Books by David and Helen Orme
Titles in print (as far as we are aware) in bold.
H = books by Helen, D = books by David, H&D= jointly written.
# = available in standard and 'Big Book' format.
+ = available in hardback
Many of the out of print titles are available on Amazon Marketplace - sometimes for 10p or less!
Fiction
Planet of the Robots (D) Longman 1998 # Small - 0-582-33759-9 Big 0-582-33385-7
Beyond this World (D) - science fiction stories Longman 2000 0-582-34609-6
Starship Football (D) - Badger Publishing 2002 1-85880 -925-8
(Published in the U.S. by Stonearch as Space Games)
Macbeth - Warlord of Space (D -Graphic Novel) Longman 2002 0582-55174-9
Danger Mountain - (D) Badger Publishing 2003 1 85880 379 9
Monster Planet (D) - Badger Publishing 2003 1 85880 377 2
Jenny's Story (H& D) Badger Publishing 2003
Space Pirates (D) - Badger Publishing 2004 1 84424-238-2
Space Wreck (D) Badger Publishing 2006 1-921143-05-3
Something Evil (D) Badger Publishing 2006 1-921143-07-X
Scary!(D) Badger Publishing 2006 1-84424-820-8
Kelly's Diary (H) Badger Publishing 2006
Mysterious? (D With Jane Langford) Badger Books 2003 1-84424-090-8
Don't even think it (H) Ransom 9781841676982
Spook Manor (D) Badger Publishing 2007
The Valley of Wisdom(D) Badger Publishing 2007
Space Plague (D) - Badger Publishing 2007
Hurricane Season + ( D) - Evans Brothers 2008 978-0237533892
Josie's Garden (D) Evans Brothers 2009 978-0-237-53893-4
The Haunted Asteroids (D) Nelson Thornes Spirals 1996 0-7487-2589-X
The City of the Roborgs (D) Nelson Thornes Spirals 1996 0-7487-2588-1
Fiction - The Shades Series (Evans Brothers)
Blitz (D) Evans Brothers Shades series 2004 0-237-52624-7
Plague (D) Evans Brothers Shades series 2004 0-237-52729-4
Fire (D) Evans Brothers Shades series 2005 0-237-52922-X
Who Cares? (H) 2004 0-237-52625-5
Fighting Back (H) 2005 0-237-52845-2
Gateway from Hell (David, writing as John Banks) 2004 0-237-52623-9
(Retitled Doorway to Darkness, U.S. Edition, Stonearch Books)
Space Explorers (David, writing as David Johnson) 2004 0-237-52646-8
Sharp Shades series (simplified text)
Blitz (2007) 978-0-237-53444-6
Plague (2007) 978-0-237-53522-3
Fiction - the Zone 13 series (Nelson Thornes 1998) (David)
Crawlers 0-7487-3620-4
The Coffin Creaks 1998 0-7487-3621-2
Space Weed 0-7487-3622-0
Time Forest 0-7487-3623-9
A Nest of Aliens 0-7487-3624-7
Shadow from the Past 0-7487-3626-3
Spook City 0-7487-3628-X
The Ice People 0-7487-3616-6
No Chance 0-7487-3617-4
Out of the Fog 0-7487-3618-2
Orbit 7 0-7487-3629-8
The Shape Shifter 0-7487-3619-0
The Grey Men 0-7487-3611-5
Invasion of the Killer Robots 0-7487-3612-3
Cockroach 0-7487-3613-1
They Came from the Sea 0-7487-3625-5
The Great Brain 0-7487-3614-X
Cyberspace Warrior 0-7487-3615-8
Fiction - Sports Zone from Nelson Thornes (David)
Head to Head 0-7487-6403-8 (Sprinting)
A Crazy Sport 0-7487-6404-6 (Triathlon)
Hot Skates 0-7487-6402-X (Ice Hockey)
Snow Trek 0-7487-6400-1 (Snow Boarding)
Trail Bikes 0-7487-6400-3 (Mountain Biking)
Up For It! 0-7487-6399-6 (Football)
