Harry the Poisonous Centipede: A Story to Make You Squirm

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I like Harry the best. He likes to go on adventures. I would recommend this to a friend. I cannot wait to read the next one. The title tells all: slightly pompous, no slouch when it comes to vocabulary, and with a gift for dry humor, Houdini relates the story of his acquisition by a family and the trial runs and trouble Continue reading »

Harry the poisonous centipede : a story to make you squirm Harry the poisonous centipede : a story to make you squirm

Read to my daughters - ages 4 & 6. They both quite liked it. Nearly every chapter ended with a cliffhanger of sorts and it drove my daughters crazy when I put down the book without reading "one more chapter!" An assured piece of storytelling, well able to stand comparison with older classics.”– Times Educational Supplement Although the family returned to England in 1971, the influence of her time in Israel can be seen in some of her books (including One More River and its sequel, Broken Bridge, and other books, such as An End to Running and Children at the Gate) which are set partially or mainly on kibbutzim.As a child, I spent a couple of years living in a tropical country with poisonous centipedes. I was bitten a couple of times, once in bed in the middle of the night (!!), and was reluctantly amused by the centipedes' anthropomorphization. My daughters were much more sympathetic to the young centipedes escapades and scrapes than I was.

Harry the Poisonous Centipede: A Story to Make You Squirm Harry the Poisonous Centipede: A Story to Make You Squirm

I enjoyed the story being told from the centipede’s point of view, including centipedish language. Good fun! A bestselling author for children in the U.K., comedian Walliams (Mr. Stink) promises “a horror story. With quite a lot of made-up words” in the preface to this novel, and what follows is Continue reading » When another of the vituperative quarrels between househusband Cal and his breadwinner wife, romance-novelist Sue, is interrupted by a telephone call from Holland, it's a welcome respite. Sue's Continue reading »

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Dictionaries & language learning Col 1 Dictionaries Paul Noble Easy learning languages Free dictionary resourcesI liked this book because Harry hade a best friend George and he made Harry go and have fun and not just stay at home with his mum.I liked Harry’s mum the best because she keeps Harry from getting in danger.I would recommend this book because it is a fun and easy book to read and it is just entertaining A trio of titles by Lynne Reid Banks, author of The Indian in the Cupboard, makes a reappearance. For I, Houdini: The Autobiography of a Self-Educated Hamster, illus. by Terry Riley, ""Banks has Continue reading » In the fourth book in the series that began with Little Wolf's Book of Badness, Little Wolf, Forest Detective by Ian Whybrow, the hero and his friends join forces, creating The Yelloweyes Forest Continue reading » International Col 1 Cambridge International Caribbean International Early Years Collins Big Cat for International Schools International Resources Webinars Catalogues Big Cat Writing Competition Winners 2023