This title introduces readers to the life and music of Ed Sheeran. Colorful photos, fun facts, and a timeline of key dates in his life make this book an exciting read for young music lovers.

Isobel Kuhn wasn't always a missionary - she wasn't always a Christian. Her teachers discouraged a belief in God and promoted evolution. Isobel sometimes doubted whether there was anybody there at all to hear her prayers. "They don't go beyond the ceiling you know," she once said to her father who was desperately praying for his young daughter. Isobel even considered suicide once but the thought of her parents' heartache stopped her. Discover what brought this questioning, antagonistic teenager from doubts to faith in Christ. Find out how she affected the lives of countless people on the mission field of China and Thailand. This stirring and challenging story of faith is a role model to young people everywhere.

The remarkable story of the Dick, Kerr Ladies is brought to young readers for the very first time by award winning and CILIP Carnegie nominated Eve Ainsworth. It's 1917, and Britain is at war. Shy teenager Hettie wants to help the war effort, and signs up to work in the local Dick, Kerr & Co. munitions factory. She's nervous, but she has no idea quite how much her life is about to change ... For, inside this factory are young women who are about to make sporting history. Can Hettie find the courage to join them, and in doing so, find her own place in the world? Based on the thrilling true story of the Dick, Kerr Ladies team - football's forgotten legends.

A gripping collection of stories of courage and heroism. From a brave housewife's brave defiance of the Gestapo in Nazi Germany, to a doctor's risking her life to treat patients in a battle zone, this book contains inspiring tales of extraordinary courage from everyday people.

In Stuff That Scares Your Pants Off! Glenn Murphy shows us that it is OK to be scared and that there are very good reasons why we are able to feel fear. He looks closely at our most common fears, including natural disasters, predators, spiders, disease, needles, dentists, crashes, darkness, speaking in public, heights, ghosts and monsters, to show us how much of that fear is perhaps unnecessary. The result is a fun, carefully pitched, popular-science title that mixes great true-life stories with the psychology of fear, the statistical probabilities of things happening and a lot of reassurance. Discover more funny science with How Loud Can You Burp?.

When Mick rescues an injured baby jackdaw in the park, little does he know that the bird is about to change his childhood for ever. Jacko soon recovers, and Mick teaches him how to fly. It’s not long before Jacko becomes a beloved member of the community, amusing the punters in the family pub and guiding the trains into the station. As Jacko’s adventures gain greater fame, Mick has to face whether he can ever bear to say goodbye to his beloved pet jackdaw…

How a little kid from Dublin became a world champion boxer. Bernard Dunne tells his own story in his own words: for children! Growing up in Neilstown, west Dublin, Bernard Dunne was always going to be a boxer. His Dad Brendan was an Olympic boxer in his day, and coached in the CIE club in Inchicore, and his two big brothers were skilled boxers too. As Bernard grew up boxing taught him to believe in himself and helped him to focus on goals both within the sport and in other parts of his life. Bernard won his first boxing bout, at the age of six and against a ten-year-old, and went on to win thirteen Irish championship titles. In this inspirational book, Bernard describes life as a boy in Neilstown, the ups and downs of his life and career, and the powerful life lessons and skills that sport can teach a child.

Lena akuyona indaba eyenzeka ngempela, iphupho lami nje. Ngithe angibeke induku ebandla. Ngithi-ke ngingathokoza kakhulu uma zinganda izindatshana zabaqede umatikuletsheni kuphela. Uma le ndatshana yami ibe nempumelelo, ngobonga kakhulu othisha bakulezi zikole: Kingsley Combined School, Kingsley: Ekucabangeni Secondary School, Nqutu: Swelihle High School, Umlazi. Ngithi kothisha bakhona nikhule nikhokhobe! Ngingekhohlwe umsakazi wesiZulu Mnumzane Thokozani Mandlenkosi Nene. Indlela abhala ngayo umdlalo wakhe othi Isigcawu Sekantolo yiwona kanye owangifaka ugqozi lokubhala lolu hlobo lwezindatshana.

Take to the skies with the beautifully told tale of Sophie Blanchard - a woman meant for the air - as she discovers the incomparable sensation of flight.

Behold the story of Sophie Blanchard, an extraordinary woman who is largely forgotten despite her claim to being the very first female pilot in history. In eighteenth-century France, "balloonomania" has fiercely gripped the nation ... but all of the pioneering aeronauts are men. The job of shattering that myth falls to a most unlikely figure: a shy girl from a seaside village, entirely devoted to her dream of flight. Sophie is not the first woman to ascend in a balloon, nor the first woman to accompany an aeronaut on a trip, but she will become the first woman to climb to the clouds and steer her own course. The words of Matthew Clark Smith bring Sophie's story to light after so many years, while Matt Tavares' atmospheric art and unique perspectives take her to new heights.

Ware heldeverhale – perfek vir beginnerlesers.

Ontmoet ’n paar van die dapperste Suid-Afrikaanse helde! Leer ken ’n dapper mynwerker wat kaalvuis teen tonne rots baklei het om sy kollegas te red; lees die storie van Klara Majola wat een nag in die Koue Bokkeveld na haar blinde pa gaan soek het; en ontdek die ongelooflike verhaal van Hector Pieterson wat die wêreld se oë oopgemaak het vir die gruwels van apartheid. Hierdie boek bevat ses verstommende ware heldeverhale:

1. Sultan, die koning van sy baas se hart

Sultan is ’n dapper hond wat sy baas gered het toe hy op ’n dag deur ’n elektriese kabel geskok is.

2. Die bushelde van Westdene

In 1985 beland ’n skoolbus in ’n rivier – en terwyl die bus in die water wegsink, word ’n paar skoolkinders helde.

3. Hector Pieterson maak die wêreld se oë oop

’n Onskuldige skoolseun se dood het wêreldnuus geword – en gehelp om ’n einde aan die gruwels van apartheid te maak.

4. Duisend kilometer deur die wildernis

Ontmoet die dapper John Ross wat selfs koning Sjaka se respek gewen het nadat hy meer as 1 000 kilometer deur die wildernis gereis het om hulp vir sy mense te ontbied.

5. Kaalvuis teen tonne rots

Ná ’n rotsstorting in die City Deep-myn het Richard Simelane besluit om nie moed op te gee nie – hy het die rots met sy kaal hande begin weggrawe.

6. Klara Majola, kind van die kapok

Een stormnag het ’n dogtertjie genaamd Klara Majola die ysige koue van die Koue Bokkeveld getrotseer om haar blinde pa te gaan soek.

Die stories word op ’n toeganklike manier met eenvoudige taalgebruik vertel sodat beginnerlesers dit maklik self kan baasraak!