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Planet Postcards: Choose a planet from our solar system and create a postcard from your imaginary trip there. Draw the planet and write a message about your interplanetary adventure! In addition to original scripts, Cottrell-Boyce has also adapted novels for the screen and written children's fiction. His first novel Millions was based on his own screenplay for the film of the same name; it was published by Macmillan in 2004. Cottrell-Boyce won the annual Carnegie Medal from the British librarians, recognising it as the year's best children's book published in the U.K. [16] [17] His next novel Framed, he made the shortlist for both the Carnegie [18] and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. He adapted it as a screenplay for a 2009 BBC television film. He made the Carnegie shortlist again for Cosmic (2008). [18] In 2011, he was commissioned to write a sequel to the Ian Fleming children's book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, [19] which was published in October 2011 as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again. [20] In addition to Coronation Street, he wrote many episodes of the soap opera Brookside, as well as its spin-offs Damon and Debbie and South.

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Buch des Monats des Instituts für Jugendliteratur/Book of the Month by the Institute for Youth Literature (Germany), MillionsCOSMIC is the story of how Liam finds himself masquerading as an adult and a father and leading a quartet of his peers -- including his own friend/pretend daughter, Florida Kirby -- into space on a privately organized (and secret) mission. The whole thing might sound more than a little improbable, but this flight is being taken on a spaceship called the Infinite Possibility owned by a theme park magnate, and Liam has seriously leveled up for what is to come by studying his father's copy of TALK TO YOUR TEEN: And did I mention that author Frank Cottrell Boyce lives in England? I was smitten with the British vocabulary sprinkled throughout. In fact, I frequently found myself reading with a mental British accent, and a big smile on my face, because seriously... doesn't a British accent make everything just a little bit better? Cottrell Boyce has also written Millions, about two kids and an unexpected bag of money, and Framed, about a nine-year-old boy, some great art, and a village filled with eccentrics. Jennifer – YES, it is out in the UK in fact it came out here first and Mr Boyce is a British writer 😀

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You know how, once in a great while, you finish a book and it was so good that you want to start reading it all over again? That’s what happened to me with Frank Cottrell Boyce’s “ Cosmic.” This is a brilliant resource - just what I was looking for. Lots of different ideas and I love the use of questioning for retrieval practice. Thank you LoveReading4Kids exists because books change lives, and buying books through LoveReading4Kids means you get to change the lives of future generations, with 25% of the cover price donated to schools in need. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives.This edition of Cosmic includes bonus material and discussion questions from Frank Cottrell Boyce and features fantastic new cover artwork from Steven Lenton. About This Edition ISBN: I don't recall ever thinking that I would get to vacation in the moon some day, but it is pretty to think so. Liam Digby is only 12 but he is VERY tall. He is so tall that people actually think he is an adult (the fact that he has Premature Facial Hair also helps). For most part, Liam enjoys the benefits and advantages of being regarded as an adult: he goes to places he is not supposed to; he gets to drive a Porsche; and after passing the height restrictions, enjoys the scariest rollercoaster ever: the Cosmic. On the downside, being too tall and adult-like somehow creates unreasonable expectations and it’s not unusual for Liam to hear the words: “a big guy like you, you should know better” . Astronaut Adventures: Imagine being an astronaut and learn about the challenges they face in space. Understand what it takes to live and work in a weightless environment and how they prepare for their extraordinary missions.

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What changes the story is the fact that one of the dads is 12. So reading this aloud was interesting, because there was much in there for the parent to think about when pushing your kids to strive for success, excellence or even tidying their room. The story: Liam has a growth spurt of epic proportions. This puts him a head or two above his classmates, and he's constantly being mistaken for an adult. Specifically, he's mistaken for his friend's dad. The friend and Liam take advantage of this and enter a Best Dad Ever contest, which promises to let them experience the best thrill rides ever. It ends up that this thrill ride involves space travel, and the process of deciding who gets to go is funny and great and a great conversation-starter for kids (and grown ups if you're reading alongside). Boyce gets Liam’s voice just right. A screenwriter, he knows how to set-up scenes, create engaging dialog, and make a completely improbable situation believable. As he did with Millions, Boyce brings in deep philosophical ideas in a kid-friendly, convincing, and moving way. With this one it is about dads, about what it is to be one, what it is to be an adult. To the book’s readers, Liam is convincingly a kid throughout his story, even as he convinces the adults he encounters that he is an adult. And not just any adult — an adult just like his dad. Northern, Ireland - KS1/KS2 Language and Literacy: Extend the range of their reading and develop their own preferences. Rory Rooney is unremarkable in almost everything, apart from his capacity to attract the attention of the school bully. But when he suddenly and spectacularly turns green, he becomes a superhero!Finally, Cosmic is a story with a heart. All of the main characters, but especially Liam and Florida, learn what "dadliness" is really all about. In a way, this book is like a laugh-out-loud love letter to dads. In January 2018, he was on the victorious Keble College, Oxford University Challenge "famous alumni" team; he got almost all of the points scored by Keble (total score 240) and was lionized on social media as a consequence; Reading University scored 0 in that game, thus making television history. [29] Prez has one summer to find ten things about the earth that make it worth saving - but can he do it? This book is heart-breaking and hilarious in equal measure. A few aspects of COSMIC that will really stay with me are the contrasting styles of parenting that are lampooned through our getting to know about the fathers of Liam's four charges, and the degree to which the author is able to convey a sense of wonder and awe about space travel. (I am quite curious about the process by which the fourth man to step on the moon came to make a cameo appearance in this book.) I am also now quite interested in standing over someone's shoulder and watching him or her engage in Worlds of Warcraft. Frank was asked by the Fleming Estate to write the official sequel to Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize in 2012.

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