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Springboard is a series of nine graded activity books designed to help build the functional English skills required at school, at work and in other aspects of day-to-day life. Illustrations are used throughout to support the wide variety of activity...

Find out who is top cat in Top Cat. Level 1+ Songbirds Phonics books focus on matching one sound to one letter, for example o as in dog. The focus phonics in this book are m c t p a o. Oxford Reading Tree Songbirds Phonics are highly decodable,...

In the comic Transylvania United, Abi is gutted when she is sacked from her job as a football manager. But then she gets a call from a strange team of monsters who need her help. Can Abi tackle the petrifying players and lead them to a spooktacular...

Colloquial Russian provides a step-by-step course in Russian as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently...

Colloquial Hebrew provides a step-by-step course in Hebrew as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and...

One of the main contributions of this important book is that it offers a thorough survey of the theoretical and empirical developments that have occurred in the area of (im)politeness in the different regions of the Spanish-speaking world, gathering...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789768184290Author Kevin HarrisFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint LMH PublishingPublisher LMH PublishingWeight(grams) 107g

The Level 5 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, More Stories B and More Stories C...

Exam board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: EnglishFirst teaching: September 2018First exam: Summer 2019Practice makes permanent. Feel confident and prepared for the SQA Higher English exam with this two-in-one book, containing practice questions for every...

I hear with my little ear...a poem and a story in The Deer and the Earwig. Level 6 Songbirds Phonics books focus on different spelling patterns for the long vowel sounds ar as in star, au as in August, ur as in fur, air as in hair, ear as in near, ure as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262048002Author Peter BaldwinFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Social Literacies develops new and critical approaches to the understanding of literacy in an international perspective. It represents part of the current trend towards a broader consideration of literacy as social practices, and as its title suggests,...

Its a coin! cried Kerry. It looks really old. In Cornflake Coin Kerry and Omar are eager to win a treasure-hunting competition. What will they do when they discover their Roman coin comes from a cereal packet? TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of...

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 2A (equivalent to green book band) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to...

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 2A (equivalent to green book band) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to...

Melleron loves being in the forest with his friends, Rose the little dragon and Grit the stone dog, in Melleron's Magic. But the evil magician Saelez, wants revenge against Melleron for spoiling his plans to take over the peaceful forest. But first he...

Sale, Bargain and Half Price are three dummies in a shop window in Half Price Hero. When Jonny Cashbucks wants to close down the shop the three dummies must think of a plan to save it, but without anyone finding out that they can come to life. TreeTops...

The Dictionary of Hiberno-English is the leading reference book on Hiberno-English - the form of English commonly spoken in Ireland. It connects the spoken and the written language, and is a unique national dictionary that bears witness to Irish history,...

'The history of language has never seen anything like this. Ellen's mobile grammar travelogue, presented with an engaging humour and humility will appeal to anyone with an interest in the way English works - which means all of us. Reality television?...

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...

'Melvyn Bragg's superb new history of the English language is told as an adventure story, and rightly so. There is much splendid intellectual firepower in this book.' Andrew Roberts, SpectatorEnglish is the collective work of millions of people...

It is test time at the Three Wishes School in Jem Stone Genie - the Crash. Jem wants to beat his teasing classmate Pearl in a flying carpet race, but he has a hole in his magic carpet. What can Jem do? TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality...

This write-in workbook includes writing frames, grammar and vocabulary activities and language practice exercises. It extends and reinforces skills taught in International English Student Book 6 and offers a record of students' progress. All answers for...

The Routledge Introductory Course in Biblical Hebrew provides a comprehensive introduction to Biblical Hebrew language and texts. Combining a fresh and innovative approach with an in-depth treatment of the language, it presents the essentials of biblical...

The Level 8 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 and More Stories continue to provide a mix of fantasy...

Do men use bad language more than women? How do social class and the use of bad language interact? Do young speakers use bad language more frequently than older speakers? Using the spoken section of the British National Corpus, Swearing in English...

Nok is missing. Will Max and Ant be able to follow the footprints and find him in On Nok's Trail? Find out what happens when Nok uses his powers to start Tiger's toy trucks in I Win! Who will be the first to cross the finish line? In Popcorn Surfing,...

English Accents and Dialects is an essential guide to contemporary social and regional varieties of English spoken in the British Isles today. Together with invaluable overviews of numerous regional accents and dialects, this fifth edition provides a...

The Routledge Handbook of Language Awareness is a comprehensive and informative overview of the broad field of language awareness. It contains a collection of state-of-the-art reviews of both established themes and new directions, authored and edited by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781502731333Author David NewmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Exciting and powerful classic stories to enrich and extend children's reading experiences. TreeTops Classics are carefully adapted versions of must-read stories which introduce readers to significant authors, powerful plots and characters that have...

Hercules the Hero tells the story of Hercules - born to battle beasts and mangle monsters. Can Hercules complete twelve impossible tasks set by the evil King? Captivating versions of some of the best myths and legends from around the world. TreeTops...

The Level 5 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, More Stories B and More Stories C...

Suitable for children age 7 and above with a reading age of 6 years to 6 years 5 months Part of the Rapid Reading intervention series by Pearson Rapid Stage: Stage 2 Level 2B (equivalent to green book band) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to...

"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.Merlin the ancient magician has to find a way of finding the...

The average contemporary English speaker knows 50,000 words. Yet stripped down to its origins, this apparently huge vocabulary is in reality much smaller, derived from Latin, French and the Germanic languages. It is estimated that every year, 800...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613162118Author Mary Roberts RinehartFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Penzler PublishersPublisher Penzler PublishersWeight(grams) 441gDimensions(mm)...

Ian McEwan, Margaret Drabble, Martin Amis, Rita Dove, Andrew Motion and Anthony Thwaite are among the twenty-two distinguished contributors of original essays to this landmark volume on the profound and frequently perplexing bond between writer and...

The new edition of this popular course in translation from French into English offers a challenging practical approach to the acquisition of translation skills, with clear explanations of the theoretical issues involved. A variety of translation issues...

8-year-old Molly Meacher is the teacher of Class 2 at Hill Top Primary ... and her pupils are adults! Her class are very excited to be taking part in a biscuit competition, but then their biscuits go horribly wrong. Will they make it to the final? Molly...