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[curtaincall]

Not really! but ds and I are desperate to find out what happens to them and their friends. Have posted elsewhere and no one seems to know if there is a sequel to The Thief who stole Nothing which seems to be the last book in the Time Chronicles. Have looked on ORT / OUP websites as well as Amazon etc. Surely the children get to go home at some point and not have to live in a time limbo? Can anyone tell us if they know of further books which end this great series? Yes, I am a sad person who should have more interesting things to think about, but ds is still very young and has got caught up in the stories!

Is this a joke? Those bloody books were the bane of my life and am seriously considering choosing dc2's school on basis of whether I will have to endure them again

curtaincall, why not write your own ending, or even better encourage your DS to do it with you, and send it to the OUP? .

It's like groundhog day in education at the moment, I will be muttering "Time Chronicles" in my sleep soon...

sorry to be so boring lovecheese ... but here we come with our latest, shiniest story of the gang getting up to no good. We talked about this before school and ds looked at me as though i was mad was well into the idea. Illustrated by yours truly and written by 6 year old. OUP are in for a great treat

Am I the only one to really like the Time Chronicles? I think they are better than Harry Potter. Shorter mind you but more informative. One of the stories is about Bletchley Park and after reading it a couple of weeks ago, there was something on the news about it the next day, so ds felt really linked in and was able to see interviews with people who had worked there. Fascinating. Do give them a chance lostlady - this is not Floppy sits.

@ curtaincall

I hated them with a passion and was soooo pleased when they were all done....

No No No swarski you haven't read these ones!

ORT and other reading schemes serve a purpose, ie getting children reading. They provide children a way to practice sight vocabulary and phonics through a methodical and systematic approach. Very few children just learn to read from sight. And that's remember it's NOT whether the parent likes these books it's what the CHILD likes. Come on people put the children first when it comes to reading and lets face it they don't read them forever!!! Let them be!

Oh! I thought the books were for us Actually I disagree letthembe on your point about it only being what the child likes as most children will pick up on whether their parent/carer is enjoying the book too. I know my ds has sensed my feelings about non-fiction racing car books when I've yawned inwardly. Conversely, we're having great conversations about the books we both love which in turn encourages him to read more.

There is a new series with Biff et al as adults. Can't remember what it's called but it's on the ORT website.

But if I a child likes the books they have chosen you just have to go with the flow. My DD loves Rainbow Fairies, but I hate them, though I am not going to stop her reading them. After all she is only 6.

early readers are always shite for adults. I can remember my parents hating prissy Peter and simpering Jane, and whatever the other annoying brother and sister pair were. 'See Peter, see Jane, see Peter helping Daddy fix the car, see Jane helping Mummy wash up'. At least ORT, while ghastly, has moved on from those days.

John and Janet - now couldn't we just WAIT for their next antics!

My mother gave me a running commentary as I read the books, which I repeated at school, much to the confusion of my teacher.

that must have gone down well! I do this with the tv on mute and do my own commentary. The more subversive, the better it is.

i love the ORT books (but as DS is only 4 realise I'll have quite a few years left :o)

I particularly like the one about the motorbiking granny :o

stealthpolarbear if your little one is already on granny's motorbike, he's doing well. Glad you're enjoying them! My ds is in Y1 and on stage 11 with this new series (The Time Chronicles) with all the characters a few years older. He'll be done and dusted by the end of this term and we'll miss them even though he's reading some great things at home too.

No, I just read them to him , point out a few words and he has a go at the questions and puzzles.
No doubt I am doing something horrendously wrong in reading them to him in advance, but he loves them :o

and why not *Stealthpolarbear? Would love to see his teacher's face when he tells her all about Leonardo da Vinci and Johannes Guttenberg!