Krindlekrax

by Philip Ridley

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Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Fantasy, Horror

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Chloe Price · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book to read with a Y3/4 class as the whole class read for the term. Plenty of tension and suspense throughout with likeable characters who will capture the class' interest and mark out the whole class read as a time of the day to look forward to.

[Lesley Robinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book for 8-9 year olds, especially good to read aloud if you enjoy doing all the voices.

[Multifandom Booknerd ✨ Kiera ✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

The nostalgia of this book is real. I remember reading this in year 4 and loving it. Brb, just going to cry 😭

[Sarah Clarke · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very intriguing book, always leaves you wanting to read a little bit more. Perfect for whole class reading, with good scope for questioning and response. Found it particularly useful with year 3 as they could somewhat relate experiences in the book with their own experiences, and were then able to feel more empathetic towards the characters, particularly Ruskin. This book is also good for drama activities such as freeze framing and conscience alley as it allows for children to place themselves in the character's shoes, and understand their thoughts and feelings as if they were there in that scene.

The use of onomatopoeia throughout the book adds a clever and witty emphasis on imagery and creating a fully immersive world in which primary aged children are able to use their imagination and use this story as a base for their writing. Subsequently, they are able to explore new ideas and think about new concepts they may not have given much thought about before.

Plenty of tension and suspense throughout with interesting characters who will capture the class' engagement, i have particularly observed in a year 3 class that this book was a highlight of the day and something the looked forward to at the end of the day or before lunchtime.

[Lou Halliday · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic book to read with children aged 7 - 8. The children can relate to the different characters and found the story engaging. They really didn't want to put the book down at the end of the lesson.

[Paul Mcgoldrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story of Krindlekrax is set in Lizard Street. It starts off with the main characters auditioning for the part of the hero in the school play. The two main characters are Ruskin Splinter and Elvis Cave. Ruskin is a thin boy with knobbly knees, glasses and fuzzy red hair.Elvis is completely the opposite, tall and muscular. Elvis wins the part of the hero due to his size and reputation and not on his acting ability.
Underneath Lizard Street lurks the mysterious Krindlekrax. The monster threatens Lizard Street, this is when Ruskin has a chance to prove he has what it takes to be a hero.
Krindelkrax by Philip Ridley is the book that was read with the year seven class I worked in last year. I found Krindlekrax to be a superb book. It dealt with bullying, death and family relationships.
I liked how the description of each character was so powerful and the illustrations gave a sense of how weird and wonderful the characters in Lizard Street are. Each character had a catchphrase and the one that stood out for me was Wendy Splinters “Polly wolly doodle all the day”.
This book could be used in the classroom to address all of the issues named above. I feel the book could be used with year Six and Seven classes. The book is thoroughly entertaining and is full of suspense.

[Katherine Dyson · Rating 4 out of 5]

My Mum recommended this book to me as she use to read it to her primary class and to my siblings and I at home. It was one of my brother’s favourite books when he was young (he’s now 28). When he got passed the stage of my Mum reading it to him he would happily read it independently. My brother was never really into reading, which is another reason why my Mum recommended it to me as it is popular with boys and engages them with reading.
Ruskin Splinter is not your typical hero for the school play, and his class, including his teacher, knew this. There were only two candidates for the part, Ruskin and the school bully, Elvis and so to make it fair the teacher held auditions. Unfortunately for Ruskin, he did not perform to his best and so Elvis got awarded the part of hero for the school play. However, that was not the only chance Ruskin got to play the role of a hero.
I would recommend this book from Year two upwards. In the lower years it could be used as a whole class story, perhaps reading a chapter at the end of the day before home time. As the children get older it can be used in guided reading sessions or for children to read independently.

[belinda cutie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think it is really good

[Jenna Mills · Rating 2 out of 5]

The kids in my class were very excited when this book was inside the box that arrived from the local library. They apparently read it last year and, by all accounts, loved it. I imagine they must have done a whole book topic on it, otherwise I cannot understand why it captured their imagination in such a big way. The whole thing was, frankly, ludicrous and worse than that, did not address the topic of animal cruelty when there was the perfect opportunity to do so.

[Sue · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this as I had seen the stage production with a friend's daughter performing. It's a book for children, primarily boys, about a small boy called Ruskin who is bullied, and who wants to be a hero.

There's a large and vicious alligator who lives in the sewers,, several caricatured adults (including Ruskin's rather sad parents and his teacher) and a bully who breaks windows and sleep walks. Given his environment, Ruskin is quite well-balanced. His only friend is the school caretaker.

The writing is good and there's plenty of action. One rather disturbing event near the end, and some scenes that could be scary for sensitive children. But for newly-fluent readers of about eight and up, who like action-based books, this could be a good choice.

Full review here: https://suesbookreviews.blogspot.com/...

Three and a half stars would be fairer.

[Will Sargent · Rating 3 out of 5]

7/10
had that surreal feel of Skellig, although obv very different, with eccentric characters and dreamlike anecdotes. A tale of confidence building and friendships and forgiveness and death for all those skinny ginger kids out there trying to work out the world around them.

