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When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's
illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain. Then,
one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the old, ramshackle garage
of his new home, and finds something magical. A strange creature -
part owl, part angel, a being who needs Michael's help if he is to
survive. With his new friend Mina, Michael nourishes Skellig back
to health, while his baby sister languishes in the hospital. But
Skellig is far more than he at first appears, and as he helps
Michael breathe life into his tiny sister, Michael's world changes
for ever . . .
"There was a wild kid living in Burgess Woods. He had no famly and
he had no pals and he didn't know where he come from and he
couldn't talk. His wepons wer old kitchen nives and forks and an
ax. He was savage. He was truly wild." Blue Bake's at home with his
mum and his little sister, Jess. He's writing a story. Not all that
stuff about wizards and happy ever after - a real story about blood
and guts and trouble, because that's what life's really like. At
least it is for Blue, since his Dad died, and Hopper the bully
started knocking him about. But Blue's story takes on a life of its
own, weird and dangerous and wild. The savage that he creates on
the page and in his dreams comes to life in the real world, and
seems set on bringing chaos and revenge. Can Blue keep his creation
under control? Can the savage even bring Blue and his family a kind
of peace? David Almond's own adaptation of his acclaimed graphic
novel created with Dave McKean and published in translation around
the world.
A darkly twisted detective ghost tale, from the winner of the Guardian Children's Book Prize.
Davie travels his small town in search of a supposed murderer. But the landscape soon starts to blur into something dark and twisted.
He must make sense of the landscape, if he has any chance of finding answers. The people he encounters on his travels don't seem entirely real either. Then he meets the victim of the murder ... but, is he dead, or alive?
A magical story about finding your identity from one of the most
acclaimed storytellers of his generation, richly illustrated in
full colour by an internationally renowned artist. My mother says
that all things can be turned to tales. I thought she meant tales
like fish tails, but I was wrong. She meant tales like this, tales
that are stories. But this tale of mine is very like a fish tail
too... Annie has never been like the other girls. Her mam tried
sending her to school when she was small, but Annie couldn’t seem
to make words or numbers stick. She prefers instead to be swimming
in the sea, or sunbathing on the shore at Stupor Beach, her head
full of tales. She should have been a fish, her mam always tells
her, and Annie knows the truth of it. Then a stranger who comes to
town is struck by the beauty and the wonder of her, and Annie
Lumsden realizes that perhaps she really is half a creature from
the sea.
Man, bird or angel? Who, or what, is Skellig? Michael was looking
forward to moving house. It was all going to be wonderful. But now
his baby sister's ill, his parents are frantic, and Doctor Death
has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then he steps into the
crumbling garage. What is this thing beneath the spider webs and
dead flies? A human being, or a strange kind of beast never seen
before? The only person Michael can confide in is Mina. Together
they carry the creature into the light, and Michael's world changes
for ever. David Almond's own adaptation of his renowned novel,
winner of The Carnegie Medal, The Whitbread Children's Book Award,
and a string of prizes around the world. A timeless classic,
published in over 40 languages, it touches the minds, hearts and
souls of people of all ages. The story has become a movie, an
opera, a radio play and this stage play, first produced at the
Young Vic, and directed by Trevor Nunn.
"Are me feet off the floor yet? Are me feet off the floor?" In a
rainy town in the north of England, there are strange goings-on.
Dad is building a pair of wings, eating flies, and feathering his
nest. Auntie Doreen is getting cross and making dumplings. Mr Poop
is parading the streets, shouting louder and louder, and even Mr
Mint, the head teacher, is getting in a flap. And watching it all
is Lizzie, missing her mam and looking after her dad and thinking
how beautiful the birds are. What's behind it all? It's the Great
Human Bird Competition, of course. Who will be the first to fly
across the River Tyne? David Almond's barmy, tender and funny tale
about wings and faith, written for the Young Vic to accompany their
production of Skellig. It has since been performed many times
around the world, and also adapted by Almond into a much-loved,
much-translated novel, with illustrations by Polly Dunbar.
"We come into the world out of the dark. We haven't got a clue
where we've come from. We've got no idea where we're going. But
while we're here in the world, if we're brave enough, we'll flap
our wings and fly." It's easy. Running away from the children's
home, Whitegates. Erin and January do it all the time. But this
time they're going away downriver on a raft. They have their
friend, Mouse, with them. Now they're stranded in the night on the
lethal Black Middens. They climb up onto an ancient quay. How could
they imagine that they'd discover a girl called Heaven Eyes? Heaven
Eyes, a girl who should have drowned at sea, a girl living her with
her strange and dangerous Grampa. A girl with a secret history that
only Grampa knows, and he isn't telling. A tale of courage and
adventure, and of the search for happiness and family. David
Almond's own adaptation of his acclaimed novel, shortlisted for The
Carnegie Medal, and published in translation around the world.
