The Lough Neagh Monster
When NESSIE arrives from Scotland to visit her monster cousin NOBLETT there is bound to be trouble. Noblett loves his peaceful secret garden and has little time for his troublesome cousin from Loch Ness. This book by Sam Mc Bratney is aimed at younger pupils. This document for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the book as…
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The Leprechaun Who Wished He Wasn’t
Laurence is a leprechaun who has been small for 1100 years and is sick of it! He wants to be TALL. He wants to be cool. Then he meet Phoebe, a large girl who wants to be small. When she invites him to live in her house, Laurence is delighted. He starts wearing jeans and…
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Jigsaw Stew
Jack MacAnoolie is stuck in a snow storm with his little sister. The freezing weather has left their family without food. Eating the furniture keeps them going. But when Jack’s mother makes a stew out of a jigsaw, strange things start to happen. Can Jack save the day? With the help of his trousers, a…
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Going Potty
Ed Cooper’s a senior infant now and that means using the big boys’ toilet. Ed needs ‘to go’ but he just can’t. The big white toilet is very different to the junior infants’ loo– with no lock on the door and goodness knows what hiding ‘down there’! What can Ed do? He can’t hold on…
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Ed’s Funny Feet
Ed Cooper has a problem with his big toes. The doctor says Ed needs ‘correction shoes’. Disaster! Everybody will laugh at him. Ed uses every trick he can think of
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Ed’s Bed
Poor Ed Cooper seems to have one problem after another. From Going Potty to Ed’s Funny Feet, Ed’s life is never boring. This time around Ed is having problems in school, he just can’t get his head around his time-tables. At home things are bad too — Ed has started to wet his bed. What…
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Don’t Open That Box
Two boxes — one large, one small — arrive for Granny Lambert. But wily Belzoni, her cat, sees the note printed on the small box that reads: Don’t Open that Box, Open this one first! Unfortunately Granny doesn’t notice the sign and opens the big box. Out jumps a crocodile, and snap, snap, snap, Granny…
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The Big Fight
A terrible war rages in Ireland — over the Great Brown Bull of Cooley. Cúchulainn, the young Ulster super hero, fights off many warriors — even the magical Morrígan. In the end he has to face his friend, Ferdia. Will Cúchuliann have to kill him? And what will happen when the White-horned Bull of Connacht…
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Alfie Green and the Magical Gift
A rusty key opens a dusty box hidden in Alfie’s grandad’s shed. Inside is an old, old book — with magical powers. The book promises Alfie a gift, but first he must take the crystal flower across Sleepy Meadows full of Snapping Dragons to the crooked tree that is guarded by Giant Hogweeds. If Alfie…
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Alfie Green and the Fly-Trapper
Alfie’s house is invaded by flies. His fly-trap plant is too small to eat them all so the wise old plant uses magic to make it bigger. Then it gets BIGGER and BIGGER and BIGGER. Nothing is safe! Alfie decides the only place for the Giant Fly Trapper is in the Belching Bogs in Arcania….
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