Unadapted short stories by Rudyard Kipling, O. Henry, William Wymark Jacobs, Virginia Woolf, Jack London and Gerald Durell. ... This collection brings together stories and extracts which explore the relationship people have with animals large and small, wild and tame, real and imaginary. From a fantastical children's fable to a complex psychological love story, readers are sure to find stories that will delight and entertain them. This book is both in British and American English. ... |
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Compiled by: Tig Thomas. ... "Illustrated Treasury of Bedtime Stories" is a beautiful hardback book for children aged 7+ to enjoy timeless short stories by renowned storytellers such as Rudyard Kipling. Each story has been chosen as perfect for bedtime reading, to allow your child to enter an exciting dream world while they are calm and open to storytelling. Take a trip to a magical land, where bold boys and brave girls join a host of curious creatures, and where dreams really do come true. "Illustrated Treasury of Bedtime Stories": Enchanting stories you and your child to read and enjoy together; ... |
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Based on the story of Buchi Emecheta. Retold by Rosemary Border. ... When her father dies, Aku-nna and her young brother have no one to look after them. They are welcomed by their uncle because of Aku-nna's bride price - the money that her future husband will pay for her. In her new, strange home one man is kind to her and teaches her to become a woman. Soon they are in love, although everyone says he is not a suitable husband for her. The more the world tries to separate them, the more they are drawn together - until, finally, something has to break. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for ... |
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The book is part of "Ladybird tales" collection. Illustration by Erica - Jane Waters. ... This beautiful hardback "Ladybird books" edition of "The Princess and the Pea" is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers. The tale is sensitively retold, retaining all the key parts of the story beginning with the princess finding her way to the castle one stormy night, through to her sleepless night on top of twenty mattresses! "Ladybird Tales" are based on the original Ladybird retellings by Vera Southgate, with beautiful pictures of the kind ... |
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"Real Monsters. The Princess and the Dragon" is a Level 3 reader. Its fun and informative subject matter will capture a child's interest in reading and learning English while reinforcing the basic structures and vocabulary found in most primary courses. The "Macmillan Children's Readers" series offers simplified English reading. The series is divided into six levels. The series brings children real and imaginary stories to arouse their interest. The book contains a picture dictionary or a list of words. Изданието е на британски английски (British English). ... |
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Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and she sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange again... Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It's clear from the way he tracks Misery&# ... |
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These are two of Hans Christian Anderson's most popular stories. In The Ugly Duckling the farmyard animals reject a little duck because he is different. In The Princess and the Pea beautiful princesses turn out to have not very beautiful characteristics and a poor girl turns out to be a true princess. In both stories children are led to be sympathetic to the unpopular characters. The lessons behind the stories are important for children. Think for yourselves, be kind and don't jump to conclusions; you can't always go by appearances! Syllabus: Vocabulary areas: farm animals, colours, family, adjectives for ... |
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Danger and betrayal... Secrets and enchantment... Third and final book in the bestselling prequel series to The Mortal Instruments, set in Victorian London. A net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute. Mortmain needs one last item to complete his plan. He needs Tessa. But Jem and Will, the boys who lay equal claim to Tessa’s heart, will do anything to save her. Read all the sensational books in The Shadowhunter Chronicles: The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Bane Chronicles, The Dark Artifices, The Last Hours and The Shadowhunter&# ... |
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Third supplemented edition. ... The purpose I pursue with this book is to compare the information that has come down to us from old writers and to draw some conclusions about the people who spread the Bulgarian state to the Balkans, without resorting to the numerous contemporary books that I have read and that fill my library. I do this not out of disrespect for the tremendous work of contemporary Bulgarian writers and historians, but out of a desire to make an independent assessment of events and to draw my own conclusions about the relationship and sequence of events and their consequences by reading only older authors. ... |
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Box: 270 x 280 x 30 mm. Illustrator: Sarah Jennings. ... "Read and Play Princess" is the ultimate kids' activity pack - containing a story book, a puzzle book, board games and a puzzle - to keep boredom at bay for hours! "Read and Play Princess" includes everything your child might need inside a colourful play box – perfect for taking with you in the car, on holiday, or anywhere kids might need occupying. The beautiful 24-page picture book follows the story of an unconventional princess, providing a positive message for young readers. The Puzzle and Colour book includes activities such as spot the ... |
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Fifteen-year-old Sam is not a famous vlogger, he's never gone viral, and he doesn't want to be the Next Big Thing. In fact he's ordinary and proud of it. None of which was a problem until Dad got rich and Mum made the whole family move to London. Now Sam's off to the North London Academy for the Gifted and Talented, where everyone's busy planning Hollywood domination or starting alt-metal psychedelica crossover bands. Sam knows he'll never belong, even if he wanted to. And that's before he ends up on stage wearing nothing but a fur onesie. A brilliantly funny look at fitting in, falling out ... |
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Based on the story of Frances Hodgson Burnett. Retold by Jennifer Bassett. ... Sara Crewe is a very rich little girl. She first comes to England when she is seven, and her father takes her to Miss Minchin's school in London. Then he goes back to his work in India. Sara is very sad at first, but she soon makes friends at school. But on her eleventh birthday, something terrible happens, and now Sara has no family, no home, and not a penny in the world... Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1 - C1 of the ... |
