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Like the plays in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, The Sonnets has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. Each sonnet is presented with accompanying material which aims to enrich your own experience of the poem,...

This beautiful collection of thirteen classic Brothers Grimm fairy tales includes Cinderella; Rumpelstiltskin; Puss in Boots; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; Rapunzel; The Town Musicians of Bremen; Little Red Riding Hood; Hansel and Gretel; Sleeping...

Historical fiction has a great deal to offer as its readers and devotees have always known. The time is ripe however for the historical novel and historical picture book to be promoted more emphatically so that many more are made aware of the delight and...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140502879Author Robert McCloskeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House AustraliaWeight(grams)...

A Caledecott Honor Book A New York Times Best Illustrated Book This award-winning picture book is a wild, irreverent collection of reimagined fairy tales from the author and illustrator of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!. Makes for an extremely...

At 6'8 1/2", Andrew Fusek Peters is Britain's tallest poet. His collections include Sadderday and Funday, Love Hate and My Best Mate, and Poems with Attitude (the only poetry collection to have ever made the Carnegie long-list). This book combines a...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770411654Author Liv SpencerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 364g

The classic respected series in a stunning new design. This edition of The Nun's Priest's Prologue and Tale from the highly-respected Selected Tales series includes the full, complete text in the original Middle English, along with an in-depth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948174930Author Alohomora!Format HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Topix Media LabPublisher Topix Media LabWeight(grams) 441gDimensions(mm) 222mm * 147mm *...

The classic respected series in a stunning new design. This edition includes the full, complete text of The Reeve's Prologue and Tale and The Cook's Prologue and the Fragment of his Tale from the highly-respected Selected Tales series. In the original...

An award-winning collection from Gerard Benson, creator of Poems on the Underground.James Berry and Wendy Cope appear alongside Milton and Shakespeare amongst others to make a wonderfully diverse, fun and exciting collection of verse that shows that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785913372Author Barbara CatchpoleFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Ransom PublishingPublisher Ransom PublishingWeight(grams) 76g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859654869Author Caroline CarpenterFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd

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...

Key features of this text: How to study the text Author and historical background General and detailed summaries Commentary on themes, structure, characters, language and style Glossaries Test questions and issues to consider Essay writing advice...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Lupine Award (Picture Book) 2008. Commended for Caldecott Medal 2009 and Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Seven to Ten) 2009 and Parents...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ALA Notable Book and Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year and IRA CBC Children's Choice.Book InformationISBN 9780142401408Author Steven...

Like every other play in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, Coriolanus has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to bring the play to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060082376Author Thea KlirosPage Count 20Imprint HarperCollins Children's BooksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 165g

Like every other play in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, King John has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version of King John aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to bring...

The classic respected series in a stunning new design. This edition of The Prioress' Prologue and Tale from the highly-respected Selected Tales series includes the full, complete text in the original Middle English, along with an in-depth introduction...

It has been suggested that Hemingway's art has both the virtues and limitations of lyricism - including maximum intensity. This collection of essays examines ""A Farewell to Arms"".About the AuthorHarold Bloom is Sterling Professor of the Humanities at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612434827Author Peter AperloFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses PressWeight(grams) 253g

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...

This lively collection of literary non-fiction contains extracts and activities for exploring and comparing letters, biography, autobiography, journals, reportage, diaries and speeches, all written at different periods in time. Age 12+The New Windmill...

Moonbeam Award Winner Once upon a time, artist Scott Gustafson set out to illustrate classic stories, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes. Decades later, his immediately recognizable paintings have made bestsellers of Peter Pan,The Night Before Christmas,...

The classic respected series in a stunning new design. This edition of The Franklin's Prologue and Tale from the highly-respected Selected Tales series includes the full, complete text in the original Middle English, along with an in-depth introduction...

Like every other play in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, All's Well That Ends Well has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to...

Othello is one of the most powerful of Shakespeare's tragedies. It is a thrilling drama about love and hate, trust and betrayal, jealousy and revenge. With its complex themes, and compelling language, it speaks directly to today's audiences and sparks...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785913358Author Barbara CatchpoleFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Ransom PublishingPublisher Ransom PublishingWeight(grams) 76g

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 9781569759868Author Richard MarcusFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Amorata PressPublisher Amorata PressWeight(grams) 210g

A collection of literature anthologies and reference books for Key Stage 3 onwards. Working with Short Stories arises from a collaborative venture of three practising teachers who were keen to provide English materials which developed: pupil-based...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780763690366Author Leonard S. MarcusFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Candlewick Press,U.S.Publisher Candlewick Press,U.S.Weight(grams)...

The most striking difference between Othello and Shakespeare's other tragedies is its more intimate scale. Since the play focuses on personal rather than public life, Othello's private descent into jealous obsession is rendered all the more chilling to...

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Margaret Wise Brown, the New York Times bestselling author of the perennial classics Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny, asks children to think deeply about the importance of everyday objects, from apples to spoons. With lyrical words and vivid...