Reading Lists: Lemony Snicket

Inventing Characters Read! Journal Word Notebook

Choosing Titles The Fab Four Golden Rules Generating Ideas Stealing Ideas From an Idea to a Plan Planning from a Picture Stories Based on a Passage Stories Based on a Sentence An Example of Good Planning

Describing a Location Longer descriptions Describing a character's appearance Dialogue Distinctive Voices Show, Don't Tell Characterisation: Shown Feelings More Characterisation Techniques Playing with Sentences Playscripts Action Suspense

What is story structure? 1 Exciting opening line 2 Set the scene 3 Talking and describing character 4 Characterisation 5 Suspense 6 Action 7 Cliffhanger Standing Out: How can you stand out from the crowd? Clever Clogs: Non-Linear Clever-clogs: Two perspectives Clever-clogs: Narrative voice Practice 11+ exam titles

Checking your story in an exam Redrafting = improving your story What if I run out of time in an exam? The Grumpy Examiner's Pet Hates

Year 2 into 3 Lemony Snicket After Harry Potter Must-Read Authors Spy Novels Horror Stories Classics Animal Stories Adventure Historical Fiction Myths & Legends Fantasy Family Stories & Comedies

Lemony Snicket (a.k.a. Daniel Handler) is Bald Worm’s favourite writer for children.

But what should you read after you’ve devoured all thirteen unfortunate events?

The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black is not as clever as A Series of Unfortunate Events, but it is a great read for Year Three and Four pupils.
The Bear’s Famous Invasion of Sicily by Dino Buzzati was a massive influence on Lemony Snicket, and a great read for Year Six pupils who want to learn how to create distinctive narrators.
The Amulet of Saramakand by Jonathan Stroud is more of a traditional fantasy, concerning a magician’s apprentice and his djinni, but there is a playfulness to Stroud’s language that should appeal to fans of Snicket in Year Five and Six.

Last updated on August 12, 2007