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32 produkter
102 kr
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An hilarious story, told in letter form, about King Alfred – he who burnt the cakes, and his battles with the Vikings.Berwin, son of Egfrith, writes to Wulfric, son of Elred using his miraculous new talent of reading and writing. Berry’s spellings leave a lot to be desired and in his hilarious letters he tells a tale of mixups and mayhem when King Alfred hides in his family’s cottage but is mistaken for a Dirty Dane – their word for the Vikings. A completely new perspective on why and how those cakes got burned!Fast and very, very funny from the prize-winning author of The Demon Headmaster and other books.
145 kr
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Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right levelBrother Aelred has remarkably smelly feet. To spare the other monks' noses, he is given the job of tending to the pigs. However, when Viking raiders arrive to attack, loot and pillage the Brothers' monastery, it is Brother Aelred, the humblest, gentlest monk, who saves the day. Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts.Text type – A humorous story.An illustrated character web on pages 38 and 39 helps readers to describe Aelred’s character.Curriculum links – History: Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? A Viking case study; PE: Invasion games; RE: What do signs and symbols mean in religion?This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
102 kr
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When Dinah is fostered by the Hunters she thinks her biggest problem will be fitting in with her foster-brothers, Lloyd and Harvey. However, once she starts at her new school it's clear that there's more to worry about. All the children, apart from a handful including Lloyd and Harvey, are too well-behaved - robotic almost - and oddly keen to please the creepy headmaster. The three children set out to discover the nature of his influence over everyone . . . but then Dinah finds herself saying and doing things she has no power over. Soon they uncover the headmaster's wicked plan. Controlling the school is just a practice run. He has set his sights on dominating the entire nation! The children must foil him before he succeeds . . . but with Dinah under his spell they've got a challenge on their hands.Great fun and just a little bit frightening, Gillian Cross's beloved classic still holds readers under its hypnotic spell, even after thirty years of being in print. An accessible page-turner, The Demon Headmaster is impossible to resist.
102 kr
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What if you woke up tomorrow and everything had changed? Money is worthless. Your friends are gone. Armed robbers roam the streets. No one is safe. Suddenly you're a refugee.After Tomorrow is an unflinchingly poignant but ultimately hopeful story from Carnegie Medal winning author Gillian Cross, exploring the struggle for survival within refugee camps.
102 kr
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There's a new computer game at school and the chance to enter the Junior Computer Brain of the Year competition is sending ripples of excitement through the pupils. Dinah is a whizz at the game and soon finds herself in the competition final. But it takes a while to realize that it's all just part of the Demon Headmaster's latest plan . . . Dinah is being used to access the computer of the Prime Minster.Great fun and just a little bit frightening, Gillian Cross's Demon Headmaster books still hold readers under their hypnotic spell. Fast-paced and full of adventure, they're impossible to resist!
102 kr
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'A brilliant, galloping historical adventure story by one of my favourite writers.'Emma CarrollA giant Indian elephant.A wild journey across America.An enemy who will never stop. Tad and Cissie are on the run with Khush the elephant. Clammy fingered, steely-eyed Hannibal Jackson will do anything to capture the animal. Maybe even kill . . . Staying ahead means being faster and smarter-but how do you hide an elephant? Especially one with a mind of its own.
168 kr
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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 CEFR.When Tug wakes up, he is not in his own bedroom at home. The door is locked and there are bars across the window. Loud music hammers through the house and through his head. Then a woman comes in and says that she is his mother, but Tug knows that she is not his mother... Outside, Jinny stares through the trees at the lonely house on the hill. She hears strange noises, but she turns away. After all, it's none of her business...
884 kr
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TreeTops Greatest Stories offers children some of the worlds best-loved tales in a collection of timeless classics. Top children's authors and talented illustrators work together to bring to life our literary heritage for a new generation, engaging and delighting children.The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.Each book contains inside cover notes to help children explore the content, supporting their reading development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links and activities to support guided reading, writing, speaking and listening.This pack contains six books, one of each of the following titles:Mischief Makers, A Christmas Carol, Who Needs Stories?, Decisions, Decisions, Changing Shape and Peter and the Wolf.
5 005 kr
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TreeTops Greatest Stories offers children some of the worlds best-loved tales in a collection of timeless classics. Top children's authors and talented illustrators work together to bring to life our literary heritage for a new generation, engaging and delighting children.The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.Each book contains inside cover notes to help children explore the content, supporting their reading development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links and activities to support guided reading, writing, speaking and listening.This pack contains 36 books, six of each of the following titles: Mischief Makers, A Christmas Carol, Who Needs Stories?, Decisions, Decisions, Changing Shape and Peter and the Wolf.
Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Greatest Stories: Oxford Level 13: Changing Shape
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
121 kr
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The gods have power to transform people into whatever they want in these ancient myths. What will happen when Arachne challenges a goddess to a spinning competition? Talkative Echo is doomed to a life of silence, only able to repeat what others say. Narcissus's good looks get the better of him when he catches sight of his reflection. Baucis and Philemon long to live together forever will the god Jupiter make this happen? The ancient world is brought to life in these vibrant tales.TreeTops Greatest Stories offers children some of the worlds best-loved tales in a collection of timeless classics. Top children's authors and talented illustrators work together to bring to life our literary heritage for a new generation, engaging and delighting children.The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.Each book contains inside cover notes to help children explore the content, supporting their reading development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links and activities to support guided reading, writing, speaking and listening.
201 kr
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Dinah and her foster brothers uncover the sinister truth behind their school's mysterious headmaster in this fast-paced thriller. Adapted by Adrian Flynn, this Oxford Playscript is ideal for engaging KS3 English and Drama students and is suitable for both performance and classroom study.Key Features:-Adapted for a KS3 classroom, with 25 speaking parts-Includes motivating activities focusing on performance, close text analysis, language and structure, together with varied creative tasks-Insights into the play by the authors and adaptors-Notes on staging, props, and illustrations-Explores themes of control, resistance, and mystery-Supports oracy, reading fluency, and dramatic interpretationSuitable for: KS3 English and Drama departmentsThemes: control, resistance, mystery
Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Greatest Stories: Oxford Level 13: Changing Shape Pack 6
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
884 kr
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The gods have power to transform people into whatever they want in these ancient myths. What will happen when Arachne challenges a goddess to a spinning competition? Talkative Echo is doomed to a life of silence, only able to repeat what others say. Narcissus's good looks get the better of him when he catches sight of his reflection. Baucis and Philemon long to live together forever will the god Jupiter make this happen? The ancient world is brought to life in these vibrant tales.TreeTops Greatest Stories offers children some of the worlds best loved tales in a collection of timeless classics. Top children's authors and talented illustrators work together to bring to life our literary heritage for a new generation, engaging and delighting children.The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.Each book contains inside cover notes to help children explore the content, supporting their reading development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links and activities to support guided reading, writing, speaking and listening.This pack provides 6 copies of the same title.
205 kr
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The pupils of St Campion's Comprehensive are devoted to their headmaster. But something strange is going on and the worst class in the world - 6Z - are going to get to the bottom of this mystery and expose the Demon Headmaster!
The Iliad/The Odyssey Boxed Set: (Two Illustrated Epic Retellings of Homer's Greek Myths Featuring Gods, Heroes, Battles, and Legendary Journeys for Y
Inbunden, Engelska, 2017
515 kr
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180 kr
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When Ashley climbs up and graffiti tags a wall, she has no idea how serious the consequences will be. Now Ashley is being watched ⦠and followed. Then the notes start arriving, becoming progressively sinister. Ashley has to decide how far she's willing to go - and what she's prepared to risk - to unmask her stalker.
126 kr
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What might happen if you meet the gods? These shape-shifting stories are taken from the work of the Roman poet Ovid. They are tales of transformation. Gods and Mortals is at Oxford Reading Level 13. It is for readers aged 11 to 13 years old who are working below expected standard in their reading. The Readerful Rise series ensures that older struggling readers have books with age-appropriate content and topics, that looks like the books their peers are enjoying, but are a written at a level they can read successfully.
2 768 kr
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This pack contains 18 books. There are six copies of each of the Readerful Rise titles at Oxford Reading Level 13. These books are for readers aged 11 to 13 years old. They are for students who are working below expected standard in their reading. The Readerful Rise series ensures that older struggling readers have high-low books with age-appropriate content and topics, that look like the books their peers are enjoying, but are written at a level they can read successfully.
Odyssey
The must-have illustrated edition of Homer’s Odyssey: an award-winning retelling with stunning artwork, the perfect gift for fans of Greek myths age 9 to adult
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
175 kr
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The paperback of Walker's magnificent edition of Homer's epic story, illustrated with lavish full colour pictures and exquisite black and white silhouettes.Homer’s great story is retold with simplicity and style by award-winning children’s writer Gillian Cross, and vividly brought to life in Neil Packer’s stunning illustrations. It charts the ten year epic voyage of Odysseus as he returns from the Trojan War to the island of Ithaca. On his journey he encounters all manner of perils, from the man-eating Cyclops and the evil sorceress Circe, to the deadly lure of the Sirens and the wrath of the sea-god Poseidon. Neil Packer’s striking imagination, and his extraordinary use of colour and dramatic silhouettes, capture the terrors of Odysseus’s travels as well as the dangers faced by his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus at home. The illustrations are a perfect complement to Gillian Cross’s beguiling narrative, which transports the reader effortlessly into Homer’s world.
