Palmerston IB Learner Profile LibGuide: Communicator

Old, ailing Elizabeth I has heard of a plan to overthrow her. One of the rallying points for the uprising was to be the Globe Theatre, so she throws Shakespeare's theatre company into prison. Can James, a boy actor, and the bard think of a way to earn the Queen's forgiveness -and be freed?

Here's my excellent plan to make Dogzombies the best band in the whole wide world! How hard can it be? (Very). Right now I'm going to: 1. Write more songs. (Not about teachers). 2. Make a spectacular music video. (Easy.) 3. Get some sleep. (Tricky when you're being kept awake by loud noises.) 4. Annoy Delia. (Nothing to do with Dogzombies but always fun.)

It's crunch time in Bungawitta. The land's as dry as a dead galah, there's
no rain in sight, and only twelve people left in town. Little Glory-Alice
blames it all on the TV weatherman. Jay knows better. Nobody can make it
rain. But a shower of money would help keep Bungawitta alive. And a festival
would attract city tourists with money to spend, Jay's sure of it. But can
twelve people, two dogs and a Shetland pony put on a proper festival? --

Genre study: Job description
At head of title: National Geographic

A letter between monsters is inadvertently intercepted by a boy. The monster's letter explains that he is coming over to play. The boy, a little nervous, but having decided that it must be a friendly monster, writes back. The monster, realising a mistake has been made, is thrown in a panic. How should he behave on a visit to a boy?

Summary: Poor Duncan just wants to do some colouring. But when he opens his
box of crayons, all he finds are letters, each saying the same thing: we
quit! Beige is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown, Blue needs a break
from colouring all that water, while Pink just wants to be used. Green has
no complaints, but Orange and Yellow aren't speaking to each other. What is
Duncan to do?

Meet Kevin, the opinionated feline who is full of cat-titude. Kevin has a craving. He wants custard, and he wants it NOW! Follow the hilarious antics of a cat trying to get its human companion to give him what he wants, including the extreme length of using his own body to spell the word CUSTARD! Will he succeed?

Summary: One day, Duncan is happily coloring with his crayons when a stack of postcards arrives in the mail from his former crayons, each of which has run away or been left behind, and all of which want to come home.

Farmer Brown has a problem. His cows like to type. All day long he hears Click, clack, moo. Click, clack, moo. Clickety, clack, moo. But the problems really begin when the cows start leaving Farmer Brown notes. First it was electric blankets... where will it end? And when the animals don't get what they want they go on strike, of course! Doreen Cronin's unusual text and Betsy Lewin's quirky illustrations make this a hilarious story.

Lola will not peas. In fact she won't eat carrots, potatoes, mushrooms, cabbage or baked beans. And she will absolutely not ever NEVER eat a tomato. But when Charlie explains that peas are actually green drops from Greenland, and carrots are really orange twiglets from Jupiter, even Lola is tempted to clear her plate...

When Saya's mother is sent to jail as an illegal immigrant, she sends her daughter a cassette tape with a song and a bedtime story, which inspires Saya to write a story of her own--one that just might bring her mother home.