Kids into Books: The Frog Files

Author: Annie Dalton

Illustrator: Brett Hudson

Age: 6-10 years

Publisher: Mammoth, $10.95


Suddenly they heard the familiar roar of a motorbike. Seconds later, Angie Fern appeared, carrying a muddy primrose in a pot." Sorry, guys," she beamed." Bike trouble." She plunked down the primrose and unzipped her leather jacket. Spring sunlight glinted off her nose-stud.

" Open the windows and get some oxygen into those wonderful brains of yours," she said briskly." I want you to do brilliantly in today" s test."

Tyler sagged with despair. School was heaps more exciting with Angie to teach them, but it was really hard work. They had a maths test every single Friday. And no matter how hard he tried, Tyler never got more than two out of twenty.