Twelfth Night is one of the most accessible and yet elusive of Shakespeare's plays. It has enjoyed enormous popularity in performance, but it continues to challenge students. This guide provides a thorough introduction to the play. Included are chapters on the play's background, contexts, themes, dramatic art, critical reception, and performance history. The volume cites current scholarship and closes with a bibliography. Twelfth Night is one of the most accessible yet elusive of Shakespeare's plays. It has enjoyed enormous popularity in performance, but it continues to challenge students. It has experienced numerous revivals and has provoked some of the most brilliant critical responses from Shakespeare's critics. Written for students and general readers, this guide is a comprehensive introduction to Shakespeare's play. The volume begins with a look at the play's textual history. This is followed by an exploration of its historical and cultural contexts and its sources and analogues. The book next turns to Shakespeare's dramatic art and then examines his themes of identity, sexuality, and madness. The final chapters look at the critical response to the play and give special attention to the play's performance history. The guide closes with a bibliography.

Packed with over 130 wordsearches, this book is the perfect way for 6-year-olds to boost their vocabulary and spelling. The wordsearches gradually get more difficult as the book progresses, letting the reader get to grips with the puzzle style and build on their skills. For children coming to wordsearches for the first time, the first puzzles in this book include additional circles and arrows which as act as clues to where to look for words and in which direction they appear in the puzzle. Features fun and engaging artwork throughout. With over 130 different themes of puzzle from dragons to pirates to trips to the Moon, each wordsearch theme is designed to appeal to 6-year-olds and their interests. Each wordsearch has been created by bestselling puzzle author, Dr Gareth Moore, creator of Buster Books’ Clever Kids series and Bright Sparks series.

Writing is a critical component for teaching children about advocacy and empowering student voice, as well as an essential tool for learning in many disciplines. Yet, writing instruction in schools often focuses on traditional methods such as the composition of five-paragraph essays or the adherence to proper grammatical conventions. While these are two components of writing instruction and preparation in education, they only provide a small glimpse into the depth and breadth of writing. As such, writing instruction is increasingly complex and requires multiple perspectives and levels of skill among teachers. The Handbook of Research on Writing Instruction Practices for Equitable and Effective Teaching serves as a comprehensive reference of issues related to writing instruction and leading research about perspectives, methods, and approaches for equitable and effective writing instruction. It includes practices beyond K-12, including best writing practices at the college level as well as the development of future teachers. Providing unique coverage on culturally relevant writing, socio- and racio-linguistic justice, and urgent writing pedagogies, this major reference work is an indispensable resource for administrators and educators of both K-12 and higher education, pre-service teachers, teacher educators, libraries, government officials, researchers, and academicians.

Little Red Riding Hood sets out to visit Granny and meets a greedy wolf. Friendly text is accompanied by Bao Luu's gorgeous illustrations in this wonderful board book with embedded sounds.

A beautifully illustrated Bible that is perfect for children who are ready to move on from their first Bible. This new Bible contains over fifty stories that are retold and vibrantly illustrated in a way that will appeal to children in Key Stage 2. It is perfect for children who can now read and engage with the Bible for themselves, and are ready to dig a little deeper into the details of the Biblical stories. The Illustrated Bible is perfect for parents looking to move beyond a first bible. A presentation page is also included that helps makes this a perfect gift for a special occasion or a First Communion.

This book is bursting with cars, buses, planes, trains, trucks, diggers and many more things that go. Add to that a text that is read aloud to the tune of 'Baa, Baa, Black Sheep' and ... What a combination!

Car, car, truck, jeep,

have you any fuel?

Yes, sir, yes, sir,

three tanks full.

One for the red bus,

one for the train,

and one for the pilot

in her jumbo jet plane.

With bold, colourful illustrations by the instantly recognisable Nick Sharratt and text by talented newcomer Katrina Charman, vehicle-obsessed little ones will never want to put this book down.

This new edition of the Oxford Student's Dictionary is fully revised, with new curriculum vocabulary and up-to-date meanings. This is a comprehensive dictionary for students aged 14+ who need clear and straightforward definitions for vocabulary that they encounter at school and when preparing for exams. It includes subject specific language as well as everyday words and phrases. The new supplement gives spelling, punctuation and grammar tips for exam success, how to interpret exam command words and tips on what you can do to make a difference when checking through the exam paper.

With his dazzling skills, João Félix’s parents often joked that he could dribble before he could walk. Once overlooked for his small frame, the forward soon made everyone take note with abilities that took him to the top flight in the Spanish La Liga. A hero for Atlético Madrid, and playing alongside his hero Cristiano Ronaldo for their national team, could the next big thing in football also be coming from Portugal? About the Football Rising Stars series: Football Rising Stars dives into the incredible journeys of ten of the world’s best young players. Featuring fresh talents from England, Portugal, Norway, France, Germany and Spain, the series covers their unique rise; from playing football in the park and 5-a-sides to performing in front of capacity crowds on the biggest stage and in the biggest leagues.

Family secrets, a kingdom in danger, the adventure of a lifetime for two brothers and their horse.

‘Small Wonder’: that was what Tick’s grandfather always called him. He taught Tick a lot of things: how to take care of himself; how to take care of his little brother, Leaf; how to take care of their horse, Pebble. But Grandfather is no longer around.

So when the family home is under suddenly threat, it’s on Tick to put everything he’s learned into practice and protect his family, by taking them on a quest filled with danger. Because it’s not just their home at risk; enemies are invading the whole land. He has only six moons to get to Kings’ Keep and warn their ruler.

Travelling through forests and mountains, encountering bandits and rogue knights along the way, the journey is not an easy one. But Tick is determined to honor his grandfather’s last advice – Make it count, Small Wonder. . .

Toddlers will love playing with the large foam pieces and discovering different trucks with Chunky Play Set: Trucks—an exciting new format byPriddy Books.
This innovative new book is shaped like a case and features a sturdy handle that young children will love to carry around with them. The chunky foam pages have six large press-out pieces for toddlers to play with as they discover different trucks.

Children will love joining the busy construction worker for a fun day on the construction site. The foam play pieces are super-light, meaning they are perfect for little hands to play with. What’s more, once children have read the story, they can use the character play pieces for role play.