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If you're looking for something to share with students, children and Grandchildren, then these books are perfect. Fabulous stories and beautiful illustrations and such positive messages.
Polonius the Pit Pony
When a family of Travelling woodworkers take in an unwanted Pit Pony, little do they know he's going to be their hero!
"What a pleasure to read! With lively text, lovingly drawn illustrations and engaging plot, both my boys were captivated.
I would strongly recommend this book because it is a multi-layered, stereotype-challenging book about determination and courage and kindness. And it is just lovely to read and to think about, even long after you’ve come to the end of it." Amy, Isaac, age 5 and Cassius, age 3.
For free resources http://www.childs-play.com/teacher-zone/about_polonius_the_pit_pony.htmlorld
Traveller boy Yokki, uses his amazing storytelling skills to lift the spirits of his whole family. A traditional tale which inspires hope and celebrates the positive values of creativity.
What's your Parno Gry?
Traveller girl Ossiri proves that a lack of money is no barrier to making your own musical instrument and even when no one else seems to like the noise you make, if you believe in yourself amazing things can happen.
What's your Tatting Django?
This story made me feel hopeful towards the future. ‘Yokki and the Parno Gry’ is a wonderful tale of what a child’s hope and imagination can bring to a family, Ruby Leigh Smith
Signed copies are available £5.99 each plus postage.just email rroneill@aol.com or buy direct from Amazon.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yokki-Parno-Childs-Play-Library/dp/1846439264/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461760052&sr=1-10https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ossiri-Bala-Mengro-Childs-Play-Library/dp/1846439248/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461760052&sr=1-9
Maisie Poole Rules the School
One ordinary primary school, one ordinary Head teacher one reception child and one extraordinary government idea, RKTO!
Cute little reception kid Maisie Poole is whisked from pupil to Head teacher overnight. Now in complete charge of Fairto Middling Primary school and with the regular Head teacher banished to reception class as a pupil, Maisie can do whatever she likes - making a new set of rules is just the first step on her hilarious journey as the youngest and bossiest Head teacher in the country.
This amazing book is hilarious and I recommend it to anyone who likes comical and surprising things.
Full of creativity, laughter and interesting characters, it is unputdownable.
Funny and subversive.
Good clean subversive fun, perfect for upper, KS2, KS3 to read on their own or ideal for family reading. Allows children to have fun with their reading but also to see school in a completely different light..
(75 pages) Copies are available for £4.95 each plus £1.00 p&p Contact us for larger orders and discounts
One ordinary primary school, one ordinary Head teacher one reception child and one extraordinary government idea, RKTO!
Cute little reception kid Maisie Poole is whisked from pupil to Head teacher overnight. Now in complete charge of Fairto Middling Primary school and with the regular Head teacher banished to reception class as a pupil, Maisie can do whatever she likes - making a new set of rules is just the first step on her hilarious journey as the youngest and bossiest Head teacher in the country.
This amazing book is hilarious and I recommend it to anyone who likes comical and surprising things.
Full of creativity, laughter and interesting characters, it is unputdownable.
Funny and subversive.
Good clean subversive fun, perfect for upper, KS2, KS3 to read on their own or ideal for family reading. Allows children to have fun with their reading but also to see school in a completely different light..
(75 pages) Copies are available for £4.95 each plus £1.00 p&p Contact us for larger orders and discounts
It's here and it's even weirder than vol 1!!!! So it gives us great pleasure to announce the publication of
Mr O'Neill's Weird and Wondrous Tales from the North Volume 2
Children and adults (some of then even teachers) have been asking Mr O’Neiil for another collection of weird and wondrous tales, well here they are.In volume 1 we met everyone and everything from a baby made of bread, to a man who lives inside a TV set and one who lives under a very famous football pitch, to an unusual lump of chewing gum, a dangerous boy and a special pair of slippers. you. This time we meet a Mud Monster an amazing Parrot and a really awful head teacher. Due to popular demand there's also the bonus of 5 of Mr O'Neill's Nutty Nursery Rhymes.
