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I wish I’d written…


Phil Earle finds it hard to choose one book, but plumps for ‘the perfect’ Roald Dahl.


You want me to list all the books I wish I’d written? In 200 words? Give me 200 pages and you might have a chance ... but OK, here’s a few crackers I could only aspire to emulate. Louis Sachar’s Holes, because it’s as close to perfection as is humanly possible, Lemony Snicket’s A Bad Beginning for showing how funny and subversive a narrator can be and Jack Gantos’s


Joey Pigza


Phil Earle’s new novel, Demolition Dad (978-1444013863), is published by Orion Children’s Books, £6.99 pbk.


Swallowed the Key for creating a character with the heart of a lion. Shall I go on? OK, add to the list Kevin Brooks’s iBoy for pure concept brilliance, Keith Gray’s Ostrich Boys for being


Good Reads Mr Stink


David Walliams, HarperCollins Children’s Books, 978-0007279067, £6.99


I thought Mr Stink was really funny! It is about a girl named Chloe who invites a tramp called Mr Stink into her home. But little does she know that offering a tramp your garden shed and going behind your family would put you on TV! My favourite character is Raj who runs the local shop. He is funny because he keeps trying to make Chloe buy things on special offer like gone-off chocolate and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle stationery. David Walliams is clever because he puts Raj into all of his books so it makes me want to read more!


Momin Khan


My Granny’s Great Escape


Jeremy Strong, Puffin, 978-0141322414, £5.99


I love this book because it makes you laugh. This book is about an old granny who likes a man called Lancelot who likes her too! But their evil sons don`t like each other. Somehow Lancelot gets a teddy bear, crawls into it and goes to granny’s house. They sneak off together so they could be happy - but when the sons find out they are furious. Plus the police come


the book my 15 year old self would have killed for, and Don Calame’s Swim the Fly, for being downright naughty and brilliant with it. But if I had to choose one book, at this moment in my life, that is wish I’d written, it’d be Dahl’s Danny the Champion of the World. People talk about the craziness of Willy Wonka’s factory, or the fantabulous language the BFG utters, but for me, Danny is the perfect book. Warm, funny and with a father/son relationship to die for. Without this book I’d never have written Demolition Dad, and for that simple fact, I feel profoundly lucky to have read it.’


Danny the Champion of the World (978-0141346434) by Roald Dahl is published by Puffin at £6.99 pbk.


Chosen by pupils at Hexthorpe Primary School, Doncaster.


Momin


because Lancelot was a hell’s angel! This book is funny, full of adventure and superb illustrations. I would recommend this book to everybody and give it a ten out of ten!!!


Keira Basingthwaite The Butterfly Club


Jacqueline Wilson, Doubleday Children’s Books, 978-0857533173, £12.99


Tina is smaller than Phil and Maddie, she had to be in an incubator when she was younger. When Tina was older she had to have a life changing operation. They put a box in her heart to pump it properly. When they were older gran gave these triplets a china doll. Tina’s doll held a small


16 Books for Keeps No.212 May 2015


Keira


Rebecca


doll. Tina took it to school every day until Selma found it… My favourite bit was when Selma and Tina grew a butterfly garden and when Tina and Selma decided to be friends. I love this story! It is the best book I’ve read. The characters are special. The tale is so unique and it draws you in.


Rebecca Eades


A Tiny Bit Lucky Tom Gates


Liz Pichon, Scholastic, 978-1407148748, £6.99


It’s about a boy called Tom who likes watching TV but his mum and dad want him to go outside and play. When his dad Finally stops nagging him to go out, he suggests that June, his next door


Jessica


neibour, comes round to play… I would give this book 5 stars.


Jessica


Hexthorpe Primary School won the inaugural World Book Day Award (WoBoD) receiving £10,000 from author James Patterson to spend on books for its school library. Philip Sheppard, Year 5 teacher, and his class created the winning entry, a stop motion animation featuring a host of children’s characters and books set to an original soundtrack sung by the children.


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