This is one of the oldest stories in the world, and it's about things that still matter to us today: friendship, fame, courage, happiness. Gilgamesh and Enkidu are friends -- best friends. Together they can work wonders, fight monsters, brave earthquakes, travel the world But waiting in the dark is the one enemy they can never overcome. Retold by award-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean, and illustrated with great power by David Parkins, Gilgamesh the Hero is a story that will linger in the imagination long after the book has been put down.
This is one of the oldest stories in the world, and it's about things that still matter to us today: friendship, fame, courage, happiness. Gilgame...
These stories are intended as a way of introducing Shakespeare to lower secondary students. The language provides a flavour of the plays yet remains accesssible to a wide ability range.
These stories are intended as a way of introducing Shakespeare to lower secondary students. The language provides a flavour of the plays yet remains a...
The inspiration for this book was the tradition of carved Jesse trees and stained glass windows used in medieval times to tell people Bible stories. Using her skills as a storyteller and her love of the Bible, the author has written a compelling story about the creation of a modern-day Jesse tree. She weaves evocative retellings of selected Bible stories with a sensitive contemporary story about the transforming power of love.
The inspiration for this book was the tradition of carved Jesse trees and stained glass windows used in medieval times to tell people Bible stories. U...
At the dawn of time, the Maker is having problems with the animals he makes. His beaver and his ants are too big, his moose is the same size as a mouse and his elephant can hide behind a blade of grass Maker is forced to think again about the original plans for the animals, adjusting their size to the way they are today.
Lime/Band 11 books have longer sentence structures and a greater use of literary language.
Text type - A story by a significant author.
An illustrated diagram on pages 30 and 31 reminds the reader of how the animals looked before and after the maker finished...
At the dawn of time, the Maker is having problems with the animals he makes. His beaver and his ants are too big, his moose is the same size as a m...
I have been in love with Titus Oates for quite a while now--which is ridiculous, since he's been dead for ninety years. But look at it this way. In ninety years I'll be dead, too, and the age difference won't matter.
Sym is not your average teenage girl. She is obsessed with the Antarctic and the brave, romantic figure of Captain Oates from Scott's doomed expedition to the South Pole. In fact, Oates is the secret confidant to whom she spills all her hopes and fears.
But Sym's uncle Victor is even more obsessed--and when he takes her on a dream trip into the bleak Antarctic...
I have been in love with Titus Oates for quite a while now--which is ridiculous, since he's been dead for ninety years. But look at it this way. In...
Three spooky tales from three peerless storytellers, perfect for telling around the fire on a dark, windy night. Read of Flynn, who battled with three skeletons; of Tom, who saw something so weird in the moonlight that it changed his life for ever; and of the terrifying thirteen crows who brought death wherever they went
Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view.
A selection of newspaper articles about Fearless Flynn give children the opportunity to explore other ways of presenting...
Three spooky tales from three peerless storytellers, perfect for telling around the fire on a dark, windy night. Read of Flynn, who battled with th...
Doctor Faustus, a talented student in Wittenburg, Germany, wants to learn more than the university has to offer. Craving knowledge of things beyond his reach, Faustus turns to the study of magic, and makes a pact with the devil himself. This title offers a
Doctor Faustus, a talented student in Wittenburg, Germany, wants to learn more than the university has to offer. Craving knowledge of things beyond hi...
The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series is a collection of some of the best known stories from around the world carefully adapted for children to read themselves. Twelve Dancing Princesses is a German rags-to-riches folk tale of a young man who must solve a mystery to gain his reward.
The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series is a collection of some of the best known stories from around the world carefully adapted for childre...
It is the second half of the 12th century, and in France the nobility are universally obsessed with gallantry, knights, troubadours and courtly love. A knight troubadour falls in love with the daughter of a jongleur (poet), and the story explores the consequences to them and to the world around them as France goes to war with the Cathars and the nobility ride south to demonstrate their honou
and courage in the Crusades. Rich in romance, treachery and violence. A vividly-written exploration of love, blind faith and pretense, and the extremes to which some people will go in response to the...
It is the second half of the 12th century, and in France the nobility are universally obsessed with gallantry, knights, troubadours and courtly love. ...
Vainglory begins in France in 1429, the year of the Siege of Orleans, as Victoire de Gloriole regains possession of the family castle from the English following the Battle of Agincourt. Having consolidated his position by marrying a beautiful Englishwoman, Victoire sets out to rebuild a dynasty and a castle. However some years on, he finds himself without a legitimate heir, and at war with a family of scheming cousins. From Joan of Arc and the 15th century wars with the English through to Catherine de Medici and the slaughter of the Huguenots, Vainglory tells the story of a power-hungry...
Vainglory begins in France in 1429, the year of the Siege of Orleans, as Victoire de Gloriole regains possession of the family castle from the English...
