Rose & Alva
Roger Lea MacBride
Rose meets a girl named Alva, a neighbor at her Missouri farm, and together they explore the hills, pick pokeweed, explore a cave, and have other adventures in the Ozark Mountains.

by Nicola Davies (2011)
Three children, two poodles and a lime flavoured jelly baby - what more do you need to open a city farm? A friendly policeman, some singing supporters and a dog that herds chickens, of course!
Roger Lea MacBride
Rose meets a girl named Alva, a neighbor at her Missouri farm, and together they explore the hills, pick pokeweed, explore a cave, and have other adventures in the Ozark Mountains.
Tony Bradman
"Thud! Thud! Someone was heading steadily towards the classroom. Somebody with very heavy feet...At the foot of some spooky mountains is a little town with a little school. And there, in a little classroom, Class 3 are about to meet their new teacher. He's big, he has giant hands and he is very very ugly. He's ...the Frankenstein Teacher! Colour First Readers are perfect for new readers and include notes be reading specialist Prue Goodwin, honorary fellow of the University of Reading." (publisher).