Ġorġ Mallia

Author, cartoonist and communications academic

Pullu taħt is-Sodda

 

The first book in the PULLU series of books intended for readers in the 5/6 age bracket, published by Klabb Kotba Maltin. 

The characteristic of the books is that all the words in each do not have the consonant "għ", which is silent in Maltese and a cause of difficulty for beginning readers. 

This first book was published in 2000.

In it we find the story of Pullu, a boy who looked like a teddy bear and who lived under the ground. He becomes friends with Toni and Sara. He goes into Toni's bedroom through a hole under the bed. But one day, Pullu does not turn up...

 

 

Pullu u d-Dragun

 

The second book in the PULLU series of books intended for readers in the 5/6 age bracket, published by Klabb Kotba Maltin.  

This second book was published in 2001.

Pullu, the boy who looks like a teddy bear who is a friend to Toni and Sara, talks about the dragons that live under the ground. Suddenly one of them appears in their house, blowing fire from its mouth.

 

 

L-Avventura ta' Pullu

The third book in the PULLU series of books intended for readers in the 5/6 age bracket, published by Klabb Kotba Maltin.  

This third book was published in 2002.

Pullu, the boy who looks like a teddy bear, takes Toni and Sara to his home, under the ground. There he is attacked by bufu - that looks like a dog the size of an elephant, and that is usually quite tame, but that has suddenly become ferocious.

 

Pullu u t-Tifla mill-Ispazju

 

The fourth book in the PULLU series of books intended for readers in the 5/6 age bracket, published by Klabb Kotba Maltin.  

This fourth book was published in 2003.

Pullu, the boy who looks like a teddy bear, and his friends Toni and Sara, find a slide in a playground that was not really a slide at all. And Pullu finds himself in his fourth adventure.

 

 

Il-Ħolma ta' Pullu

 

The fifth book in the PULLU series of books intended for readers in the 5/6 age bracket, published by Klabb Kotba Maltin.  

This fifth book was published in 2005.

Pullu, the boy who looks like a teddy bear, is dreaming. He finds himself in a land full of huge buildings of glass and steel. There, cruel creatures attack Pullu's friends, and suddenly the boy becomes a hero.

 

 

Pullu u d-Dinja Nadifa

 

The sixth book in the PULLU series of books intended for readers in the 5/6 age bracket, published by Klabb Kotba Maltin.  

This sixth (and last) book in the series was published in 2009, a full four years after the previous one.

Pullu, the boy who looks like a teddy bear, is very worried about the destruction of the environment of the world above ground and is afraid that the same might happen to Underground. One day, he is attacked by a monster that came in through the hole that leads from above ground and his fears become reality. A fitting, environmentally conscious ending to the popular series.

 

 

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