Stewie Scraps and the Space Racer
Stewie Scraps and the Space Racer

Author: Sheila Blackburn

Publisher: Andrews UK Limited

Published: 2011-09-27

Total Pages: 61

ISBN-13: 0857475258

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The Stewie Scraps series is ideal for reluctant boy readers, but other children will also love the storiesl. Stewie Scraps doesn't do sport. He hasn't got any time for sums or things like that, but he loves designing and making things. Stewie wonders what will happen when the Earth is overrun by mutants. “We must find new planets, Sir” he explains to Mr Melling, his teacher. After school, Stewie rushes home with his prototype. “We just need a few extra bits on the landing gear … and then … all systems go … tomorrow night,” he tells Bugzy, his pet rat. But where will Stewie’s Space Racer take him?

Top Secret - Stewie Scraps Teacher Resource
Top Secret - Stewie Scraps Teacher Resource

Author: Sheila Blackburn

Publisher: Andrews UK Limited

Published: 2011-09-27

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 0857472925

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This teacher resource is designed to accompany and extend the Stewie Scraps series of reading books. The worksheets explore and develop children's understanding of each book in turn. The teacher's notes explain the tasks and give suggestions to help foster reading, writing and comprehension skills.

Top Secret - Photocopiable Worksheets for Enhancing the Stewie Scraps Stories
Top Secret - Photocopiable Worksheets for Enhancing the Stewie Scraps Stories

Author: Sheila M. Blackburn

Publisher: Brilliant Publications

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 1905780753

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Top Secret is a teacher's resource designed to accompany the Stewie Scraps series of reading books. It consists of six sets of photocopiable worksheets exploring the children's understanding of each book in turn. There are teacher's notes that explain the tasks and give suggestions about use to help develop reading, writing and comprehension skills. The beginning of each section gives a brief synopsis about the book before going on to the tasks involved. Ending each section is a set of comprehension questions that allows you to determine whether the children have fully understood the books. All the Stewie Scraps series of books, as well as this resource, have been illustrated by Leighton Noyes, a noted children's book illustrator. Stewie also has his own website: www.stewie-scraps.co.uk. It contains excerpts from his stories, information about his family, the author and illustrator and a special 'Top Secret' area to be accessed only by those creative genius' possessing the password!

Stewie Scraps and the Easy Rider
Stewie Scraps and the Easy Rider

Author: Sheila Blackburn

Publisher: Andrews UK Limited

Published: 2011-10-26

Total Pages: 69

ISBN-13: 0857472305

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The Stewie Scraps series is ideal for reluctant boy readers, but other children will love the stories as well. Stewie Scraps doesn't do sport. He hasn't got any time for sums or things like that, but he loves designing and making things. Stewie wonders what will happen when the Earth is overrun by mutants. “We must find new planets, Sir” he explains to Mr Melling, his teacher. After school, Stewie rushes home with his prototype. “We just need a few extra bits on the landing gear … and then … all systems go … tomorrow night,” he tells Bugzy, his pet rat. But where will Stewie’s Space Racer take him?

Stewie Scraps and the Giant Joggers
Stewie Scraps and the Giant Joggers

Author: Sheila Blackburn

Publisher: Andrews UK Limited

Published: 2011-09-27

Total Pages: 71

ISBN-13: 0857472313

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The Stewie Scraps series is ideal for reluctant boy readers, but other children will also love the stories. Stewie Scraps doesn't do sport. He hasn't got any time for sums or things like that, but he loves designing and making things. When Stewie’s Grandpa jokes, “Could you get me a new pair of legs?” Stewie knows exactly what his next design is doing to be. Find out how Stewie builds the Giant Joggers and why he ends up in a mass of grass, leaves and twigs in the shed!

Stewie Scraps and the Trolley Cart
Stewie Scraps and the Trolley Cart

Author: Sheila Blackburn

Publisher: Andrews UK Limited

Published: 2011-09-27

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 085747233X

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The Stewie Scraps series is ideal for reluctant boy readers, but other children will also love the stories. Stewie Scraps doesn't do sport. He hasn't got any time for sums or things like that, but he loves designing and making things. Stewie is desperate to build a go-kart following a surprise invitation to Alfie Battersby’s birthday party. But his new design doesn’t go according to plan. Find out what goes wrong and how Grandpa comes to the rescue.

Stewie Scraps and the Star Rocket
Stewie Scraps and the Star Rocket

Author: Sheila Blackburn

Publisher: Andrews UK Limited

Published: 2011-09-27

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 0857472321

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The Stewie Scraps series is ideal for reluctant boy readers, but other children will also love the stories. Stewie Scraps doesn't do sport. He hasn't got any time for sums or things like that, but he loves designing and making things. Grandpa invites Stewie to a fireworks party and Stewie is spellbound by the firework display. The next day, it only takes a couple of hours to find all the bits needed for his Super Star Rocket. But what will happen when Stewie tries to launch it?

Stewie Scraps and the Super Sleigh
Stewie Scraps and the Super Sleigh

Author: Sheila Blackburn

Publisher: Andrews UK Limited

Published: 2011-12-02

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 0857472348

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The Stewie Scraps series is ideal for reluctant boy readers, but other children will also love the stories. Stewie Scraps doesn't do sport. He hasn't got any time for sums or things like that, but he loves designing and making things. When Stewie’s new classmate Miles finds some old wooden skis at the back of JJ’s yard, Stewie is inspired to create the Stewie Scraps Super Sleigh. But when he sits on the driver’s seat nothing happens. Why won’t it go anywhere? Where will the Christmas magic come from?

Word Weaving
Word Weaving

Author: Jaki Brien

Publisher: University of Chester

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9781902275901

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A collection of the best entries for the Cheshire Prize for Literature 2005, which was for an original and previously unpublished piece of writing for children. The 18 stories and 2 poems in the anthology include the eventual prize winners. The First Prize was won by David Whitley and the Runner-Up Prizes by Tricia Durdey and Sheila Powell, while John Mead won the Prize awarded for the entry that most impressed an advisory panel of young readers. The book also contains an introduction by the former Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo, who contributed to the final stages of the judging.

Wordscapes
Wordscapes

Author: Jaki Brien

Publisher: University of Chester

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9781905929740

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An anthology of some of the best entries for the 2008 High Sheriff's Cheshire Prize for Literature, which was for a piece of writing suitable for 7-14 year-old readers. It includes stories by the winner of the Cheshire Prize, John Latham, and of the Young Readers' Prize, Sheila M. Blackburn, and poems by the two runners-up, Caroline Hawkridge and Stephen Wrigley.