Books with author Shoo Rayner

What would you do if there was a school competition to make a dragon that can fly? Ryan always wins everything, thanks to his incredibly competitive dad. Ryan will have the state-of-the-art gadget like always. Harri would love to know what it feels like to win, just once, but there's no chance. And then someone new walks into Harri's mum's shop. Someone almost invisible. What would you do if you had a dragon. A real fire-breathing, chocolate loving dragon. But you can't tell anyone....

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1–6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding vocabulary.Shoo Rayner, creator of the successful Cat and Dog series, shows you step by step how to draw the much-loved characters yourself in this non-fiction instruction book.Green (Band 5) books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters.The focus sounds in this book are: /ar/ a /or/ aw, our, al /ow/ ou /ai/ a-e /e/ ea /igh/ i-e, i /ee/ ea /ure/ our /oa/ o, ow, o-ePages 22 and 23 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover.

Laugh your Christmas Stockings off! This cracker of a joke book is bursting with seasonal jokes and cartoons, so yule be laughing well into the New Year.The perfect stocking Filler!Pull your crackers, put on your party hat and fill yourself up with turkey, pudding and sprouts. Then give yourself a good old laugh with these hilarious, festive funnies!98 pages of seasonal jokes and cartoons from best-selling children's author, Shoo Rayner.

Ginger is a happy kitten. He likes all his school friends, loves playing pawball and even enjoys his lessonsUntil Tiddles comes to Felix Street School. Yes, there’s a new cat at school and he doesn’t look friendly.When Tiddles joins the class, it’s soon clear he may be the biggest bully the school has ever known...This much-loved story is full of Shoo Rayner's wonderful illustrations. Text and speech bubbles zoom the story along. It's a tale of a happy little cat coming up against a huge bully that turns his life upside down. Ginger's Grandad helps him to believe in and standup for himself, and to discover the power of friendship.The Ninja is a much-loved series from this best-selling authorThis book contains the first three Ginger Ninja stories that make up the original trilogy. 189 pages

163 action-packed pages of space drama in a Universe of cats and mice. This fast-paced and funny story follows three heroes as they fight to save the Muss civilisation from the evil intentions of the dreaded Dark Claw! Who is he and why is he so set upon destruction?The story is set far away, in a distant galaxy. The battle between Kat and Muss is about to begin. For one evil Kat, Dark Claw, is intent on destroying the entire Muss Civilisation! It is time for the brave young Muss warriors, Onlee One, Hammee and Chinchee, to put their unique powers to the test?Much loved in book form, this classic space- saga is now available to enjoy on Kindle

Once upon a time, there was a very curious girl. Her name was Pandora and she was curious about everything you can imagine.More than anything else, she was curious about the room at the end of the long, dark corridor.She had been told a MILLION times that she must NEVER, EVER go there... but she really was a very curious girl.Is this the SCARIEST story ever told? Are you BRAVE enough to read it? Are you like Pandora... just a little bit curious? Go on... Open the book... You know you want to!Pandora is based on the ancient Greek myth of Pandora's Box. Beautifully illustrated by award-winning author and illustrator, Shoo Rayner, Pandora tells the story of a feisty young girl, who is curious to know everything there is to know about the world and the Universe beyond. But she has been told a million times that she must never go into the room at the end of the long, dark corridor.What will she find? What will be the lessons learned?The dreamy, lyrical quality of the text leads us, and Pandora, to the door at the end of the long, dark corridor. Will she enter? What will she find? Will you ever be able to sleep again after reading this book at bedtime?Is this, like the story of Pandora's box that inspired it, the scariest picture book of all time?Shoo Rayner is the author of over 200 books for children. He has also illustrated over 100 books for other famous authors such as Sir Michael Morpurgo, Rose Impey, Michael Rosen and others. Shoo also runs an award-winning YouTube channel, shooraynerdrawing, where he teaches drawing skills.THIS BOOK HAS A STING IN THE TALE - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

All Walker wants is a dog, but his mother is allergic. So he decides to set up his own business walking everyone else’s. This works better than he could have imagined when he finds he can talk to the dogs and understand what they say to him! The dogs lead him to a terrible puppy farm hidden in the wood by Arlington Wherewithall, a famous TV star and owner of a pet food company, the richest man in their area. He knows nobody will believe him, so it is down to Walker and the dogs to stop the farm and save the puppies