Author : Mike Royston
Publisher : Heinemann
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 15,11 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780435130589
These stories are written to help students focus on the use of language and structure where key aspects such as mood, characterization and setting are evoked in a short space of time. There are activities for exploring the stories at word, sentence and text level, with speaking and listening tasks.
Author : Mike Hamlin
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Publishers
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 18,44 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Short stories, English
ISBN : 9780435124953
This collection of stories is for key stage 4. Each genre includes a pre-twentieth century story and tales by twentieth century writers. Genres include: Horror, Crime and Detection, Ghosts and Mystery, Love, Science Fiction. Each section includes activities for comparison work as well as suggestions for student's own creative writing.
Author : William Kamkwamba
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 23,90 MB
Release : 2015-02-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1101637420
Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. Retold for a younger audience, this exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's brilliant idea can light up the world. Complete with photographs, illustrations, and an epilogue that will bring readers up to date on William's story, this is the perfect edition to read and share with the whole family.
Author : William Kamkwamba
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 13,59 MB
Release : 2009-09-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 006193769X
Now a Netflix Film, Starring and Directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor of 12 Years a Slave William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger. But William had read about windmills, and he dreamed of building one that would bring to his small village a set of luxuries that only 2 percent of Malawians could enjoy: electricity and running water. His neighbors called him misala—crazy—but William refused to let go of his dreams. With a small pile of once-forgotten science textbooks; some scrap metal, tractor parts, and bicycle halves; and an armory of curiosity and determination, he embarked on a daring plan to forge an unlikely contraption and small miracle that would change the lives around him. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a remarkable true story about human inventiveness and its power to overcome crippling adversity. It will inspire anyone who doubts the power of one individual's ability to change his community and better the lives of those around him.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1124 pages
File Size : 50,15 MB
Release : 1999
Category : American literature
ISBN :
Author : Cynthia Rylant
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 35,87 MB
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1484712641
"This is a story about darkness and light, about sorrow and joy, about something lost and something found. This is a story about love." Cinderella's story has been told over and over, but never has it been touched by the kind of magic created by the contributors of this book. Mary Blair painted the original pictures for Walt Disney's incomparable animated film, and here her elegant art is gathered together as a picture book. Cynthia Rylant's stories about hardscrabble lives have won not only awards and honors, but hearts. Who better to take a young girl from the darkness of her garret room to the light and brilliance of a ballroom? Together these two great artists have created something quite astonishing: a Cinderella that is breathtaking, heartrending, and joyous, both for those who are coming to the tale for the very first time, and for those who think they know it well.
Author : Gretchen Woelfle
Publisher : Candlewick Press (MA)
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,89 MB
Release : 2006-08-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780763620899
When a dike breaks during a violent storm, flooding a little Dutch town, Nico's baby is saved by his heroic cat.
Author : Joan G. Robinson
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 42,4 MB
Release : 2014-05-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0007586868
Anna hasn’t a friend in the world – until she meets Marnie among the sand dunes. But Marnie isn’t all she seems... A major motion picture adaptation by Studio Ghibli, creators of SPIRITED AWAY and ARRIETTY.
Author : Arthur James Wells
Publisher :
Page : 1382 pages
File Size : 38,8 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Bibliography, National
ISBN :
Author : Steven Pressfield
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 16,84 MB
Release : 2007-01-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0553904051
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Steven Pressfield brings the battle of Thermopylae to brilliant life.”—Pat Conroy At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared and admired Spartan soldiers stood three hundred strong. Theirs was a suicide mission, to hold the pass against the invading millions of the mighty Persian army. Day after bloody day they withstood the terrible onslaught, buying time for the Greeks to rally their forces. Born into a cult of spiritual courage, physical endurance, and unmatched battle skill, the Spartans would be remembered for the greatest military stand in history—one that would not end until the rocks were awash with blood, leaving only one gravely injured Spartan squire to tell the tale. . . .
