Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Poppy and Max

Crazy mamas got this series, Poppy and Max by Sally Grindley from the Book People sometimes ago, which is unavailable now. It is published by Orchard Books for children about 5+. This is an easy to read short stories for readers taking their first tentative steps into a world of books, perfect for reading together.

Sally began writing in 1984 while she was working for a children's book club. Since 1995 she has been writing full time and has recently won the Smarties Prize. She now has some fifty titles in print. 'Shhh' won the Children's Bok Award in 1992 and was shortlisted for the Smartie. s'Wake Up Dad' won the 1989 Best Books for Babies Award and 'There's a Monster Who Eats Books' in our House was Highly Commended in the 1997 Right Start/Petit Filous award, shortlisted in the 1998 Sheffield Children's Book Award and selected by the Young Book Trust in 1998 as one of the '100 best books'. One of her successful POPPY AND MAX series was chosen for the Richard and Judy book award.





Titles are as follows :-
POPPY AND MAX AND THE FASHION SHOW
POPPY AND MAX AND THE LOST PUPPY
POPPY AND MAX AND THE SORE PAW
POPPY AND MAX AND THE BIG WAVE
POPPY AND MAX AND TOO MANY MUFFINS
POPPY AND MAX AND THE SNOW DOG
POPPY AND MAX AND THE RIVER PICNIC
POPPY AND MAX AND THE NOISY NIGHT

Here's a sample from POPPY AND MAX AND THE LOST PUPPY :-



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