Author : Collins Uk
Publisher : Collins
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,80 MB
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 9780008147273
A new chance to follow the lives of Roberta, Phyllis, and Peter as they relocate to the country and make friends with station guard Perks, in a lovely retelling of the old favorite written for children by E. Nesbit in the early 20th Century. Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.
Author : Emma Chichester Clark
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 36,62 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0007316135
When Alice follows a white rabbit down a hole she discovers the extraordinary world of Wonderland, where a magical adventure begins. It's not long before Alice finds herself attending a very unconvential tea party and taking part in a peculiar game of croquet, all in the company of such mysterious and unforgettable characters as the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat and the Mock Turtle. Lewis Carroll's classic story is brought alive for a new generation of readers in this exquisite picture book.
Author : Narinder Dhami
Publisher : Collins
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,71 MB
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9780008147280
Rudyard Kipling's much-loved classic story for children, retold here by Narinder Dhami. Follow Mowgli's adventures with Bagheera, Baloo, and the wolf packs which he calls family, as he tries to escape the claws of vicious tiger Shere Khan. Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.
Author : Jon Mayhew
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 26,16 MB
Release : 2020-11-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 0008425582
Get acquainted with Shakespeare’s classic tale of greed and revenge, in this light-hearted and amusing retelling. Bassanio is overjoyed when he finally gets to marry Portia. But, his happiness is short-lived when he is forced to defend his dear friend Antonio, who’s in trouble with an old merchant – intent on getting his pound of flesh.
Author : Gervase Phinn
Publisher : Collins Big Cat
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,20 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Children's stories, English
ISBN : 9780007231089
Three folk tales from around the world retold by the wonderful storyteller Gervase Phinn. In the first, a golden turtle offers a kindly fisherman riches beyond his wildest dreams. In the secod, Amparo's daughter looks sweet, but when she's determined to do something nothing gets in her way. In the third, a naughty leprechaun gets a big shock! - Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically. - A 'wanted' poster on pages 54 and 55 for the leprechaun in the last story helps children to recap all the naughty things he did. - Text type: Three stories from other cultures. - This book is paired with The Ultimate World Quiz, a non-fiction information book full of facts about our planet. - Curriculum links: Geography: Passport to the world; Citizenship: Choices, Living in a diverse world. - This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader
Author : Collins Uk
Publisher : Collins
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,82 MB
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 9780008147273
A new chance to follow the lives of Roberta, Phyllis, and Peter as they relocate to the country and make friends with station guard Perks, in a lovely retelling of the old favorite written for children by E. Nesbit in the early 20th Century. Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.
Author : Jo Cotterill
Publisher : Collins
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 42,57 MB
Release : 2017-01-03
Category :
ISBN : 9780008179465
When Rosalind is banished to the forest by her uncle it goes without saying that her cousin Celia will go with her. But their new life gets slightly complicated, when, disguised as boys, they meet real boys, who they'd quite like to live happily ever after with! How to reveal who they really are, without losing the people they love? Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically. Text type: Fiction from our literary heritage Curriculum links: English: fiction from the English literary heritage
Author : Amanda Mitchison
Publisher : Collins Educational
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,17 MB
Release : 2013-01-14
Category : African American abolitionists
ISBN : 9780007465491
Antislavery campaigner, author, diplomat and political statesmen, Frederick Douglass was one of the greatest men of his age. A former slave himself, Frederick fought publicly against slavery and was an inspiration in the fight for social and political change. Written by Amanda Mitchison, find out about this life-long battle to fight for equality. * Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically. * Text type: A biography * Curriculum links: History, Citizenship
Author : Andrew Solway
Publisher : Collins Big Cat
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,8 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780007336418
What was the Big Bang? What was the universe like just after the Big Bang? Who discovered the Big Bang? Stunning photographs and detailed information help to explain the answers to these and many other questions.
Author : P. D. James
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 15,79 MB
Release : 2012-01-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307367711
The year is 2021. No child has been born for twenty-five years. The human race faces extinction. Under the despotic rule of Xan Lyppiat, the Warden of England, the old are despairing and the young cruel. Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere. That is, until a chance encounter with a young woman leads him into contact with a group of dissenters. Suddenly his life is changed irrevocably as he faces agonising choices which could affect the future of mankind. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
