Grinny
10 best books like Grinny (Nicholas Fisk): Mein Urgroßvater und ich, The Haunting, Ordinary Jack, Jennings and Darbishire, The Cuckoo Clock, The School for Cats, Ash Road, Brendon Chase, Bijna iedereen kon omvallen, A Kid for Two Farthings
James Krüss erzählt in diesem Buch von seinem Urgroßvater, einem weisen alten Hummerfischer, der sein Boot an Land gezogen hat und nun Kinderkreisel und Kindergedichte drechselt. Mit seinem damals zehnjährigen Urenkel, Boy genannt, erzählt und reimt er sieben Tage lang Geschichten und Verse....
| Author | Margaret Mahy |
| ISBN | 0140363254 |
If I could use one word to describe this novel... it would be - odd. Which makes it genuinely discordant and spooky for a psychological drama, dotted with very beautiful chilling descriptions... but the strange choice to make the novel carry itself entirely on dialogue means it runs out of steam very...
| Author | Helen Cresswell |
| ISBN | 0192753991 |
Everybody in Jack's family seems to be brilliant - apart from Jack and his downtrodden dog Zero. Even his little sister can beat him at swimming. But Jack's uncle Parker has come up with a plan to make him and Zero shine: they'll pretend that Jack can tell the future! If only they could foresee what chaos...
| Author | Anthony Buckeridge |
| ISBN | 0755101537 |
Prehistoric clodpoll! ‘What did you want to go and make a frantic bish like that for’ Rule number nine million and forty-seven: Any boy beetling into class with twelve slippery raw fish shall hereby be liable to be detained during Mr Wilkins’ pleasure.? Jennings turns journalist when he receives...
| Author | Ennis Graham |
| ISBN | 1594625425 |
I didn't read this edition but a 1930 one with Walter Crane Illustrations (of which I would've liked more).
It was neither as preachy as much Victorian children's literature nor as exciting as the best. There were some obvious didactic efforts and some interesting or pretty scenes, but overall...
Jenny Linsky, the famous little black cat of Greenwich Village, has never been to school before. When her master, Captain Tinker, sends her to a boarding school in the country to learn the special knowledge of cats—manners and cooperation—she is a little afraid, among strangers, and so far from...
Graham, Wallace, and Harry will have one glorious week of pure freedom in the outback. No teachers, no school, no homework, no parents breathing down their necks! The boys are elated until they accidentally start a fire that quickly gets out of control in the dry underbrush. No one is prepared; no one...
Estoy leyendo estas novelas británicas al revés.
Si son seguidores de esta cuenta (o del contenido que genero) probablemente sepan que uno de los libros que más amo en la vida es El Señor de las Moscas. Supongo que es un libro súper "edgy" y de las pocas novelas clásicas (o clásicos contemporáneos,...
| Author | Toon Tellegen |
| ISBN | 9021483726 |
Лучшая книга на свете. Потому что и для детей, и для подростков, и для всех, кто прошел дальше, но...
но любит танцы и полеты во сне и наяву, письма на ветру,...
A six-year-old boy in the British immigrant community of Whitechapel believes he has discovered a unicorn for sale at the market. Though it looks to most people like a white goat with a bump on its head, young Joe is certain it will make the dreams of his friends and neighbors come true—a reunion with...
Famagosta è rimasta l'ultimo baluardo cristiano sull'isola di Cipro, tutt'intorno alla città si estende il campo saraceno e ogni giorno viene fatto grande uso di polvere da sparo e palle di cannone da parte di entrambi gli eserciti.
Molti sono i valorosi soldati cristiani nella città, ma più...
| Author | Mirjam Pressler |
| ISBN | 0440228573 |
You should never hope for a miracle, for then you might count on it really happening.
