https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs en-us 2013-05-03 12:52:35 UTC 2023-10-15 07:55:16 UTC hello@padlet.com nicola_cowling1 https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/963999940 Book level 3.9
Points 5.0
MY
Evie has a supertalent. A talent that can let her hear the thoughts of an elephant, and make friends with a dog and a sparrow. The only problem is, this talent is very dangerous]]> 2020-11-26 17:23:25 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/963999940 https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/967057690 Book level 2.8
Points 0.5
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Rabbit is surprised: some of the trees in the valley seem to be flying south for the winter. His friend Bear is sure that trees can't fly.
Then there's a loud CRUNCH! from Very Near By. It sounds like the world's largest rabbit, eating the world's largest carrot!]]> 2020-11-28 13:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/967057690 nicola_cowling1 https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/970974975 Book level 3.6
Points 2.0
MY
Sam Wu is NOT a scaredy-cat but when a shark TOTALLY tries to eat him at the local aquarium, he decides he's not going to take any more chances at his friend's beach party.]]> 2020-11-30 12:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/970974975 nicola_cowling1 https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/984853049 Book level 2.1
Points 0.5
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Lula always likes me to go with her to the end of the lane. She loves a bit of a cuddle and a lick or two before the school bus comes. "Oh Russ," she whispers. "A horse. It's all I want for my birthday." And I'm thinking - excuse me, but what's so great about a horse? Isn't a dog good enough?"]]> 2020-12-03 17:49:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/984853049 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1136682583 2021-01-28 14:57:24 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1136682583 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1136689421 2021-01-28 14:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1136689421 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1136730301 Book level 2.8
Points: 1.0
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Toby the black labrador might be an older rescue dog, but he's still got enough mischief beneath his collar to keep eight-year-old Kaita and her animal-fostering family on their toes from morning till night.

]]> 2021-01-28 15:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1136730301 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1136779667 Book level 2.9
Points 0.5
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When no one comes to Sausage's birthday party, he think it's the saddest day of his life. He doesn't have any friends and no one cares about him! Little does he know that the jealous cats have sabotaged his party. Is it too late for Sausage to have a happy birthday?]]> 2021-01-28 15:13:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1136779667 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1136805751 Book level 3.4
Points 1.0
MY
The children love having Noodle the Doodle at school. He listens when they read him stories, he sings along in music class and he even delivers messages to the other classroom ... or at least, he tries to! So when Mr Reed announces that they're taking a school trip to the seaside, they're thrilled that Noodle will be coming too. But the beach is an exciting place for a dog - perhaps too exciting. Will Noodle be on his best behaviour or will the whole trip end in chaos?]]> 2021-01-28 15:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1136805751 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1136888741 Book level 3.7
Points 0.5
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The greatest penguin-explorer the world has ever known is on her way back to the South Pole on board Captain Beardy-Beard's submarine. But when they have to refuel in New York City, the submarine is hijacked and it's up to Nellie to save the day. Can she escape the clutches of Mr Big and show him that she's no bird brain?]]> 2021-01-28 15:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1136888741 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1136915963 Book level 3.1
Points 0.5
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hnipp the dog loves to play fetch with Julie and Lara in the park, but she doesn't love their annoying laughs. So one day she decides to run off. It's not long before Shnipp finds a new life with Bessie the Bagel Lady, eating delicious bagels every day. But when she decides to finally head home, she discovers things aren't exactly the same as when she left.]]> 2021-01-28 15:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1136915963 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1136938989 Book level 3.8
Points 4.0
MY
When Humphrey's teacher, Mrs Brisbane, doesn't come to school, he is unsqueakably worried. Then a supply teacher, the mysterious Mr E, arrives and everything changes.
Class is fun, but are Humphrey's classmates learning anything? And what had happened to their wonderful teacher?
