Holiday Reading 2005

Fiction for younger readers

The children who smelled a rat: Mrs Gaskitt finds a parcel, Mr Gaskitt loses a baby, Horace has mixed feelings about a bird, and Mrs Fritter is not herself. Why? How? When? Why? The fourth in the series about the energetic Gaskitt family.
Arnold, Tedd Hi! Fly Guy: When Buzz captures a fly to enter in The Amazing Pet Show, his parents and the judges tell him that a fly cannot be a pet, but Fly Guy proves them wrong.
DiCamillo, Kate Mercy Watson to the rescue: After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.
Goscinny, Rene Asterix and the falling sky: The Gauls have only one fear: that the sky may fall on their heads tomorrow. But tomorrow never comes, says Chief Vitalstatistix. Or does it? It looks as if it's come at last for Asterix, Obelix and the other villagers.
Gray, Kes A bunch of daisies: Daisy is back. Find out how 'floppyitis' gets Daisy out of doing her chores, how she tricks Mum to get the crunchy cream biscuit at the bottom of the jar, what animals look like from underneath, and lots more. Illustrated by Nick Sharratt.
Murphy, Jill The worst witch saves the day: It's the start of a new term at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches and Mildred Hubble is determined not to be the worst witch this year.
O’Malley, Kevin Captain Raptor and the moon mystery: When something lands on one of the moons of the planet Jurassica, Captain Raptor and his spaceship crew go to investigate.
Wagner, Jenny High hopes on sea: The Hope family live by the sea. Then Mr Mortlock builds some apartments and suddenly everything changes.