My wife is a teacher (ages 9/10) and she often talks about the importance of readable books, citing this as a good example. I do think it's one of those where a good title and a healthy dose of hype has helped it into classrooms; there's a strong repetition of Lizard Street sounds and catch phrases which enhances its catchiness.

I did find the Elvis character almost overwhelmingly irritating, but like a good pantomime villain it makes for more cheers when things are evened out at the end.

[Beth-Eden · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was read to my Year 3 and Year 4 teacher, Miss Diggins - The best teacher I had ever had.
The way she read this book to us in school had me absolutely gripped. I remember being a child and getting so excited at parts of the story, I couldn’t wait for the next part of the book! I loved it SO much that I borrowed the book from the library and re-read it as an adult to relive the excitement and I loved it, and now I intend to borrow it from the library to read to my children in the same way it was read to me as a child!

Of course there are better books out there for children, but this book was exciting for me as a child and I believe many children would love this story! If you have little ones, this is a must read for them!

[Beth Harris · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was read to my class in year 3 and year 4 by the best teacher I have ever had, I always remembered the story but never remembered the name of the book until recently when I came across it at the library whilst looking for my daughter some books to lend.

Three stars as i only read this book due to nostalgia etc and I love the story but it didn’t have the same magic about it that it had when I was 8/9 years old. Understandable.

I recommend this to anyone with children of that age, or primary school teachers. Brilliant story with many life lessons and morals that children have to face all the time!

Can’t wait until my daughter is older so I can try and read it to her again.

[Mr M · Rating 4 out of 5]

Key Stage 2

Although he is very thin with frizzy and think glasses, nine-year-old Ruskin believes he is born to be a hero and sets out to prove it by delivering his beloved Lizard Street from the menace of Krindlekrax.

Information piece on crocodiles, newspaper report - Corky's injured.

Maths - Numbers to 10,000, decimals, word problems, area and erimeter, time, measures and mass.

Science - Classification of living things.

Topic - Into the deep.

PE - Indoor / handball
Outdoor / Hockey

[poli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great chapter book for a year 3 class. This book shows a variety of fun, quirky and often distasteful characters, all of which have some form of personality trait which can be related to by every reader. I felt a lot of empathy towards Ruskin Splinter who suffers with a lack of love from his parents, bullying from his classmates, and has found one decent friendship in the school's janitor Corky Pigeon. This book highlights important issues such as bullying, death and grieving, and creates an exciting page-turning desire from chapter to chapter.

[Emily Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been reading this with a group of children in my class at school, throughout reading they have commented several times about how good a story it is and how much they have enjoyed it. There is an element of fear to the story, but not too much to frighten young children, just to create suspense and mystery. I was really glad that it ended the way it did, with Ruskin being a great role model for children who may find themselves in similar situations (friendship-wise, not battling a sewer beast!).

[D Cox · Rating 5 out of 5]

I find novels quite hard to teach wrriting units from usually.
But this book was fun and easy to read out. It was perfect to use for so many objectives too.
It's set out in such a way that it's easy for children to remember characters and plot details.
The year 3 class loved it and got some really high quality literacy work done. I don't think they realised they were working.
Reccomended.

[Charis Kaps · Rating 1 out of 5]

Honestly I didn't rate it at all. The characters are all unlikeable, kind of bizarre and hollow, with the exception of the main two, which is a bit misanthropic in my opinion and not what I want to fill my kids head with. And theres a sudden death but I don't see it handled with any care at all to be honest. Overall wished I hadn't subjected us both to the story.

[Mr P Lawlor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Used it as a stimulus for writing

My Year 3 class loved it. Great story and characters. I used it in PSHE (to discuss bullying) and as a stimulus for writing which really engaged the children. They produced excellent work.

[Almas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reading this book in class with the kids, and they're absolutely loving it!

As I'm job sharing the class, I couldn't bear missing chapters on my days out, so had to buy the book myself to read at home, and accidentally finished the book ahead of the class!

[Melanie MYD · Rating 4 out of 5]

The children and I enjoyed reading this book as a Y3 class reader. I liked doing the different voices for the characters, the use of the grotesque and cruelty through humour plus the way the author tackles grief and our responses to it.

[Labna Islam · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is fantastic! I love it!
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[SHANE ELLIS · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best books I have ever read. Nobody makes characters like Ridley. He's a genius.

[Mahad Shah]

i think this is book is going to be the best

[Oli Cowdrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

My daughters favourite, its got a bit of a dark side, quite a lot of "quotable" repeated lines (Kiss? Tea? Toast?) which she loves!

[Denise Forrest · Rating 3 out of 5]

The plot was OK but the characters were very 2 dimensional. Very short chapters would make this good for children who are just starting on chapter books.

Y3/4

[Ryhona · Rating 5 out of 5]

very funny and i love the book read it in year four it i found it cool

[Erika · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not as good as Scribbleboy

[Monwara Rahman · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book to read and great for LKS2 children.

[Nicola Campbell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about corke😱😭😨

and krindelrarax that bit his leg