Factfiles : Weddings

"The bride wore a long white dress, with flowers in her hair. After the wedding, there was a party, and people gave presents to the bride and groom." This wedding was nearly two thousand years ago, in Rome. Some things don't change. But some things do. Today you can have a wedding on a mountain, or under the sea, or "Elvis" can sing for you. And different things happen in different places. Litt…

Factfiles : Weddings

from the back cover: "The bride wore a long white dress, with flowers in her hair. After the wedding, there was a party, and people gave presents to the bride and groom." This wedding was nearly two thousand years ago, in Rome. Some things don't change. But some things do. Today you can have a wedding on a mountain, or under the sea, or "Elvis" can sing for you. And different things happen in …

Pocahontas

from the back cover: A beautiful young Indian girl, and a brave Englishman. Black eyes, and blue eyes. A friendly smile, a laugh, a look of love . . . But this is North America in 1607, and love is not easy. The girl is the daughter of King Powhatan, and the Englishman is a white man. And the Indians of Virginia do not want the white men in their beautiful country. This is the famous story o…

Five Short Plays

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ISBN/ISSN

9780194235006

Collation

56p; ill; bw; pbk

Series Title

Oxford Bookworms 1

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FOR

Return to the Future

from the back cover: As they walk through a park in the distant future, Harl and Ellen talk about their work and their lives. But they will never have a life together because their work as scientists is more important to them than their love. Harl plans to leave Earth, on a long and dangerous journey through space. Ellen plans to stay on Earth, to change the way the human mind works. When Harl…

Life Of PI

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ISBN/ISSN

9781406330267

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-

Series Title

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823 MAR L

Red Dog

Red Dog was a Red Cloud kelpie, an Australian sheepdog. His life was full of excitement and adventure. He travelled all over Western Australia, and never really had an owner. But he had many, many friends, and he always knew where to go for a good meal. Louis de Bernières collected these stories about the life of a real dog in Western Australia. They are all true stories - some are funny, …

A Stranger at Green Knowe

from the back cover: When Ping sees Hanno in the zoo, he is excited, but also unhappy. Hanno is a magnificent African gorilla, big and black and much stronger than a man. But how can this wonderful wild animal live in a cage, behind bars and locked doors? Then Hanno escapes from the zoo. And a few days later his footprints are seen near Green Knowe, the old house deep in the English country…

Tales from Longpuddle

from the back cover: Tony Kytes is a favourite with the girls but he's not terribly clever. If you meet an old girlfriend and she asks for a ride home in your wagon, do you say yes? And then if you meet the girl you are planning to marry, what do you do? Very soon, Tony is in a great muddle, and does not know how to escape from it. These stories are set in an English country village of the …

William Shakespeare

from the back cover: William Shakespeare. Born April 1564, at Stratford-upon-Avon. Died April 1616. Married Anne Hathaway: two daughters, one son. Actor, poet, famous playwright. Wrote nearly forty plays. But what was he like as a man? What did he think about when he rode into London for the first time . . . or when he was writing his plays Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet . . . or when his on…