Most Popular Books by Morris Gleitzman

In no time at all, Amy and Sprocket were covered with scampering, crawling, hopping insects and spiders. They were in Sprocket''s hair and eyes and earholes. He gasped and sucked in air. And with the air he drew in a huge spider. It squirmed and wriggled inside his mouth like a live, damp feather. He spat it out with a scream ...

Siempre hay esperanza. Es mi lema. Probablemente te digas: «Menudo iluso, el Wassim este. ¿Esperanza? Pero si solo tiene diez años y mira la vida que lleva». Pues, muchas gracias, pero tampoco está tan mal. Tengo muchos motivos para no perder la esperanza. Sobre todo ahora que hay una persona que puede ayudarme. Una persona llamada Felix.

Birds. Lots of birds. The people of the world are puzzled. Their feathered friends are trying to tell them something, and they’re not sure what it is. Then a boy and his pet budgie discover the secret. Join Jay and Clyde, and their friends Maxine and Dora, on an exciting, funny, risky journey to save their families. And every other family too.

"Two hours ago, when I walked into this school for the first time, the sun was shining, the birds were singing and, apart from a knot in my guts the size of Tasmania, life was great. Now, here I am, locked in the stationery cupboard."Rowena wants to be friends but the other kids don''t. Is it because she''s just stuffed a frog into Darryn Peck''s mouth? Or is it because of her Dad?Rejacketed with brilliant new covers, Morris Gleitzman''s hilarious and heartwarming stories are more popular than ever!

Very Yummy Stories.Stop your mum picking her nose, read the secret diary of a dog, catch a bus and then let it go, discover how one slice of toast can make you the most popular person in school, start wearing a crown and give up eating pig-nostril gruel, use a wrecking ball to defeat a bully, show your big sister the very scary secret in your wardrobe, unleash the awesome power of chips, live in a house that gets wiped clean more often than a bottom.Funny stories from a favourite Australian author.

Once I escaped from an orphanage to find my Mum and Dad. Once I saved a girl called Zelda from a burning house. Once I made a Nazi with toothache laugh. My name is Felix. This is my story.

Un jour, je me suis évadé d’un orphelinat pour retrouver papa et maman. Un jour, j’ai sauvé une petite fille qui s’appelait Zelda d’une maison en feu. Un jour, je vivais dans une cave avec sept autres enfants, alors que je n’aurais pas dû. Un jour, j’ai fait rire un nazi avec une rage de dents. Un jour, j’ai fait mon premier voyage en train, mais je ne dirais pas que c’était formidable. Mon nom est Félix. Ceci est mon histoire. Un roman historique poignant et drôle à la fois, où il est question de l''holocauste et de la fin de l''innocence, mais aussi d''amour et de solidarité. Ou comment, dans la Pologne occupée de 1942, un garçon de dix ans tâche de saisir l’inimaginable...

De twaalfjarige Keith vindt dat zijn ouders door hun saaie leven druiloren zijn geworden en probeert ze op te vrolijken. Emigreren naar Australië lijkt hem de beste oplossing en tot zijn grote verbazing doen ze dat ook. Vanaf ca. 10 jaar.

Clodic, un jeune crapaud, aimerait comprendre pourquoi les hommes détestent les crapauds : quasiment tous les membres de sa famille ont été écrasés par des camions. Il décide d''aller à la rencontre des humains pour clarifier les relations entre les deux espèces. Mais comme il ne parle pas leur langue, la tâche est ardue.

Keith wil alles doen om zijn ouders te helpen bij hun problemen; helaas lukt dat niet altijd. Vanaf ca. 10 jaar.

De elfjarige Angus moet iedere dag op zijn vijfjarige broertje en zijn babyzusje passen: van school en het kinderdagverblijf halen, voor ze koken, ze naar bed brengen, het huis opruimen. Vanaf ca. 10 jaar.

Felix is a grandfather. He has achieved much in his life and is widely admired in the community. He has mostly buried the painful memories of his childhood, but they resurface when his granddaughter Zelda comes to stay with him. Together they face a cataclysmic event armed only with their gusto and love, an event that helps them achieve salvation from the past, but also brings the possibility of destruction.