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1910200093
Book:Gary's garden:2014 Book Gary's garden
Gary's garden
Author: Northfield, Gary
Year: 2014
Language: English
Type: Book
Class Number: JF
Category: Fiction
Publisher: David Fickling Books, 2014
Physical or Electronic: Physical
ISBN: 9781910200094
Notes:
Delve deep into the undergrowth and meet the deranged denizens of Gary's garden. It's full of the silliest creatures you might ever meet. The spiders are conducting orchestras, the worms think they're caterpillars, the caterpillars think they're acrobats, the birds are burgling the biscuits and the squirrel's lost his nuts!
Extent: 64 pages, chiefly illustrations, 25 cm, pbk
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0747594244
Book:Derek the Sheep:2008 Book
Author: Northfield, Gary
Year: 2008
Language: English
Type: Book
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Physical or Electronic: Physical
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1406333263
Moon:The terrible tales of the teenytinysaurs!:2013 Moon
Author: Northfield, Gary
Year: 2013
Language: English
Type: Moon
Content type: Short story
Publisher: Walker
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: Is it possible to fly to the moon in a bubble of snot? Can you really have an argument with a cloud? Are there bogey monsters at the bottom of the garden? All these questions and more are explored in an hysterical and charming collection of comic strip adventures, following a teeny tiny gang of dinosaurs as they wind each other up and muddle their way through the myths and mysteries of prehistoric life.
77 pages, chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm (pbk)
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1406386383
Book:Grapple with the Greeks!:2019 Book
Author: Northfield, Gary
Year: 2019
Language: English
Type: Book
Publisher: Walker Books and Subsidiaries
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: Originally published: 2018 Demi-god Heracles promises Julius and his chums a great reward if they can help him to find the lost Golden Apple. On this madcap adventure, our unlikely heroes will confront the Minotaur in the labyrinth, trick a one hundred-headed dragon at the Garden of Hesperides and rescue Julius's brother Brutus from the Underworld after he has been struck by King Midas' Golden Touch. But what will the ever-watchful gods on Mount Olympus have to say about their antics?
288 pages, illustrations ; 20 cm (pbk)
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1486293409
eAudio:Rumble with the Romans:2015.:Unabridged ed. eAudio
Author: Northfield, Gary
Author: Northfield, Gary
Year: 2015.
Language: English
Type: eAudio
Edition: Unabridged ed.
Publisher: Bolinda/Walker audio
Physical or Electronic: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eAudiobook. Fiction. Duration: 02:40:04. From a smelly watering hole deep in the heart of the Serengeti to the ferocious clamour of the Colosseum, join Julius Zebra and his motley menagerie of friends as they gear up to be ... gladiators! Only if they win the love of the Roman crowds will they win back their freedom. But do Julius and his pals have what it takes to succeed in a world where only the meanest and toughest survive? Madagascar meets Gladiator in this exciting, action-packed and hysterically funny story brimming with entertaining Roman facts. Children.
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1489352996
eAudio:Bumble with the Britons:2016.:Unabridged ed. eAudio
Author: Northfield, Gary
Author: Northfield, Gary
Year: 2016.
Language: English
Type: eAudio
Edition: Unabridged ed.
Publisher: Bolinda/Walker audio
Physical or Electronic: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eAudiobook. Fiction. Duration: 02:20:48. After the huge success of Rumble with the Romans!, celebrated author and illustrator Gary Northfield creates another brilliantly fast-paced, funny and utterly bonkers adventure for Julius Zebra and his hapless pals to go on. Emperor Hadrian has one last favour to ask of the gladiator animals before he will grant them their greatest wish - freedom. They must go to the far-off and strange land of Britain to win over the crowds of his empire. But this will be no happy-go-lucky holiday ... Instead of buckets and spades, our stripy hero and his friends will need all their powers and wits about them if they're going to survive their most wild and rebellious opponents yet. Cram-packed with jokes and bursting with action, this is a hilarious romp and mad-cap introduction to Roman Britain. Children.
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0995555338
Book:Derek the sheep, let's bee friends:2017 Book
Author: Northfield, Gary
Year: 2017
Language: English
Type: Book
Content type: Short story
Publisher: Bog Eyed Books
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: From singing bees, angry bulls, and telly watching squirrels, Derek hurtles through farm life, destroying barns, battling magical leprechauns and cheating in a haircut competition, all for an easy life.
1 volume (unpaged), chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm (pbk)
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0995555389
Book:Danger is my middle name:2020 Book
Author: Northfield, Gary
Year: 2020
Language: English
Type: Book
Content type: Short story
Publisher: Bog Eyed Books
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: Grumpy, but loveable sheep, Derek, is always looking for the greener grass in life, but he is constantly thwarted in his plans by the other meddlesome (and tiresome!) animals on his crazy farm.
1 volume (unpaged), chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm (pbk)
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1406388270
Book:Joke book jamboree!:2019 Book
Author: Northfield, Gary
Year: 2019
Language: English
Type: Book
Content type: Humor, satire
Publisher: Walker Books
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: Brimming with brazenly bonkers and clever jokes, this is the ideal handbook for kids with a budding comedic talent (and an essential guidebook for those without).
1 volume (unpaged), illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm (pbk)
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1406388289
Book:Julius Zebra quiz book:2022 Book
Author: Northfield, Gary
Year: 2022
Language: English
Type: Book
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: The Champion of Rome returns, with a compendium of quiz questions! Full of Roman, Greek and Egyptian ancient history, join Julius and the gang for a trivia tour of the ancient world, and impress parents and friends alike with over 100 fascinating facts. And of course, in true Julius Zebra style, there's heaps of humour to lighten the load of all that learning.
96 pages, illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm (pbk)
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1406378909
Book:Entangled with the Egyptians!:2018 Book
Author: Northfield, Gary
Year: 2018
Language: English
Type: Book
Publisher: Walker Books
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: Originally published: 2017 After being shipwrecked on the shores of Egypt and mistaken for a Horse God, Julius can't believe his luck! Soon he and his bedraggled friends will be living it up in the city of Alexandria, preened and pampered like gods. Then a fancy boat procession will take them down the River Nile to Giza where, of course, a lavish party will be thrown in Julius's honour - as well as getting the obligatory tour of the Pyramids. But it is this very tour that seems to signal the end to their glorious fortunes in Egypt!
illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm (pbk)
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