The demon headmaster by gillian cross is now marketed as a modern classic of childrens literature. Click to read more about the demon headmaster by gillian cross. Listen to my voice lloyd and harvey hunter get a new sister but is she in league with the diabolical head. Blue peters barney harwood shares his favourite childrens book, the demon headmaster by gillian cross. The demon headmaster 1 by gillian cross 9780192755827. None of the children play typical games in the playground. The demon headmaster, kids online book the krib gillian crosss beloved classic still holds readers under its hypnotic spell, after 30 years of being in print. The demon headmaster is a british television series based on the children s books by gillian cross of the same name. Set in a oncefailing school transformed by its mysterious new head into a topperforming academy where every student is a star, the demon headmaster is adapted from gillian cross latest. The demon headmaster is a british book written by gillian cross in 1982. Alongside the demon headmaster, the bbc also revealed plans to bring back classic childrens series crackerjack after 35 years. The title character is a strange person it is never made clear whether or not he is human. A rattling good yarn the times literary supplement. A lighthearted, funny and ingenious story school librarian.
An attractive, easyflowing style with interesting characters and a lively story junior. Gillian cross is a popular children s author and recipient of many prestigious awards including the carnegie medal and the whitbread children s book of the year. With ellie botterill, dijarn campbell, jordan cramond, nicholas gleaves. The front cover of the demon headmaster the demon headmaster books are a english children s book series written by gillian cross and was later adapted into a tv series for cbbc the title character is a strange person it is never made clear whether or not he is human. She is extraordinarily intelligent, but she normally keeps this quiet. Dinah glass starts at a new school and finds it to be very out of the. The demon headmaster chapter 5 i can use clues from the text to justify my responses. Lizzie warren ellie botterill is a pupil at hazelbrook academy, and is stunned by how much it has improved since she was last there. Demon headmaster by gillian cross childrens horror. What do you think is going on in the assembly hall. New demon headmaster story from cross the bookseller. One of the great characters of childrens books, the demon headmaster rules his school with his seagreen eyes through which he hypnotises the pupils.
Video blue peters barney harwood reads extracts from the demon headmaster by gillian cross, explaining why its his favourite childrens book, how it captured his imagination and why he loves to read. The children are too well behaved almost like robots. Bbc adaptation of the children s novels by gillian cross. The demon headmaster and the prime minister s brain, the revenge of the demon headmaster, the demon headmaster takes over, the demon headmaster strikes again, and facing the demon headmaster. The demon headmaster by gillian cross 9780192745767. May 16, 2011 f acing the demon headmaster is in the demon headmaster series, and is sometimes funny, but often scary and action filled. Jan 01, 1995 this amazing book by gillian cross is amazing. Like the original version, the entertainment show will feature.
Dinah glass starts at a new school and finds it to be very out of the ordinary. V series has also brought a little bit of life into theseries of books by gillian cross. My children have all really enjoyed the demon headmaster books and audio tapes over the years they also adored the video of the bbc series with terrence hardiman as a fantastic headmaster which has never been released on dvd shame. Gillian cross was born in london in 1945, and studied at somerville college, oxford and the university of sussex. She is the author of several children s books, including the popular demon headmaster stories, comprising of. Total control demon headmaster 7 is a children s fantasy novel, telling the story of an ordinary school, hazelbrook academy, attended by siblings lizzie and tyler, and with a new boy, ethan. Find out more about gillian cross and her books at gillians website uk, and the dhm website. The title character is a strange being with the powers of hypnosis and a desire to take over the world, as he believes it will be better under his ordered rule. Just send us an email and well put the best up on the site. The demon headmaster we first meet dinah at the start of the first book as she is being driven by her social worker, miss wilberforce, to meet the hunter family for the first time. During the story dinah and her friends are captured by the demon headmaster now hunky parker. The demon headmaster and the prime ministers brain, the revenge of the demon headmaster, the demon headmaster takes over, the demon headmaster strikes again, and facing the demon headmaster. The revenge of the demon headmaster book, 2009 worldcat. The worst school in the country becomes the best overnight.
The demon headmaster is a very spooky book that will captivate children from the start. I think ms gillian cross is a very good writer, as the idea is different. Unlike his favourite astrosaurs and captain underpants books, this book is probably more girl friendly as well. Buy demon headmaster by gillian cross online from the works. Its up to a gang of intrepid kids to crack his master plan, save their school and the world. The 90s childrens show terrified a generation of young viewers, thanks mainly to actor terrence hardimans fearsome performance. An accessible pageturner, the demon headmaster is impossible to resist. The revenge of the demon headmaster by gillian cross.