Pit Stop 0-7487-6414-3 (Motor Racing)
Close to the Wind 0-7487-64177-8 (Windsurfing)
Match Ref 0-7487-6412-7 (Football)
In at the Deep End 0-7487-6416-X (Swimming)
Deep Trouble 0-7487-6415-1 (Caving)
Dive and Survive 0-7487-6413-5 (Diving)
Hit it! 0-7487-6409-7 (Water Skiing)
Rock Face 0-7487-6405-4 (Climbing)
Skating to Danger 0-7487-6408-9 (Skating)
Running into Trouble 0-7487-6407-0 (Marathon Running)
Speed Bikes 0-7487-6406-2 (Speedway)
Goalie's Nightmare 0-7487-6411-9 (Football)
Fiction - the Siti's Sisters series from Ransom Publishing (Helen)
Stalker 1-84167-595-4
Taken for a Ride 1-84167-596-2
Odd One Out 1-84167-597-0
Lost! 1-84167-598-9
Trouble with Teachers 1-84167-599-7
Boys! 1-84167-600-4
Wet! 978-184167-688-3
Who's Who? 978-184167-687-6
Horsing Around 978-184167685-2
Brother Bother 978-184167-684-5
Moving 978-184167-689-0
New Man 978-184167-686-9
Forthcoming titles
Don't do it
Party time
Keeping secrets
Leave he alone
My friend
Sleepover
Fiction - Boffin Boy from Ransom Publishing (David)
Boffin Boy and the Invaders from Space 1-84167-613-6
Boffin Boy and the Wizard of Edo 1-84167-614-4
Boffin Boy and the Monsters from the Deep 1-84167-615-2
Boffin Boy and the Red Prince 1-84167-616-0
Boffin Boy and the Time Warriors 1-84167-622-9
Boffin Boy and the Lost City 1-84167-167-9
Boffin Boy and the Temples of Mars 1-84167-623-3
Boffin Boy and the Rock Men 1-84167-624-1
Boffin Boy and the Deadly Swarm 1-84167-625-X
Boffin Boy and the Ice Caves of Pluto 1-84167-626-8
Boffin Boy and the Forest of the Ninja 1-84167-627-6
Boffin Boy and the Quest for Wisdom 1-84167-628-4
(Published in US by Stonearch as Billy Blaster.
Published in Australia by Blake Publishing.)
The Starchasers series from Ransom (David)
Starchasers and the deadly virus 978-184167-767-5
Starchasers and the planet of the vampires 978-184167-765-1
Starchasers and the Jungle Planet 978-184167-768-2
Starchasers and the Ultimate Secret 978-184167-766-8
Starchasers and the lost explorers 978-184167-763-7
Starchasers and the Galactic Shopping Mall 978-184167-764-4
For Younger Children
Joshua's Junk (D) Longman 1994 0-582-12157-4
Word Play Smiles (D) Longman 2001 0-582-48856-7
Dinosaur Planet (D) Evans Brothers 2004 0-237-52793-6
The Thirsty Moose (D) Evans Brothers 2004 0-237-52792-8
The Donkey that was Too Fast (D) Evans Brothers 2005 0-237-52949-1
The Yellow Balloon (H) Evans Brothers 2005 0237-52948-3
Freddy's family series from Wayland +
Ouch! 978 0 7502 5458 8
Spider in the bath 978 0 7502 5460 1
Just one more 978 0 7502 5462 5
Eat your dinner! 978 0 7502 5464 9
Red Bird Collins (D) 1994 # Small - 0-00-301065-1 Big - 0-00-301230-1
Rainy Day (D) Collins 1994 0-00-301074-0
Ten Tired Tigers (D) Collins 1994 # Small - 0-00-301076-7 Big - 0-00-301231-X
I Hear Thunder (D) Collins 1994 0-00-301043-0
Wibble Wobble (D) Collins 1994 0-00-301008-2
Monster's Baking Day (D) Collins 1994 0-00-301059-7
Clever Cat's Hide and Seek( D) (Letterland) Collins 1998 0-00-303378-3
Read Me Another, Dad! (D) (Save the Children Fund, 1999) 1-899120-99-8
