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Join the Girls FC as they show the world what it really means to play "like a girl"!“My name is Megan Fawcett and this is the story of how I set up the best football team in the world. Get ready for kick-off!” Nine-year-old Megan Fawcett loves football and is desperate to be on her school team. She tries everything to get the coach to notice her (even wearing a tiara!), but nothing seems to do the trick. Then Megan has her big brainwave: she could start her own team. An all-girls team! Now she just needs a pitch, a coach – oh, and ten other players… This is the first in a series of fun, topical early readers; join the Girls FC as they take the world by storm!"This book makes football a fun activity that isn’t just for boys and I hope reading the series will encourage more girls to get involved in sport from an early age." – Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson

Four goal-scoring books in one!·Mark's Dream Team·Nice One, Sam!·There's Only One Danny Ogle·The Worst Team in the WorldKick it, pass it, head it, cross it, live it, dream it - SCORE! If you're mad about football, you'd be mad to miss this book! Four awesome stories about all kinds of players - some great, some rubbish, some fair, some foul - all MAD ABOUT FOOTBALL!Whether you like to play football, watch football, wear your team's shirt, or just love kicking a ball around the garden, there's a story in here for you. Black and white illustrations throughout.

Four goal-scoring books in one! ·Mark''s Dream Team ·Nice One, Sam! ·There''s Only One Danny Ogle ·The Worst Team in the World Kick it, pass it, head it, cross it, live it, dream it - SCORE! If you''re mad about football, you''d be mad to miss this book! Four awesome stories about all kinds of players - some great, some rubbish, some fair, some foul - all MAD ABOUT FOOTBALL! Whether you like to play football, watch football, wear your team''s shirt, or just love kicking a ball around the garden, there''s a story in here for you. Black and white illustrations throughout.

Novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading!TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.This pack contains 6 books, one of each of: The Big Chance, Janey's Giants, Dangerous Trainers, An Odd Job for Bob and Benny, Blackbones Saves the School, The Wrong Letter.

Novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading!TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.This pack contains 36 books, six of each of: The Big Chance, Janey's Giants, Dangerous Trainers, An Odd Job for Bob and Benny, Blackbones Saves the School, The Wrong Letter.

In Stinky Street Franklin loves his home, all his friends live in Stanley Street. But his mum and dad decide they need a bigger house. What can Franklin do to stop his parents selling the house and moving away?TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

Exciting and powerful classic stories to enrich and extend children's reading experiences. TreeTops Classics are carefully adapted versions of must-read stories which introduce readers to significant authors, powerful plots and characters that have stood the test of time. These abridged versions of classics have been sensitively adapted by top children's authors to ensure that language and content is appropriate, but remain faithful to the original. These enchanting stories will appeal to all children and introduce them to a rich literary heritage. Each book includes author biographies and notes to help with historical and social context and any challenging vocabulary, ensuring the books are easily accessible.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.This pack contains 6 books, one of each of: The Jungle Book, The Secret Garden, Five Children and It, The Canterville Ghost, The Three Musketeers, White Fang.

Exciting and powerful classic stories to enrich and extend children's reading experiences. TreeTops Classics are carefully adapted versions of must-read stories which introduce readers to significant authors, powerful plots and characters that have stood the test of time. These abridged versions of classics have been sensitively adapted by top children's authors to ensure that language and content is appropriate, but remain faithful to the original. These enchanting stories will appeal to all children and introduce them to a rich literary heritage. Each book includes author biographies and notes to help with historical and social context and any challenging vocabulary, ensuring the books are easily accessible.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.This pack contains 36 books, six of each of: The Jungle Book, The Secret Garden, Five Children and It, The Canterville Ghost, The Three Musketeers, White Fang.

The Secret Garden tells the story of Mary Lennox. Sent to live with her uncle in the gloomy Misselthwaite Manor, in the grounds Mary finds a key to a secret garden and the garden soon becomes her own world. One day she meets her cousin, Colin Craven, who is too ill to walk and cannot leave his room. Mary decides that she and the secret garden will help Colin to recover.Exciting and powerful classic stories to enrich and extend your children's reading experiences. TreeTops Classics are carefully adapted versions of must-read stories which introduce your readers to significant authors, powerful plots and characters that have stood the test of time. These abridged versions of classics have been sensitively adapted by top children's authors to ensure that language and content is appropriate, but remain faithful to the original. These enchanting stories will appeal to all your junior readers and introduce them to a rich literary heritage. Each book includes author biographies and notes to help with historical and social context and any challenging vocabulary, ensuring the books are easily accessible.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

Girls FC: the best team for football and friendshipNine-year-old Megan Fawcett loves football and is desperate to be on her school team. She tries everything to get the coach to notice her, even wearing a tiara! But nothing works… Then she has a brainwave – she'll set up her own team. An all-girls team! Now all she needs is a pitch, a coach … and ten other players.

Girls FC: the best team for football and friendshipIt’s her team’s first football tournament and Petra Ward can’t wait to play. But her mum has some bad news: the match falls on the same weekend as her older sister Charlotte’s important riding event. As usual, Charlotte (and the ponies) come first. Petra’s compensation is a sleepover at her best friend Megan’s house, but even that doesn’t run smoothly as Megan invites team-mate Jenny-Jane along too. Petra wonders if anyone will ever put her first.