When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's
illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain. Then,
one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the old, ramshackle garage
of his new home, and finds something magical. A strange creature -
part owl, part angel, a being who needs Michael's help if he is to
survive. With his new friend Mina, Michael nourishes Skellig back
to health, while his baby sister languishes in the hospital. But
Skellig is far more than he at first appears, and as he helps
Michael breathe life into his tiny sister, Michael's world changes
forever . . . Skellig won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread
Children's Book Award and is now a major Sky1 feature film,
starring Tim Roth and John Simm. David Almond is also winner of the
2010 Hans Christian Andersen award.
A hopeful and moving coming-of-age story set on the island of
Lindisfarne, by David Almond, author of the bestselling Skellig and
A Song for Ella Grey: now with fantastic illustrations by the
award-winning David Litchfield. Louise has travelled with her
father to the island of Lindisfarne every year ever since she can
remember - it's the place Louise's mother loved best of all. The
arrival of Hassan from war-torn Syria changes everything. Louise is
restless and yearning for independence; meanwhile, the fiercely
free and self-reliant Hassan seems to know the island from long ago
as if it were his home from birth. Hassan is an acrobat, maybe a
sorcerer, possibly a source of great danger. The wild boys who call
the island their home want to cast him out. The forces of love,
death and hope move Louise and Hassan together. Lindisfarne will
change their lives forever. David Almond is the author of many
beloved and prize-winning books for children and teenagers. His
best known work, Skellig, won the Whitbread Children's Award and
the Carnegie Medal and was made into a feature-length film. A Song
for Ella Grey, a beautiful retelling of the myth of Orpheus, won
the Guardian Children's Book Prize 2015.
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Skellig
David Almond
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Brand New Boy (Paperback)
David Almond; Illustrated by Marta Altes
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R245
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"Mam, did you think George was," I say, "a bit ... weird?" "Weird?
Yes, I suppose so. But you kids are all a bit weird if you ask me.
And to tell the truth, it'd be weird if you weren't." When a new
boy joins the class, everyone thinks he's a bit strange, but he's
brilliant at football and loves crisps, and that's all that matters
to Dan and Maxie. However, the truth about George is stranger than
anyone could have imagined ... and more sinister, too. Can his new
pals help him to become truly free?
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War Is Over (Hardcover)
David Almond; Illustrated by David Litchfield
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R454
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This wonderful tale transports Mina to Kyoto, Japan, an entirely
new and different cultural landscape, where she encounters the
magic of origami and an older magic, too. She accepts an origami
paper boat from a woman on the bus. 'Ko-ni-chi-wa,' says the woman,
'Take it.' And then, 'Float it.' Mina watches as the woman's
fingers fold another elaborate paper form: creased, tugged and
teased into the shape of a paper bird. She imagines what it would
be like to be a sheet of paper in the woman's hands, to become a
paper Mina. The crowds around her disappear and Kyoto is gone. This
is a beautiful story from one of the masters of magical realism,
David Almond, with stunning illustrations from Kirsti Beautyman.
"Spell-binding... impossible to resist... breathless, intoxicating
prose. [Almond's] books seem to exist in their own otherworldly
universe, outside all the trends in modern publishing, yet
resolutely of the now." The Glasgow Herald "David Almond's books
are strange, unsettling wild things - unfettered by the normal
constraints of children's literature. They are, like all great
literature, beyond classification." The Guardian "[David Almond] is
that rare thing - a writer of lucid, mature elegance, who can still
see the world through adolescent eyes." The Daily Telegraph "A
writer of visionary Blakean intensity." The Times "A master
storyteller." The Independent
There he was, below the bridge, half-naked, eyes blazing. He had a
pair of burning torches. He ran them back and forth across his
skin. He sipped from a bottle, breathed across a torch, and fire
and fumes leapt from his lips. The air was filled with the scent of
paraffin. He breathed again, a great high spreading flag of fire.
He glared. He roared like an animal. That summer, life had seemed
perfect for Bobby Burns. But now it's autumn and the winds of
change are blowing hard. Bobby's dad is mysteriously ill. His new
school is a cold and cruel place. And worse: nuclear war may be
about to start. But Bobby has a wonder-working friend called Ailsa
Spink. And he's found the fire-eater, a devil called McNulty. What
can they do together on Bobby's beach? Is it possible to work
miracles? Will they be able to transform the world? A stunning
novel from the author of the modern children's classic Skellig -
winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book
Award. David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian
Andersen award.
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Puppet
David Almond; Illustrated by Lizzy Stewart
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From Hans Christian Andersen Medal-winning author David Almond
comes a heartwarming story that shows anything is possible with
imagination and trust. What should a puppet master do when he’s
old and alone, and all his puppets are gone? Sylvester makes one
last puppet. But this one is different. When the old man speaks to
him, Puppet speaks back. And then he walks… While Sylvester shows
Puppet the town, the playground and the wonders the world holds,
Puppet in turn helps Sylvester to make a new friend, and share his
puppet-making skills with the next generation in this wonder-filled
story of creation and the circle of life. Illustrated with
sequences of wordless spreads by award-winning artist Lizzy
Stewart, this is a modern-day classic.
