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Slurp!
What happens when Mr. Wells, the creepy owner of a pet shop, turns out to be really weird? Where do the mysterious fish in the lakes and ponds around the town actually come from? What is the connection to a local zoo? Can Simon and Roger race against time and rescue hundreds of people and their pets from great danger? All this gets them involved with fantastic happenings that are absolutely ‘out of this world’.
This is an adventure that moves at a crazy pace, and Roger and Simon have to keep looking out for danger as they put a simply outrageous plan into terrifying action. Who wins and how do they manage to do so?
Andrew Pender-Smith is a teacher of English and Drama. He has spent many years writing poetry for children, a great deal of which has been published and used in schools and studios in South Africa. In addition to SLURP! he has also written Hunting Zanga, which is a book for older children, and two novels, one under a pseudonym.
This is an adventure that moves at a crazy pace, and Roger and Simon have to keep looking out for danger as they put a simply outrageous plan into terrifying action. Who wins and how do they manage to do so?
Andrew Pender-Smith is a teacher of English and Drama. He has spent many years writing poetry for children, a great deal of which has been published and used in schools and studios in South Africa. In addition to SLURP! he has also written Hunting Zanga, which is a book for older children, and two novels, one under a pseudonym.
47 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 25, 2013
About the author
Andrew Pender-Smith
19 books7 followersDear Reader,
I have told and written stories all my life. Looking back, I was perhaps most inspired and helped by a Zulu nanny who loved to tell me Zulu folktales. She would roast maize cobs in a coal oven and then we would eat the roasted cobs that had been spread with butter and salt. As we ate, she told me one story after another, and I absorbed them all. Imelda added much to the story because, like many Zulus, she acted out the various people and animals in the tales she told. My children’s book, ‘Hunting Zanga’, was strongly influenced by Imelda and the stories she told. Hearing myths and legends pertaining to other African peoples encouraged me to tell stories of my own. The thorn-treed bush and wide, wild beaches of old Zululand with countless flora and fauna also fueled me as a writer.
Though I wrote short stories and poems as a child, my first real writings began when I started to teach drama. I began writing poetry, short plays and theme programmes for my drama classes. Writing poetry for performance is one of my favourite activities and I have had many poems published and performed over the years. It wasn’t long before fellow teachers and organisations asked if they could use my work.
I have always enjoyed being transported into different places and experiences by writers and, at a young age, found I enjoyed doing the same as a writer. From starting with poems, plays and short stories, I went on to creating longer works in different genres. I read and write every day, for hours at a time, and though there have been occasions when I have found the writing demanding (sometimes torturous), I have never wanted to stop. I couldn’t. I have far too much love for the journeys I undertake as a writer and it is my hope that readers will enjoy them too. If anyone uses the poems in ‘FANTASTIC SPACEY RACY THING AND LOTS AND LOTS OF OTHER POEMS’ and all the ideas for teaching in ‘COLOUR ME MORE: Teaching Dramatic Arts’ and ‘COLOUR ME MORE: Teaching English Language and Literature’, I would love to hear from them.
With good wishes,
Andrew Pender-Smith
I have told and written stories all my life. Looking back, I was perhaps most inspired and helped by a Zulu nanny who loved to tell me Zulu folktales. She would roast maize cobs in a coal oven and then we would eat the roasted cobs that had been spread with butter and salt. As we ate, she told me one story after another, and I absorbed them all. Imelda added much to the story because, like many Zulus, she acted out the various people and animals in the tales she told. My children’s book, ‘Hunting Zanga’, was strongly influenced by Imelda and the stories she told. Hearing myths and legends pertaining to other African peoples encouraged me to tell stories of my own. The thorn-treed bush and wide, wild beaches of old Zululand with countless flora and fauna also fueled me as a writer.
Though I wrote short stories and poems as a child, my first real writings began when I started to teach drama. I began writing poetry, short plays and theme programmes for my drama classes. Writing poetry for performance is one of my favourite activities and I have had many poems published and performed over the years. It wasn’t long before fellow teachers and organisations asked if they could use my work.
I have always enjoyed being transported into different places and experiences by writers and, at a young age, found I enjoyed doing the same as a writer. From starting with poems, plays and short stories, I went on to creating longer works in different genres. I read and write every day, for hours at a time, and though there have been occasions when I have found the writing demanding (sometimes torturous), I have never wanted to stop. I couldn’t. I have far too much love for the journeys I undertake as a writer and it is my hope that readers will enjoy them too. If anyone uses the poems in ‘FANTASTIC SPACEY RACY THING AND LOTS AND LOTS OF OTHER POEMS’ and all the ideas for teaching in ‘COLOUR ME MORE: Teaching Dramatic Arts’ and ‘COLOUR ME MORE: Teaching English Language and Literature’, I would love to hear from them.
With good wishes,
Andrew Pender-Smith
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December 15, 2017
This story is therapy for stimulating a child's imagination. Outstanding illustrations along the way will assist the young reader to fantasize and envisage, as he/she follows and enjoys the storyline.
I particularly enjoyed the main character, Mr Wells.
Well done, Andrew!
I particularly enjoyed the main character, Mr Wells.
Well done, Andrew!
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