Ann is always losing her things and her teacher is angry. But help is on the way! Granny Fixit and her piece of yellow string solve all her problems... or will they? Anne is running to school. Her school bag is open! Her books are falling out of her bag. Ann is always losing her things! The teacher is angry. Ann doesn't have her book... again! Granny Fixit puts her hand in her small yellow bag. What is in there? Oh! It is a piece of yellow string! Vocabulary areas: School, family and friends, the home, toys. Grammar and structures: Present simple, Present progressive, imperatives, There is / there are, Question words: ... |
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Can the children save a baby whale on the beach with the help of some Viking children? (And a little help from Granny Fixit, of course!). When the children go with their mother to a Viking archaeological site Granny Fixit organises an interesting encounter for them with some Viking children. Together they find a baby whale on the beach. Will they be able to help the baby whale go back to its mother in the sea? Vocabulary areas: Family and friends, sport, the world around us. Grammar and structures: Present simple - Present progressive - Have got for possessions - Can for permission - Can for ability Expressions: Would ... |
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Look at the parrots! Pink and blue Grey and purple Green ones too. Parrots parrots everywhere One on the wardrobe One on the chair. When Jill and Ahmed find themselves by magic on a pirate ship they meet sad Pirate Bill. He has no pirate hat, treasure or parrot! But with Granny Fixit around no one stays sad for long! Vocabulary areas: Animals, furniture, numbers, colours. Grammar and structures: Present simple, Present progressive, Imperatives, Have for possession, There is / There are, Can for ability, Question words: what? / where? /who?, Conjunctions: and / but. Topic: Friendship, Adventure, Magic. Level: Absolute ... |
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The small dog has the football! Granny Fixit, can you fix it? Can you get the ball for Paul? This is a story about Granny Fixit and a boy who loses his ball. There's a skateboard chase through the town when a dog, a cat and then a squirrel take the ball. Can Granny Fixit get the ball back for the boy? Vocabulary areas: Sports and leisure, transport, animals, adjectives to describe feelings. Grammar and structures: Present simple, Present progressive, Imperatives, Have for possession, There is / There are, Can for ability, Question words: what? / where? / who?, Conjunctions: and / but. Topic: Friendship, Adventure, ... |
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The sequel to Little Women. ... Three years have passed since the events narrated in Little Women, and the four March sisters are approaching adulthood, with all its accompanying challenges and expectations. Meg is preparing for her wedding, Beth continues to struggle with her health, Jo is more than ever devoting herself to literature and Amy is about to go on a tour of Europe with her aunt. Their experiences, hopes and ambitions are set in counterpoint to each other, until the whole family is brought together by tragedy and misfortune. Following on the immediate commercial success of Little Women, Good Wives completes ... |
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Marinka dreams of a normal life, where her house stays in one place long enough for her to make friends. But her house has chicken legs and moves on without warning. For Marinka's grandmother is Baba Yaga, who guides spirits between this world and the next. Marinka longs to change her destiny and sets out to break free from her grandmother's footsteps, but her house has other ideas..."A bold and beautifully-built adventure, The House With Chicken Legs is enticing, a little bit dangerous, and thrumming with possibilities." Kiran Millwood Hargrave ... |
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Harry Potter is lucky to reach the age of thirteen, since he has survived the murderous attacks of the feared Dark Lord on more than one occasion. His hopes for a quiet school term concentrating on Quidditch are dashed, though, when a maniacal mass-murderer escapes from Azkaban, pursued by the soul-sucking Dementors who guard the prison. It's assumed that Hogwarts is the safest place for Harry to be. But is it his imagination that is making him feel eyes watching him in the dark, and should he be taking Professor Trelawney's ghoulish predictions seriously? These new editions of the classic and internationally ... |
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Return to Hogwarts in this stunning edition of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. J. K. Rowling's complete and unabridged text is accompanied by full-colour illustrations on nearly every page and eight paper-engineered interactive elements. Readers are invited to explore the Knight Bus, reveal the Grim in a teacup, spin the Time-Turner and more! Designed and illustrated by MinaLima - the award-winning studio behind the graphic style of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films - this keepsake edition is the perfect gift for Harry Potter fans of all ages, a beautiful addition to any collector's ... |
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Prepare to be dazzled by this new edition of Joanne К. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, designed and illustrated by MinaLima. With over 150 full-colour illustrations and eight exclusive, interactive paper-engineered elements, readers can travel via the Floo Network, encounter the Whomping Willow, reveal the spiral staircase to Dumbledore's office and even pull Mandrakes from their pots! This spectacular edition is the perfect gift for Harry Potter fans of all ages, a wonderful addition to any collector's bookshelf and an enchanting way to introduce this beloved series to a new generation ... |
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An irresistible new edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone created with ultra-talented designers MinaLima, the design magicians behind the gorgeous visual graphic style of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films. Joanne K. Rowling's complete and unabridged text is accompanied by MinaLima's handsome colour illustrations on nearly every page, superb design, and eight exclusive interactive paper-engineered elements - including Harry's Hogwarts letter, the magical entrance to Diagon Alley, a sumptuous feast in the Great Hall of Hogwarts and more. Designed and illustrated by the iconic house ... |
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When Sherlock Holmes receives a bungled tip-off from one of the agents of his nemesis, Professor Moriarty, the great detective hopes to avoid a murderous crime and bring the would-be assassin to justice. But on being informed soon afterwards that one John Douglas of Birlstone Manor has been found with his head blown apart by a shotgun, he realizes that he is too late. And so begins an enthralling tale of revenge, vigilantism and secret societies, one that transports the reader from the English countryside to the violent world of the American frontier of the 1860s. The fourth and final novel in the Sherlock Holmes canon, ... |
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A mysterious murder near Esher, a gruesome delivery of two human ears packed in coarse salt, the disappearance of secret submarine plans, the sudden descent into madness of two brothers - these are only some of the apparently unsolvable cases contained in this volume, which the great sleuth, assisted by his trusted friend Doctor Watson, is challenged to clear up with the aid of his sagacity and unrivalled analytical skills. Published a quarter of a century after the first book of Holmes adventures, and including the famous titular story His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes, this collection shows the detective&# ... |
