Stories from our Street

by Richard Tulloch

In three brief episodes, a family of children deal with a tree that traps toys and sometimes people, a boring rainy day, and a neighbor's freshly painted fence

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

Hardcover

First published June 29, 1989

About the author

Richard Tulloch is one of Australia's most popular writers of books, plays, film, and television for young audiences. His television series', which include 150 episodes of the phenomenal BANANAS IN PYJAMAS, have reached an audience of hundreds of millions around the world. In 1998 he won his third Australian Writers' Guild AWGIE award for his play BODY AND SOUL, and was also nominated in America for the prestigious Hollywood 'Annie' award for his screenplay for the animated feature film FERN GULLY II: THE MAGICAL RESCUE.

Of his 40 children's books, DANNY IN THE TOYBOX, BEING BAD FOR THE BABYSITTER, COCKY COLIN and the BARRY THE BURGLAR series were nominated by children for KOALA awards as their all-time favourite books. His most recent titles, WEIRD STUFF, FREAKY STUFF, and AWESOME STUFF, have been very popular.

Reviews

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a delight. I read it to my class of 7 year olds and they loved it! They laughed their heads off at the kids being perpetually bored (it may have helped that I read the word bored as booooooored in an annoying kid voice) and were delighted by the catching tree. Highly recommended.

[Nicole Sandford · Rating 3 out of 5]

Typical kids always bored. Grade 3.