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Her father's apparent sincerity left Alis speechless. She looked from Bendy to Don, but they seemed to consider discretion and masklike faces the better part of candor."Well spoken, Sir Osbert," the king said. He clapped his hands and a servant jumped. "Dinner for these three. Find a table, my friends, and you will be served."Don firmly guided Alis away. She had seemed about to explode. They found an empty table out of earshot of the king, and three footmen looking like refugees from Alice in Wonderland immediately began to serve them.Bendy spread a napkin over his lap. "Let's curb our snickers and fill our stomachs," he said, "and later we can go out behind the barn and laugh our heads off. Meanwhile, keep your eyes open."They were eating meat loaf and potatoes. The meat loaf was so highly spiced that it could have been almost anything."I wonder where His Worship got all the grub," Alis said."I don't know," Don said, "but it certainly doesn't look as if he needs any foreign aid."Alis put down her fork suddenly and her eyes got big. She said, "You don't suppose—""Suppose what?" Bendy said, spearing a small potato."I just had a horrible thought." She laughed feebly. "It's ridiculous, of course, but I wondered if by any chance we were eating Joe Negus.""Don't be silly," Don said, but he put down his fork too."Of course it's ridiculous," Bendy said. "Hector only put Negus to sleep. He didn't kill him. Besides, Joe Negus wouldn't stretch far enough to feed this crowd."

In FANTASTIC SPACEY RACY THING AND LOTS AND LOTS OF OTHER POEMS you'll find an exciting treasure trove of poems for reading, reciting and performing. This collection of seventy six poems is alive with highly entertaining characters, wierd and wonderful places and amazing situations. If you are looking for a good read, a poem to say in a drama competition, one to act out, a hugely enjoyable choral verse, a stimulus for improvisation, or poems for a theme programme and so much more, you'll find a great deal in here. Have fun! Lots of fun!

In this adventure, Thabo, who has a simply amazing imagination, goes on a long and dangerous journey. He is accompanied by the very beautiful Sharwa and a magical calabash with highly unusual abilities. Thabo and Sharwa need to face many enemies and weird happenings in their frantic efforts to save Sharwa's kidnapped mother and brother. Throughout their journey, Thabo and Sharwa bravely help each other, but their greatest challenge involves the mighty and terrible Zanga. And where exactly are Sharwa's beloved mother and brother being held captive? A vital clue appears in Sharwa's dreams, but it takes a while to find out exactly what it means.Do Thabo and Sharwa get there in time to save them? And how does the musical calabash help Thabo's imagination? Find out in this action-packed adventure.

'BIG in the Big Top’ sees Big Bruce the blue balloon, Linda the potato who loves to sing and likes everything pink, and Sylvester the carrot with long purple hair who likes dancing, going on a whole new adventure. Quite literally, they land right in the middle of a wonderfully exciting place that has plenty of action and moments of great danger. In the process they become super heroes and kind-hearted saviours. To tell you what takes place would spoil the story and I would not want to do that. Read just how kind and brave Linda the potato, Big Bruce the blue balloon and Sylvester that carrot are in ‘Big in the Big Top’. Though you do not need to have read them to enjoy ‘Big in the Big Top’, the other ‘Be Brave’ stories are: ‘Floating into Happiness’ (The little story with a big heart.), ‘Singing and Clapping’ and ‘THAT’S FANTASTIC!’ A note on how all the ‘Be Brave’ stories started: Andrew Pender-Smith wrote a short article about turning objects into characters and using them in a story. He chose a balloon, a carrot and a potato. He thinks they might have actually chosen him because they were suddenly right there in his brain and impatient for him to write down their first adventure, which is ‘Floating into Happiness’. The other stories soon followed as Linda the potato, Big Bruce the blue balloon and Sylvester the carrot had one amazing adventure after the other. I hope you will now join them in ‘BIG in the Big Top’ for lots of fun and a few moments in which they need to be really brave.

Big Bruce the blue balloon, Linda the potato who loves everything pink, and Sylvester the carrot with long purple hair, find themselves in the middle of the most incredible adventure. It is one that proves to be quite simply ‘out of this world’. To tell you where they actually go to, and what they see and do, would spoil it for you. What I can tell you is that they need to save hundreds of new friends from huge danger. This is the third lot of adventures they face together. The first were in ‘Floating into Happiness’ and the second lot of adventures was in ‘Singing and Clapping’. You do not need to have read these two earlier stories to understand and enjoy ‘THAT’S FANTASTIC!’, though I hope you do. Right now it’s time to find out why my favourite three characters called the place they unexpectedly visited ‘’Out of this world’’. Have fun. Andrew Pender-Smith

This is the second adventure Linda the potato and Sylvester the carrot go on with Big Bruce the balloon. Their first adventure was in ‘Floating into Happiness’ (The little story with a big heart.) You can find it on Amazon Kindle. Though I am sure you will enjoy learning about the earlier adventures of Linda, Sylvester and Big Bruce, you will be able to enjoy this story without having read ‘Floating into Happiness’. In ‘Singing and Clapping’, Linda the potato and Sylvester the carrot are happily floating through the sky on Big Bruce the balloon when Big Bruce starts to lose height. As they drop lower and lower in the sky, they get a big shock. They are about to land on an island full of large, mean crabs. Will they be able to stop themselves from landing on the island or will the ginormous crabs with huge, rattling pincers catch them?

What happens when Mr. Wells, the creepy owner of a pet shop, turns out to be really weird? Where do the mysterious fish in the lakes and ponds around the town actually come from? What is the connection to a local zoo? Can Simon and Roger race against time and rescue hundreds of people and their pets from great danger? All this gets them involved with fantastic happenings that are absolutely ‘out of this world’. This is an adventure that moves at a crazy pace, and Roger and Simon have to keep looking out for danger as they put a simply outrageous plan into terrifying action. Who wins and how do they manage to do so?Andrew Pender-Smith is a teacher of English and Drama. He has spent many years writing poetry for children, a great deal of which has been published and used in schools and studios in South Africa. In addition to SLURP! he has also written Hunting Zanga, which is a book for older children, and two novels, one under a pseudonym.

Kickin' Lenny plays soccer with his friends on the Red Lightning. Kickin' Lenny is a great defender, but he really wants to score a goal. His little brother Manny, whose soccer name is Messy, scores lots of goals, but he wants to be a great goal stopper like his big brother. Kickin' Lenny learns the importance of playing on a team, doing his best, and having fun.