Conker
Red Banana
Published on 7. March 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
48 pages
978-1-4052-5639-1 (ISBN)
Description
A beautifully crafted chapter book by Michael Morpurgo for Egmont's red banana series. When Stevie Rooster is mean about Nick's old dog dying, Nick throws Stevie's best conker into the pond. But Grandma says there's a better way to get back at Stevie - become Conker King of Jubilee Park. Nick must use some conkers from the tree in the old scrapyard. And in that scrapyard is a skinny, starving dog who looks just like Nick's old pet. Can Nick rescue the animal and become conker champion? A moving story about grief, redemption and the love of a family pet. Red bananas are chapter books for newly fluent readers, suitable for NC Level 3 readers. They are carefully designed with education in mind, supporting children's understanding of how to read longer books. Red bananas introduce similes and wordplay to encourage an understanding of more literary concepts.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Egmont UK Ltd
Target group
Children/juvenile
Illustrations
full colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 144 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
111 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4052-5639-1 (9781405256391)
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Persons
Michael Morpurgo, the former Children's Laureate, has written more than forty books and won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children's Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times. His novel War Horse has been adapted into a hugely successful and critically acclaimed West End play. In 1999 Michael and his wife Clare were awarded the MBE for their work in creating Farms for City Children, and in 2006 he received the OBE. Michael is a tireless champion for children's books and was recently created Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.