Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah…
Mighty rockets are good at zoom, zoom, zooming, 5 4 3 2 1 and lift off! Blasting into space. Come on a fantastic adventure to the moon and deep into space. This exciting book is packed with amazing astronauts, super space vehicles and losts more!
A new translation of Leo Tolstoy's novel "Anna Karenina", in which a woman of fine nature forsakes her husband for a lover, and after a bitter experience commits suicide.
Look out, Sarah: If you can't impress the lion, he'll eat you for lunch! A quick-witted girl teaches the King of the Jungle a thing or two about good behavior. Sarah is strolling through the jungle, singing a happy song, when Lion pounces. How dare she trespass on his turf? He is King of the Jungle--where nobody strolls and sings:
I don't want a handbag dog. A tail-not-meant-to-wag dog
Little Bear wants to play, but Big Bear has things to do. So they decide to do them together. They fetch wood and water and tidy the cave, but Big Bear still has things to do, so Little Bear has to go off and play on his own. Finally Little Bear's wish comes true and the day has an idyllic ending.
Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to the finish line.
Sent on assignment to Bali, Jamie, an American adventure guide, imagines spending weeks exploring the island's lush jungles and pristine white sand beaches. Yet three days after her arrival, she is caught in Bali's infamous nightclub bombings, which irreparably change her life and leave her with many unanswered questions. One year later, haunted by memories, Jamie returns to Bali seeking a sens…
Two children who mysteriously disappeared twenty-one years ago are the last thing on Lorna Temple's mind when she returns to her Pennsylvania hometown to sell the old family property in the wake of her parents' passing. But instead of memories, the fields where Lorna grew up yield something utterly chilling. All those years ago, when nine-year-old Melinda Eagan vanished on her birthday, her fou…
During her senior year in a Catholic school in Sydney, Australia, seventeen-year-old Josie meets and must contend with the father she has never known.
The only way a spacecraft can get into Space is on top of a rocket. Rockets are used to travel into Space because no plane has yet been built which has the power or the speed, to climb that far above the earth. Also, rocket engines are specially made to work in space where there is no air.
This edition of our successful series to support the Cambridge IGCSE Biology syllabus (0610) is fully updated for the revised syllabus for first examination from 2016.
Victory is fleeting, but defeat is eternal. The war between Heaven and Hell rages on. Aaron, half-angel and half-human, commands the Fallen in their quest to protect humanity. But evil forces gain strength at every turn. And lurking somewhere in the shadows is Archangel Gabriel's instrument with the power to call down the End of Days. Aaron draws confidence from the girl he loves as he struggle…
The classic fairytale about the princesses who like to have fun. When their father finds out they’ve been sneaking out to go dancing, he’s furious. “Dancing is banned!” he declares. But will that stop them? Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton. Also available with an audio CD with a dramatic listen-along recording with musi…
Portrait of two Moslem sisters, one closely bonded, but now on divergent paths as one embraces her religion and the other remains secular
The Second Edition of Gateways to Art features an even greater emphasis on visual culture and contemporary art. All new Visual Galleries conclude each chapter, creating valuable connections throughout the text, while a unique chapter on Content and Analysis leads students step-by-step through detailed analyses of seminal artworks. Last, but not least, recurring. Gateways to Art features teach s…
A story which is part of a reading programme that follows National Curriculum levels and aims to encourage children to improve their reading skills. This book is intended for those at Level 1 and are just beginning to read
Lessons, ABC Activities, & reproducible Mini-Book Versions of All 26 Storybooks Build Phonemic Awareness! Teach the ABCs! Teaching the alphabet is fun with the AlphaTales series and this great teacher¹s guide filled with easy lessons, awesome activities, and reproducible versions of all 26 alliterative storybooks! A playful way to build phonemic awareness and make sure kids really know their…
What better way for Bear to say thanks and enjoy the company of his friends then over a nice big dinner! Bear decides to throw a feast. One-by-one, Bear's friends show up with different platters of delicious food to share. There's just one problem. Bear's cupboards are bare! What is he to do? Karma Wilson's playful text and Jane Chapman's delightful illustrations bring to life this celebration …
This story was written in 1994 by girls of the Eagle class at Maningrida Community Education Centre. Maningrida is an Aboriginal community on the coast of Arnhem Land, and the story, though fictional, presents an account of contemporary rural Aboriginal life. Tammy falls in love, fights with her boyfriend, is taken off to visit relatives in the bush and finally departs with her best friend to c…