One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is Sue Townsend's wry and witty diary of the adolescent Adrian Mole.

Folk tales are stories full of adventure, courage, daring, fighting dragons, trolls, and giants, and overcoming challenges. How many of them have girls as the main heroic characters though? These twelve folk tales from all over the world have been specially selected as they feature strong, adventurous heroines. Some are funny, some make you think, and some - like the story of Fearless Mary - keep you on the edge of your seat with scares and surprises. Meet Louisa Freya, the brave dragon slayer, funny and clever Sigrun, and honest and humble Scarface as well as other heroines from Serbia, Norway, China, Japan, South Africa, and Indonesia. Amy Scott Robinson's distinctive voice, expertise and experience as a performance storyteller makes this a unique and fascinating collection, aimed at readers aged 7-9 years. At the end of each story, Amy shares a bit about where the story comes from, how she has retold it, and what the tale makes her think about when she is hearing or telling it, including Bible verses. These folk tales deserve to be told as often as the more famous and well-known ones. After all, why should boys defeat all the dragons? Enjoy the adventure!

An irresistible picture book about a very cheeky baby bunny! When baby bunny, Letty, discovers that her mummy is the real-life Easter Bunny, she follows her, secretly, through the forest as she hides her special deliveries. But seeing all the choccylicious Easter eggs is much too tempting. Letty nibbles one here and there . . . and soon, the eggs are gone! Will mummy have enough eggs left for Letty's forest friends? A joyous - and very cheeky - Easter rhyming romp!

Explore the wondrous worlds of cute and fuzzy animals with this delightful keepsake filled with fun stories and rhymes! Little ones will love snuggling up for story time and picking one (or three!) of the 365 animal-themed stories and rhymes to read aloud featuring otters, foxes, dinosaurs, elephants, goats, owls, and more. Sweet illustrations and stories of adorable animals create a treasured story time bond both kiddos and their grown-ups will enjoy. A must for your little animal lover!

• Sturdy board pages and padded cover designed to withstand traditional wear and tear from babies and toddlers
• 365 adorable animal-themed stories and rhymes
• Encourages bonding between parents and children
• Perfect for your little animal lover!
• Great gift for baby showers, birthdays, holidays, first libraries, and more!

A stunning collection of new and classic poems from around the world celebrating the diversity of life on our green and blue planet, to be shared with all the family. With new poems from Raymond Antrobus, Mona Arshi, Kate Tempest, Hollie McNish, Dean Atta, Sabrina Mahfouz and more.

Dive into this book and be swept away on a journey around our green and blue planet, from the peak of the snowiest mountaintop to the bottom of the deepest, bluest ocean. Meet the birds circling its skies, the beasts prowling its plains, and the people toiling in its fields and forests and cities... Explore all the worlds that make up our world, and hear the voices, past and present, that sing out from it. From haikus to sonnets, from rap to the Romantics, this joyous collection celebrates life in all corners of our beautiful planet.

Filled with wonderful stories full of brave heroes, frightful monsters, powerful gods and goddesses, battles and great adventures, this enchantingly illustrated hardbound book can be read aloud to younger children, or read on its own by older children. Full-color illustrations.

'Matt Goodfellow is a fresh voice on the children's poetry scene.' (Pie Corbett)

What if cats had flavoured fur or if you swallowed the sun? What if you were a special kind of badger or if you found a map to the stars? And what if your home was split during the week: one half at Mum's, the other half at Dad's?

Packed with brilliant poems that explore a whole range of themes from the downright silly to the sensitive, this collection will delight, enthuse and resonate with children and adults alike!

Forgotten Fairy Tales of Kindness and Courage breathes new life into a collection of once much-loved, now forgotten tales, beautifully retold by Mary Sebag-Montefiore. A disabled prince fights for his kingdom, and learns the importance of understanding others. A princess finds the courage to rescue her friend from goblins. A girl steps into the world of a book, only to find what it means to be herself. Full of magic and enchantment, these stories celebrate kindness, courage and the importance of being true to yourself. With a foreword by Dr Zoe Williams, NHS GP, TV presenter and health educator.

For the ultimate Grade 9-1 GCSE English Literature exam preparation, look no further than this brilliant CGP Workbook for George Orwell's novel Animal Farm. It's packed with questions on the plot, characters, context, themes and the writer's techniques - with answers at the back. We've also included a section of exercises to help students practise the skills they'll need for the exam, exam-style questions and there's even a cartoon that summarises the whole plot. This Workbook is matched to CGP's Animal Farm Text Guide (9781847626677).

Encounter magical shamans, mighty eagles and terrifying beasts in this lavishly illustrated, adaptation of the classic Finnish epic. This superb prose retelling of Finland's national folk saga is brought to life with exquisitely detailed artwork of magical creatures, snowy mountains, adventurous heroes and dark forests by renowned illustrator Pirkko-Liisa Surojegin. Thrilling and inspiring, An Illustrated Kalevala is the perfect collection to share and give a lifetime of enjoyment to children and adults alike.

