Mad Grandad's Wicked Pictures

Mad Grandad's Wicked Pictures
Author: Oisin McGann
Publisher: O'Brien Press
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781847170637

Grandad and Lenny are trying to paint the living-room. But Grandad's paint is very old and it's gone quite strange. It has stripes and patterns in it... At first it seems like fun to make pictures with this weird paint. Lenny calls his picture 'Fang' because it looks like a creature, and Grandad calls his 'Mildred'. Lenny and Grandad decide to hang their pictures on the wall and go in search of frames. But when they return the pictures have disappeared. It looks like they've been stolen, but then they realise something else has happened.... That's when things start to go terribly, terribly wrong!

Mad Grandad and the Wicked Pictures

Mad Grandad and the Wicked Pictures
Author: Oisin Mcgann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2017-06-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781847179616

Grandad and Lenny are trying to paint the living-room. But Grandad's paint is very old and it's gone quite strange. It has stripes and patterns in it..... At first it seems like fun to make pictures with this weird paint. Lenny calls his picture 'Fang' because it looks like a creature, and Grandad calls his 'Mildred'. Lenny and Grandad decide to hang their pictures on the wall and go in search of frames. But when they return the pictures have disappeared. It looks like they've been stolen, but then they realise something else has happened.... That's when things start to go terribly, terribly wrong...

The Evil Hairdo

The Evil Hairdo
Author: Oisín McGann
Publisher: The O'Brien Press
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2012-08-29
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1847174922

Deep in the cellars of the O'Brien Press is a safe that contained stories too horrible to be read. But somebody has broken into that safe and the stories have been released. This is one of those Forbidden Files. 'It started with my favourite girlband WitchCraft. They were beautiful. They could sing and dance and above all they were cool. And I wanted the WitchCraft hairdo more than anything else in the world.' But then I got it, and that's when the trouble started. Because it turned out that my hair was evil... Ten year old Melanie gets her WitchCraft hairdo in a mysterious salon that appears out of nowhere. Although thrilled with it, she soon realises that her hair is evil and has a mind of its own. From cutting up all her Mum's clothes to summoning a plague of rats, Melanie's hair tries to destroy her whole life.

The Gods and Their Machines

The Gods and Their Machines
Author: Oisin McGann
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2004-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0765311593

Marking the debut of a compelling new voice in science fiction and fantasy, this novel is set in a world that bears a disturbing resemblance to the Middle East and the conflict between Israel and Palestine.

Mad Grandad's Robot Garden

Mad Grandad's Robot Garden
Author: Oisin McGann
Publisher: O'Brien Press
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2003
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780862788216

A MAD GRANDAD AND ME STORY Lenny's mad grandad has a new robot gardener. No more weeding or cutting the grass for Grandad. But the robot has other plans. In the dark of night, it starts a garden of its own and Lenny and Grandad wake up to a nasty surprise! Flyer number 12

Adventuring with Books

Adventuring with Books
Author: National Council of Teachers of English. Committee on the Elementary School Booklist
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English
Total Pages: 576
Release: 1989
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780814100783

Intended to provide teachers with a list of recently published books recommended for children, this annotated booklist cites titles of children's trade books selected for their literary and artistic quality. The annotations in the booklist include a critical statement about each book as well as a brief description of the content, and--where appropriate--information about quality and composition of illustrations. Some 1,800 titles are included in this publication; they were selected from approximately 8,000 children's books published in the United States between 1985 and 1989 and are divided into the following categories: (1) books for babies and toddlers, (2) basic concept books, (3) wordless picture books, (4) language and reading, (5) poetry, (6) classics, (7) traditional literature, (8) fantasy, (9) science fiction, (10) contemporary realistic fiction, (11) historical fiction, (12) biography, (13) social studies, (14) science and mathematics, (15) fine arts, (16) crafts and hobbies, (17) sports and games, and (18) holidays. There are also sections on professional books, teaching with literature, and book awards and booklists. A directory of publishers as well as author, illustrator, subject, and title indexes are included. (MS)