Daniel Postgate – illustratör

With a focus on building phonics skills, this collection includes seven fun stories with colourful illustrations. It is ideal for children who are growing in reading confidence. Find out why Tim is in a bad mood, what makes a good pen-pal and learn about different animal tails!Tips for reading together explain the letter patterns that each story focuses on and identify any words children may find tricky, helping you to get the most out of the collection. Former Children's Laureate and author of The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson, has captivated children all over the world with her lively and engaging stories.Songbirds is a phonics programme carefully created by Julia to support children who are learning to read and is used in schools to inspire a love of reading. There are eight Songbirds story collections for you to enjoy.Featuring much-loved characters, great authors, engaging storylines and fun activities, Read with Oxford offers an exciting range of carefully levelled reading books to build your child's reading confidence. Find practical advice, free eBooks and fun activities to help your child progress on oxfordowl.co.uk. Let's get them flying!

Would you like to meet the Spooks? The Spooks tells the story of the Spook family and the Normal family who both live in Tottering Towers. The Spooks want to frighten the Normals. But the Normals know what to do with Spooks!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.

In The Three Musketeers, d'Artagnan goes to Paris with the ambition to become a musketeer - a member of the King's Guards who are the most daring swordsmen in France. D'Artagnan must convince the three musketeers Porthos, Athos and Aramis that he is good enough to join them and to help them stop a terrible plot against the Queen.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.

The three Billy Goats Gruff were leaving their farm to look for food. As they crossed a river, they came face to fang with the Terrible Troll... A delightful retelling of the much-loved classic tale with easy-reading text for children who have just started reading on their own.

The classic story of The Little Red Hen retold with simple text and delightful illustrations. The Little Red Hen works hard all year to grow grains of wheat to make bread. Not one of her friends is willing to help her, so do they deserve the delicious treat at the end? First Reading Level Three titles help beginner readers develop reading stamina and include character sheets or maps and the main story. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton.

In this spine-tickling traditional tale, an old woman finds a hairy toe – and soon the owner comes looking for it!While out picking beans an old woman finds a hairy toe – and soon wishes she hadn't – especially when its owner comes looking for it... Humorously illustrated by Daniel Postgate this spine-tickling traditional tale is perfect for halloween and shouts to be read out loud!

MURDEROUS MATHS: The Secrets of Sums is full offacts, tricks and tips to help children discover why numbers arenifty and arithmetic is amazing.With a fabulous brand-new cover design for 2019 and simple explanationsand hilarious characters to guide them through, childrencan:tackle the terrible times tablemaster diabolical divisionconquer fractions - and much more! Illustrated by Daniel Postgate and presented in a bold, funkyand accessible way so children can find out why maths is marvellous,a new generation of Kjartan Poskitt fans will be able to discoverthe world of MURDEROUS MATHS.Get ready to be amazed!

A brilliantly entertaining introduction to philosophy. This edition collects The Philosophy Files and The Philosophy Files 2 together in one omnibus.Is there a God? Should I eat meat? Where does the universe come from? Could I live for ever as a robot? These are the big questions you will be wrestling with.You'll encounter lively scenarios and dialogue to take you through the philosophical puzzles that have been plaguing humans for centuries involving virtual reality, science fiction and a host of characters from this and other planets. Stephen Law has a gift for communicating complex ideas. He offers few answers, but his unstuffy, highly personal approach will have the reader thinking and arguing with as much pleasure as he does himself.

I sin tredje mattebok återgår Kjartan Poskitt till grunderna och tar ett stadigt tag om de fyra räknesätten. Upptäck hur lite enkel huvudräkning kan rädda dig ur en djävulsk dödsfälla och möt matematikern som i flera år försökte bevisa att 5 + 0 = 5. Samtidigt lär sig Tjurnacks-Charlie, Halvsmilet och resten av gangstergänget att även den enklaste matte kan vara livsfarlig ... Kjartan Poskitt har skrivit ett trettiotal böcker om matematik och fysik för unga läsare. I serien Förfärliga fakta har han bland annat utkommit med Den hissnande galaxen (2004), Fängslande matematik (2005) och Mer fängslande matematik (2006).