Rags to riches story of a young orphan who becomes a famous actress. A Roaring Good Read launch title.
Daisy is brought up in a foundling's hospital in Victorian times. At ten she is sent into service as a skivvy at the Dobell Academy.There she watches all the pupils learning how to be young ladies, wearing fine clothes and learning how to read, write and... dance. Daisy dreams of being like them one day and painstakingly teaches herself to read with the help of one kind teacher. She is caught dancing in one of the piano rooms and is and reproved for having 'ideas above her station',...
Rags to riches story of a young orphan who becomes a famous actress. A Roaring Good Read launch title.
Danny loves dancing, but not the funky, popular variety that would have his friends green with envy; no, Danny loves Ballet. A 'Billy Elliot' for younger readers by this renowned ballet-loving author.
Danny loves ballet, but he daren't admit it to his mates. But one of his teacher's knows, and she casts Danny in the starring ballet role in the end of term show at school. But Danny is also in the school football team and the rehearsals for the show clash with team nights. How can be maintain his cool with his peers and still star in the performance. Mixups and mayhen ensue as several...
Danny loves dancing, but not the funky, popular variety that would have his friends green with envy; no, Danny loves Ballet. A 'Billy Elliot' for y...
A humorous, poignant and heartwarming story of four girls and their exasperating parents. Reissued in the Jean Ure branding.
"People always fall out after they're married. I'm going to stay single."
Jasmine, Laurel, Rose and Daisy. Four very different sisters, four very different attitudes As if living with each other wasn't bad enough, living with their parents is worse - particularly parents who are both actors. Please
But after the Great Row, the girls find themselves living with Mum, while Dad has gone to America to find work. How are the sisters going to achieve...
A humorous, poignant and heartwarming story of four girls and their exasperating parents. Reissued in the Jean Ure branding.
Our new Coping titles will keep you abreast of difficult situations and how to deal with them.
Few people really understand this mysterious disease. Though it is common knowledge that Lyme disease is caused by the bite of a tick, it is only in the recent past that people have started to understand the seriously debilitating and long-term consequences of leaving the Lyme bacteria untreated. This book describes what Lyme disease is, how it was discovered and is treated, and, most important, how to protect yourself from catching it in the first place.
Our new Coping titles will keep you abreast of difficult situations and how to deal with them.
Few people really understand this mysterious disease....
`Bah, humbug! Fools wishing me a Merry Christmas should be forced to sit on cushions stuffed with holly leaves or boiled with their own Christmas puddings.'
`Bah, humbug! Fools wishing me a Merry Christmas should be forced to sit on cushions stuffed with holly leaves or boiled with their own Christmas pudd...
An escaped convict threatens to eat young Pip's heart for breakfast. The ghostly Miss Havisham invites Pip to her eerie home. A mysterious benefactor makes him suddenly wealthy. Pip's life will never be the same again.
An escaped convict threatens to eat young Pip's heart for breakfast. The ghostly Miss Havisham invites Pip to her eerie home. A mysterious benefactor ...