Lace: The school teacher who enjoys sucking pencils and gets hysterical whenever William Shakespeare's name is mentioned. This book is also good for drama activities such as freeze framing and conscience alley as it allows for children to place themselves in the character's shoes, and understand their thoughts and feelings as if they were there in that scene.

Smarties Prize-winning children's fantasy about the mysterious dragon Krindlekrax who lives beneath the cracked pavements on Lizard Street. Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting, such as reFill ( documentation) and Citation bot ( documentation). Unfortunately for Ruskin, he did not perform to his best and so Elvis got awarded the part of hero for the school play. had that surreal feel of Skellig, although obv very different, with eccentric characters and dreamlike anecdotes. This book was read to my class in year 3 and year 4 by the best teacher I have ever had, I always remembered the story but never remembered the name of the book until recently when I came across it at the library whilst looking for my daughter some books to lend.It is based on an adventure story Krindlekrax by Philip Ridley, which tells the tale of Ruskin Spear's quest to become a hero. I used it in PSHE (to discuss bullying) and as a stimulus for writing which really engaged the children. Found it particularly useful with year 3 as they could somewhat relate experiences in the book with their own experiences, and were then able to feel more empathetic towards the characters, particularly Ruskin. Mildly creased front endpaper, else near fine, in gilt-lettered green boards; in a very mildly age-toned, otherwise illustrated dust jacket with minor creasing and shelfwear.

My brother was never really into reading, which is another reason why my Mum recommended it to me as it is popular with boys and engages them with reading. Small and thin, with knock-knees, thick glasses, a squeaky voice, no one at Ruskin's school believes he's capable of anything - all except for Ruskin's only friend Corky, the school caretaker. The monster threatens Lizard Street, this is when Ruskin has a chance to prove he has what it takes to be a hero. After catching a terrible cold, Elvis can't do the play any more, so Ruskin takes his place and it all goes well, but Elvis isn't pleased and smashes all the windows in Lizard Street that he can in a tantrum.Later that night, Ruskin lures the monster out of the sewers, and tames it by throwing Corky's medal in its mouth, banishing it to the sewers forever. As the children get older it can be used in guided reading sessions or for children to read independently. The book is intended for Key Stage 2 English readers and aims to help teachers organise tasks which introduce children to a range of specific key reading skills as outlined in the reading PoS.

My Mum recommended this book to me as she use to read it to her primary class and to my siblings and I at home. Although he is very thin with frizzy and think glasses, nine-year-old Ruskin believes he is born to be a hero and sets out to prove it by delivering his beloved Lizard Street from the menace of Krindlekrax. Krindlekrax was one of the books featured and appeared alongside such classics as Roald Dahl's Matilda and J. But for newly-fluent readers of about eight and up, who like action-based books, this could be a good choice. Ruskin stops Elvis' window smashing by bursting his ball and after a long talk, they become friends again.

I have been reading this with a group of children in my class at school, throughout reading they have commented several times about how good a story it is and how much they have enjoyed it. And when Krindlekrax threatens Lizard Street, Ruskin has the chance to prove he really is the stuff heroes are made of!

This is a book of photocopiable activity sheets intended to help children become enthusiastic, motivated and reflective readers. I imagine they must have done a whole book topic on it, otherwise I cannot understand why it captured their imagination in such a big way. Nothing happens in the first 100 pages except the loving description of the handful of quaint eccentric caricatures that people this story. Ruskin is therefore delighted when Corky tells him the terrifying story of Krindlekrax: the giant crocodile who lives beneath their town's streets.In the lower years it could be used as a whole class story, perhaps reading a chapter at the end of the day before home time. The use of onomatopoeia throughout the book adds a clever and witty emphasis on imagery and creating a fully immersive world in which primary aged children are able to use their imagination and use this story as a base for their writing. Plenty of tension and suspense throughout with interesting characters who will capture the class' engagement, i have particularly observed in a year 3 class that this book was a highlight of the day and something the looked forward to at the end of the day or before lunchtime. I liked how the description of each character was so powerful and the illustrations gave a sense of how weird and wonderful the characters in Lizard Street are. However, the text became out of print due to Ridley leaving Faber and Faber in 2005 as a result of their refusal to publish his controversial stage play for adults Mercury Fur.