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Stories that range from one about ice cream that changes your looks to another about "lucky" lipstick that makes everyone kiss you.Tags
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Paul Jennings' Unreal is a great tool to engage the male audience in any classroom. While some stories may have the females squirming in discomfort they will also have the boys engaged, giggling and wanting more. The stories a written in the point of view of a 10-14 yr old Australian which makes perfect ties to geography and literacy. The teacher can create a lesson that highlights differences in the Australian dialect. Showing the unfamiliar/foreign words, the teacher can highlight how different cultures have different words for similar things. The students can then create a short narrative incorporating these new words as if they were an Australian student. best suited to grades 4 and up.
Quirky tales for Paul Jennings. These books got me through a few of my awkward years I tell you. Even kids in these stories is the underdog or the want you want to cheer for. There is often twists and turns in every story and he also has a way with coming up with a killer ending. For 7 to 13 year olds.
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David Bennett (Books for Keeps No. 39, July 1986)
Any story collection with titles like 'Without a Shirt', 'Lucky Lips', 'Cow Dung Custard' and 'Wunderpants' is sure to attract some attention. There are eight 'surprising stories' in this first book by an Australian writer and they are certainly very bizarre and jockey. They ought to appeal to most tastes in the upper junior/lower secondary range and read aloud well. The custard in question is a fatal manure mixture created by Greg's dad, which brings horrific consequences to the whole neighborhood, but in the and it's an ill-wind that proves lucrative! As for the underpants, they're a home-spun creation fabricated out of a scrap of material printed with a fairy design. They show more don't half make a pet mouse run through ...! Category: Middle/Secondary. . ...., Puffin, D1.50. Ages 10 to 14.
Awards won:
Books I Love Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards Winner 1992 Read Alone (Primary) Australia 1
Canberra's Own Outstanding List (COOL) Award Winner 1993 Fiction for Younger Readers Australia 1
Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALA) Winner 1990 Secondary Australia 1
Kids Reading Oz Choice (KROC) Awards Winner 1992 Australia 1
Young Australians' Best Book Award (YABBA) Winner 1987 Older Australia 1 show less
David Bennett (Books for Keeps No. 39, July 1986)
Any story collection with titles like 'Without a Shirt', 'Lucky Lips', 'Cow Dung Custard' and 'Wunderpants' is sure to attract some attention. There are eight 'surprising stories' in this first book by an Australian writer and they are certainly very bizarre and jockey. They ought to appeal to most tastes in the upper junior/lower secondary range and read aloud well. The custard in question is a fatal manure mixture created by Greg's dad, which brings horrific consequences to the whole neighborhood, but in the and it's an ill-wind that proves lucrative! As for the underpants, they're a home-spun creation fabricated out of a scrap of material printed with a fairy design. They show more don't half make a pet mouse run through ...! Category: Middle/Secondary. . ...., Puffin, D1.50. Ages 10 to 14.
Awards won:
Books I Love Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards Winner 1992 Read Alone (Primary) Australia 1
Canberra's Own Outstanding List (COOL) Award Winner 1993 Fiction for Younger Readers Australia 1
Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALA) Winner 1990 Secondary Australia 1
Kids Reading Oz Choice (KROC) Awards Winner 1992 Australia 1
Young Australians' Best Book Award (YABBA) Winner 1987 Older Australia 1 show less
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ThingScore 83
the story wunderpants.
overview: this story is about a boy called david whos mum makes him a pair of underwear with fabric from an op shop. but the fabric is magic and it gives him supernatural abilities.
opinion:i think this story is quite good even though i missed some of it but from the parts ive heard it was good.
reccomendations:i would reccomend this story to ages 8-12
overview: this story is about a boy called david whos mum makes him a pair of underwear with fabric from an op shop. but the fabric is magic and it gives him supernatural abilities.
opinion:i think this story is quite good even though i missed some of it but from the parts ive heard it was good.
reccomendations:i would reccomend this story to ages 8-12
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a man makes glue that he claims can fix any thing but after 4 hours the glue stops working
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i think its a good book and in the end the man has a taste of his own medicine
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i recommend it to 8-108 year old for the reasons above
overview
a man makes glue that he claims can fix any thing but after 4 hours the glue stops working
opinion
i think its a good book and in the end the man has a taste of his own medicine
recommendations
i recommend it to 8-108 year old for the reasons above
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Australian writer, Paul Jennings was born in England on April 30, 1943. He moved to Australia when he was six years old. He attended Frankston Teachers College and became a teacher. He then attended Lincoln Institute and became a speech pathologist. In 1989, he decided to become a full-time writer. His first title Unreal!, winner of a Young show more Australians' Best Book Award (YABBA), was published in 1985. His other works include the Singenpoo series, the Wicked! series, the Deadly! series, and The Nest. He has won numerous awards including the Kids Reading Oz Choice Award, the Books I Like Best Yearly Award, the Angus and Robertson Bookworld Award and a COOL Award for his title The Paw Thing. He also received the Golden Puffin Award in 1992 for selling 1 million books in Australia. In addition to writing, he visits school and lectures at conferences and seminars on encouraging children to read. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Unreal!
- Original title
- Unreal!
- Alternate titles
- Unreal! Eight Surprising Stories
- Original publication date
- 1985
- Original language
- English
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- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Kids
- DDC/MDS
- 823.914 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .J429872 .U — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- English, German
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- ISBNs
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