A stunning new story from the bestselling, prize-winning David
Almond, unfolding the magic of the everyday. Mina, from the
unforgettable Skellig and My Name is Mina, journeys to Japan and
discovers the wonders of the world around her. Kyoto, Japan. Mina
is on a bus. Everything is strange and beautiful. Mina watches as a
woman folds a piece of paper into an origami boat, then floats it
over to her. As Mina discovers the magic of origami, her eyes are
opened to the wonders of the real city around her. Unfold the magic
of the everyday, on a journey with one of the world's best-loved
authors - with stunning illustrations from Kirsti Beautyman in
black and orange throughout. 'A master storyteller.' Independent
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Skellig (Paperback)
David Almond
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The bestselling story about love, loss and hope that launched David
Almond as one of the best children's writers of today. Winner of
the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread children's book of the Year
Award. When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's
illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain. Then,
one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the old, ramshackle garage
of his new home, and finds something magical. A strange creature -
part owl, part angel, a being who needs Michael's help if he is to
survive. With his new friend Mina, Michael nourishes Skellig back
to health, while his baby sister languishes in the hospital. But
Skellig is far more than he at first appears, and as he helps
Michael breathe life into his tiny sister, Michael's world changes
for ever . . . Skellig won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread
Children's Book Award. David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans
Christian Andersen award. Powerful and moving - The Guardian This
newly jacketed edition celebrates 20 years of this
multi-award-winning novel.
She made her marks. She whispered her words. Then she said, "Go on.
Be happy. Up you go." When Nanty Solo comes to town, she says she
can turn children into birds. The parents are skeptical, but the
children want to fly. And before very long, everyone does. A
celebratory, lyrical story that will make your heart and
imagination soar. Written by internationally acclaimed author David
Almond and brought to life in glorious uplifting paintings by
award-winning illustrator Laura Carlin.
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Skellig (Paperback)
David Almond
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Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. But now his baby sister is ill, his parents are frantic, and Doctor Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then he steps into the crumbling garage and encounters a strange being who changes his world forever.
Kit has just moved to Stoneygate with his family, to live with his
ageing grandfather who is gradually succumbing to Alzheimer's
Disease. Stoneygate is an insular place, scarred by its mining
history - by the danger and death it has brought them. Where the
coal mine used to be there is now a wilderness. Here Kit meets
Askew, a surly and threatening figure who masterminds the game
called Death, a frightening ritual of hypnotism; and Kit makes
friends with Allie, the clever school troublemaker. As Kit
struggles to adjust to his new life and the gradual failing of his
beloved grandfather, these two friendships pull him towards a
terrifying resolution. Haunted by ghosts of the past, Kit must
confront death and - ultimately - life. A stunning novel from the
author of the modern children's classic Skellig - winner of the
Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. David
Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award.
Joe has birthday money to spend, and decides a cute dog he's seen
in a pet shop window is the perfect purchase. For some reason,
though, the pet shop owner is determined not to sell that
particular dog ... This wonderful story was written by Carnegie
award-winning author David Almond, and brought to life with the
illustrations of Ayesha Lopez. Collins Big Cat Progress books are
specifically designed for children at Key Stage 2 who have a Key
Stage 1 reading level, giving them age-appropriate texts that they
can read, building their confidence and fostering positive
attitudes towards reading. Text type: A humorous story Curriculum
links: Citizenship This book has been quizzed for Accelerated
Reader.
Winner of the Guardian children's book prize 2015 I'm the one who's
left behind. I'm the one to tell the tale. I knew them both... knew
how they lived and how they died. Claire is Ella Grey's best
friend. She's there when the whirlwind arrives on the scene:
catapulted into a North East landscape of gutted shipyards; of high
arched bridges and ancient collapsed mines. She witnesses a love so
dramatic it is as if her best friend has been captured and taken
from her. But the loss of her friend to the arms of Orpheus is
nothing compared to the loss she feels when Ella is taken from the
world. This is her story - as she bears witness to a love so
complete; so sure, that not even death can prove final.
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A Way to the Stars
David Almond; Illustrated by Gill Smith
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An enchanting and heart-warming story between a father and son,
that will make you want to reach for stars. Joe wants to find a way
to the stars. With the help of his dad, he builds a ladder, a
tower, even a rocket to go up, up, up… Oh no! Crash, bang,
wallop! What next? Together, the pair jump on pogo sticks and build
sheds to paint their dreams and find a way. An uplifting and
magical tale of sky-high courage, imagination and the bond between
father and son that will make your heart soar. Written by
internationally acclaimed author David Almond and brought to
glorious life by award-winning illustrator Gill Smith in their
first collaboration.
The imagination of three children takes on unexpected life in a
creation tale from the dream team of David Almond and Dave McKean.
The gods have created a world that is safe and calm and rather
wonderful. They have built mountains, forests, and seas and filled
the world with animals, people, and unnamed beasts. Now their days
are fat with long naps in the clouds, mutual admiration, and tea
and cake. But their world has gaps in it filled with emptiness,
gaps that intrigue Harry, Sue, and little Ben until they begin to
see what might fill them. One by one the children conjure, from
twigs and leaves and stones, a mousy thing, a chirpy thing, and a
twisty legless thing. But as the children's ideas grow bolder, the
power of their visions proves greater and more dangerous than they,
or the gods, could ever have imagined. Is it possible to unmake
what's been made?
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