Showing results for "The Dinner" in Literature & Fiction

Izzy and her friends have never liked school dinners. And they're getting worse. The dinner ladies are acting strangely. Lollipop man mentions there is a new head dinner who used to be here a long, long time ago and has returned. Izzy and friends wonder if she is the reason for the strange behaviour. They wonder why she has returned. They find out she was fired. They speculate as to why and decide she's a demon who's returned to do bad things. Because why wouldn't she be? Hilariously narrated by Susan Calman!

We know you shouldn't take your dragon to the library, but what about taking him out to dinner? After all, dragons need to eat, too! But with fiery breath, flapping wings, and pointy spikes, that might not be a good idea! Rhyming text and diverse characters bring the importance of dinner manners to a new level in this charming story.

Small dragon...big trouble! When Eric finds a tiny dragon nestled among the beansprouts in his Friday night takeaway, he thinks it's a free toy. But Pan the Mini-Dragon is very real indeed - and he's about to get Eric into a whole heap of trouble. How is Eric going to explain the trail of devastation caused by a creature not much bigger than a spring roll?

It's the most wonderful time of the year: there's frozen white dust on the ground, the Human Lady has decorated her nest with shiny things, and the scent of scrumptious goodness is wafting from the kitchen . . . But then Tinkles the Canary comes with unprecedented news. That delicious smell is...

Izzy is really pleased to have been put in charge of the new girl at school. Matilde is French, and Izzy and her friends can't wait to show her their den and its moth, and to help her avoid school dinners (also known as poison). But Matilde LOVES school dinners and even has seconds! And that's when they know...Matilde is a spy, and she has come to find out their secrets. They must stop her before it's too late!

Tigers for Dinner: Tall Tales By Jim Corbett's Khansama is a fun-filled book for children and adults alike. It is a collection of short stories about the adventures of Jim Corbett, narrated by his family cook, Mehmoud, to the author when he was a child. Narrated in a simple style, all the tales told by the cook are as delicious as his food and take the listener on a nostalgic journey.

One of Time Out’s Top 100 Children’s books of all time! ‘Completely hilarious … kind of The League of Gentlemen for kids' Zoe Ball Shabba me whiskers! A new audiobook reading from the author Andy Stanton, bursting out the nostrils with fun! Mr Gum's back! But what's he up to this time?...

Meet RORY BRANAGAN – he eats bad guys for breakfast. Well, not ACTUALLY. But he IS the best detective in town. Fourth in the hilarious comedy-crime book series for kids, RORY BRANAGAN (DETECTIVE). Hello. I am Rory Branagan. I am DEFINITELY a detective. An absolutely HUGE crime has been...

Under the Sun Publishing brings you a book that will let you experience history in a whole new way. My Dinner with the Founding Fathers is a book for all ages, with exciting tales about dining and conversing with the men who built America. Hear about the Revolutionary War from the perspective of the generals who fought in it, learn about the Declaration of Independence from the men who signed it, and see what America’s first presidents think about some of today’s top issues—all in their own words!

Being at school is boring when you know you're going to be something cool like a Private Investigator. Aren't school dinners a bit strange? Chicken nuggets? Again? On pizza? Covered in chocolate? Nobody wants to live on lettuce and broccoli, but children are losing teeth over this! This needs investigating. This looks like a case for Mina Mistry.

It’s Christmas Eve in Winter Hollow, and five-year-old Olivia has a big plan—she’s going to surprise her parents with the perfect Christmas dinner! But Olivia knows she can’t do it alone. With the help of her charming animal friends—Nibbles the rabbit, Chipper the squirrel, Rusty the fox, Hoot the owl, and Pip the shy opossum—Olivia sets out to create a magical feast.

Henry is a good helper! He can even help with dinner.

Those Queens of Crime, the Dinner Ladies, invent a cunning method of robbery - the Slurp Machine. There's only one problem, they need someone small to work it - someone like the heroic third-year junior, Caroline Crisp. A very funny story about some dreadful dinner ladies, from bestselling author David Tinkler.

Are the dinner ladies at your school rough and tough? Do they pour vats of hot soup over innocent children? It was exactly the same at Littlehampton Primary where Plughole, owner of the World's Weirdest Laugh, went to school.

Littlesprat Primary School has a tough new bunch of dinner ladies. When Caroline Crisp is spotted eavesdropping, the dinner ladies decide to kidnap her as a 'snatcher' for their thieving.

Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar for one of his favorite meals of the day: dinner! The Very Hungry Caterpillar is very hungry . . . for dinner! With a simple narrative, this audiobook is the perfect way to introduce the concept of shapes. From triangular pizza slices to round veggie burgers to...

Nine-year-old Ling is very comfortable with her life; her parents are both dedicated doctors in the best hospital in Wuhan. But when Comrade Li, one of Mao’s political officers, moves into a room in their apartment, Ling begins to witness the gradual disintegration of her world. In an...

In this trickster tale from Africa, Annasi learns the value of being a good host. He also learns the truth of the old saying, "What goes around comes around."

A dash of wit, a pinch of peril, and a spoonful of heart prove that the best meals are the ones we share in this slyly funny picture book about a very hungry alligator and the clever goat who outwits him. “ROAR!” Alligator wants Goat for dinner. But Goat has other plans—starting with a...

Reshma loves dinnertime with her family. Her family eat with their hands – not just finger food type-eating, but hands-on squishy eating. When she's invited to stay for dinner at her friends' homes, she finds out that they all eat in different ways. Some go ting ting with their cutlery, and others go click clack with their chopsticks. What will her friends say when they see her family eat with their hands?