Bedtime Stories with R A Spratt

Bedtime Stories with R A Spratt

The Ultimate Collection of Bedtime Stories

by R A Spratt

Published Penguin Books Australia
ISBN 9781761340017

If your 9 - 11+ year old enjoys a good laugh and loves reading, especially silly stories this collection stories was written for them. They are bound to be some favourite stories amongst this collection of 28 stories, plus there is a pronunciation guide and yummy recipes.

Not forgetting the map, especially drawn for readers to understand where some of these stories are set, as quite a few date back to before the current boundaries were drawn.

If you have read any other stories by R A Spratt you will know about Nanny Piggins who has dictated these stories to her.

Each story is filled with fun and there are some very interesting facts.Written in her inimitable style you can pick up a short story anywhere in this 380 page book, You can of course read them in order, but each one stands alone, ideal for picking and choosing a story when the mood takes you.

The chatty joyful style makes each madcap adventure a pleasure to read and it is an ideal book for taking on holidays or setting down to read on a rainy day or if you're relaxing in air conditioned comfort on a stinky hot Summer's day.

What we like - there are no hidden messages, it is imaginative fun and ideal for getting away from technology before bedtime. It is a good way to encourage reading before bedtime, or in bed while gaining an increased vocabulary.

The Author

R.A. Spratt was born in England and lived in Dursley, Gloucestershire, immortalised by Harry Potter's deeply unpleasant relative, until she was two years old. Then, like many ambitious English people cursed with regional accents so strong no other British person can take them seriously, her family moved to Australia. Growing up in Sydney's western suburbs was the beginning of R.A.'s imagination. The only thing for a kid to do was get on a bicycle and go to the library, so R.A. Spratt did just that. Once there, she read everything, devouring the books of Arthur Ransome, Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl, Robin Klein and Judy Blume, and audiotapes of Shakespeare productions and Sherlock Holmes dramatisations. R.A. Spratt now lives in the Southern Highlands of NSW.