The Hodgeheg
10 best books like The Hodgeheg (Dick King-Smith): Owl Babies, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Worst Witch, The Animals of Farthing Wood, The Enchanted Wood, The Boy At the Back of the Class, Cloud Busting, Mog the Forgetful Cat, Mr. Majeika, A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch
| Author | Martin Waddell |
| ISBN | 0744592704 |
4 Cuteness ★'s
Awe, I love owls! So when I saw this book at the store I just had to buy it for my little niece just so I could read it to her lol :) This book is pretty simple with some repetition, it uses great rhyming patterns and it's poetic. It is easy to understand and has real-life situations...
| Author | Roald Dahl |
| ISBN | 0375822070 |
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GREG!!! YOU ARE OLD!!!! EVEN OLDER THAN LAST YEAR!
greg's birthday is today, so i am floating this now to remind you that you still have time to shower him with presents!
it is greg's birthday!!! and as a treat for him, i am going to create a book review in which i use plenty...
| Author | Jill Murphy |
| ISBN | 0141319623 |
This is the perfect book for young reluctant readers.
It’s engaging, fun, fast-paced and actually a really great story. There’s a magic school, great friendship, antiheroes and a series of unfortunate events.
And let’s not forget the lovely illustrations. This is no Harry...
| Author | Colin Dann |
| ISBN | 1405225521 |
A group of forest animals unite to help each other to safety in this classic tale of tolerance, cooperation, survival, and friendship. When bulldozers enter Farthing Wood, the animals must escape before their homes are destroyed. They promise to stick together and protect each other—but then they...
| Author | Enid Blyton |
| ISBN | 0749748001 |
Jo, Bessie and Fanny move to the country and find an Enchanted Wood right on their doorstep. In the magic Faraway Tree live the magical characters that soon become their new friends – Moon-Face, Silky the fairy, and Saucepan Man. Together they visit the strange lands (the Roundabout Land, the Land...
The Boy At the Back of the Class
There used to be an empty chair at the back of my class, but now a new boy called Ahmet is sitting in it.
He's eight years old (just like me), but he's very strange. He never talks and never smiles and doesn't like sweets - not even lemon sherbets, which are my favourite!
But the truth is, Ahmet...
| Author | Malorie Blackman |
| ISBN | 0440866154 |
Despite his Mum's insistence, Sam doesn't want to be friends with Davey, he thinks Davey's a first class, grade A, top of the dung heap moron. But one day Davey saves Sam's life and a bond is formed between them. Sam is still embarrassed to be seen with Davey, but little by little he has to admit, when it's...
| Author | Judith Kerr |
| ISBN | 0001955071 |
Delightful! Mog is so endearing. I loved how Debbie, the girl in the house, sticks by Mog, even when she has her nightmare about a tiger. (That double page illustration is my favorite picture in the book.) The illustrations are cute. The story is mostly funny, with a bit of sadness, and it has a fun twist...
| Author | Humphrey Carpenter |
| ISBN | 0140316779 |
As a rule, magic carpets don't turn up in schools, but this is exactly what happens when Class Three’s new teacher flies in through the classroom window and lands on the floor with a bump.
Mr Majeika can behave just like any ordinary teacher if he wants to, but something has to be done about Hamish...
A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch
Mildred is growing, but so is her special, unfortunate ability to get herself into trouble. Sometimes she asks for it, sometimes she doesn’t—just trying to do what seems best—but regardless, her intentions are always right.
In this third book in The Worst Witch series, Mildred tries...
| Author | Gillian Cross |
| ISBN | 0192753746 |
...and by Demon Cross really means Mean and Scary. There are no actual demonic entities, and no souls are eternally damned in the making of this book.
In fact, it isn't even very scary -- rather unrealistically so, given the premise. I mean, imagine you are little kid at a new school. Your new foster...
| Author | Michael Rosen |
| ISBN | 0671796046 |
Little Rabbit Foo Foo is an absolute little shit. Riding through the forest on his red motorbike, hitting all the inhabitants on the head with a red mallet, being the most anti-social Leporidae since Peter 'Quick Fingers' Rabbit and his Sylvilagus cronies, he doesn't care who gets hurt and even the Good...
The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark
Published before I was even born; lying in wait until I had my own children; I have no idea why I chose not to pick this up before now. Tomlinson's 1968 well-loved little book of an owl who would rather be out during the day than the night, is charming. Each chapter has little Plop sent off by his parents (who...
The Diary of a Killer Cat
| Author | Anne Fine |
| ISBN | 0374317798 |
The hilarious confessions of a ferocious feline
Poor Ellie is horrified when her cat, Tuffy, drags a dead bird into the house. Then a mouse. Before long, another apparent victim arrives though the cat-door. Can softhearted Ellie get her beloved pet to change his wild, wild ways before he ends...