Good clean weird fun, perfect for upper KS1, KS2, KS3 to read on their own or ideal for family reading. Allows children to have fun with their reading but also to realise that you can create funny and interesting stories from the world around you without having to copy off video games or TV.
(108 pages) Copies are available for £6.95 each plus £1.00 p&p Contact us for larger orders and discounts
Mr O'Neill's Weird and Wondrous Tales from the North Volume 2
Children and adults (some of then even teachers) have been asking Mr O’Neiil for another collection of weird and wondrous tales, well here they are.In volume 1 we met everyone and everything from a baby made of bread, to a man who lives inside a TV set and one who lives under a very famous football pitch, to an unusual lump of chewing gum, a dangerous boy and a special pair of slippers. you. This time we meet a Mud Monster an amazing Parrot and a really awful head teacher. Due to popular demand there's also the bonus of 5 of Mr O'Neill's Nutty Nursery Rhymes.
Good clean weird fun, perfect for upper KS1, KS2, KS3 to read on their own or ideal for family reading. Allows children to have fun with their reading but also to realise that you can create funny and interesting stories from the world around you without having to copy off video games or TV.
(108 pages) Copies are available for £6.95 each plus £1.00 p&p Contact us for larger orders and discounts
***Due to popular demand Richard's first sequel.
Time Cat and the Missing Pie Oven
Children, parents and teachers wanted another Time Cat adventure, so here it is.
Once again Ora the martial arts trained super-cat is on a
mission for his boss the rich mill owner Mr Greadley. Last time the mega-muscled King Mouse and his gang took over ‘Greadley’s Gigantic No 1’ mill shutting it down and costing the mill owner a lot of money. This time it’s even worse, the menacing mouse and his daughter have stolen Mr Greadley’s new pie oven.
To complicate things further the mill owner is also looking for
love and as a result driving his long suffering snobby butler Jenks even more crazy than usual.
Will Ora and his new team of Time Cats be able to get the pie oven back? Will Mr Greadley find love? Will Jenks get some peace and quiet? Will King Mouse get away again?
‘This book is the cat’s whiskers’ Mrs Crabtree
(122 pages) Copies are available for £6.95 each plus £1.00
p&p Contact us for larger orders and discounts
Time Cat and the Missing Pie Oven
Children, parents and teachers wanted another Time Cat adventure, so here it is.
Once again Ora the martial arts trained super-cat is on a
mission for his boss the rich mill owner Mr Greadley. Last time the mega-muscled King Mouse and his gang took over ‘Greadley’s Gigantic No 1’ mill shutting it down and costing the mill owner a lot of money. This time it’s even worse, the menacing mouse and his daughter have stolen Mr Greadley’s new pie oven.
To complicate things further the mill owner is also looking for
love and as a result driving his long suffering snobby butler Jenks even more crazy than usual.
Will Ora and his new team of Time Cats be able to get the pie oven back? Will Mr Greadley find love? Will Jenks get some peace and quiet? Will King Mouse get away again?
‘This book is the cat’s whiskers’ Mrs Crabtree
(122 pages) Copies are available for £6.95 each plus £1.00
p&p Contact us for larger orders and discounts
Mr O'Neill's Weird and Wonderous tales
Children and adults have been asking Mr O’Neiil for a while now to put his best, weird and wondrous tales from the North into a book. Well here they are, so don’t say you haven’t been warned!!!
In this collection of short stories, we meet everyone and everything from a baby made of bread, to a man who lives inside a TV set and one who lives under a very famous football pitch, to an unusual lump of chewing gum, a dangerous boy and a special pair of slippers. If you like weird and funny then these stories are for
you.
