Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... When Mary Lennox is orphaned she is sent from her home in India to live with her uncle at Misselthwaite Manor on the Yorkshire Moors. She arrives as a sour-faced, sickly and ill-tempered little girl, bewildered by her surroundings and desperately lonely. One day she discovers a way in to a secret abandoned garden and, with the help of local lad Dickon and her poorly cousin Colin, they set about restoring the garden. "The Secret Garden" by "Frances Hodgson Burnett" is a magical tale of transformation that has enchanted both children and ... |
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Retold by Joyce Faraday, illustrated by Annie Wilkinson. ... An abridged retelling of the classic story by Frances Hodgson Burnett, suitable for younger readers. When the orphan Mary Lennox comes to live at Misselthwaite Manor, she finds it filled with gloom and mystery. Her uncle is sad and silent, there are strange cries in the night and there are tales of a hidden Secret Garden, which Mary is determined to find and unlock. It has been sensitively abridged and retold to make it suitable for sharing with young children from 5+, whilst retaining all the key parts of the story, including the mysterious, locked secret ... |
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After her parents die of cholera in India, Mary Lennox is sent to live with her uncle in his gloomy house in Yorkshire, where she leads a lonely and neglected life, with nothing to do apart from exploring her surroundings. One day she discovers a walled garden which has been locked up, and becomes determined to enter it and find out its secret and the source of the mysterious crying sound that can be heard nearby. A powerful tale of regeneration and personal transformation, The Secret Garden has become one of the most popular children's classics, and has continued to delight generations of young readers. This ... |
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This is one of Burnett's most popular novels, considered to be a classic of children's literature. One day in India, nine-year old Mary wakes up and finds that she is completely alone. Back home in England, she is sent to live with an uncle she has never met. His house is a strange, lonely place where she will gradually discover secret after secret in a new and magical world. Vocabulary areas: Clothing, Home and garden, Jobs, Emotions, Games and toys, Family, Animals. Grammar and Structures: Simple Present: states and habits, Present Continuous: actions in progress, Past Simple: finished actions, Past Continuous, ... |
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Based on the story of Katherine Mansfield. Retold by Rosalie Kerr. ... "Oh, how delightful it is to fall in love for the first time! How exciting to go to your first dance when you are a girl of eighteen! But life can also be hard and cruel, if you are young and inexperienced and travelling alone across Europe... or if you are a child from the wrong social class... or a singer without work and the rent to be paid." By the book Set in Europe and New Zealand, these nine stories by Katherine Mansfield dig deep beneath the appearances of life to show us the causes of human happiness and despair. Classics, modern ... |
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The Story Garden is a English language course for primary schools aimed at students aged 6 to 11 and is available in both British and American English. This course takes a unique approach to language learning through the Heart and Mind Approach, a methodology that harmonizes cognitive and emotional development, recognizing that the integration of thoughts and emotions is essential to a child's ability to absorb and retain new language skills. By creating a positive, emotionally engaging learning environment, students not only learn English more effectively but also develop a deeper emotional connection to the language. ... |
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The Story Garden is a English language course for primary schools aimed at students aged 6 to 11 and is available in both British and American English. This course takes a unique approach to language learning through the Heart and Mind Approach, a methodology that harmonizes cognitive and emotional development, recognizing that the integration of thoughts and emotions is essential to a child's ability to absorb and retain new language skills. By creating a positive, emotionally engaging learning environment, students not only learn English more effectively but also develop a deeper emotional connection to the language. ... |
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The Story Garden is a English language course for primary schools aimed at students aged 6 to 11 and is available in both British and American English. This course takes a unique approach to language learning through the Heart and Mind Approach, a methodology that harmonizes cognitive and emotional development, recognizing that the integration of thoughts and emotions is essential to a child's ability to absorb and retain new language skills. By creating a positive, emotionally engaging learning environment, students not only learn English more effectively but also develop a deeper emotional connection to the language. ... |
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The Story Garden is a English language course for primary schools aimed at students aged 6 to 11 and is available in both British and American English. This course takes a unique approach to language learning through the Heart and Mind Approach, a methodology that harmonizes cognitive and emotional development, recognizing that the integration of thoughts and emotions is essential to a child's ability to absorb and retain new language skills. By creating a positive, emotionally engaging learning environment, students not only learn English more effectively but also develop a deeper emotional connection to the language. ... |
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Retold by Jane Cadwallader. ... In this story by Frances Hodgson Burnett, a young girl called Mary starts out as unloved and unlovable. She moves home and, through her contact with country life and people, she gradually changes. She discovers an abandoned garden which gives her a driving aim in life: to bring the garden back to life. Mary is a changed child, so changed that, when she finds someone similar to her former self, she decides to change him too. Underlying this story are valuable lessons about the importance of kindness, physical exercise and contact with the natural world. Vocabulary areas: family, nature, ... |
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The Story Garden is a English language course for primary schools aimed at students aged 6 to 11 and is available in both British and American English. This course takes a unique approach to language learning through the Heart and Mind Approach, a methodology that harmonizes cognitive and emotional development, recognizing that the integration of thoughts and emotions is essential to a child's ability to absorb and retain new language skills. By creating a positive, emotionally engaging learning environment, students not only learn English more effectively but also develop a deeper emotional connection to the language. ... |
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The Story Garden is a new English language course for primary schools aimed at students aged 6 to 11 and is available in both British and American English. This course takes a unique approach to language learning through the Heart and Mind Approach, a methodology that harmonizes cognitive and emotional development, recognizing that the integration of thoughts and emotions is essential to a child's ability to absorb and retain new language skills. By creating a positive, emotionally engaging learning environment, students not only learn English more effectively but also develop a deeper emotional connection to the ... |