137 kr
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Gillian Cross's brilliant retellings and Neil Packer's clever illustrations bring to life Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, two of the greatest stories ever told.When first published Walker’s versions of the Iliad and the Odyssey attracted attention both for the quality of the writing and for their amazingly stylish artwork. Multi-award-winning author Gillian Cross makes two of the greatest stories in the world come alive for children in her strong, clear, deceptively simple retellings, which are faithful to the spirit and structure of Homer’s epic poems, and this new bind-up in a friendly format comes complete with an introduction and a generous selection of Neil Packer’s fabulous illustrations in black and white.
172 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
The Odyssey: (An Illustrated Retelling of the Classic Greek Myth for Middle Grade Readers and Kids Ages 8-12)
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
229 kr
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101 kr
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Jack and his friends have loads of fun building the greatest, scariest snowman in the whole world. But the last thing that they expect is for it to come alive! Jack wakes up on his birthday to find an extra special present – everything is covered in fluffy, white snow! He and two friends Sam and Ryan decide to build the biggest, scariest snowman in the world. But when they all receive a mysterious text in the middle of the night, the last thing they expect is to be chased up a tree by the monster snowman! But is the snowman as scary as he seems? Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 8.
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When her private investigator dad goes missing, Annie will need all the help she can get to solve the mystery … A funny and intriguing spy caper from an award-winning author. Annie's dad is a private investigator. She's used to mysterious things going on, but when a string of visitors come to her dad's office, it results in the most mysterious event of all – her dad has disappeared! Annie knows something is wrong and she enlists the help of her friends Matt and Ruth to follow a trail of very sticky clues… Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 8.
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A charming village story about a little girl, a dare gone wrong and one crazy horse! From bestselling author Gillian Cross. A charming village story about a little girl, a dare gone wrong and one crazy animal! When Alice Brett moves from the city to a little village school, she's never seen a real live horse before. And famous village resident Mozart's Banana is not just any old horse – he's crazy! The children are banned from riding him, but when Sammy Foster dares Alice to get on Mozart's Banana's back, she takes it very seriously…just what does she have up her sleeve? Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 7.
103 kr
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Music is king in this wonderfully charming story of bandmates and babies from legendary children's author Gillian Cross. Music is the most important thing in Mark's life and he never misses band practice …until new baby sister Amber turns life upside down. She screams all day and all night and nothing Mum, Dad or anyone else does makes a difference! But when Mark is left holding the baby, he turns to the only thing he can to help him through – music. And it might just be that it's the key to Amber's happiness too. Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 7.
104 kr
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A charming and witty tale of bullies, pumpkins and unlikely friendships from award-winning author Gillian Cross. Jason Banks is a bully. No one likes him and even the teachers are scared of him! It's time that someone taught Jason a lesson and he might just have met his match in the strange pumpkin that keeps appearing on his doorstep. Will Jason ever learn the error of his ways? And can he crack the case of the dreaded Pumpkin of Doom? Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 8.
104 kr
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Curiosity saves the bat in this fun and quirky adventure story from beloved author Gillian Cross. The night Dot and Ryan take a sneaky Halloween visit to a condemned tower, they discover more than they bargained for when they catch a glimpse of an endangered species of bat. It's clear that the bat colony and the tower need to be saved, but Dot and Ryan were never meant to be there and it's not going to be easy to get the grown-ups on side … Can they find a way to stop the demolition and save the bats before it's too late? Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 8.
104 kr
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A touching tale of friendship, understanding and finding the confidence to be yourself, from one of the UK’s most beloved authors. It's Ella's first day at her new school and that can only mean one thing: making new friends. But the challenge is even tougher than Ella thought, as the girls in her class just don't seem interested in her. When she stumbles across the book 'Five Ways to Make a Friend' in the library, it's like all her prayers have been answered. With five excellent ideas up her sleeve, Ella will be friends with the girls in no time … Right?But what if things don't quite work out as planned? And what if the friend Ella really needs has been there all along? Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 8.
180 kr
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In these modern times women have choices. They can marry, have a career, raise a family and if problems arise from deprivation or physical abuse, a network of help is ready to support them. So perhaps it is difficult to imagine the true plight of an unsophisticated, naive, sixteen year old girl, just two days away from her seventeenth birthday, in London, in the year 1909. Having left school early in order to nurse her invalid mother, until the poor woman's eventual death from heart failure, she now, upon the sudden demise of her father, finds herself completely alone, with no living relatives to turn to, no employment and no income. What will she do when the rent man comes knocking on the door?
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MACHINES, MYSTERIES AND MAYHEM - THIS MUST BE A CASE FOR OLLIE SPARK.Ollie Spark loves mending machines and solving mysteries. But he gets more than he bargained for when fixing Aunt Caz's van throws him into a real-life spy adventure!Ollie is whisked away to a mysterious city with strange plants, an unknown language and suspicious people round every corner. With the help of Gasket, his new dog best friend, he sets off on a mission to save the city - and Aunt Caz - from disaster.Can Ollie fix things before it's too late?!