Colin McNaughton Boeken

A collection of humorous poems about eccentric characters.

Preston Pig (aka the Masked Avenger) is on a mission to frighten as many people as possible, shouting "Boo " and then disappearing into the night. But his mission is thwarted by the greatest villain in the universe -- his dad. Preston's dad decides he must teach Preston a lesson. But it might just backfire on him . . .

Labelled pictures introduce vocabulary and such concepts as cause and effect, opposites, and parts of a whole.

It was an ordinary morning when the ordinary boy woke up, and it was an ordinary journey to school - but then Mr Gee bounced into the classroom and everything changed. And the ordinary boy began to write: the words just tumbled out of him pell-mell.

In this colourful picture book, the aliens are coming - in all shapes and sizes. But something frightens them off, and they vanish forever.

This novelty book contains the last remains and journals of Count Dracula, including his school report, his holiday snaps, pictures of his pets and the contents of his fridge. On the last page, the count himself pops up to give the reader a surprise

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Mr Wolf is hungry as usual and Preston the Pig has some career suggestions for his enemy so that he will be able to buy food rather than catch it Preston, whilst keeping at a safe distance from Mister Wolf, suggests that he could become a footballer, or a poet or a crane driver or even an astronaut. But no matter what job Mister Wolf imagines himself doing it somehow always manages to involve eating Preston When Preston is called away to his dinner the wolf is also given a dinner of sorts, when Preston's dad drops a solid iron pot of slops on unlucky wolf's head. AGE 4-7

Simple text and illustrations demonstrate in brief vignettes such concepts as cause and effect, adding, parts of a whole, opposites, and the meaning of words.

Time after time, Preston the pig unknowingly outwits a hungry wolf that is trying to catch and eat him.