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Big City Butter-finger by Cattell, Bob
Category: Education
A rising young star known across the Caribbean, Riccardo - Butter-Finger to his fans - visits London for the first time to sing in the London Caribbean Festival at the Royal Festival Hall in front of thousands. He's also hoping to see the West Indies play at Lords Cricket Ground, but most of all he hope ...Show more
Blaze of Glory (Glory Gardens #6) by Bob Cattell
Category: Middle Readers | Series: Glory Gardens
Glory Gardens CC are Barbados bound for the cricket tour of a lifetime. But they find that cricketing West Indian style is a little more tricky than they first thought. Featuring score sheets and action diagrams, this series is recommended by the English Schools Cricket Association.
Bound for Glory (Glory Gardens #2) by Bob Cattell
Category: Children's | Series: Glory Gardens
Glory Gardens C.C. are now in the North County Under Thirteen League, and the pressure is really on. Hooker, as captain, worries that the team won't be able to hold it together: arrogant Clive is always picking fights, Ohbert is still as useless as ever, and there are all the usual rows and injuries. Bu ...Show more
Bowl Like the Devil by Bob Cattell
Category: Children's
"How would you like to bowl a really fast ball, dead on middle stump? And I mean hurricane fast!" "Yeah!" "Right, come with me!" Tyrone lives and breathes cricket, and he practises all the time, but he's not quite good enough to be picked for the school team - and nowhere near as good as his best friend ...Show more
Butter-finger by Bob Cattell
Category: unmapped
Riccardo Small lives on the Island. He loves cricket, as well as poetry and songs - especially calypso. When he is dropped from the cricket team after missing a vital catch, Riccardo wanders the island, taking refuge in his poems. He meets Count Crayfish, and together they think of a way in which Riccar ...Show more
Down the Wicket (Glory Gardens #7) by Bob Cattell
Category: Children's | Series: Glory Gardens
On returning from their West Indies tour, the players in Glory Gardens C.C. are devastated to learn that their ground has been sold.
First XI: Eleven Stories of the World of Cricket by Bob Cattell
Category: Sports and Hobbies
Eleven cricket-themed short stories, each set in a different country.
Glory in the Cup (Glory Gardens #1) by Bob Cattell
Category: Children's | Series: Glory Gardens
Hooker, Azzie, Erica and the rest all play cricket in their spare time, but they've never taken it very seriously until now. Kiddo, one of their school teachers, suggests they form an official team and play proper matches - and Glory Gardens C.C. is formed. Hooker, as captain, soon finds out that cricke ...Show more
League of Champions (Glory Gardens #5) by Bob Cattell
Category: Children's | Series: Glory Gardens
The U15's League competition starts up. Hooker and company enter with typical Glory Gardens gusto. But have they really got what it takes to excel at the trials and at Headingley? Featuring score sheets and action diagrams, this series is recommended by the English Schools Cricket Association.
Shine on Butterfinger by Bob Cattell
Category: Fiction
Calypso and cricket come together in the Island's Carnival week and Riccardo Small is torn between his two loves. He has been chosen to sing in the Calypso Monarch Final, competing with the best singers on the Island. But his team mates at Calypso Cricket Club are playing the most important game in thei ...Show more
The Big Test (Glory Gardens #3) by Bob Cattell
Category: Fiction | Series: Glory Gardens
It really doesn't look like being Hooker's season. Not only does he spend the first match of the league suffering a dropped-catch jinx but now there' civil war in the team over the selections. Sometimes captaining the Glory Gardens Cricket Team isn't the fun you might think. It's not the matches that pr ...Show more
The Glory Ashes (Glory Gardens #8) by Bob Cattell
Category: Children's | Series: Glory Gardens
When Ohbert creates a Glory Gardens website, unknown to everyone else, his mission is to make them the most famous junior club in the world!