Most Popular Books by Colin McNaughton

A riot of puns and rhymes highlights McNaughton''s third book of silly, funny, completely hilarious verse. This edition is a feast of ridiculous monsters, revolting insults, and awful aliens.

Preston sets off to take a basket of food to his granny''s, wearing a red coat and hood, and looking very much like Little Red Riding Hood. As ever, Mister Wolf is in hot pursuit, but he can''t think which story Preston''s red coat and hood reminds him of, and so he can''t remember what he is supposed to do... "This will be very popular with three-to-seven year olds." --Daily Telegraph

Through the dark, dark streets of the dark, dark town, Preston (the Masked Avenger) sneaks... Preston is slinking through the shadows yelling, ''Boo '' at his unsuspecting victims. There are complaints from all over town. But when the greatest villain in the universe -- his dad -- catches him, Preston is in big trouble

It was an ordinary day, just like any other, and an ordinary boy made his ordinary way to his ordinary school. He had no idea that something extraordinary was about to happen!

What would you do if your dad decided to send you off to pirate school to toughen you up? If you were stuck on a ship with hairy, scarey Captain Abdul, you might mutiny. Or you might just have the most fun of your life. Which is exactly what happens to our young hero in this swashbuckling, high-seas, high-time adventure. "A Dream come true for young pirate fanciers".--Booklist. Full color.

A collection of poems that take a look at the grosser, weirder, funnier side of life, including A Giant Gorilla Came Up to Me, Itchy Feet, and If Ever Aliens.

A collection of humorous poems about eccentric characters.

Winner of the 1991 Emil/Kurt Maschler Award.

An illustrated collection of poems about traveling and vacations, including I''m Off to Treasure Island, If You''re Traveling in Transylvania, and Are We Nearly There Yet?

A group of not-so-nice aliens speed toward Earth looking for a fight--until something terrible scares them away.

Winner of the 1988 British Book Award and shortlisted for the Emil/Kurt Maschler Award and the Smarties Prize in the same year.

Preston Pig walks home from school blissfully unaware of the Big Bad Wolf stalking him.

Preston Pig uses is amazing soccer skills to help him escape from hungry Mr. Wolf.

In this zany book there are over 60 verses and some of the weirdest characters you''re ever likely to meet. There''s the Jolly Giant, the Elibird, the Human Siren, Borer the Explorer, Nosey Porker, Mugsy O''Shea and many, many more

The incorrigible McNaughton sneaks a baby aboard a pirate ship with hilarious results in this kid-pleasing saga of swordfighting, smelly diapers, and hide-and-seek on the high seas. Includes a free storytime CD. Full color.

Explore planet Earth and all its secrets in rhyme. This hilarious planet-shaped book will have children in stitches, particularly when they discover that Earth has a secret weapon! Renowned for his gleeful sense of humour and comic art, Colin McNaughton introduces, in rhyme, the weird and wonderful members of an alien fleet determined to conquer Earth.

The reader is warned of what might happen if an old superstition is not heeded.

A large green giant and a small boy meet in the middle of a forest where the giant relates the tale of his life to the boy. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

Contained within this tomb-shaped novelty book is the life of Dracula. The text includes the Count''s school report, his holiday snaps, pictures of his pets, the contents of his fridge and much more. There are jokes, surprises and amusing illustrations throughout.

Follow Cushie as she asks as many questions as she can to her family.

A boy no bigger than a tea cup eludes his rat captors and then returns to their pirate ship to free the kidnapped water rat princess.

King Nonn liked nothing better than to be alone with his books, but his people wanted a king who could fight dragons and slay giants. So King Nonn and his horse Palfrey set out in search of adventure and gave the people a king to be proud of. The author''s previous books include The Great Zoo.

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Littlesaurus refuses to use the potty. Could it be that a bit of reverse psychology is in order to help him change his rude ways? Full color.

Mr Wolf is hungry as usual and Preston the Pig has some career suggestions for his enemy so that he will be able to buy food rather than catch it Preston, whilst keeping at a safe distance from Mister Wolf, suggests that he could become a footballer, or a poet or a crane driver or even an astronaut. But no matter what job Mister Wolf imagines himself doing it somehow always manages to involve eating Preston When Preston is called away to his dinner the wolf is also given a dinner of sorts, when Preston''s dad drops a solid iron pot of slops on unlucky wolf''s head. AGE 4-7

Rhyming text and illustrations show what would happen if dogs, cats, frogs, chickens, and other sorts of animals were dinosaurs and lived during the time of man.

When a tropical bird from a desert island is captured and taken away to a zoo, he is helped by his brave friends.