Books with author sparkes-ali

Galaxy reading books are a wonderful collection of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays to capture the interest of every child, helping to develop a life-long love of reading. Tim can't find his favourite teddy bear, and needs him in time for bed! Tim searches high and low in his bedroom, but the teddy is nowhere to be found ...But what is that lump under the covers at the end of the bed? Could that be Ted? Reading age: 4-5 years

Galaxy reading books are a wonderful collection of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays to capture the interest of every child, helping to develop a life-long love of reading. Jack is a very mischievous cat. In this humorous rhyming story, he gets stuck in a hat and then stuck up a tree too! Will the family be able to get Jack back down? And if they do, will Jack be able to stay out of mischief for more than five minutes? Reading age: 4-5 years

Jules et Léo acceptent que Petty Potts – leur voisine loufoque et scientifique – les dépose en voiture à l’école. Mais à la suite d’une fâcheuse confusion entre les boissons de leur déjeuner et le fameux spray SWITCH, les jumeaux se retrouvent soudain avec cinq yeux, des oreilles sur le ventre, et l’étrange capacité de vomir une substance brune et gluante. Les deux garçons doivent vite retrouver leur forme humaine avant que quelqu’un ne remarque leur absence en classe. Mais l’école est le cadet de leurs soucis : avec une sauterelle qui mâchonne tout ce qui bouge en toute impunité, ils sont juste à une antenne des ennuis.À partir de sept ans.

Spin has always dwelled in the darkness. He was happy to lurk alone, until Elena, Matt and Tima came to disrupt his night-time world. Elena, Matt, and Tima are Night Speakers. They wake up at the same time, every night, and since the beginning of these wake-up calls they have all had the power to speak any language. And that doesn't stop with humans. Something weird is going on at the hospital-children are going in, and not coming out. The Night Speakers are investigating, but even they, with their incredible powers of communication with the animal world, are struggling to find out the truth. But Spin's got a ringside seat. Because Spin's got a secret, and he's about to come out of the shadows The third standalone book in the Night Speakers series - action adventures about contemporary children with extraordinary powers, told with award-winning author Ali Sparkes's classic humour and energy.

Josh and Danny are on a day out with the local nature group, but when they accidentally eat a chocolate muffin laced with S.W.I.T.C.H formula, they experience the real dangers of pond life first hand. Soon the boys are beetling about in a pond, breathing underwater, and creating the mostalmighty stench to scare off predators.But life as a pongy pond beetle is the least of their problems-there's a mysterious stranger hanging around-and he's out to get them.Will Josh and Danny find out who the stranger is before it's too late? And can they help Petty Potts in her mission to recover all of the REPTOSWITCH cubes so she can turn them into even more exciting beasties?Petty Potts's diary entry:I do hope Josh and Danny will come round tomorrow-they have to understand the DANGER we're all in! And of course, I really need their help. I'm sure I will manage to talk them around. After all, they both can't wait to try out being a giant python or an alligator or a monitor lizard.