from the back cover: A story that celebrates the love between a mother and a child.
from the back cover: George Washington loved animals. What happened when he found a lost dog after a battle? Read this true story and find out.
from the readers: food pictionary is so great the good thing is you can make your self hungry me and my teacher ms Ely love this book we go to the library just to find this you all have to buy this!!!! -- Denna, Year 4 Student
from the back cover: Come with us to London - a city as old as the Romans, and as new as the twenty-first century. There are places to go - from Oxford Street to Westminster Abbey, from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre to Wimbledon Tennis Club. And things to do - ride on the London Eye, visit the markets, go to the theatre, run in the London Marathon. Big, beautiful, noisy, exciting - that's Lon…
humpty dumpty sat on the wall humpty dumpty had a grat fall... everyone knows that happend to humpty but have you heard about his brave little sister. -- Keni, Year 4 student
from the back cover: On the rugged Cornish coast, where the land meets the sea, lies the village of Zennor. Here, there are stories and whispers of a villager capturing the heart of a mysterious and beautiful stranger - a stranger from the sea - a mermaid! From a landscape rich with myth and magic comes this traditional folk tale, retold by master poet Charles Causley and illustrated by award-…
from the back cover: On 6 June 1944, Private First Class Michael Donovan and 13,000 US Paratroopers soar over the English Channel towards their Drop Zone in enemy-occupied France. Their mission: capture the town of Carentan from the Germans and secure an operations base for Allied forces. Suddenly, the sky explodes with anti-aircraft fire, and Donovan's C-47 Skytrain is hit! Within moments, th…