Russell the Horse Storybook


Book Description

Russell the Horse Storybook is a collection of three stories. Each story is unique and tells a tale of children or animals that need help. Russell has to take action to help them and shows them what is right.




Russell the Horse and Friends Storybook


Book Description

Russell the Horse and Friends Storybook is a collection of three stories. Each story is unique and tells a tale of children or animals who need help. Russell and his friends have to take action to help them and show them what is right.




The Wooden Horse


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When Helen, the beautiful wife of King Menelaus, runs away to Troy, it sparks a siege that rages for ten years. Can the King's army ever break into Troy and bring Helen back? Just when the task seems impossible, clever Odysseus has an idea... This thrilling retelling of the classic Greek myth is specially written for children who have just started reading alone. Includes links to recommended websites to find out more about life in Ancient Greece. "Crack reading and make confident and enthusiastic readers with this fantastic reading programme." - Julia Eccleshare




Rosie's Magic Horse


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A story that could only have come from the imagination of Russell Hoban! Brought vividly to life by picture book great, Quentin Blake.This story begins with an ice-lolly stick. Its sweetness gone, it lies discarded and lonely ... until a little girl called Rosie comes along. She places it carefully in her cigar box, full of other sticks. "Without our ice-lollies we are nothing," says an old stick. But new stick wants to BE something and into the minds of all the old sticks, he plants dreams ... maybe they can be something, too. What about Rosie and her dreams that night? She dreams of helping her parents pay the bills. And so, at the stroke of midnight, magic and dreams collide and a HORSE gallops out of the cigar box! His name is Stickerino. "Where to?" he asks Rosie. "Anywhere with treasure!" she answers and hops on its back. Then begins an adventure like no other ... ice-lolly mountains by the sea, caskets of gold, and pirates foiled by a stickling ice-cream van...




The Great Adventures of Dally and Spanky


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An unlikely but true story of a tough miniature horse and a scrappy little Jack Russell puppy. Follow along as they discover the meaning of true friendship, after overcoming many set backs. Both kids and adults will delight in the story of this dynamic duo who, against all odds, triumph together. Spanky the mini horse was rescued when he was just 2 years old and Dally was the runt of the litter that no-one wanted. Dally and Spanky have appeared on the David Letterman Show, the Pickler and Ben show and National Geographic TV. They won at the world dog awards in Hollywood and are on the cover of the 2018 Nat Geo book: "Animal friends". Follow their real life adventures on social Media at Dally and Spanky.




My Hometown


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Experience small-town life and American history with this nearly wordless picture book.




The Warrior Sheep Go West


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A strange monster called Red Tongue has threatened all Rams, Ewes and Lambs. The Warrior Sheep know it's up to them to stop him. Last time they saved the Sheep God. This time they have to save all of sheepdom.




Ludo and the Star Horse


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Ludo, a Bavarian peasant boy and his horse, Renti, find themselves in the fantastic and dangerous star country of the houses of the zodiac.




Stories of Mermaids


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Three original mermaid tales for children who are just beginning to learn how to read. Meet a scheming mermaid lurking to sabotage the Great Seahorse Race, a mermaid on a journey to the spooky Pirates' Graveyard and a mermaid who just loves to dance! "Irresistible for children learning to read." - Child Education Plus




A Place Called Freedom


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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Scotland, 1766. Sentenced to a life of misery in the brutal coal mines, twenty-one-year-old Mack McAsh hungers for escape. His only ally: the beautiful, highborn Lizzie Hallim, who is trapped in her own kind of hell. Though separated by politics and position, these two restless young people are bound by their passionate search for a place called freedom. From the teeming streets of London to the infernal hold of a slave ship to a sprawling Virginia plantation, Ken Follett’s turbulent, unforgettable novel of liberty and revolution brings together a vivid cast of heroes and villains, lovers and rebels, hypocrites and hell-raisers—all propelled by destiny toward an epic struggle that will change their lives forever.