Based on the very popular children s book, the demon headmaster by gillian cross, this musical is fun, exciting and a little bit scary. Gillian cross is one of the best children s novelists today and her stories of the demon headmaster are both fun and quite frightening. Children s stories children s fiction fiction juvenile works. With the headmaster controlling parents through the school pages on the computers only 2 children late for the school term seem to find something amiss. All the children, apart from a handful including lloyd and harvey, are too well behavedrobotic almostand oddly keen to please the creepy headmaster. The story concerns dinah glass, an orphan whos just recently been fostered by the hunter family. All the children, apart from a handful including lloyd and harvey, are too well behaved robotic almost and oddly keen to please the creepy. On her first day at her new school, she makes some interesting observations. The demon headmaster is a series of books by gillian cross which were later adapted as a. Gary rees is mba director and principal lecturer in hrmob at portsmouth university. What strange power does the eerie headmaster hold over them, and can anyone resist.
In this chapter we are introduced to 3 of the main characters, lloyd, harvey and dinah. Based on demon headmaster author gillian crosss own soft reboot, the 2017 book total control, the new series follows the warren siblings lizzie ellie botterill and tyler jordan cramond. The first series contained six episodes, and aired twice weekly from 2 to 18 january 1996, the second series contained seven episodes, and aired weekly from 25. However, once she starts at her new school its clear that theres more to worry about. Suddenly, everyones buying hunky tshirts, trainers like pigtrotters, and pigswill yoghurt. The demon headmaster books are a english children s book series written by gillian cross and was later adapted into a tv series for cbbc. An early version of the musical was workshopped at the royal national theatres studio in 1997 and premiered at the pleasance theatre, london. Lloyd harvey dinah after reading the text i can identify personality traits in characters. Dinah glass moves in with a new foster family and begins to attend the same school as her new foster brothers. Tall, elusive, always wore a black cape and i thought he was the scariest man in the world. Good book guide gillian cross is one of the best childrens novelists today and her stories of the demon headmaster are both fun and quite frightening. Dinah glass is a young, orphaned girl who is taken in by the hunters, a sweet family with two boys close to dinahs age. This is the seventh book about the demon headmaster.
You might like similar programs to this, shown below. But the story reads well enough without line drawings, and we have now bought all the other five books in this series. Brought bang up to date with contemporary references and injokes that kids can fully engage with and understand, gillian is hugely talented and its fabulous to see this new book ready to give kids the odd headmasterrelated nightmare read it daddy gillian cross is one of the best children s novelists today and her stories of the demon headmaster are both fun and quite frightening. She arrives in the story at the hunters house as a foster child, having been orphaned at an early age and brought up in a childrens home. Society for the protection of our lives against them, the children at the school who are immune to the demon headmasters hypnotic powers.
The real and animated worlds collide to reveal the wonder that is contained within the book. Facing the demon headmaster was published in 2002, but is set seemingly no more than a few years after the first book, and. The demon headmaster an eagle book the demon headmaster. Buy the revenge of the demon headmaster book online at best prices in india on. The demon headmaster is the titular antagonist of the series of the same name although he is sometimes known simply as the headmaster, he is one of britains more noteworthy homegrown villains and began his career in a series of children s books before moving on to a television series on the bbc british broadcasting corporation. Gillian cross the demon headmaster is the first novel in the demon headmaster series. When dinah is fostered by the hunters she thinks her biggest problem will be fitting in with her fosterbrothers, lloyd and harvey.
Kids discover their headmaster is using hypnotism to gain control of their school. It s up to a gang of intrepid kids to crack his master plan, save their school and the world. Dinah is the main protagonist in the story the demon headmaster by gillian cross. F acing the demon headmaster is in the demon headmaster series, and is sometimes funny, but often scary and action filled.
The demon dentist is the latest book by david walliams and one of my favourites so far. Bbc revives classic childrens tv series the demon headmaster. The demon headmaster by gillian cross hes back, and the. Suitable for teaching english and literacy at key stage 1, 1st level, key stage 2 and.
