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If I Didn't Have Elbows: The Alternative Body Book
Sandi Toksvig

Larousse Kingfisher Chambers, 1998

2 reviews
Sandi Toksvig

Black Swan, 2000

Well worth getting!
Whistling For The Elephants is the story of tomboyish Dorothy, who at the age of ten is whisked off by her parents to a small town in America where she struggles to fit in. During the long summer while all the other kids are at summer camp, she comes across the old zoo, and meets the strange people who live there. The zoo is endangered by the local redneck mayor, who wants to knock it all down ...

The Story of Tracy Beaker

8 reviews
Jacqueline Wilson

Cover to Cover Cassettes Ltd, 1998

A wonderful story about Tracy Beaker!
While I was in the library, walking down the various aisles, I saw this book, and thought that it was a little strange for a children's book. Curious as to what the story was about, I decided to take it. Once I started reading it, I just couldn't put this book down. I finished reading it entirely in one sitting. It is one of the best books that I feel I have read recently. Tracy Beaker is a ...

Hitler's Canary

6 reviews
Sandi Toksvig

Roaring Brook Press, 2007

Ordinary Danes exhibit extraordinary courage during WWII
The not so well known story of how the Danes managed to save most of Denmark's Jews from deportation to death camps is told through the eyes of a 12 year-old. Bamse the son of a dramatic actress and a timid artist is not Jewish but, his best friend Anton is. Demark was not only out gunned but also grossly out numbered by the German invaders. Other than sabotage there was no way they could defend ...

Flying Under Bridges

3 reviews
Sandi Toksvig

Time Warner Paperbacks, 2001

terrific!
A wonderfully funny and poignant book a la Anne Tyler, but much more clever and witty. The characters are so well developed and understood. I can't recommend this book more highly!

Ingenious Women: From Tincture of Saffron to Flying Machines
Deborah Jaffe

The History Press, 2004

This delightfully illustrated book examines inventions and discoveries made by women, beginning with the first patent application made in 1637 and ending with the outbreak of war in 1914. Lively accounts of the stories of the inventions are placed into the context in which their discoveries were made, and the struggle they had to acquire patents and put their inventions into production. In covering this previously obscure part of women's lives, ...

Island Race (BBC Books)
Sandi Toksvig, John McCarthy

Penguin Books Ltd, 1996

Gladys Reunited: A Personal American Journey

1 review
Sandi Toksvig

Little, Brown Book Group, 2003

Comedienne revisits her past
I much prefer Sandy Toksvig's non-fiction writing to her novels. Here she provides a twist to the (too easy) choice of a childhood memoir by focusing on a play put on by her high school drama class and links it with the current vogue for quest-based books by attempting to relocate her co-stars in a kind of "friends reunited " adventure. The structure of the book - a series of vignettes as she ...