Derrick, Samantha and Michael should be in school. Instead they find themselves in NASA's space shuttle, which Nanny Piggins manages to accidentally launch, blasting them all into outer space. This time she has gone too far! In this thrilling fourth instalment of her adventures, Nanny Piggins wrestles with a crocodile, bungy jumps of the roof using the elastic from Mr Green's underpants, staples chicken wire over their chimney to keep out Santa, captures an apricot danish-loving jewel thief and rescues her brother, Boris, from an onslaught of professional wrestlers.
In the south of Scotland, residents get their chimneys vacuum-cleaned. But in the isolated villages in the very north of Scotland, the villagers rely on the services of the itinerant sweep, Pete Ray, and his old-fashioned brushes. Pete is always able to find work in the Scottish highlands, until one day when Police Constable Hamish Macbeth notices blood dripping onto the floor of a villager's fireplace, and a dead body stuffed inside the chimney.
The Last Chimney of Christmas Eve (a picture book by Linda Oatman High)
When an orphan chimney sweep named Nicholas is unexpectedly given a red
coat and a snow globe by a kind-hearted customer, he thanks the man,
but is told simply to "pass it on." This Nicholas does, years later,
returning to the chimneys of his youth once again but this time with
gifts. High's (The Christmas Star) thoughtful story is enhanced with
Lithuanian artist Kasparavicius's muted watercolors, whose many details
from leaded glass windows to steepled rooftops lend an old-world
flavor. Ages 6-up.
