The Julian Stories

by Ann Cameron, Ann Strugnell

Six stories featuring the mischievous hero of of "Julian, Secret Agent" and "Julian, Dream Doctor".

Genres: Childrens

Hardcover

First published July 1, 2002

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

Ann Cameron grew up in Wisconsin. Today, she and her husband live in Guatemala. From her house she can see a waterfall and three volcanoes. Ann Cameron has been a teacher and an editor as well as a writer.

She says that writing is hardest for her at the beginning of a book. To get started, she follows this important rule for writing: "Apply seat of pants to bottom of chair."

Reviews

[Faye Ulph · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a fun little book! I really enjoyed reading through the stories . The descriptive language was a joy to imagine. I loved the lines ‘when he laughed , the sun laughs in the window pane’ and ‘it will taste like a night on the sea.’ The stories were great fun and I really got the sense of being inside a 6 year olds head again. How Julian kept coming up with all these problems but managed to come up with great ideas! I also loved the idea of how a catalogue was a catalogue full of cats hehe which was a great introduction to the world of homonyms hehe I loved it - great fun!!

[Tori · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of six stories which would be ideal to share with KS1 students, particularly Y2. The stories tell the tales of two brothers - Julian and Huey as they navigate life at home with their parents.

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has short stories that tie together by the end of reading. Just little moments and days featuring Julian, his little brother Huey and his parents.

The stories are all enjoyable and the black and white illustrations are nice to look at too.

Published 1981

[Rebecca Gale · Rating 4 out of 5]

My seven year old loved this book, and is now insisting on making the pudding!

[Jake]

Can be used to discuss temptation and misconceptions.

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

An easy read with some great imagination. I loved the idea of catalogue cats and their portrayal throughout.

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed these short imaginative stories.

[Charlotte Marshall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely short imaginative stories. The descriptive language is great.

[Matthew Griffin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lovely book of short stories, with some of them having messages about how the reader should act. The length of each story mean the book would be a perfect fit for class reading.

[Alexandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book full of short stories based around the same family, predominately focused on one of the sons around Julian. Perfect for children who are beginning to read longer stories independently.

[Tabby Smee · Rating 3 out of 5]

very funny. I like that its all individual stories with the same morals - your choices mean so much! whether you may get a good or bad outcome etc.

[Vera Milena · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute easy-to-read story about family life, imagination and friendship.

[Grace Duthie · Rating 2 out of 5]

* I really disliked the first story as the children were afraid of their dad, who shouted a lot! Don't think this is a good message to be promoting, but I know this was published quite a while ago.
* Liked the rest of the stories.
* Inclusivity, black characters which is rare in children's stories. Very positive.

[Laima Bryden]

A good insight into the adventures of children.