Why Not Read...
It's Called Dyslexia
'may not only inspire those children who have this difficulty, but give their classmates and the adults in their lives an insight into how it feels to live with dyslexia'
Evening Echo
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Gregory Maguire
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Seven Spiders Spinning
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Seven baby Siberian snow spiders, frozen since the Ice Age, defrost on their way to a science lab. They wake up in a wood where the Tattletales girls club are planning for the school Halloween Horror Pageant ...
'bristles with originality and cleverness also, though it is cleverness which, overall, is used in the service of humour rather than seriousness ... It is a storyline which could easily fall into whimsy, but Maguire's insight into the child's mind and his ability to convey that insight in dialogue that sparkles with wit ensure that bathos is kept at bay. There is, as he knowingly says at one point, 'rare spiderish emotion, not seen much outside the best of children's books': but there is as well a wise understanding of young inquisitive minds, of gender differences and of that curious process called education.'
Children's Book in Ireland
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Six Haunted Hairdos
(pb)
The two gangs from Seven Spiders Spinning get embroiled in another crazy adventure, and unwittingly bring to life the ancient ghost of the locality -- as well as some more modern ghosts who appear in stunning but slightly over-the-top hairstyles
'This is a brilliant book. I would give it 10/10'
Young reviewer, Books Ireland
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Five Alien Elves
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It's Christmas Eve, but it's not Santa's sleigh that has crash-landed on earth - it's five alien elves! When the town's beloved mayor disappears, the Tattletales and Copycats team up to save him.
'More good fun from an author who knows how to entertain his readers'
Inis
'A really hilarious book, very, very funny. Hats off to Gregory Maguire!'
The Pat Kenny Show
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Four Stupid Cupids
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Strange happenings are afoot and the Copycats and Tattletales are in the thick of things once again! When four inept cupids from Ancient Greece send one arrow after another into the wrong target, there are hilarious results...
'A satisfying read which is funny, fast, complex and to be recommended'
School Librarian
'I found myself warming to Maguire's charm. Nine to twelve year olds probably will as well.'
Books Ireland
'Maguire's lively writing allows you to picture things clearly. Four Stupid Cupids is highly enjoyable, great fun and a tender, shy final page reminds us: "To kids, love seems sort of stupid. But once you realise what it is, it seems like the smartest thing on earth.".'
The Irish Times
'This is a funny and endearing story for children in the middle years ... the entire story is permeated with affection.'
Inis - Children's Books Ireland
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The Good Liar
(pb)
Asked to recount his wartime experiences, the old painter Marcel looks back on a childhood touched by war but almost oblivious to its importance.
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Missing Sisters
(pb)
Alice Colossus is a bright but shy twelve-year-old who has spent her life in an orphanage in upstate New York. Then at summer camp the girls keep mistaking her for someone called Miami.
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