Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> Language Arts - General

A wonderful retelling of this favorite fairy tale, in verse by CLEP-award winner, Rachel Rooney.

Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina.

Text type: a retelling of a traditional tale

Curriculum links: English: fairy stories, myths, and legends

Ideas for reading at the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities."

In the Iron Age, more than 3,000 forts were built on top of hills. Find out how hill forts were constructed, what they were used for, and what they tells us about the people who lived over 2,000 years ago. A fascinating look into a past world by Juliet Kerrigan. Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina.

Rediscover the wonderful story of Dorothy s adventures in Oz, with new friends the Scarecrow, Lion, and Tinman, as they come up against good witches and wicked witches in their quest to find the Wizard, who promises to save them all in very different ways. Will Dorothy ever find the way home? Find out in this gripping retelling by Abie Longstaff. Topaz/ Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate."

Princess Sabra has a simple, happy life until her kingdom is attacked by a fierce, fire-breathing dragon. As she struggles to find a way of saving the land and the people, there appears only one answer and one very high cost. . . Can the strange soldier who appears be the only one who can rescue her and save her kingdom from the mighty beast? Topaz/ Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate."

As host of the 2014 soccer World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, Brazil is a country that has grabbed the world s attention and imagination. Find out all about the history, culture, remarkable landscape, and, of course, the carnivals and the sporting prowess that make Brazil such an exciting, dynamic place to visit and to live. Topaz/ Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate."

Find out all about the creation of the Roman Empire, and the leader, lawyer, and warrior who established it and built such a powerful kingdom. Seizing land and power, Caesar became dictator before he met with a brutal end in 44BCE, though not before he d made his mark. Brave hero or ferocious tyrant you decide. Topaz/ Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate."

Janet Foxley spins a new take on the familiar classic, Little Red Riding Hood. Be prepared for some unexpected twists and turns as Ruby-Rose sets out into the forest with a basket of food for her grandmother, and as the light fades and things get peculiar, this ripping retelling feels more menacing than ever before Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction.

Discover these two creepy, ghostly stories originally written by Charles Dickens, retold here by Penny Dolan. In "The Signalman," messages warn of horrors to come, but will they be understood before it s too late? And in "The Face on the Train," a chance meeting inspires an artist to draw a portrait, but was the encounter chance after all?
Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction."

Find out all about one of the worlds toughest running challenges, as racers compete for 28 days covering a distance of over 1,000 kilometers in some of the wildest and loneliest places on Earth, in the ultimate endurance event. Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction."

Travel back in time 2,000 years to when the Iron Age Celtic tribes migrated to Britain. Find out what Britain was like before their arrival, how they set up their communities, and what life was like for them as they built and defended their homes, fought, farmed, and celebrated their culture. Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction.

Follow the trickery and antics of Hyena and Rabbit as they try to outwit each other in this collection of hilarious traditional tales from West Africa. Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts.

These wonderful atmospheric folktales from the Ukraine and China capture two different cultures, united in the presence of a dragon, who has the power to change all of their lives forever. Told here, by master storyteller Dawn Casey. Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts.

Learn everything you could ever want to know about one of Earth's most impressive phenomena. Find out all about the different types of volcano, why and how they happen, the risks they pose, as well as what they can provide. Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts.

A fascinating insight into the history of one of our ancient civilizations the Shang dynasty, their society, culture, belief system, and way of life in China over 500 years ago. Who were they, how did they rule, and what was life like under their power? Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically."

Meet Prospero and his daughter Miranda as they are shipwrecked on an island. As Prospero plans revenge on those that put them there, an unlikely alliance leads to an alternative outcome with acceptance, forgiveness, friendship, and marriage at the heart. Discover one of Shakespeare s most exciting plays in this gripping retelling by John Dougherty. Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view."

Find out all about the ancient kingdom of Benin, the tribes that lived there, how they lived and were ruled, and how the nation changed and developed over time. Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view.

Orphans Nicholas and Kate arrive in London to find help from their uncle, but his cold-hearted, cruel attitude sets the siblings on a course that will change their lives forever. Immerse yourself in this beautiful adaptation of one of Charles Dickens best-known novels by Julie Berry. Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading program, and longer chapter books."

Get to know one of literature s most famous couples, as they meet, fall in love, marry in secret and are then cruelly separated. A love story at its heart, this is also a tale of rivalry, revenge, and bitter resentment. Get to know one of Shakespeare s most famous plays in this wonderful and engaging retelling. Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading program and longer chapter books."