from the back cover: Arnold Bennett is famous for his stories about the Five Towns and the people who live there. They look and sound just like other people, and, like all of us, sometimes they do some very strange things. There's Sir Jee, who is a rich businessman. So why is he making a plan with a burglar? Then there is a Toby Hall. Why does he find there? And there are the Hessian brothers …
Good luck in Malaysia, bad news in New Zealand, a chicken and a jug of cider in Britain, a goat and a pumpkin in India, fun and games in a cyber café in Nigeria ... The countries change, but people's lives are always strange and wonderful in any place. Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in English from around the world. These stories are by Shahana Chaudhury, Mary McCluskey, Na…
from the back cover: The murder plan seems so neat, so clever. How can it possibly fail? And when Sonia's stupid, boring little husband is dead, she will be free to marry her handsome lover. But perhaps the boring little husband is not so stupid after all ...Murder plans that go wrong, a burglar who makes a bad mistake, a famous jewel thief who meets a very unusual detective ...These five stor…
from the back cover: Dorothy lives in Kansas, USA, but one day a cyclone blows her and her house to a strange country called Oz. There, Dorothy makes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. But she wants to go home to Kansas. Only one person can help her, and that is the country's famous wizard. So Dorothy and her friends take the yellow brick road to the Emerald city,…
from the back cover: At first, no one is concerned about what seem to be meteors or falling stars dropping from the sky--until they are revealed to be fleet of alien spaceships carrying Martians determined to overtake the Earth. Humankind's most advanced technology is old-fashioned by Martian standards. Can the aliens' death march be stopped? Find out in this electrifying science fiction mast…
Tumtum and Nutmeg just want to live out their comfy lives in peace, unbothered by anything as distracting as an adventure. But the holidays are upon them, and it seems to be the time of year when Arthur and Lucy, the disheveled human children of Rose Cottage, and bumbling veteran hero General Marchmouse are most likely to get into trouble. Tumtum and Nutmeg want to make things right, but first …
Not every book is quite the same, and this one here is more a game. A picture hunt that's lots of fun, a game that's great for everyone. The pictures are of different kinds, and full of many things to find. You start the search with a clue but after that it's up to you. There's a challenge here for everyone, when finished you have just begun; as once you're through and found the lot, you can st…
Within these pages you will find, many things of a different kind. Test your skill at spotting what, you have to spot to find the lot. But when you make it to the end, that may seem all but no my friend. For once you're done and found the lot, you can start again to play Spot What! Spot What! will challenge your mind, with hidden things for you to find! Follow the clues in the poems to find all…
The lights go dim, the curtain raised, an eager hush across the stage. A magical place for everyone, time for more Spot What fun! Picture hunting page by page, a challenge here for every age. And when you think you've found the lot, you can start again to play Spot What! Spot What! will challenge your mind, with hidden things for you to find! Follow the clues in the poems to find all the hidden…
It has been said, you may have heard, a picture tells a thousand words. Picture riddles fill this book, see for yourself and take a look. Turn each page right to the end, you think you're done, but think again. Once you're through and found the lot, start again to play Spot What! Spot What! will challenge your mind, with hidden things for you to find! Follow the clues in the poems to find all t…