Girls FC: the best team for football and friendshipThe under eleven girls’ league is well underway and Lucy Skidmore is her team’s best defender. Bright, sporty and happy-go-lucky, her parents’ divorce doesn’t seem to have affected her at all. The same is not true of her older brother, Harry. He is so badly behaved! Lucy overcompensates by trying to please both parents all the time. But with a dad living miles away, a mum stressed out and a sulky brother to contend with, Lucy is feeling the pressure.

Girls FC: the best team for football and friendshipTwins Daisy and Dylan love playing football, but try as they might, they are always late for matches. Living in a converted windmill with a scatty mum, a disorganized dad, ballet-mad twin brothers and countless pets doesn't help. Unfortunately the twins’ laid-back attitude annoys some of their team-mates. Luckily their Scottish granny is on hand with some tactics of her own to get the twins to arrive on time!

Girls FC: the best team for football and friendshipIt’s almost the end of the first season and Holly Woolcock’s team are holding a special presentation evening to celebrate. Who will win the prizes, especially the coveted Player’s Player of the Season Award? Holly knows one thing – it won’t be her. Nobody’s going to choose the chubby girl, are they? But Holly doesn’t care what people think and she’ll eat what she wants. She’s happy with how she looks … isn’t she?

Girls FC: the best team for football and friendshipNika Kozak is playing in a special tournament to celebrate the World Cup, and each team is to be given a country to represent. Nika is delighted when her team is selected as the Ukraine, the country where she was born and brought up. The rest of the team are all disappointed, though – they wanted to be England. Nika feels upset, until Uncle Bohdan tells her about a match in Kiev during the Second World War. As Nika listens, she becomes more and more proud of her country and is determined to rally her side.

Girls FC: the best team for football and friendship.Ten-year-old Jenny-Jane Bayliss is fed up of everyone getting at her. If it’s not her horrible family, it’s her teacher or her football coach. All she wants to do is play football – why can’t they all just leave her alone?

Girls FC: the best team for football and friendshipWith loads of girls wanting to join the team, nine-year-old Tabinda Shah is worried about losing her place, especially as she’s afraid of heading the ball. Her dad doesn’t help the situation by having a go at the coach: as team sponsor he believes his daughter should get special treatment. Can Tabinda overcome her fear and prove that she doesn’t need her dad’s help?

Girls FC: the best team for football and friendship.Being the daughter of someone famous isn't easy, and as the kid of an ex-Premiership footballer, Gemma Hurst has had more than her fair share of the media spotlight. She worries constantly about inevitable fuss if he is recognized and so she tries to keep his identity a secret: she won't let him come to any of her football matches and he has never met her team-mates. But when Gemma's best friend Eve urgently needs a lift home after training one day, she is forced to overcome her fears and tell Eve the truth. Gemma can trust Eve of all people – can't she?

Girls FC: the best team for football and friendshipIn book 10, Eve's story, ten-year-old Eve Akboh is devastated when her friend Gemma drops out of the team. Playing isn't nearly as much fun without her. Plus, Eve’s widowed mum is run ragged trying to get her and her two brothers to and from fixtures every weekend. Maybe Eve should quit too – unless there's a way to persuade Gemma to come back...

Girls FC: the best team for football and friendshipIn book 10, Eve's story, ten-year-old Eve Akboh is devastated when her friend Gemma drops out of the team. Playing isn't nearly as much fun without her. Plus, Eve’s widowed mum is run ragged trying to get her and her two brothers to and from fixtures every weekend. Maybe Eve should quit too – unless there's a way to persuade Gemma to come back...

Girls FC: the best team for football and friendship.Being the daughter of someone famous isn't easy, and as the kid of an ex-Premiership footballer, Gemma Hurst has had more than her fair share of the media spotlight. She worries constantly about inevitable fuss if he is recognized and so she tries to keep his identity a secret: she won't let him come to any of her football matches and he has never met her team-mates. But when Gemma's best friend Eve urgently needs a lift home after training one day, she is forced to overcome her fears and tell Eve the truth. Gemma can trust Eve of all people – can't she?

Twelve books. Twelve friends. One amazing game.In book 11, Amy's story, there is excitement as the girls plan an end of season party. Amy is delighted – finally something she is good at! She may not be a natural footballer but she was born to organize parties.

Twelve books. Twelve friends. One amazing game.In book 11, Amy's story, there is excitement as the girls plan an end of season party. Amy is delighted – finally something she is good at! She may not be a natural footballer but she was born to organize parties.

Twelve books. Twelve friends. One amazing game.The twelfth book in the series comes round full circle as Megan Fawcett, whose brilliant idea it was to set up the team in the first place, takes up the story again.

Twelve books. Twelve friends. One amazing game.The twelfth book in the series comes round full circle as Megan Fawcett, whose brilliant idea it was to set up the team in the first place, takes up the story again.

Join the Girls FC as they show the world what it really means to play "like a girl"!"Hey! Petra Ward here. I can't wait to play in my first football tournament, but it clashes with my sister's show-jumping event... And in our family, ponies ALWAYS come first." It’s the Girls FC's first ever tournament and Petra can’t wait to play. She's not exactly the best defender, but she loves being part of the team – and to spend time with her best friend Megan, the team captain. Then her mum delivers the bad news: the match falls on the same weekend as her older sister Charlotte’s riding event. As usual, Charlotte (and the ponies) are her mum's number one priority... This is the second book in Helena Pielichaty's fun, topical early-reader series; join the Girls FC as they take the world by storm!"This book makes football a fun activity that isn’t just for boys and I hope reading the series will encourage more girls to get involved in sport from an early age." – Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson on Girls FC 1