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Turn detective and investigate a range of theories about what happened to one of the world's most fascinating civilizations: the Maya. TreeTops inFact is a non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully as fiction...

Words change: they immigrate and emigrate. They reflect changing fashions and roam across centuries. This book delves into their origins: Where do words come from? How do their meanings change? Why do we stop using them? This book explores over...

A stranger washed up on the shores of a great city claims to be Odysseus, sacker of Troy. Bedraggled and desperate, he pleads for help to get back to his native land of Ithaca and his waiting wife Penelope. To do so he must tell his remarkable tale of...

A picture story about three hungry ants. The ants want to know what is for breakfast but they are not keen on dad's sweet offerings. Finally he suggests an apple; an offer that everyone is happy with. The book includes several discussion features, such...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780862439682Author Jen LlywelynFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 155mm * 170mm * 10mm

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level A non-chronological report that describes scaffolding: what it is made from, how it has developed around the world from its earliest origins to the present day, and...

Glue Ear is a common condition among young children but until recently its long-term effects on learning and achievement weren't fully understood. Lindsay's research has demonstrated that there is a significant link between Glue Ear, speech and language...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level When the Game Player of Zob pays a visit to earth and challenges the earthling children to a game, the children soon find out that the alien is a very bad loser - and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345397584Author Larry BeinhartFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm)...

First Published in 2000. Based on the real-life experiences of teachers and student teachers using action research for the first time, this introductory text demystifies the issues commonly faced by the novice researcher. In an accessible and...

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,...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899747009Author Alistair McCallumFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Upstart Crow PublicationsPublisher Upstart Crow Publications

Communicating in English: Talk, Text, Technology looks at how people use spoken and written English to communicate in their everyday lives.Exploring the complex relationship between communication, technology and the English language, this book offers the...

Everyone can play football, anywhere in the world! Find out what you need to play the game and where in the world it is played in this action-packed non-fiction report by Daniel Nunn. This is a Band 02A/Red A book in the Collins Big Cat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486266879Author Richard Brinsley SheridanFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

A touching story about family life and a boy's birthday treat, from a multi-award-winning storyteller.It's Jack's birthday and his friend Sam is coming round after school for a little party. It's just Sam and Jack in a small flat, with Jack's mum talking...

Brecht's most important treatise on theatre The Messingkauf dialogues are the longest but in some ways the most light hearted of all Brecht's discussions of theatre. Here Actor, Actress, Dramaturg (or literary adviser) and Electrician argue with the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780755210824Author Martin BaumFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams)...

'This book describes an essential insight, namely that the core or the individual "I" of those with a mental health issue or a learning disability is always healthy.' --- This ground-breaking study describes six constitution types or syndromes that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782070370603Author Jean GenetFormat PaperbackImprint Editions FlammarionPublisher Editions Flammarion

Dads are expected to be a master of all trades and a Jack of none! If they're not putting up shelves, or balancing family life with a hectic job, fathers everywhere are supposed to be the fountain of all knowledge; whether it's how to deal with spiders,...

New Cutting Edge Intermediate Workbook consolidates and extends the language taught in the Students' Book. Grammar exercises give students useful practice and build confidence Vocabulary boosters and Wordspots build on the lexical areas covered in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781844778843Author Chater KathyFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Hermes HousePublisher Anness PublishingDimensions(mm) 224mm * 173mm * 18mm

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 introduce...

Ian Gilbert's There is Another Way: The second big book of independent thinking shares inspirational ideas from a number of contributors intended to inspire educators to do what they know is right - regardless of the pressures from above. We are...

Phonetics is an essential part of linguistics, as it is through analysing spoken language that linguistic data is collected. This book leads the reader through the main areas of phonetics, including how speech sounds are made and how phoneticians...

This is a book that looks at how drama has its basis in good early years practice. Most early years practitioners are doing some drama and are edging towards more structured work - this text will help them go further by building their own skills. Using...

Owl thinks he is the best at everything, but he keeps meeting other birds who are better than him. What is Owl best at? This sweet story about finding our own strengths is written and illustrated by Laura Hambleton. This is a Red...

Ever wanted to make a maraca? This step by step guide will show you how, with clear, engaging photos that show just how easy it is to make and personalise your very own maraca. Lilac/Band 0 books are wordless books that tell a story through...

The original version of Wesker's imaginiative reworking of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. With notes and commentary by Glenda Leeming.The original version of Wesker's imaginiative reworking of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. With notes and...

Moral and citizenship education are again at the forefront of educational attention with the recent governmental announcements about revisions to the National Curriculum frameworks to 2000 and beyond.This book addresses some of the central issues in...

The tale of 'Cinderella' is told wherever stories are still read aloud and everyone is familiar with 'Rapunzel' and 'The Golden Goose', but who has heard all the wonderful stories collected by the Brothers Grimm? Well, here's your chance, for within...

In 1991 Andrew Solomon faced down tanks in Moscow with a band of Russian artists protesting the August coup. We find him on the quest for a rare bird in Zambia in 1998, and in Greenland in 2001 researching widespread depression among the Inuit. In 2002...

Mike Leigh's 1970s classic play 'Abigail's Party' focuses on an evening of domestic hell in the guise of a suburban drinks soiree. While teenager Abigail parties a few doors away, the pretentious Beverly and her estate agent husband, Laurence, entertain...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9787301282540Author Liu YuehuaFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Peking University PressPublisher Peking University PressWeight(grams) 222g

This second collection of John Osborne's dramatic work includes The Entertainer, The Hotel in Amsterdam, West of Suez and Time Present. 'A lifelong satirist of prigs and puritans, whether of the Right or Left, he took no hostages, expecting from other...

'I want a pet! I want a pet! I hope I like the pet I get!'When a boy goes to the Strange Pet Shop to find a pet, there's no knowing what he'll find there. He is very particular, and nothing at the Strange Pet Shop suits him until, at last the perfect pet...

In Janey's Giants the cricket team led by Fast Freddie, Freddie's Frighteners, sound like a difficult team to beat. They are big and strong. Derek and Janey have a team of small children, and they have Brian... TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of...

"The Future of Higher Education" coursebook comprehensively explores policy, pedagogy and the student experience. "The Future of Higher Education" explores policy, pedagogy and the student experience at a conceptual level, enabling university staff to...