Anthologies of stories
Sci-fi Danger! (D) Longman 2000 0-582-43332-0
Poetry
Collections (David)
The Gravedigger's Sandwich KQBX 1992 * 0-946541-16-7
Heroes and Villains Longman March 1995 0-582-12196-5
A Fear of Bells (For Adults) KQBX 1983 * 0-946541-02-7
A Magic Nation Magic Nation 2002 0-954-1999-0-X
Trade Poetry Anthologies (David)
Ere We Go! Macmillan 1993 0-330-32986-3
Dracula's Auntie Ruthless Macmillan 1994 0-330-33388-7
You'll Never Walk Alone Macmillan 1995 0-330-33787-4
Snoggers Macmillan 1995 0-330-33786-6
We Woz Robbed! Macmillan 1997 0-330-35005-6
While Shepherds washed their Socks Macmillan 1997 0-330-35335-7
They Think it's all Over Macmillan 1998 0-330-35336-5
Dear Future - a time capsule of poems Hodder Headline 1997 0-340-68996-X
Nothing Tastes Quite Like a Gerbil Macmillan
Revenge of the Man-eating Gerbils Macmillan Dec 1998 0-330-35487-6
Freaky Families Macmillan 2001* 0-330-39207-7
The Ghoul School Bus Macmillan 2000 0-330-37524-5
The Final Whistle Macmillan 2000 0-330-48025-1
Spooky Jokes, Puzzles and Poems (With Sandy Ransford) Macmillan 2003 0-330-41340-6
School Poetry Anthologies (David)
Cheating at Conkers Longman 1994 0-582-12201-5
Penny Whistle Pete Collins 1995 # 0-00-301210-7
Classic poems (with Brian Moses) 3 vols, Harper Collins, 1999 #
Bk 1 (smal1) 0-00-310330-7 (Big) 0-00-310331-5
Bk 2 (Small) 0-00-310332-3 (Big) 0-00-310333-1
Bk 3 (Small) 0-00-310334-X (Big) 0-00-310335-8
Poems from Around the World (with Brian Moses) 3 vols, Harper Collins, 1999#
Bk 1 (small) 0-00-310-336-6 (Big) 0-00-310337-4
Bk 2 (Small) 0-00-310338-2 (Big) 0-00-310339-0
Bk 3 (Small) 0-00-310340-4 (Big) 0-00-310341-2
What Kind of Poem? (with Brian Moses) 3 vols, Harper Collins, 1999#
Bk 1 (small) 0-00-310342-0 (Big) 0-00-310343-9
Bk 2 (Small) 0-00-310344-7 (Big) 0-00-310345-5
Bk 3 (Small) 0-00-310346-3 (Big) 0-00-310347-1
Prayers and Poems from Around the World Longman 1999#
Small - 0-582-42103-9 Big - 0-582-42102 - 0
Weaving Words Longman 2000 0-582-42794-0
Stories and Extracts from Shakespeare Longman 2000 0-582-43317-7
Ghostly Verse Longman 2002 0 582 55180-3
Playscripts (David)
Theseus and the Minotaur Longman 1998 # Small - 0-582-33902-2 Big - 0-582-33415-2
Captain Stardust and the Space Pirates Longman 2000 0-582-42790-8
Macbeth, King of Scotland Falcondale Press 2000 1-900899-99-X
Fiction and non fiction - The Trailblazer series from Ransom Publishing
UFOs: are they real? (D) 184167 423 0
Comets (D) 184167 424 9
Mummies (D) 184167 427 3
Dinosaur! (D) 184167 426 5
Football (D) 184167 425 7
Formula 1 (D) 184167 428 1
Extreme Sports (D) 184167 590 3
Weird Places (D) 184167 589 X
Death (H) 184167 591-1
Sea Killers (D) 184167 592-X
How to be a Pop Star (D) 184167 594 6
Manga (D) 184167
Speed (D) 9781841676470
Extreme Science (D) 9781841676487
Don't try this at Home - Fantastic Feats (D) 9781841676524
Crime (D) 9781841676517
Fashion (H) 9781841676500
Great Journeys (D) 9781841676531
Spies (D) 9781841676951
Vampires (D) 9978184167620
Endangered Animals (D) 9781841676913
