Библиотека 3-6 кл.

Once upon a time, an ordinary country mouse invited his fancy cousin, the Town Mouse, for dinner. The Town Mouse hated the country with all of his heart, but he loved his cousin very much and agreed to come. The Country Mouse offered all his food freely, even though it was only a few small scraps of beans and bacon. The Town Mouse, though, was rather displeased with his supper, and said, "I cannot understand, cousin, how you can put up with such poor food as this? Can you not find anything better in all of the country? Come with me and I will show you how to live. When you have been in town a week, you will wonder how you could ever have been able to stand a country life." And with that, the two mice set off for the town and arrived at the Town Mouse's residence late at night. "You will want some refreshments after our long journey," said the town mouse, as he took his friend into the grand dining room. There, they found the remains of a fine feast, and soon the two mice were eating up turkey, fresh breads, jellies and lavish cakes. Then all of a sudden, in the middle of their grand meal, they heard growling and barking.

"Wh...wh...what is that?" said the Country Mouse, frightened at the unfamiliar noise...

(5-6 класс)

Colin West was born in 1951 and studied Graphic Design at Wolverhampton Polytechnic, and Illustration at the Royal College of Art, London.

Shortly after graduating in 1975, his first book, a collection of nonsense verse was published. Since then he has written over sixty more children's books, and aims to continue till he runs out of ideas!

The Times Educational Supplement wrote:

Anarchists unite

Colin West's The Big Book of Nonsense will surely enhance his reputation as one of our most consistently witty children's poets. This handsome book gathers West's nonsense verse across two decades.

Liberally illustrated in colour by West himself (he produces picture books as well as poetry), this book should be in every teacher's personal library, on hand should an opportunity for five minutes of off-message, anarchic laughter present itself.

TES PRIMARY Oct 2001

Colin lives in Epping in a house which once served as a laundry. He lists his interests as music, art, old buildings, and most of all, collecting other people's books.

5-th form/grade

• Aunt-&-Auntie Pat - I четверть

• Granny's Jungle Garden - III четверть

6-th form/grade

• Jenny the Joker - II четверть

• Grandad's Boneshaker Bicycle - IV четверть