Greetings to all you lowly shivering worms!
Illustration © Philippe Dupasquier, 2007.
Boris has to translate for Ivan in class
Ivan doesn't speak English. Which is tough on your first day at a new school. So Boris is roped in to translate for him. But then the new boy starts threatening to make slaves out of all his schoolmates.
Can Boris keep the teachers happy and Ivan quiet? It's going to be an Ivan the Terribly interesting day...
Ivan the Terrible won the silver medal in the 2007 Nestlé Children's Book awards.
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The publication of Ivan the Terrible was accompanied by the reissue of several of Anne's books for the same age group, in revised editions. As the covers below show, these are: How to Write Really Badly, The chicken gave it to me, The Angel of Nitshill Road, Anneli the Art Hater, Saving Miss Mirabelle (previously published as The Country Pancake) and Bill's New Frock. Anne has written two articles about her reasons for updating her books, explaining what sort of changes she has made, one for children who read the books and one directed to parents and teachers.
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Anne Fine writes books for all ages: here's more about her books for middle children and older children. She writes books for adults, too.
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