Great Disasters (D) 9781841676944
Science Fiction (D) 9781841676937
Life in Space (H) 9781841676906
Forthcoming titles:
Plagues
Ancient Mysteries
Lost Animals
Sharks
Body Art
Killer Plants
Inside the Earth
Bugs
Weird Creatures
Fear
Gadgets
Magic
Information Books
Planets, Stars and Galaxies (D) Collins May 1996 0-00-301263-8
Losing My Roof (Autobiography) (D) Collins Autumn 1996 0-00-301347-2
Writers in Britain: The Brontės (D) Evans 1999 0-237-51744-2
It's Official - language of World War 2 (D With Sue Wright) Pearson 2000 0-582-43338-X
Changing Schools D & H) Pearson 2001 0-582-46189 - 8
Walking with Dinosaurs -Dinosaur World (D & H) BBC Worldwide 2000 0-563-47548-X
Re-issued by Dutton Children's Books. (New York) 0-525-46704-1
Blue Planet - Ocean World (D & H) BBC Worldwide 2001 0-563-53315-3
Re-issued by Scholastic Inc (USA) 0-439-33412-8
Hackers (D - Spirals non-fiction) 0-7487-6071-7
Danger at Sea (D) Pearson 2002 0-582-55188-9
Soldiers in Training (D) Pearson 2002 0-582-55189-7
How Fit Are You? (D) Pearson 2002 0-582-55190-0
Survival Guide - (D) Pearson 2002 0-582-77046-7
Is There Life Beyond Earth? (D) Pearson 2003 0-582-55139-0
Ghost Hunting (D) Pearson 2004 0-582-82822-8
Ghostly Places (D) Pearson 0-582-82824-4
Ghostly Animals (D) Pearson 0-582-82826-0
Animals Under Threat - Orangutan (D) Heineman Library 2005 0431 18907 2
What on Earth? Tsunamis (D & H) Book House 2005 1 905087 31 4
What on Earth? Tornadoes (D & H) Book House 2005 1 905087 35 7
Jumpstart series (D & H) (Collins)
Houdini Collins 2000 0-00-302562-4
The History of Roads Collins 2000 0-00-302569-1
Le Mans Collins 2000 0-00-302567-5
Our Planets Collins 2000 0-00-302574-8
Is there Life in Space? Pearson 2002 058 25513 9 0
Spotlight on Fact Series (D & H) (Collins)
Biographical Dictionary of Recent Times 0 00 713842 3
The A-Z of Rocks and Minerals 0 00 713891 1
Famous Scientific Procedures 0 00 713837 7
Look Out! 0 00 7138342
What a Hero! 0 00 713892 X
A Home For Rubbish 0 00 713952 7
Recycled Materials of the World 0 00 713922 5
Eye View - Fierce Creatures (H) Ticktock Media 1 86007 348 4
Eye View - By the Seashore (H) Ticktock 1 86007 351 4
What are Rainbows made of? (H) Ticktock1 86007 383 2
Why does the Moon Change Shape? (H) Ticktock 1 86007 387 5
Why do Flowers grow in the Spring? (H) Ticktock 1 86007 384 0
Animal in Danger series (H) (Ticktock Media)
(U.S. Publisher Bearport Publishing)
Gorillas 1-86007 963 6
Lions 1-86007 964 4
Orang-utans 1-86007 962 8
Polar Bears 1-86007 965 2
Elephants 1-84696-082-7
Rhinos 1-84696-083-5
Blast Off series (H & D) Ticktock Media
US Publisher Gareth Stevens
Lets explore:
The Sun 978-1-84696-048-2
Mercury 978-1-84696-049-9
Venus 978-1-84696-050-5
Earth 978-1-84696-046-8
The Moon 978-1-84696-047-5
Mars 978-1-84696-051-2
Jupiter 978-1-84696-052-9
Saturn 978-1-84696-053-6
Uranus 978-1-84696-054-3
Neptune 978-1-84696-055-0
Pluto and other Dwarf Planets 978-1-84696-056-7
Comets and Asteroids 978-1-84696-057-4
Earth in Danger Series (H) Ticktock Media)
(U.S. Publisher Bearport Publishing)
