A funny school story with weird and wonderful characters by the award-winning author, Philip Ridley. The use of onomatopoeia throughout the book adds a clever and witty emphasis on imagery and creating a fully immersive world in which primary aged children are able to use their imagination and use this story as a base for their writing. This book was read to my class in year 3 and year 4 by the best teacher I have ever had, I always remembered the story but never remembered the name of the book until recently when I came across it at the library whilst looking for my daughter some books to lend. This is a book of photocopiable activity sheets intended to help children become enthusiastic, motivated and reflective readers. But beneath the dark bricks and cracked pavements of Lizard Street lurks the mysterious Krindlekrax.

This book highlights important issues such as bullying, death and grieving, and creates an exciting page-turning desire from chapter to chapter. Development on this film might have begun as early as 2001 because in June 2001 money was charged between Kennedy Mellor Ltd and the Children's Film and Television Foundation Limited for "All the company's rights title and interest in the literary and artistic work by philip ridley entitled "krindlekrax" including: treatment and screenplays". The monster threatens Lizard Street, this is when Ruskin has a chance to prove he has what it takes to be a hero. He studied painting at St Martin's School of Art and by the time he graduated had exhibited widely throughout Europe and written his first novel. citation needed] Amongst the plays were Kridlekrax, the script of which has been republished by Samuel French in an "acting edition", after many years of being out of print.I do think it's one of those where a good title and a healthy dose of hype has helped it into classrooms; there's a strong repetition of Lizard Street sounds and catch phrases which enhances its catchiness. announced on their Twitter page that 17 of Ridley's plays had been added to their catalogue to purchase performance rights to.

Found it particularly useful with year 3 as they could somewhat relate experiences in the book with their own experiences, and were then able to feel more empathetic towards the characters, particularly Ruskin. As well as books and plays for adults, Philip has written many other books for children including Krindlekrax (1991), winner of the Smarties Prize and the WH Smith, Mind-Boggling Books Award, Kasper in the Glitter (1994), nominated for the Whitbread Prize, and Scribbleboy (1997), shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. I was really glad that it ended the way it did, with Ruskin being a great role model for children who may find themselves in similar situations (friendship-wise, not battling a sewer beast! But beneath the dark bricks and cracked pavements of Lizard Street lurks a monster: the mysterious Krindlekrax. Mildly creased front endpaper, else near fine, in gilt-lettered green boards; in a very mildly age-toned, otherwise illustrated dust jacket with minor creasing and shelfwear.

In 2000, to celebrate the new millennium, Hachette Children's Group published Out of this world, a collection of extracts from "the best in 20th century children's literature". It centres around a 9-year-old boy named Ruskin Splinter, who is small and thin with thick glasses, red frizzy hair, knock-knees and a squeaky voice. There's a large and vicious alligator who lives in the sewers,, several caricatured adults (including Ruskin's rather sad parents and his teacher) and a bully who breaks windows and sleep walks. Although he is very thin with frizzy and think glasses, nine-year-old Ruskin believes he is born to be a hero and sets out to prove it by delivering his beloved Lizard Street from the menace of Krindlekrax. This witty, off-the-wall story is a classic rip-roaring adventure, from award-winning author Philip Ridley.

I imagine they must have done a whole book topic on it, otherwise I cannot understand why it captured their imagination in such a big way. Lace: The school teacher who enjoys sucking pencils and gets hysterical whenever William Shakespeare's name is mentioned.But when the mysterious beast, Krindlekrax, threatens Lizard Street and everyone who lives there, it is Ruskin who saves the day and proves he is the stuff that heros are made of after all. I liked doing the different voices for the characters, the use of the grotesque and cruelty through humour plus the way the author tackles grief and our responses to it.