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Magic and mischief abound in this captivating collection. Meet the cheeky kappa from Japan, a clever duende from the Philippines and the loyal foletto of Florence, all fairy creatures who can help or hinder humans as they please.A magical collection of...

The master-storyteller turns his pen to rural village life with Ways of Sunlight in Trinidad: gossip and rivalry between village washerwomen; toiling cane-cutters reaping their harvest; superstitious old Ma Procop protecting the fruit of her Mango tree...

This volume is part of a new series of novels, plays and stories at GCSE/Key Stage 4 level, designed to meet the needs of the National Curriculum syllabus. Each text includes an introduction, pre-reading activities, notes and coursework activities. Also...

Kids can experience William Shakespeare's England and get their first taste of the Bard's sublime craft with this lively biography and activity book. Staging swordplay, learning to juggle, and creating authentic costumes like a flamboyant shirt with...

Inspired by the power of nature and excelling at science, the young student Victor Frankenstein learns how to create life. However he is so horrified at his resulting creation, with it's own mind, thoughts and desires, that he rejects it. The Monster...

This is the book we all know and love by Marlo Thomas and her friends - brought to new life with brand new illustrations to captivate and inspire a new generation of readers on a journey of the heart. Whether you are opening Free to Be . . . You and Me ...

The Arabic Club Readers are a series of banded, colourful and fun books for young learners of Arabic, designed to nurture confidence and motivation.Nurturing confidence and motivation in children learning to read ArabicBook InformationISBN...

The Arabic Club Readers are series of banded, colourful and fun books for young learners of Arabic, designed to nurture confidence and motivation.Nurturing confidence and motivation in children learning ArabicBook InformationISBN 9781408524534Author...

Newberry Award Winner.AwardsWinner of John Newbery Medal 1977.Book InformationISBN 9780435123123Author Mildred TaylorFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint HeinemannPublisher Pearson Education LimitedWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 188mm * 124mm * 15mm

This fantastic range of fiction for Shared, Guided and Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over and over again. Gaelic and Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading series.Book InformationISBN...

These outstanding stories enable students to investigate and compare the features of different genres and how authors conform to or deviate from established conventions.Book InformationISBN 9780435125455Author Esther MenonFormat HardbackPage Count...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375829284Author Golden BooksFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows...

A collection of anthologies, resource and reference books, including titles from Oscar Wilde, Mary Shelley, Alex Madina, Jo Phillips and Adrian Barlow.A collection of literature anthologies and reference books for Key Stage 3 onwards.Book InformationISBN...

Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows...

A powerful and faithful dramatisation of the events in the diary of Anne Frank who, with family and friends, hid for two years from the Nazis before being discovered and sent to a concentration camp. An excellent play in itself, it also forms an active...

Haunted wooden legs, captains good and evil, parrots a-plenty - they're all here in this wide-ranging collection of illustrated pirate stories, brought to you by authors such as Cornelia Funke, Colin McNaughton and John Grant. Read them while you're...

Let's Do Poetry in Primary School is a fun, accessible and very practical guide to give teachers the tools, the mindset and the confidence to put poetry at the heart of the classroom, and everyday learning. The book includes games and warm-ups,...

What can children learn from the lives of the saints?Stories and legends of the saints have been passed down throughout history. The lives of these remarkable people provide richly inspiring material to help children learn and grow.This enjoyable and...

Key Features: Study methods Introduction to the text Summaries with critical notes Themes and techniques Textual analysis of key passages Author biography Historical and literary background Modern and historical critical approaches Chronology Glossary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946206483Author Jennifer AulieFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Wynstones PressPublisher Wynstones Press

A dramatisation of Dickens's classic novel, requiring a cast of between 11 and 30. The complex story moves forward quickly with the use of open staging. About the series Heinemann Plays is a well established series offering the best of contemporary drama...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Caldecott Medal Winner and New York Times Best Illustrated Book.Book InformationISBN 9780140504415Author Donald HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint...

An invaluable collection of poetry for use by teachers at every stage of school life from primary to mid-teens.The poems are arranged by age of the child from six to fourteen, and provide support for the subject matter of lessons from botany and physics...

The world of the Norse people was rich in poetry, legend and song. Whenever there was a feast to greet guests, to celebrate weddings or the safe return of voyagers, the bards were called upon to tell stories and sing songs. Norse Myths and Viking...

Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142402009Author Simms TabackFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint PuffinPublisher Penguin Random House AustraliaWeight(grams) 125gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781680524154Author Parragon BooksFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Cottage Door PressPublisher Cottage Door PressWeight(grams) 540gDimensions(mm) 257mm *...

Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. This book invites readers to reflect on the whole phenomenon of the Victorian novel and its role in dissecting and informing the society which produced it. The reasons for the growth of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525467342Author Robert FrostFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 217mm *...

The Arabic Club Readers are a series of banded, colourful and fun books for young learners of Arabic, designed to nurture confidence and motivation.Nurturing confidence and motivation in children learning to read ArabicBook InformationISBN...

Yurei Attack! is a nightmare-inducing one-stop guide to Japan's traditional ghosts and spirits.Surviving encounters with angry ghosts and sexy specters. Haunted places. Dangerous games and how to play them. And more importantly, a guided tour of what...

Gillian Avery, historian of children's books and novelist whose first book THE WARDEN'S NEICE has become a modern classic of children's literature, has made a very personal selection of favourite poems. If children like them as much as she does, then...

Which exam? AQA GCSE (9-1) English Literature First teaching: September 2015 First assessment: June 2017 A targeted way to build key skills for the new AQA GCSE (9-1) English Literature exams (assessment from 2017). To create this workbook, we...

This accessible edition for students brings the Agamemnon, Aeschylus' opening play in the Oresteia trilogy, to life for first-time readers. A hugely popular play in antiquity and with a rich reception history to the present day, this is an essential play...

Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Caldecott Medal Winner.Book InformationISBN 9780140502015Author Robert McCloskeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher...

A new series of bespoke, full-coverage resources developed for the 2015 GCSE English qualifications. Approved for the AQA 2015 GCSE English Literature specification, this print Student Book is designed to help students develop whole text understanding...

Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Landscape and Literature introduces students to the exploration of different ways in which landscape has been represented in literature. It focuses on key aspects of this topic such as the...

When a poor devout widow begs for a scrap of bread from a rich faithless baker, she promises to participate in the king's wedding mass as payment for the baker's generosity. The baker writes "One Mass" on a scrap of paper and places it on his scale to...