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Written by award-winning author Julia Donaldson, Songbirds Phonics are highly decodable, beautifully illustrated real stories. In Stop Chatting, Bill, Miss Hill is cross with Bill. The Level 3 More Songbirds phonics books revise all phonics previously...

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. In...

In On the Stage a show about the Wild West leads Biff, Wilf and Wilma to an adventure on a stagecoach. Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories: Decode and Develop are an exciting set of stories from Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta. Full of humour and drama with a...

Women, Men and Language has long been established as a seminal text in the field of language and gender, providing an account of the many ways in which language and gender intersect. In this pioneering book, bestselling author Jennifer Coates explores...

Everyone in the castle has got football fever in The Masked Cleaning Ladies Save the Day. Will their team win? Or will the Castle Carrot team win using dirty tricks? Luckily the Masked Cleaning Ladies of Om are there to sort things out. TreeTops...

Covering the political, social and historical background of each language, Dictionary of Languages offers a unique insight into human culture and communication. Every language with official status is included, as well as all those that have a written...

The Level 2 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. Stories, More Stories A and More Stories B offer a...

Cat is painting a picture at school. Nok wants to help, but will he make it any better or will he just make a mess? Find out in Cat's Painting. Ant, Tiger and Nok are playing in the garden when Nok starts to feel hot. How can a micro-alien cool down?...

This textbook provides a concise, readable introduction to contemporary work in syntactic theory, particularly to key concepts of Chomsky's minimalist programme. Andrew Radford gives a general overview of the main theoretical concepts and descriptive...

Exploring Intercultural Communication investigates the role of language in intercultural communication, paying particular attention to the interplay between cultural diversity and language practice. This second edition increases and updates the coverage...

The growing importance of data science, and the increasing role of information professionals in the management and use of data, are brought together in Practical Data Science for Information Professionals to provide a practical introduction specifically...

Following Grendel's retelling of the Beowulf legend in Beowulf and the Beast, we now hear the story from the point of view of Grendel's mum - and she's not a happy beastie! Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child...

Floppy's Phonics Non-fiction allow children to practise their decoding and literacy skills in the context of exciting non-fiction books, which include a variety of text types and topics, and support from Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy. Books contain...

The Level 2 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. Stories, More Stories A and More Stories B offer a predictable...

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. ...

In The Trials of Ruby P. Baxter, Ruby has troubles at school, a totally embarrassing dad and a goat for a pet, so life can be very trying. Read all about it in her TOP SECRET diary. Chucklers is a series of funny novels, short stories, anthologies and...

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. In...

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. In...

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. In...

The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research on metaphor and language. Featuring 35 chapters written by leading scholars from around the world, the volume takes a broad...

Language and Region:provides an accessible guide to regional variation in Englishcovers topical issues including loss of regional diversity and attitudes to regional accents and dialectsexamines the use of dialect in media, advertising and the tourist...

How We Write is an accessible guide to the entire writing process, from forming ideas to formatting text. Combining new explanations of creativity with insights into writing as design, it offers a full account of the mental, physical and social aspects...

In Five Children and It, the children move to the countryside and explore their new home. In a gravel pit they uncover a psammead, a creature who can grant wishes. The children start wishing for wonderful adventures, but they do not always work out as...

Gunther Kress argues for a radical reappraisal of the phenomenon of literacy, and hence for a profound shift in educational practice. Through close attention to the variety of objects which children constantly produce (drawings, cuttings-out, 'writings'...

"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.Oh, how delightful it is to fall in love for the first time!...

When Grandma tells Ava about the time she was chased by a leopard, Ava is a bit scared. But when Ava tells her little sister Elise the story, Elise is petrified! The following day, Elise thinks she can see leopards everywhere. Frightened of being gobbled...

Suitable for children age 7 and above with a reading age of 8 years - 8 years 5 months Part of the Rapid Reading intervention series by Pearson Rapid Stage: Stage 6 Level 6A (equivalent to gold book band) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to...

Part of the Rapid Reading series, created to help children catch up. Rapid Reading is the UK's most comprehensive reading intervention programme. The books and unique speech-recognition software are guaranteed to motivate children with SEN and struggling...

In the action-packed comic The Quest, join the Adventure Crew in their latest daring mission as they tackle challenges including the Forest of Pain and the flying fish fingers. Will they escape from the dreaded Goblin King? Chucklers is a series of...

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. When...

With it's unique range of rich fiction and non-fiction texts, and comprehensive coverage of the core skills, "Nelson Thornes Framework English Skills in Fiction and Non-Fiction" targets pupils secure at Level 4, or at Level 5 and above. Uniquely, the...

In Blackbones Saves the School Class 4's new teacher is not like any teacher they have ever seen. He has a black patch over one eye and a dark curly beard. They hope he will stay. Miss Lupin, the Head, is not so sure... TreeTops Fiction contains a wide...

Can established humanities methods coexist with computational thinking? It is one of the major questions in humanities research today, as scholars increasingly adopt sophisticated data science for their work. James E. Dobson explores the opportunities...

"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.These seven short stories, by well-known writers such as...

Sentence Structure: introduces the evidence for sentence structure and reveals its purpose is based on a problem-solving approach to language teaches the reader how to identify word classes, such as noun, preposition and demonstrative uses simple...

No other course offers you the same benefits as Family and Friends. The exceptionally strong skills training programme includes a focus on real speaking and writing output. Plus - the amazing package of integrated print and digital resources suits all...

Genre: Humorous story Learning Objectives: Language Comprehension Strand 8: Explain their reactions to the text, commenting on important aspects. Writing Opportunities Strand 9: Select from different presentational features to suit particular writing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858809281Author Jonny ZuckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Badger PublishingPublisher Badger PublishingWeight(grams) 67gDimensions(mm) 196mm *...

Introducing Course Design in English for Specific Purposes is an accessible and practical introduction to the theory and practice of developing ESP courses across a range of disciplines. The book covers the development of courses from needs analysis to...

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. Lone...