Pollution 978-1846967351
Sustainable living 978-1846967399
Future Energy 978-1846967382
Rubbish and Recycling 978-1846967375
Habitat Destruction 978-1846967368
Climate Change 978-1846967344
Text Books
Primary
Curriculum Bank - Speaking and Listening KS 1 and 2 (2 vols, with Moira Andrew) Scholastic 1997
KS1 0-590-53402-5 KS 2 0-590-53403-3
Poetry Workshop - Scholastic 1997
Literacy line-up - Fiction Evans 2000 # Small - 0-237-52091-5 Big - 0-237-52088-5
Literacy line-up - Personal writing Evans 2000 # Small - 0-237-52093-1 Big - 0-237-52090-7
Literacy line-up - Non fiction Evans 2000 # Small - 0-237-52092-3 Big - 0-237-50289-3
Literacy Line-up - Football Fact and Fiction Evans 2000 # Small - 0-237-52197-0 Big - 0-237-52196-2
Literacy line-up - Teachers Notes Evans 2000 0-237-52094-X
Grammar For Literacy Evans 2002
Year 3 0-237-52412-0
Year 4 0-237-52414-0
Year 5 0-237-52416-3
Year 6 0-237-52418-X
Writing Poetry Badger Publishing 2002
Book 1 (Yr 3) 1-85880-902-9
Book 2 (Yr 4) 1-85880-903-7
Book 3 (Yr 5) 1-85880-904-5
Book 4 (Yr 6) 1-85880-905-3
Writing Fiction Badger 2002
Book 3 1-85880-327-6
Book 4 1-85880-328-4
Book 5 1-85880-329-2
Book 6 1-85880-330-6
Writing Non-fiction Badger 2002
Book 3 1-85880-3223-3
Book 4 1-85880-324-1
Book 5 1-85880-325-X
Book 6 1-85880-327-6
Key Stage 1 Writing
Book 1 1-85880-321-7
Book 2 1-85880-322-5
150 Literacy Hours - year 4 (D) W H Smith 0-340-78999-9
150 Daily Maths Lessons (H) W H Smith 0-340-79006-7
Primary French (Helen) Folens 2 Vols 2005
Primary Spanish (Helen) Folens 2 vols 2005
Secondary
The Poetry Show (D, Secondary, with James Sale) 3 vols. Nelson 1987
Q series- Under Milk Wood Hodder 1987 0-340-40164-8
Q series Romeo and Juliet Hodder 1987 0-340-49172-8
Blueprints - The Poetry Book (D With Moira Andrew) Nelson Thornes 1995 0-7487-1909-1
Specials! Poetry Folens 1994 1-85276-677-8
Specials! Romeo and Juliet Folens 1994 1-85276-676-X
Specials! Julius Caesar Folens 1994 1-85276-672-7
Specials! A Midsummer Night's Dream Folens 1994/5 1-85276-673-5
Specials! Macbeth Folens 1997 1-86202-498-7
Specials! Twelfth Night Folens 1998 1-86202-573-8
Specials! Henry Vth Folens 1998 1-86202-718-8
Specials! The Merchant of Venice 1999 1-86202-653-X
Specials! French (Helen) Folens 2 Vols
Specials! Spanish (Helen) Folens 2 Vols
Specials! German (Helen) Folens 2 Vols
Pre-1914 Classics - Charles Dickens Folens 2000 1- 84163-512-X
A Blueprint for Language (KS3) Nelson Thornes 1995 (with Helen Orme) 0-7487-1930-X
A Blueprint for Literature (KS3) Nelson Thornes 1996 (with Helen Orme) 0-7487-2548-2
NET - an English Resource Nelson Thornes 2000/2001 (6 Vols)
Pupils anthologies Bk 1 0-7487-5590-4 Bk 2 0-7487-5476-8 Bk 3 0-7487-5716-3
Networking copiable resources Bk 1 0-7487-5200-5 Bk 2 0-7487-4178-X
Poems from Many Cultures - resource book - Evans 0237-52472-4
Essential Guide to Poetry Folens 1992 1-85276-191-1
Cut, Paste and Surf English CD ROM (Helen) Nelson Thornes
Cut, Paste and Surf Shakespeare CD ROM (Helen) Nelson Thornes
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