Stanley Bagshaw and the Fourteen Foot Wheel - Softcover

Wilson, Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903015405 ISBN 13: 9781903015407

Publisher: Barn Owl Books, London, 2004

Synopsis

Stanley Bagshaw, the lovable duffer, lives near a factory which makes sprockets and wheels. Left to watch the wheel-making machine, our Stanley falls asleep and the result is a fourteen-foot wheel. The wheel then makes its way through Huddersgate causing hilarious levels of chaos.

About this title

Review:

These irresistible comic-strip stories, set in the flat-cap North, are great for reading aloud for independent reading. (The Ultimate First Book Guide )

Synopsis:

"The Tea lady's off with the measles. And my tea break is long overdue Will you keep an eye on the foundry While I put on the pot for a brew?" So Stanley Bagshaw, the lovable duffer from Huddersgate agrees to watch the wheel-making machine, but after a while it gets boring and our Stan falls asleep. The result is a fourteen-foot wheel that goes careering through Huddersgate causing all kinds of hilarious chaos. Another wonderful book with the irresistible brew of colourful and witty pictures, amusing rhyming couplets and hilarious speech bubbles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Barn Owl Books, London
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1903015405
• ISBN 13: 9781903015407
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Wilson Bob