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There was once a woman who baked the best cakes in the whole world. The fairies loved her cakes. But they didn't want to buy them and the woman was far too clever to let anyone steal them. So the fairies decide to steal the cake-maker instead! What...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780439629225Author Elaine RichardFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic US

Prospero, the Duke of Milan, and his daughter Miranda are banished from their kingdom and set adrift in a rickety boat. They are carried to a magical island and make a new life. The Tempest tells the story of what happens many years later when a ship is...

Hyena longs to become a ballerina, but will her dreams come true? This lively story features bright illustrations and simple rhyming text, specially written for children who are learning to read. A delight to share with very young children, with parents...

Engaging decodable stories fully aligned to Letters and Sounds enable your pupils to practise their phonics skills with their favourite characters. Written by Roderick Hunt MBE and illustrated by Alex Brychta, award-winning creators of the Oxford...

A laugh-out-loud and exceedingly irreverent collection of comics from the #1 hit web comic, Cyanide and Happiness. Complete with 150 of their funniest classic comics as well as well as 30 brand new ones. WARNING - This book is illicit,...

The first two stories are wordless and complement Phase 1 of Letters and Sounds. Max's Box is a retelling of the story of how Max finds a silver box - a discovery that will change his life forever. Inside the box are four watches that allow the wearer to...

Mole sets out to see the wind. He asks every animal he meets if they see the wind and they all say no. The illustrations tell a different story: windswept trees, blowing leaves and litter show that the wind is actually blowing, though invisible to them. ...

In The Wrong Kind of Knight Nasim the knight likes reading, writing and knitting. Can he fight the dragon? Level 4 Songbirds Phonics books focus on different spelling patterns for the long vowel sounds ee as in tree, ie as in tie, oa as in boat and ai as...

The National Book Award-winning author of Year of the Monkey, Just Kids, and M Train offers a rare, intimate account of her own creative process "Devotion is short enough to devour at one enjoyable sitting and thought-provoking enough to deserve...

A patterned picture book about a family outing to the beach. The children are delighted when they spot seagulls, an ice-cream van, sand and even what they believe to be the sea, but are they at the beach yet? Lisa Smith's illustrations capture the...

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...

Beauty and the Beast is the story of kind Bella, who is unwittingly promised to a beast by her father. She has to live with him in his enchanted palace, and overcome her fear of his appearance to break the magic spell that binds him. This engaging...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Tony Award - Best Play 1980 and Drama Desk Award - Outstanding New Play 1980 and Laurence Olivier Award - Play of the Year 1981 and Outer Critics Circle Award -...

The ground-breaking Designing Tasks for the Communicative Classroom (Nunan, 1989), has been completely updated and revised to create this new edition, now titled Task-Based Language Teaching. The previous edition helped to set the research agenda in...

Croc is late for everything, even her own birthday party! She sleeps through her alarm, misses the bus, and what's worse, she has the hiccups. A surprise birthday present may be just what she needs... Young children will love the humorous rhyming text...

Suitable for children age 7 and above with a reading age of 5 years to 5 years 6 months Part of the Rapid Reading intervention series by Pearson Rapid Stage: Starter Level 1B (equivalent to blue book band) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to...

Grammar, the structure of a language, is often the subject of confusion. The Bloomsbury Grammar Guide is an easy-to-use handbook which provides the answers. Updated and revised throughout, the new edition is essential reading for all writers and readers...

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the French language from the perspective of modern linguistics. Placing French within its social and historical context, the authors highlight the complex, diverse aspects of the language in a lively and...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level One Midsummer Night, Demetrius, Lysander, Helena and Hermia ran into the moonlit wood where Oberon, the king of the fairies, was busy weaving magic and enchantment. ...

The micro-friends shrink down to explore a log in the park when they find an odd-looking bug. What can it be? Find out in An Odd Bug. Max's room is a mess! He tries to tidy up but the vacuum won't work. Can Nok help to start it? See what happens in Nok...

The Level 1+ Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories, written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta, provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills. First Sentences and More First Sentences A, B and C...

"A superb, crucial, blistering expose of all the myths about our education system that are all too often used to attack it. Melissa Benn again proves why she is one of country's most formidable education campaigners - and why the powerful should fear her...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Young Hercules is challenged by the King to carry out seven labours - no problem, although the King is less impressed when he brings back the evidence and stinks out...

Cook, Pot, Cook! is based on the traditional tale The Magic Porridge Pot. What will happen when a magic pot will not stop cooking and porridge flows out into the town ... This popular story written by David Bedford and beautifully illustrated by...

Sociolinguistics is one of the central branches of modern linguistics and deals with the place of language in human societies. This second edition of Introducing Sociolinguistics expertly synthesises the main approaches to the subject. The book covers...

'No one. No dark knight in shinin armour. Not even someone I'd let fiddle with me on a regular basis. Went through all my twenties thinkin don't worry he'll come. Well, I'm almost forty now, and he still hasn't, has he?' David is in love with King. But...

Based on the original and authoritative Revels texts, Plays on women brings together four plays which dramatise the lives of women in Shakespeare's EnglandThe only available anthology focusing on women and including the four plays most often discussed. ...

English as an Additional Language is packed full of straightforward ideas to help teachers get a grip on good classroom practice and will help teachers:understand language development and its impact upon pupils attainmentuse the latest teaching...

Research Methods in Language Learning helps readers understand and critique research. This book is intended to help readers understand and critique research in language learning. It presents a balanced and objective view of a range of methods -...

A.J. Jacobs has received some strange emails over the years, but this note was perhaps the strangest: "You don't know me, but I'm your eighth cousin. And we have over 80,000 relatives of yours in our database." And so begins A.J. Jacobs's quest to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789501827Author Chris McNabFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint ArcturusPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Twelve Dancing Princesses is a German rags-to-riches folk tale. There is something strange happening at the palace, where the King's twelve daughters are wearing through their slippers every night. Will the hero be able to get to the bottom of the...

The micro-friends shrink down to explore a log in the park when they find an odd-looking bug. What can it be? Find out in An Odd Bug. Max's room is a mess! He tries to tidy up but the vacuum won't work. Can Nok help to start it? See what happens in Nok...

Engaging decodable stories fully aligned to Letters and Sounds enable your pupils to practise their phonics skills with their favourite characters. Written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta, award-winning creators of the Oxford Reading...

When the mysterious bird-like Cloud Rider falls injured from the sky, Ellie and Jay have to help it get home before the Werrets take over and cause terrible storms. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop...

Putting Assessment for Learning into Practice is about the purpose of teaching and assessment as a means to ensuring deep, maximised, engaged and challenging learning. The simple message is good teaching can overcome bad testing and central to assessment...

Well, it just gets worse and worse doesn't it? Collapsing banks, collapsing countries, massive government cuts, rising debt, inflation and the possibility of a double dip. It's amid all this uncertainty that the already embattled modern woman needs the...

The steam train is pulling out of the station, it heads to the hills, into a rainstorm, through a tunnel and out the other side into the sunshine and to the seaside. Follow the rhythm and the rhyme of this simple poem and travel with the train on its...

The micro-friends shrink down to explore a log in the park when they find an odd-looking bug. What can it be? Find out in An Odd Bug. Max's room is a mess! He tries to tidy up but the vacuum won't work. Can Nok help to start it? See what happens in Nok...