (out of 320) pp last night/this morning! And I was "the best mummy in the world" for buying it for him. I'm not sure why he finds it so thrilling; it does combine some of his main interests, and also has been covered heavily by Blue Peter. We also visited some of the sites from the first book when we were in Paris in the summer.

I finished Wolf Brother: I'm glad I read it, but am glad I got it from the library rather than buying it iyswim!

Which Michael Morpurgo set did you get? Have you read any of his before? Have you read "Private Peaceful"? By far and away the best book about war written for children that I have ever read. Stunning, shocking stuff. (And a gorgeous, sexy matt black cover!)

hee hee hee ... Love the thread title!

We are heavily into Horowitz (Alex Rider stories - MI6 = junior James Bond?) at the moment. I've read Stormbreaker and Point Blanc; ds1 has the next one waiting for him at the library (it's free for him to reserve them) but he hasn't finished PB yet, so I'll get first dibs on the sequel! (Then there are two more after that.)

He's currently reading the sequel to LionBoy, so I'll have to read that next as well.

I have got two adult books upstairs awaiting my attention: they're at the bottom of my pile