Humphrey has his paws full as he tries to gather clues to solve the mystery, and then, on Halloween, everything is revealed...]]> 2021-01-28 15:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1136938989 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1183260372 Book level 4.9
Points 4.0
MY
Yasmin is part of a big, noisy family and doesn't ever speak. Levi is a rude, sassy toy llama, who talks A LOT and has come to wreak havoc in Yasmin's life. She tries everything she can to escape Levi, but she can't help being dragged along on his crazy antics and every day brings a new surprise, whether that's an erupting bin, a flying tuna fish, or a hat made from knickers. Life is never boring with Levi around and could it be that he has a secret plan to help Yasmin find her voice?]]> 2021-02-09 16:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1183260372 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1183282122 2021-02-09 16:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1183282122 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1183290869 Book level 4.3
Points 2.0
MY
Patrick has been desperate for a dog of his own for a long as he can remember. Meanwhile, in his short doggy life, Oz has suffered at the hands of bad people. Somewhere out there, he believes, is an awesome boy - his boy. Maybe when they find each other he will learn to bark again...When Patrick finds Oz, he is determined to coax the frightened little dog's bark back. Then they can finally both be happy. Can't they?]]> 2021-02-09 16:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1183290869 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1183320488 Book level 4.9
Points 8.0
MY
Cosmo's family is falling apart.
And it's up to Cosmo to keep them together.
He knows exactly what to do. There's only one problem, Cosmo is a Golden Retriever. Incredibly funny, and filled with warmth and heart, this is the story of one dog's attempt to save his family, become a star, and eat a lot of bacon.]]> 2021-02-09 17:00:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1183320488 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1183358486 Book level 4.0
Points 1.0
MY
Meet nine year old Benjamin Jinks and his grumpy hamster, Jasper Stinkybottom. Benjamin is a very normal boy who hates maths. Stinky is a genius hamster, who likes carrots. Together they are an unstoppable team! But can they overcome the evil scheming of Ben's maths teacher, Beardy McCreedy?]]> 2021-02-09 17:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1183358486 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1183382202 Book level 4.1
Points 5.0
MY
Malcolm doesn't like animals. Which is a problem because his family love them. Their house is full of pets. The only bright spot on the horizon is the Year 6 school trip, which Malcolm never thought his parents would pay for. And yet there he is, on the bus, heading to...oh no. The farm. Over the next days, Malcolm changes. He learns a lot about animals. More, in many ways, than he would like. He learns what it's really like to be an animal. A whole series of animals, in fact... It does make him think differently. And speak differently. And eat differently. But will he end up the same as he was before?


]]> 2021-02-09 17:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1183382202 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1183412959 Book level 4.6
Points 3.0
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Emperor Hadrian has one last favour to ask of the gladiator animals before he will grant them their greatest wish - freedom. They must go to the far-off and strange land of Britain to win over the crowds of his empire. But this will be no happy-go-lucky holiday...Instead of buckets and spades, Julis Zebra and his friends will need all their powers and wits about them if they're going to survive their most wild and rebellious opponents yet. Cram-packed with jokes and bursting with action, this is a hilarious romp and mad-cap introduction to Roman Britain.]]> 2021-02-09 17:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1183412959 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1183452004 Book level 2.9
Points 0.5
LY
Harvey really, REALLY wants a pet but Mum and Dad say their flat is too small to fit one in. Can Harvey find a pet small enough? His experiments will keeping small creatures will make you chuckle.]]> 2021-02-09 17:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1183452004 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1193635255 Book level 5.3
Points 8.0
MY
Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a cub. But one day the unimaginable happens: Peter's dad enlists in the military and makes him return his fox to the wild.
At his grandfather's house three hundred miles away from home, Peter knows he isn't where he should be - with Pax. Despite the encroaching war, he sets out to find his fox. Meanwhile, Pax, steadfastly waiting for his boy, embarks on an adventure of his own.]]> 2021-02-11 17:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1193635255 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1193649306 2021-02-11 17:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1193649306 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1193657873 2021-02-11 17:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1193657873 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1193665087 Book level 5.9
Points 6.0
MY
Recounts the experiences of Joey the horse as he moves from life on a farm into the battles of World War One. In the deadly chaos of the First World War, Joey witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. Bombarded by artillery, with bullets knocking riders from his back, Joey tells a powerful story of the truest of friendships in the worst of wars.]]> 2021-02-11 17:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1193665087 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1193692047 Book level 5.5
Ponts 7.0
MY
Podkin is the son of a warrior chieftain. He knows that one day it will be up to him to lead his warren and guard it in times of danger. But for now, he's quite happy to laze around annoying his older sister Paz, and playing with his baby brother Pook. Then Podkin's home is brutally attacked, and the young rabbits are forced to flee. The terrifying Gorm are on the rampage, and no one and nowhere is safe. With danger all around them, Podkin must protect his family, uncover his destiny, and attempt to defeat the most horrifying enemy rabbitkind has ever known. First in trilogy ]]> 2021-02-11 17:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1193692047 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1193721852 Book level 5.2
Points 6.0
MY
Echo is the loveable stray training to be a hearing dog. Jake is his new owner. Jake has always found life with his disability a bit of a struggle. With Echo's help, he starts to gain confidence and make friends at school. Then something terrible happens and Jake and Echo are separated.
