Books with author Paul Shipton

Bart the Shark is big and bad. Bart the Shark is feeling mad! Find out what happens to the little fish when Bart the Shark comes to visit, in this very funny rhyming story. The book is brightly illustrated with 3D cartoons by Jon Stuart.• This e-book is best viewed on Kindle Fire in landscape view to optimise your experience.• Yellow / Band 3 – A humorous and rhyming story• Text type – Fiction• The focus phonemes in this book are a-e, ea (sea), i-e and y.• Use the labelled character profile on the final spread to discuss Bart the Shark.• Paul Shipton also wrote Red 2A Ant and Snail; Yellow 3 The Sun and the Moon.• This title is paired with the non-fiction recount about real monster-like animals: Real Monsters by Nic Bishop.• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

"Filled with wild adventures, bad puns, and classical allusions, this slapstick sheds light on the gods, heroes, and philosophers of antiquity." — THE HORN BOOKBehold Gryllus, sarcastic former crewman of Odysseus, changed by Circe into a swine — and happy to stay that way. Life is just fine until the prophetess Sibyl tells him that the world’s in grave danger and that the only one who can save it is . . . a talking pig. Well, fan-bloomin’-tastic! Full of nonstop action and oddly familiar characters, from a lyrestrumming poet to the testy gods and goddesses, this comical quest will tickle young readers and earn a place on teachers’ and librarians’ shelves.

I thought about it so often that it made my head itch on the inside. What's it like out there...out in the land of humans? Sure, Kaz has questions about life beyond the Fence. Yet aside from the occasional scrapes with Block the bully, he doesn't think the Enclosure is so bad. It's where he unzips bananas at mealtime, monkeys around with his buddy Chim, and WHOOOOOOPS loudly in the tress. It's the only place Kaz has ever known. Then the mighty Skink arrives. An outsider with a scrawny body, a fearless heart, and a mind packed with crazy ideas, Skink refused to conform to the Rules of his new home. Together with the timid Chim, Kaz and the mighty Skink plot an escape. If they succeed, life inside--and outside--the Enclosure will never be the same.

"A quickfire barrage of puns, gags, and one-liners. An apic hit." — Eoin Colfer, author ARTEMIS FOWL"Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of . . ." a talking pig? Behold Gryllus, ancient Greek hero of our epic tale, a smarty-pants former crewman of the storied Odysseus, transformed by Circe into a swine — and perfecty content to stay that way, thank you very much. Life as a pig is just fine until the pushy prophetess, Sibyl, kidnaps Gryllus and informs him the world's in grave danger and the only one who can save it is . . . a talking pig. Well, fan-boomin'-tastic! Seems the gods have gone into hiding, terrifying monsters are on the loose, and all of creation is seriously out of whack. Even more preposterous, an imbecilic goatherd (with a zigzag scar on his head) has some part in the prophecy and must tag along with the motley crew on a perilous trek to Delphi, where even Sibyl has no clue what they're supposed to do — even IF they manage to get there alive. Welcome to a comical quest full of nonstop action and oddly familiar characters, from an oversensitive, lyre-strumming poet to the sinister, snappily dressed Epicurus; from chimeras and Stymphalian birds to the testy gods and goddesses themselves. With its abundant appropriation of Greek history and myth and its galloping humor perfectly pitched to middle-grade kids, THE PIG SCROLLS is sure to tickle young readers and take a place of honor on teachers' and librarians' shelves.

The fate of the ancient Greek world is again in the hooves of a talking pig in this snortingly funny — and slyly informative — sequel to THE PIG SCROLLS.After saving the Cosmos (and telling anyone who will listen all about it), Gryllus the Pig has decided it’s time to return to his human form. If only he could find Circe to reverse her curse! Along with friends Sibyl, the ex-priestess, and Homer, the teenage epic poet, Gryllus sets off on the high seas. But soon it’s clear that Gryllus’s transformation will have to wait — at least until he frees some captive gods and maybe even saves the world — again. Ripe with porcine-infused mythology and a sarcastic first-person — er — first-pig narrator, THE PIG WHO SAVED THE WORLD continues the heroic tale of Gryllus with prodigious spirit and oversize hilarity.

A sequel to the popular book, 'Bug Muldoon', about a beetle detective told in a Raymond Chandler-type narrative. Bug's latest case is to find out who the killer in the rain is - and this means a treacherous trip to the House, where the Humans live. No insect in their right mind would go there- except Bug.* Humorous detective story with a twist that will appeal to boy readers who are into comics and young detective stories (and insects!!).* US film interest in first 'Bug Muldoon' story.* Second in series, with a third story to come.* Being reissued in mass market format with a new cover.* Paul Shipton lives in the USA with his wife and two daughters.