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Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Levelled for guided and independent reading, each book includes ideas to support reading. Teaching and assessment support and eBooks are also available.When Freya’s father dies, she stands to become clan chief, but her wicked cousin Ranald wants the position for himself! Can Freya escape the angry mob – and legendary underwater monster – and get to freedom?Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.Pages 54 and 55 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.

“A truly fantastic and captivating world.”- Carlos Sánchez, award-winning creator of Rune“I loved this book! A surreal and epic adventure.”- Louie Stowell, author of the Loki series“An exhilarating adventure from start to finish,Wilomina combines enthralling twists with enchanting illustrations.Perfect for fans of Spirited Away.” - Vivian Truong,illustrator of City of DragonsStudio Ghibli meets Wednesday in this action-packed,fantastical full-colour graphic novel for readers aged 8-12,full of wild imagination, enchanting characters and hair-raisingadventure. On their way to visit Mum in hospital, Wilomina, her father andbaby brother Kes get stuck in the middle of nowhere. Desperate,Wilomina leaps aboard a mysterious train - and away from the worldshe knows. On board, she meets Mephisto, a talking cat - and thisis only the beginning of the absurd... Soon, Wilomina is separated from her family, tumbling into Nocturna- a parallel land where dreams and nightmares come from. Butsomething eerie is happening: the nightmares are taking over. WithMephisto's help, Wilomina must find her family and seek the gatethat will lead them home. On their journey, they meet spectres,dragons and spider-witches, crossing monster-infested waters andfacing impossible puzzles at the maze-like Premonition Library. But worst of all: Nocturna is slowly transforming Wilomina intoa ferocious 'werepire'. Can she fight the monster within... andfind the way home?A magical adventure with a spooky, gothic slant, a brave heroineand vibrant, dynamic artwork.Brilliantly accessible for comic fans and growing readers whoare ready to start exploring the world of magical fantasy.Reminiscent of classic, beloved children's films like SpiritedAway, My Neighbour Totoro, The NeverEnding Storyand Labyrinth.Written and illustrated by an award-winning graphic novel duobased in Scotland.PRAISE FOR WILOMINA: THE LAND OF DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES“A colorful dreamworld comes alive in this adventurefull of thrills and chills and twists and turns.”- Tim Probert, author and illustrator of the Lightfallseries“A glorious visual feast with an enchantingstory full of humour, heart and imagination.” - WilliamYamaguchi Dobson, author of Kamizen: Fortress of Lost Memories

In 1967 the Alberta Teachers' Association published, in honour of Canada's Centennial, a history of the public school system in Alberta entitled Schools of the Foothills Province. This informative book published for the Association by University of Toronto Press is now followed by a companion volume written by the same author, which tells the story of the Association itself, and its long and sturdy efforts to improve the position of teachers and the quality of education in the province. After providing the background to the formation of the ATA (which officially began on July 24, 1918) the author goes on to describe the growth of the organization from its beginnings as a spare-time activity for teachers to a strong influential union. From its earliest years it was affiliated with the labour movements of the Twenties, and fought with increasing strength for the rights of Alberta teachers. Throughout this study, the ATA's concern is evident not only for the economic aspects of teaching for higher salaries and pension schemes, but also for other features: departmental examinations and curricula, preparation and certification of teachers, and educational research.The ATA's mercurial relations with the provincial government are related, its struggle through the depression years and its blossoming in the first decade after 1935 under a Social Credit Government. Leading personalities move through this story against the turbulent background of a growing young province, contributing an air of vigorous controversy and achievement to the story of the ATA.

This volume concentrates on the attributes, requirements and applications of spectroscopic techniques in process analysis, considering off-line and at-/near-line methodology, in addition to on-line, in-line and non-invasive approaches. At a time when cost- and time-effective process spectroscopy is becoming an issue of increasing importance within the chemical industry, this volume provides a valuable source of up-to-date information on technological advances in the area. It complements more general works on process analytical chemistry.