from the back cover: Heat and dust - these simple, terrible words describe the Indian summer. Year after year, endlessly, it is the same. And everyone who experiences this heat and dust is changed for ever. We often say, in these modern times, that sexual relationships have changed, for better or for worse. But in this book we see that things have not changed. Whether we look back sixty years,…
This title offers around 1100 alternatives to some of the most frequently overused words in children's writing, as well as being a resource for building-up children's basic literacy skills and improving imaginative writing. An introductory section explains how to use conjunctions, adverbs, collective nouns, and more.
The Russian folktale about an old woman's endless search for the Christ child.
The tale of Noah's ark is retold for babies and toddlers with bright engaging illustrations.
Horse, Cat, Piggy, and the other animals all have important jobs to do. They carry their belongings in suitcases. Which bag belongs to whom? Open the suitcases and take a look inside.
Emily Sparkes thinks having your best friend move to Wales at the same time as your parents decide to have a new baby is probably more trauma than anyone should have to cope with. But things go from bad to worse when she's paired with revolting Gross-Out Gavin for the school trip! Emily is determined to escape him, and when glamorous new girl Chloe Clarke turns up it seems her prayers might be …