This is a high quality text full of detailed comic-style illustrations.
It follows the adventures of an Action-Man style hero with an outfit for every occasion. His daily superhero challenges include rescuing lost toys, diving in the sieve-wreck and saving distressed damsels.
Highly recommended for KS1 and filled with humorous details to pore over, this is a winner of a book.
Written by award-winning author Lizzy Stewart, this picture book tells the story of Juniper Jupiter. Juniper has all the qualities of a real-life superhero: she is super-brave, super fast, super strong and super smart. The one thing that Juniper needs is a sidekick, but finding just the right one proves to be quite a challenge!
Although he seems like an ordinary boy, with just a single sneeze Nat turns into a superhero. Find out how Nat uses his superpowers to rescue other people and fend off mischevious villains.
This is a fun story about Super Daisy’s mission to save Planet Earth, which is on a collision course with Planet Pea. This book is full of bold illustrations, flaps and pull-tabs.
Max is the son of superhero parents and there is a lot of pressure on him to live up to family expectations. But Max discovers in time that he can be a small hero, doing small deeds. An uplifting tale about doing good things from an award-winning author.
Even superheroes sometimes need to take a holiday and where better to go than the Superhero Hotel? The only problem is that superheroes sometimes find it hard to relax and the diverse band of guests soon find a reason to put their superpowers to good use.
Milo’s mum must have superpowers. After all, she always knows what he’s getting up to even when he is secretly using her cooking equipment to make magic potions or when he is completely out of sight bouncing on the bed. Deciding that the only possible explanation is that Mum has X-RAY vision, Milo decides to test his Mum’s powers to find out the truth.
Awesome Man has some pretty cool superhero talents, such as shooting positronic rays out of his eyeballs. But he also has an incredible secret. This beautifully illustrated tale is suitable for children of all ages.
This is a chapter book aimed at the 7-9 age range, written in Jeremy Strong’s trademark style of laugh-out-loud humour. When new teacher Mr Butternut tells the class that they are all superheroes, Casper and his friends choose their superhero names and use their new-found confidence to solve problems big and small.
This is a great text to dip in and out of as it contains short stories about different popular Marvel characters. Perfect action stories for reading aloud and introducing children to a more diverse range of superheroes.
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