Older Not Wiser: A wickedly funny illustrated children’s book for ages six and up: Book 1 (Bad Nana)

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Polly Crosby tells ReadingZone about her novel, This Tale is Forbidden (Scholastic), a fractured fairy tale set in a dystopian world. Estes livros desta série são pelo que já me apercebi com a leitura do segundo volume e deste primeiro, contam as aventuras desta Avó com a sua neta Jeanie, sendo que esta é a narradora das histórias. Henn packs a lot of emotion into this chapter, we really feel for the characters as they tiptoe around the museum trying to avoid the grumpy museum man, and then there’s poor Lydia. This might get a little giggle from some very little kids but it isn't that exciting, the characters don't grow and change that much so it doesn't stay with you, in your heart.

Ross Welford introduces Time Travelling with a Tortoise, the sequel to Time Travelling with a Hamster, and a whole new time travel adventure! Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. Pom Pom Gets the Grumps won Junior Design Awards Best Book of the Year 2015, and Sophy won Best Emerging Talent (Children's Author). So it is of no surprise that a visit to the park and a class trip to the local history museum don’t go as smoothly as perhaps they should.Nine days before Christmas, Jake’s world is turned upside-down when he wakes up to discover that his mum has disappeared. She can not seem to go anywhere without getting involved in just a tiny bit of trouble; popping unwanted items into other people’s trolleys at the supermarket, disrupting line-dancing classes or getting locked in the village hall, Nana and naughty go together. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

She is an eccentric character who loves dressing in all black and glitzy earrings and has a fond addictive love of sherbet lemon sweets. It is clear that Jeanie worries about her nana’s behaviour and is sometimes a little embarrassed by it but, really, she is proud to have such a fierce, independent lady fighting her corner. This loveable Nana has a strong sense of fairness and justice, so when a new park keeper decides to plonk unfriendly notices everywhere, full of rules designed to stop any sort of fun, Nana steps in. Park Life' involves Bad Nana behaving mischievously towards the miserable park keeper who is ruining everyone's fun at the park.

Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. Please Read Brand New, International Softcover Edition, Printed in black and white pages, minor self wear on the cover or pages, Sale restriction may be printed on the book, but Book name, contents, and author are exactly same as Hardcover Edition. Bad Nana is such a wonderfully cheeky story and I can imagine a five to eight year old (or twenty-three year old) enjoying this as well.

With no super powers other than maybe her ginormous handbag filled with rubber chickens, lemon sherbets and everything else besides, Bad Nana is ready to foil any authority figures attempting to leech the fun out of life. On more than one occasion, I was reminded of my Nana (mainly because of the ginormous handbag containing everything including the kitchen sink! Bad Nana: Older Not Wiser is neatly divided in to three chapters – three perfect bedtime reading chunks. This first book of the series really feels like an appetiser, as the close relationship between Jeanie and her nana is only explored to a small extent, and there is a very enjoyable feeling that Bad Nana is holding some mayhem back for future episodes.In all of these stories, Bad Nana stands up for those who need it, adds much-needed humor and delight into the day, and is just generally amusing.