All available episodes 10 total no upcoming broadcasts. The demon headmaster series comprises six novels and several short stories, and has sold more than one million copies, according to oup. He has piercing light green eyes, which he normally. As a parent, i was looking for a challenging read for my seven year old daughter. Buy the revenge of the demon headmaster book online at low. The demon headmaster is being rebooted on cbbc, its been confirmed. Gillian cross something weird is happening at school. Dinah joins a new foster family, and finds some unusual goingson at her new school. With terrence hardiman, frances amey, gunnar cauthery, thomas szekeres. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Overall, the epic tales of the demon headmaster and his plots and trickery to get hold of dinah hunter dipict a whole world of imaginative text in a sort of realistic realism. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. It tells the story of 12 yearold alfie whose teeth are totally rotten. Why do you think the other 5 children are excluded from this.
If youre a bookseller or librarian and would like to receive demon headmaster publicity, please email tradepublicity. An excellent mystery with an unusual setting good book guide children s. Jun 04, 2009 the headmaster at my school was the demon headmaster personified to me. The demon headmaster by gillian cross librarything.
I, to my shame, had never read it, and so decided to address it by reading it yesterday. Ethans aunt had suddenly decided to move him to hazelbrook much to his disgust, as he was happy at his old school after having. But there is something very strange going on at the school. A group of mismatched kids discover their headmaster is using hypnotism to gain ultimate control of their school. Recently i have been watching the new series of the demon headmaster. Use a table to show what you have learned about these characters. One of the great characters of childrens books, the demon headmaster rules his school with his seagreen eyes through which he hypnotises. The first series contained six episodes, and aired twice weekly from 2 to 18 january 1996, the second series contained seven episodes, and aired weekly from 25 september to 6 november 1996, and the third series. The demon headmaster a play in four parts by gillian cross. The prime ministers brain, later republished as the demon headmaster and the prime ministers brain 1985. I would recommend it to anyone who likes weird but funny books teen titles. I would think the book would suite american youngsters, once they know that the school principal is called headmaster in the uk, and prefects are older kids given special policing powers by the headmaster, not unlike hall monitors. Visit now to browse our huge range of products at great prices.
The demon headmaster is a follow up tv series to the original classic. Based on the childrens book series of the same name by gillian cross. On page 45 the author uses a simile to describe the headmaster. After they are captured dinah manages to escape, destroy the head master s plans and free her friends from being blown up. The demon headmaster is a series of books by gillian cross which were later adapted as a television series starring terrence hardiman in the title role and frances amey as dinah the title character is a strange being with the powers of hypnosis and a desire to take over the world, as he believes it will be better under his ordered rule. Total control this is something of a reboot for the series, since aside from the title character none of the cast from the past six books returns. The headmaster at my school was the demon headmaster personified to me. Jan 10, 2017 the demon headmaster series comprises six novels and several short stories, and has sold more than one million copies, according to oup. Whitbread childrens novel award for the great elephant chase. Great fun and just a little bit frightening, gillian crosss beloved classic still holds readers under its hypnotic spell, even after thirty years of being in print.
She moves in with the hunter family and starts going to the same school, st champions, as her foster brothers lloyd and harvey. The demon headmaster by gillian cross free book pdf. Nov 29, 2019 set in a oncefailing school transformed by its mysterious new head into a topperforming academy where every student is a star, the demon headmaster is adapted from gillian cross latest. The demon headmaster, kids online book the krib the. It quite often features as a reader in schools, and is a permanent fixture in school libraries. Back for a new generation to enjoy, the demon headmaster mixes fear and excitement in a series of page turning adventures. Made for cbbc, the drama was first broadcast between 1996 and 1998. When dinah arrives she sets up splat, a group designed to protect the pupils from the heads paranormal powers and to break his dictatorship. The demon headmaster is a series of books by gillian cross which were later adapted as a television series starring terrence hardiman in the title role and frances amey as dinah. The headmaster in the fifth book onwards is actually a clone of the original, lacking any of the real headmasters memories, although this is only really relevant in the first book featuring the clone comic book time. The first series contained six episodes, and aired twice weekly from 2 to 18 january 1996, the second series contai. Daily telegraph brought bang up to date with contemporary references and injokes that kids can fully engage with and understand, gillian is hugely talented and its fabulous to see this new book ready to. Suddenly, everyone s buying hunky tshirts, trainers like pigtrotters, and pigswill yoghurt. About the author world book day world book day is a.