This is an unusual, important book: both gentle and visceral, vulnerable and assured, and its blend of humanity and power make it one of the best first collections of poetry to come out of America in years. ‘These are poems of exquisite beauty, unashamed of romance, and undaunted by looking directly into the horrors of war, the silences of history. One of the most important debut collectio…
rthur Miller's classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch-hunt of 1692 – 'one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history' – and the McCarthyism which gripped America in the 1950s. The story of how the small community of Salem is stirred into madness by superstition, paranoia and malice, culminating in a violent climax, is a savage attac…
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Ugly Bugs will make your skin crawl!Are you itching to find out:Which bugs hide behind the wallpaper? What slugs do with their slime?Why flies throw up on your tea?How insects drink your blood?If you think you can stomach the sick side of Science, then read on as the insect world goes underneath the magnifying glass. Ugly Bugs is swarming with insect info. Science has never been so horrible!!
Finding where you belong isn’t easy . . . especially when you’re a storybook wolf. In this illustrated fractured fairy tale for kids, a book falls to the floor and a wolf tumbles out. The wolf needs to get back to his story, but a hungry cat has other ideas. Jumping from book to book, this wolf is on a journey to find a new home (and to avoid becoming dinner). His sharp, pointy teeth don…
All at once, it was as if the stars leapt closer. Grandma grabbed the boy, raising him high above the rooftiles on her head. She was alive! The boy's grandma was a famous architect. Her garden is still full of old building materials. Unwilling to accept she has gone, the boy builds a giant structure from the bricks and girders he finds. And then ... Grandma comes to life! The boy is whiske…
Out of Nowhere is a beautifully illustrated, touching children's picture book about facing fears, dealing with anxiety and learning to explore the world.Cosmo is afraid. Of everything . He spends his days jumping at loud noises, recoiling from scary shadows, and hiding from new people. So you can imagine how he felt when a huge, menacing green spot appears as if from nowhere . Too terrified to …
The Blotter family are famous bird spotters, who stay in their hide all day. Except for Otto – he’d rather have adventures. But when he stumbles across the BIGGEST footprint he’s ever seen, he ends up bringing home more than he’d bargained for…
Each fun and engaging prompt for writing a poem helps children discover how to write poems and then read them out loud. This is a book to build confidence and literacy skills through channeling children's imaginations. This is a book for the whole family to enjoy, bright, cheerful but cool illustrations will appeal to children of all primary ages.
A misunderstood wolf writes poems about his forest home and friends in this breathtaking picture bookBlack Bear-ies Cute blackfruit snack.Tiny.Shiny.Pick some,lick thumbs. Cubgrub. The Poet Wolf loves to write pithy verse in the pine forest, but his forest friends see not a poet, but a hungry wolf. That is, until they listen to his lovely poems about life in the woods and discover that behind t…
Once upon a time, an old man and old woman lived in a charming little house with so many beautiful flowers but they were not happy. they felt lonely, if only had a cat said the old woman sadly a cat ? asked the old man. An Old Man wanted to give a cat to his wife. He found one, two, three, then ... tens, hundreds, thousands, even millions of cats! He had a hard time choosing between them. F…
The world is full of patterns and pictures. So pick up a pencil and draw the world!
With this beautifully illustrated collection, children can start to explore the wonderful world of poetry. Rhymes about nature, nonsense, playtime and enchantment will let imaginations soar.
Are you ready for mischief? For the Malign family, Mischief is a very serious matter. But Malice Malign isn't like the rest of her family... When Malice's sister uncovers a TIME-STOPPING POCKETWATCH, she unleashes a whole world of trouble. Maniacal, the most malevolent of all the Malignsm is back and he needs to be STOPPED! The clock is ticking...
Tilda is so excited when her teacher asks her to run Mash-Up Dance classes to practise for the school concert. It's Tilda's first REAL teacher job! But there is one thing she isn't so sure about. Tilda has also been asked to give a speech at the concert. Now Tilda is feeling enthusiascared- that's right, enthusiastic and scared! What if she messes up her speech? Will the concert be a master mas…
Tilda wants to get a dog, but her parents say no. They tell her that Baby Joe is too young for a pet, and that dogs are expensive to keep. But Tilda is sure a dog will be a better family member than Baby Joe, who can be so annoisy- that's right, annoying and noisy. Tilda decides to make the money she needs for a dog herself. She runs an animal care class, making pet products she can sell. But w…
Tilda has just come back from an amazin holiday. She can't wait to tell Binky and Harry all about it! But her two best friends wont stop talking about their holiday together, and it sounds like they had the Best Time Ever! Tilda is feeling jealoppointed. That's right, jealous and disappointed! Maybe her friends will stop talking about their holiday if Tilda teaches them to make paper chatterbo…
Tilda can't wait to show Binky and Harry what a superstar swimmer she is, with her splashy splashes and fishy flips! But when she realises she can't swim properly, Tilda is embuzzled. That's right, embarrassed and puzzled! Maybe Tilda will feel better if she teaches her friends something actually cool-like cartwheeling! Tilda's cartwheel class is super fun, until it rolls out of control...
Nancy Clancy has everything she needs to be a super sleuth (that's a fancy word for detective). Now all she needs is a good mystery to solve. But when crime strikes in her classroom, will Nancy have what it takes to crack the case?
Nancy's Magic 8 Ball doesn't work ever since JoJo dropped it. And the paper dortune-tellers that Nancy and Bree love making never give answers you can count on,. Then all of a sudden Nancy starts predicting things that do come true! Can she really see the future? All signs seems to point to yes! So Nancy tries her hand at fortune-telling during recess. What she sees, however, isn;t the future; …
Nancy Clancy and her best friend, Bree, have love on the brain-after all, they're learning about the human heart in science class! But when the girls decide to play matchmaker, nothing works out as planned. So the big question is: Will love conquer all?