Kaye Umansky Libri

When clever, unflappable Elsie offers to house-sit the mysterious home of local witch Magenta Sharp, she has no idea what she's getting herself into. Left with a talking raven and a scruffy dog for company, and a book of instruction called  Everything You Need to Know , what could possibly go wrong? With an assortment of weird and wonderful neighbours banging at the door and a box of volatile magical ingredients that must be used immediately, Elsie is forced to get experimental with magic!

In una misera casupola nella brughiera vive un ragazzino di nome Solomon Snow. Ogni giorno si spezza la schiena per Ma' e per Pa' nella lavanderia e ogni sera trangugia una scodella di zuppa senza nemmeno un cucchiaio. Immaginatevi la sua sorpresa quando viene a sapere di essere stato abbandonato da piccolo con un cucchiaino d'argento in bocca! Solly (colmo di sdegno!) partirà alla ricerca dei suoi genitori e dell'eredità che gli spetta. Insieme a due imprevedibili compagne di viaggio, dovrà vedersela con scellerati strozzini, meschini gestori di orfanotrofi, farabutti, vagabondi e rapitori. Ma alla fine il nostro intrepido eroe scoprirà che...

Tim is an ace actor and keen member of the school drama club. So of course he expects to be the star of the end of year school play. But to his horror he finds he's been cast as a tree. And not just that - his only lines are in verse. Is there anything he can do to save his reputation?

Contains several stories each containing a music activity. This book comes with free downloadable lesson plans.

Colin the dog is upset by the arrival of Gloria the cat, who disrupts his routine. Just when they start to adjust, Jeffrey the rabbit moves in, leading Colin and Gloria to unite in their dislike for him.

A boy takes refuge in a sinister, crumbling castle and gets the shock of a lifetime. An empty suit of armour goes out for a nice walk and gives people a nasty turn. Spooks from the ghost train have a wonderful ride on the dodgem cars when the fairground's closed. next door. right for beginning readers to tackle on their own. plots and the comic characters, and are now brought together in one book with delicious new drawings.

Three Rocking Crocs is a glorious and instantly accessible collectionof traditional stories, retold with musical developments. They makeexcellent classroom projects and can lead to engaging assemblyperformances.

Take a great story and lots of silly sounds, mix with a happy helping of children, and you have a recipe for a Kaye Umansky Noisy Picture Book. Riotously funny retellings of favourite tales as you have never heard them before.

Brand new red Early Reader by Kaye Umansky, author of the bestselling Pongwiffy books, about The Three Bears (yes, the same ones) and a clever little girl called Belinda.