Rub-a-dub-dub! Sail away with the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker, play ring-around-the-rosie, or visit the old woman in her shoe as you rediscover these timeless nursery rhymes of Mother Goose. Classic Nursery Rhymes is an enchanting introduction to rhymes and limericks for young readers. Vibrant illustrations by Gina Baek bring this beautiful collection to life, including favorites such as Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, Where Has My Little Dog Gone?, Rub-A-Dub-Dub, Rock-A-Bye Baby, Little Bo-Peep, Little Miss Muffet, Row, Row, Row Your Boat, and Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary. With these rhymes, you will: - Strengthen your bond with your child and build a lifelong love of reading. - Promote speech and cognitive development. Children will recognize the sounds, syllables, and rhythms in the rhymes and build reading comprehension. - Encourage imagination and creativity in your child. They will visualize concepts in their head when they listen to the verses, and even come up with rhymes of their own. Mother Goose has been charming readers for centuries. This rhyming board book will be beloved by kids and parents alike, and is a great addition to any home's bookshelf

Do you know how animals sleep? Otters fall asleep while holding hands; zebra finches practise their songs while dreaming; dolphins keep one half of their brain awake . . . Beautiful poems about sleeping animals are interspersed with fascinating facts and beautiful illustrations - making this the perfect bedtime book!

Jan and Alpha share a common history: missing fathers, Cape Flats poverty and the consolations of gang life and drugs. But their paths are about to diverge. Jan wants to break free of gang life and has enrolled at university. But his gangster friends do not want to leave him alone and he also finds himself taking care of a very young abandoned baby...

This superb CGP Text Guide for Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice has everything students need to write top-grade essays for the latest Grade 9-1 GCSE English Literature exams. It's bursting with thorough notes on the play's plot, characters, writer's techniques, language, themes and context - with quick questions, in-depth questions and exam-style questions throughout the book. There's also plenty of exam advice to help students improve their grades, plus a cartoon-strip summary of the whole play at the back of the book. For even more help don't miss CGP's The Merchant of Venice - The Complete Play (9781782948506) - it includes the full text of the play, easy-to-read notes plus thought-provoking practice questions.

Staging Detection reveals how the new figure of the stage detective emerged in nineteenth-century Britain. The first book to explore the productive intersections between detection and performance across a range of Victorian plays, Staging Detection foregrounds the role of the stage detective in shaping important theatrical modes of the period, from popular melodrama to society comedy. Beginning in 1863 with Tom Taylor's blockbuster play, The Ticket-of-Leave Man, the book criss-crosses London following the earliest performances of stage detectives. Centring the work of playwrights, novelists, critics and actors, from Sarah Lane and Horace Wigan to Wilkie Collins and Oscar Wilde, Staging Detection sheds new light on Victorian acting styles, furthers our understanding of melodrama, and resituates the famous Wildean dandy as a successor to the stage detective. Drawing on histories of masculinity and gender performance as well as developing scientific theory and nineteenth-century visual culture, Staging Detection shows how the earliest stage portrayals of the detective shaped broader Victorian debates concerning fraud, omniscience and earned authority. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of theatre history, Victorian literature and popular culture - as well as anyone with an interest in the figure of the detective.

The third in a popular series, comprising seven crazy short stories. Robbie has been trapped by a witch inside a book. In order to escape, he needs to rewrite all the stories in a week...

A board book featuring Thing One and Thing Two--from Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat--that's perfect for Valentine's Day and every day! Written in super-simple rhyme, this sweet, sturdy board book starring Thing One and Thing Two is about the things Things love--among them sharing, caring, smiling, hugging, and blowing kisses! A perfect gift for Valentine's Day, baby showers, or any time of year, this is an ideal way to introduce the very youngest children to the magic of Dr. Seuss!

Discover the mysterious selkies of the Scottish seas and the haunting Philippine tale of the curse of Sirena. Meet the merman from China whose tears turn to pearls and Hans Christian Anderson's brave little mermaid, pursuing her dream. These nine stories, beautifully illustrated and full of wonder, will whisk you from the bottom of the Arabian sea to rivers, deep in the Trinidadian rainforest.

Modern fairy tales with a wicked sense of humour, following the highly popular "Wicked Tales." In six stories, Gangster rats are out-cooled by a mischievous baby; Easter bunnies with machine guns back Cinderella against a Chavvy Fairy Grotmother; Alicroc's Tiny Scouts compete with Big Mike's Tough Scouts; A cow with a chicken on its back and a magic hat on its head helps Jack outwit the Giant and the Ogress; Big Bob the Hunter is tricked by a cheeky Gorilla and a singing snake; and the Bad Tooth Fairy brings naughtiness and chaos to every home. These questions and many others are answered in Wicked Tales Two: Even Wickeder Tales.