Good clean weird fun, perfect for KS2 to read on their own or ideal for family reading. Allows children to have fun with their reading but also to realise that you can create funny and interesting stories from the world around you without having to copy off video games or TV. Click here to watch Richard read one of the stories http://youtu.be/lZvqnrDL0Wc
(108 pages) Copies are available for £6.95 each plus £1.00 p&p Contact us for larger orders and discounts
Children and adults have been asking Mr O’Neiil for a while now to put his best, weird and wondrous tales from the North into a book. Well here they are, so don’t say you haven’t been warned!!!
In this collection of short stories, we meet everyone and everything from a baby made of bread, to a man who lives inside a TV set and one who lives under a very famous football pitch, to an unusual lump of chewing gum, a dangerous boy and a special pair of slippers. If you like weird and funny then these stories are for
you.
Good clean weird fun, perfect for KS2 to read on their own or ideal for family reading. Allows children to have fun with their reading but also to realise that you can create funny and interesting stories from the world around you without having to copy off video games or TV. Click here to watch Richard read one of the stories http://youtu.be/lZvqnrDL0Wc
(108 pages) Copies are available for £6.95 each plus £1.00 p&p Contact us for larger orders and discounts
Mr Ynit's book of riddles
A really fun and engaging story for KS1 and KS2
When a rude little man turns up at the camp of the travelling wood workers looking for specially made spoons, the wood workers are a little bit scared of him and his magic and they quickly make him what he wants.
They soon discover that he has no money to pay them, instead he offers to give the woodworkers one wish in exchange for the spoons.
Their children and grandchildren are very excited and immediately start to think what they would wish for if only they could be the one chosen to have their wish come true. Instead of their wish they are challenged by the little man to a contest of riddles. Will they get two out of three of his very difficult riddles right and will they beat the little man at his own game? Will you? A great story for children to read themselves as it is in larger print. and only 40 pages. Also great for teachers to read and use to encourage team work.
Copies are available for £5.95 each plus £1.00 p&p Contact us for larger orders and discounts
A really fun and engaging story for KS1 and KS2
When a rude little man turns up at the camp of the travelling wood workers looking for specially made spoons, the wood workers are a little bit scared of him and his magic and they quickly make him what he wants.
They soon discover that he has no money to pay them, instead he offers to give the woodworkers one wish in exchange for the spoons.
Their children and grandchildren are very excited and immediately start to think what they would wish for if only they could be the one chosen to have their wish come true. Instead of their wish they are challenged by the little man to a contest of riddles. Will they get two out of three of his very difficult riddles right and will they beat the little man at his own game? Will you? A great story for children to read themselves as it is in larger print. and only 40 pages. Also great for teachers to read and use to encourage team work.
Copies are available for £5.95 each plus £1.00 p&p Contact us for larger orders and discounts
'The Time Cat'
Based on one of his best loved stories and suitable for all ages across the key stages. 'Time Cat' is an exciting tale full of action and laughs. When kindly old widow Mrs Crabtree takes pity on a young lady who knocks on her door trying to sell her wares one winter’s day, little does she know what her kindness will bring.
There’s trouble at Greadley’s No I Gigantic mill, the owner, one of Britain’s richest men is concerned that this trouble could cost him a lot of money. His snooty butler Jenks thinks he has the perfect answer, but Mr Greadley isn’t so sure and instead in desperation turns to an unusual local cat.
The potential hero steps forward to take on the challenge, hoping his training from the mysterious Mr Shifu will equip him for his dangerous mission. Will Ora the cat succeed or fail?
