Authors: Morris Gleitzman
Gift of the Gab (12 page)
WORM STORY
Wilton likes swimming and farming, but he's lonely. He wants to find a friend. Not easy when you live in a tummy.
ARISTOTLE'S NOSTRIL
Aristotle just wants to be happy. Is that too much for a germ to ask?
TOAD RAGE
The epic and very funny story of one slightly squashed cane toad's quest for the truth. You can also hop into
Toad Heaven, Toad Away
and
Toad Surprise.
ADULTS ONLY
Jake is an only kid. He's the only kid in his family. He's the only kid on his island. Or that's what he thinks.
WATER WINGS
Pearl needs a gran and she needs one now. Luckily she's got Winston to help her. You can do anything when your best friend is the world's brainiest guinea pig. Well, almost anything.
TEACHER'S PET
Ginger is allergic to cats. And possibly to her family as well. She's also not keen on the cat food in her breakfast bowl or the school principal trying to kill her best friend. The question on everyone's lips is - will Ginger snap?
SECOND CHILDHOOD
Mark's father has always wanted him to be a Somebody. But unless Mark picks up at school, it looks like sheep's poop is where he's heading. Then Mark and his friends discover they've lived before. Not only that â they were Famous and Important People!
PUFFIN BOOKSTHE OTHER FACTS OF LIFE
Ben stared at the images on the TV screen half in fascination, half in horror. He had never seen anything like this. It was incredible. It was awful. He needed answers . . .
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First published by Penguin Group (Australia), 1999
This edition published by Penguin Group (Australia), 2015
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Cover illustration copyright Jeremy Ley, 2015
Colour separation by Splitting Image Colour Studio, Clayton, Victoria
ISBN: 978-1-76014-217-9
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