In the two years Halinka has spent in a home for girls, she has learned not to hope for anything, and to hold tightly to what she has. But all Halinka has is herself, a blanket from her beloved Aunt Lou, and a secret...
| Author | Lygia Bojunga Nunes |
| ISBN | 9580408084 |
Este libro lo empecé a leer a los 9 años. Todas las emociones que sentía el personaje principal fueron demasiadas para mi... Lloraba, leía, y me cuestionaba de la vida. En ese momento yo estaba pasando por momentos difíciles y reflejaba la muerte de pintor en la muerte que acabábamos de sufrir en...
| Author | An Rutgers van der Loeff |
| ISBN | 0140301720 |
Children on the Oregon Trail by Anna Rutgers Van Der Loeff is a very moving and interesting novel based on factual events that occurred during the 1840's in the United States of America. It captures the spirit of courage and determination among the pioneers and their families as they journey through...
| Author | Bianca Pitzorno |
| ISBN | 8420790079 |
Una metropoli dove lo smog ha distrutto quasi completamente la vita vegetale; un botanico socio della Lega dei Nemici dei bambini, Cani, Gatti e Animali Affini; due fratellini che hanno sbagliato indirizzo; un'intraprendente portinaia; una piccola extraterrestre che rischia di morire per colpa...
| Author | Odo Hirsch |
| ISBN | 1582349479 |
Every year Mr. Petrusca-the best fishmonger in town-finds the biggest lobsters for one of his very best customers, Mr. Trimble. But when a thief steals the two splendid lobsters, Mr. Petrusca is more upset than anyone can understand. Hazel Green knows there's something fishy going on, but what could...
| Author | Morris |
| ISBN | 2800114436 |
Avec pour seul compagnon son cheval Jolly Jumper, "l'homme qui tire plus vite que son ombre" fait régner l'ordre et la justice dans un Far-West de fantaisie mille fois plus vrai que le vrai. Poursuivant les terribles frères Dalton ou croisant la route de divers personnages historiques, Lucky Luke...
| Author | José María Sánchez-Silva |
| ISBN | 8711088192 |
Que lindo relato , muy tierno Marcelino ❤️.
| Author | Paul Jennings |
| ISBN | 0140376372 |
Read thanks to Open Library. I didn't like this collection as much as others he's written, probably because they were less scary stories and more just plain strange. Not that I don't like strange. Paul Jennings is the master of strange, oddball stories. I don't know where he gets his ideas from, unless...
| Author | Betsy Byars |
| ISBN | 0140314512 |
Three years after The Summer of the Swans earned Betsy Byars the 1971 Newbery Medal, The 18th Emergency was published, a much less famous novel that also features quirky characters and a subtle story you have to work to get your arms around. Sixth-grader Benjie "Mouse" Fawley faces impending doom when...
| Author | Ted Hughes |
| ISBN | 0571202004 |
This volume of Ted Hughes’s ‘creation’ stories was first published in 1963, and has now been published in paperback with a bright modern cover.
There are eleven stories averaging eight pages each and each story tells of how and why a particular animal behaves as it does.
The...
| Author | Tomi Kontio |
| ISBN | 9513119475 |
Kaksoset Tomi ja Timo Kokko asuvat rauhallisessa Rastasharjussa. Eräänä toukokuisena aamuna heidän isälleen kasvaa siivet ja hän katoaa puutarhaan avautuneeseen aukkoon. Aukko sulkeutuu ja kukaan ei usko poikien kertomusta. Timo ja Tomi joutuvat kasvatuslaitos Huostolaan, jota johtaa...
| Author | Philippa Pearce |
| ISBN | 0140302069 |
Philippa Pearce’s poignant story of a young boy who longs for a pet dog.
Young Ben Blewitt is desperate for a dog. He’s picked out the biggest and best dogs from the books in the library—and he just knows he’s going to get one for his birthday. Ben is excited when the big day arrives, but...
| Author | Paul Biegel |
| ISBN | 9025108490 |
In order to keep the old king's heart beating until the doctor returns with a special potion, various animals take turns in telling stories that are so interesting that the king longs to hear more.
In de koperen burcht woont koning Mansolein, koning der dieren. Hij is bijna duizend jaar oud en...
