Pippi Longstocking is nine years old. She has just moved into Villa Villekulla where she lives all by herself with a horse, a monkey, and a big suitcase full of gold coins. The grown-ups in the village try to make Pippi behave in ways that they think a little girl should, but Pippi has other ideas! She would much rather spend her days arranging wild, exciting adventures to enjoy with her neighb…
In Natural Born Learners, education insider Alex Beard takes us on a dazzling tour of the future of learning to show how we can - and why we must - do better. Weaving together expert insight, entertaining anecdote and intelligent research, Beard leads us from the crowded corridors of a London comprehensive to the high-tech halls of Silicon Valley, through the exam factories of South Korea to th…
Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) English as a Second Language (ESL) Student Book and Teacher’s Book provides comprehensive coverage of the new specification and is designed to supply students with the best preparation possible for the examination. Written by a team of highly experienced teachers and authors. Provides free access to an ActiveBook, a digital version of the printed book, which c…
This beautifully illustrated series of board books is a wonderful way to stimulate babies and teach toddlers their first words. Featuring bespoke, eye-catching artwork, these hi-contrast black and white book are sure to stimulate and inspire newborn babies. Includes decorative pictures with some colored details to encourage young ones to develop their focusing skills.
Late one winter night, Mouse discovers new sights, smells, and tastes: sweet and sparkly cookies, jingly and glinty bells, and lots of boxy and ribbony presents. Mouse doesn't know what any of it means, until a whiskery and jolly guest arrives with a very special holiday message.
Lola has got her first ever wobbly tooth and is determined to hang on to it. She really does not want it to fall out. That is until she finds out about the tooth fairy - and the tooth fairy means money to buy new animals for her farm. Suddenly the race is on to wobble that tooth out of her mouth and under her pillow. But disaster strikes when she loses her precious tooth before bedtime. How wil…
Children need help learning how to get along with others at school, in the neighborhood, and on the playground. They need to know that they have the power to make good choices.'
During a visit to the library, Olivia’s favorite book is accidentally returned instead of renewed. Can she find it among the stacks before someone else checks it out? This book-tastic tale is a Level 1 Ready-to-Read adaptation of a TV episode
Clarice Bean is back in a second riotous family saga. When Mum and Dad both have to go away on Important Business, there's nothing for it but to ask Uncle Ted to babysit. Uncle Ted is a fireman and says he has had lots of close shaves which is funny because he has a beard. Pretty soon chaos reigns as the guinea pig escapes, Grandad disappears and Minal Cricket gets his head stuck in the railing…