Krindlekrax

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There is an element of fear to the story, but not too much to frighten young children, just to create suspense and mystery. Corky Pigeon: An elderly man who was once a sewer maintenance man, but later became the caretaker at St George's school. I liked how the description of each character was so powerful and the illustrations gave a sense of how weird and wonderful the characters in Lizard Street are. But beneath the dark bricks and cracked pavements of Lizard Street lurks a monster: the mysterious Krindlekrax.

My Mum recommended this book to me as she use to read it to her primary class and to my siblings and I at home. Plenty of tension and suspense throughout with likeable characters who will capture the class' interest and mark out the whole class read as a time of the day to look forward to. In the lower years it could be used as a whole class story, perhaps reading a chapter at the end of the day before home time. Smarties Prize-winning children's fantasy about the mysterious dragon Krindlekrax who lives beneath the cracked pavements on Lizard Street.My wife is a teacher (ages 9/10) and she often talks about the importance of readable books, citing this as a good example. The use of onomatopoeia throughout the book adds a clever and witty emphasis on imagery and creating a fully immersive world in which primary aged children are able to use their imagination and use this story as a base for their writing. Later that night, Ruskin lures the monster out of the sewers, and tames it by throwing Corky's medal in its mouth, banishing it to the sewers forever.

Ruskin stops Elvis' window smashing by bursting his ball and after a long talk, they become friends again. The book is intended for Key Stage 2 English readers and aims to help teachers organise tasks which introduce children to a range of specific key reading skills as outlined in the reading PoS. Winston Splinter: Ruskin's father, a fired zookeeper who is always complaining and saying "It's not my fault!We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Mildly creased front endpaper, else near fine, in gilt-lettered green boards; in a very mildly age-toned, otherwise illustrated dust jacket with minor creasing and shelfwear. Nothing happens in the first 100 pages except the loving description of the handful of quaint eccentric caricatures that people this story. Each character had a catchphrase and the one that stood out for me was Wendy Splinters “Polly wolly doodle all the day”. It was first published in 1991 by Jonathan Cape and republished in 1992 by Red Fox and then again in 2001 by Puffin Books where it is still in print.

One rather disturbing event near the end, and some scenes that could be scary for sensitive children. I did find the Elvis character almost overwhelmingly irritating, but like a good pantomime villain it makes for more cheers when things are evened out at the end. After catching a terrible cold, Elvis can't do the play any more, so Ruskin takes his place and it all goes well, but Elvis isn't pleased and smashes all the windows in Lizard Street that he can in a tantrum.And when Krindlekrax threatens Lizard Street, Ruskin has the chance to prove he really is the stuff heroes are made of! The characters are all unlikeable, kind of bizarre and hollow, with the exception of the main two, which is a bit misanthropic in my opinion and not what I want to fill my kids head with.

I felt a lot of empathy towards Ruskin Splinter who suffers with a lack of love from his parents, bullying from his classmates, and has found one decent friendship in the school's janitor Corky Pigeon.Ruskin Splinter is small and thin, with knock-knees, thick glasses and a squeaky voice, and the idea of him taming a dragon makes the whole class laugh. Unfortunately for Ruskin, he did not perform to his best and so Elvis got awarded the part of hero for the school play. Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style.