Determined to find his way back to Jake, Echo sets out on the difficult journey home. But with a long road ahead and danger all around, have Jake and Echo lost each other forever?]]> 2021-02-11 18:01:08 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1193721852 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1193738383 Book level 5.1
Points 3.0
MY
Mr and Mrs Bold are just like you and me: they live in a nice house (in Teddington), they have jobs (like writing Christmas cracker jokes) and they love to have a bit of a giggle. One slight difference: they're hyenas. Yes, that's right - they're covered in fur, have tails tucked into their trousers, and they really, really like to laugh. So far, the Bolds have managed to keep things under wraps, even when their children Bobby and Betty were born. But the nosey man next door smells a rat (or a hyena), and a trip to the local wildlife park, and the brilliantly wacky heist that results, could be the end of Teddington's best-kept secret.]]> 2021-02-11 18:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1193738383 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1193796493 Book level 3.5
Points 2.0
MY
Izzy and Asha need a space to call their own, where they can practise their skateboarding away from the Skull brothers and escape from trouble at home. But the derelict gasworks where they stake their claim already belongs to something else - a wilderness they never expected to find and an injured wolf that desperately needs their help. Can they reconnect to the wild and save the wolf? Or is their pack too weak to fight much stronger powers?]]> 2021-02-11 18:13:49 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1193796493 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1193826664 Book level 5.9
Points 7.0
MY
Michael, a young boy growing up on the tropical island of Liberty, has been saving up for his own fishing boat for years. But when a terrible storm wrecks his home, Michael is forced to take a job working for a rich, mysterious newcomer named Spargo. Spargo asks Michael to search for one thing in the deep waters around Liberty - whales...]]> 2021-02-11 18:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1193826664 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1193845633 Book level 7.7
Points 11.0
MY
After a wonderful early life as a young colt on Farmer Gray's meadows, the stallion Black Beauty is sold to Squire Gordon of Birtwick Hall and joins the gentleman's stables. While his existence is no longer as carefree as before and he has to be trained by humans, he enjoys the company of the other horses there, such as the fiery Ginger and the kind Merrylegs. Unfortunately one day he is sold on to new owners, and a new chapter opens in his life, full of uncertainty, hardship and cruelty. Will Black Beauty ever make it back home, and reconnect with the people and horses that cared about him?
An instant classic when it was published in 1877, Anna Sewell's only novel highlighted the plight of mistreated horses in Victorian England]]> 2021-02-11 18:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1193845633 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1258023149 Book level 6.2
Points 8.0
MY
1944, and London is under attack. Young mouse Pip Hanway's safe and quiet world is turned upside down when her home, umbrella shop James Smith & Sons, is destroyed by a bomb. Orphaned and alone, she must begin a perilous quest to find a new home. But the only way to get there is by joining Noah's Ark, a secret gang of animals fighting the resistance in France, operating beneath the feet of the human soldiers. Danger is everywhere and as the enemy closes in, Pip must risk everything to save her new friends.]]> 2021-03-02 12:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1258023149 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1258033844 Book level 8.0
Points 7.0
MY
Life is good for Buck in Santa Clara Valley where he spends his days eating and sleeping in the golden sunshine. But one day a treacherous act of betrayal leads to his kidnap, and he is forced into a life of toil and danger. Dragged away to be a sledge dog in the harsh and freezing cold Yukon, Buck must fight for his survival.]]> 2021-03-02 12:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1258033844 DevonEducationServices https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1258060385 Book level 6.2
Points 25.0
UY
Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible was going to happen to the warren - he felt sure of it. So did his brother Hazel, for Fiver's sixth sense was never wrong. They had to leave the warren. And so a small band of rabbits began a long and perilous journey to find a safe home. Fiver's intuition finally leads them to Watership Down. But here they encounter the greatest threat of them all.]]> 2021-03-02 13:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_cowling1/a3m6yqanbs/wish/1258060385