What is already being said about this novel
I watched Mr O’Neill write this book and helped him a lot. Peaches the cat
A very ameowsing book and brilliant cats tale. Tom Cat
Why does everyone think this book is the cat’s whiskers? K. Mouse
An excerpt from the book;
It didn’t take Mr Greadley long to find the owner of the land, buy it from him and have plans drawn up for his gigantic mill and the town that would be called Greadbottom. There were suggestions that the town should be called Greadvalley, but Mr Greadley said it was at the bottom of his hills and it was his town so he could call it what he wanted. People came from miles around to see it being built by a huge team of builders, within a year the mill and the town surrounding it were built and ready to move into. When Greadley’s No1 Gigantic began to produce cotton the smoke from the big mill chimney could be seen right across Lancashire. The reason why it had a big smoky chimney was because in those days there wasn’t any gas or electricity to power his mill, the power came from a huge steam engine that was as tall as a house. It took four men to constantly shovel coal into its huge fire box that looked like the hungry mouth of a coal eating monster. On damp and rainy days the smoke from the chimney didn’t go straight up into the sky and drift away over the hills, it would fall back down on the town and make everything dirty and smoggy. Making the people who lived there cough and splutter. This wasn’t a problem for Mr Greadley because he didn’t live in the town he had his huge house which he named Greadley Mansion built up on top of the hill.
Costs are per single book £7.99 plus £1.25 p&p 10 copies £79.00 postage free,15 (enough for most classes with two children sharing) £100 postage free. Great for guided reading. Just e-mail or phone your order cheques payable to R O’Neill for larger orders we can invoice.
*All copies can be signed by Richard if required
Fabulous Mr Ford and the school for storytelling.
The novel started life a story, then came together as a literary enterprise project at Canon Lee specialist performing arts college in York, the project named ‘A Write Good Read’ . We wanted to create a really good book, easy to read but full of meaning we think we’ve done that.
*A heart warming story full of fun and meaning and overwhelming positive about good teachers and the benefits of education.
*Successfully tackles discrimination in a very mature and positive way and gives an insight into modern Traveller life
Hi Richard,
I love the story and it's a good page turner, I had to read it all in one go! I'm not surprised at the great reviews. Alison Jones York Libraries
This project is an excellent example of how young people from a wide range of backgrounds can all benefit from working together inspired by the ‘power’ of a good book. Richard O’Neill’s story has proved to be an excellent vehicle for young people to appreciate the issues of the characters and the ‘business’ of publishing them through a range of innovative projects whilst sharing their learning with others.
Kevin Deadman
Head Teacher
Canon Lee Specialist Arts College York
Fabulous Mr Ford and the School for Storytelling is the excellent new novel from Richard O’Neill. Set in Fenland in the East of England, the book tells the story of Traveller boy Levi Stewart and his problems with schools, especially his latest ‘Tench Diem’, run by the detention obsessed Mr Davies, Levi lasts until lunchtime. When Mr Ford the local Traveller education teacher gets involved Levi is offered a place at a school he finally likes. This is the start of Levi’s adventure, using his talent of storytelling, making friends setting up a lunchtime storytelling club and entering a literary competition. However if his team of misfits are to have any chance of winning let alone avoiding an embarrassing defeat there are many challenges to face and obstacles to overcome. Levi draws strength from his family, new friends and neighbours and especially Mr Ford, but will it be enough?
An excerpt from the book
Mrs Moore smiled and said; ‘I want students at this school to enjoy themselves, to have fun because if you don’t enjoy what you are doing, you won’t be very good at it.’ I said; ‘My dad says that.’ ‘What does he think of school?’ She asked. I said; ‘He wants me to go to school and learn to do something different, something that I really like.’ ‘Levi is a brilliant storyteller’ said Mr Ford ‘Oh are you,’ said Mrs Moore. ‘I think story is important to everything we do. We have a number of lunchtime clubs if you are good at something or just have an interest in it,
we encourage you to share that with others.’
Costs are per single book £7.99 plus £1.25 p&p 10 copies £79.00 postage free,15 (enough for most classes with two children sharing) £100 postage free or 100 copies £750 postage free just e-mail or phone your order cheques payable to R O’Neill for larger orders we can invoice.
*All copies can be signed by Richard if required
Because we are printing the book in runs of 50 and 100 if you would like a special edition with the name of your organisation on it for a reading scheme or an event, then we will be more than happy to do this.
*Lesson plans and ideas for class activities are currently being developed and will be available to download free of charge to all purchasers of the book.
Click below to download the cover of the book
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