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Featuring wonderful new illustrations from Peter Bailey this beautiful fairytale is perfect for readers young and old.
Lila doesn't just want to be a Firework-Maker's daughter, she wants to be a Firework Maker herself. But although she's learned a lot she still must get through the most difficult and dangerous part of her apprenticeship - and her father won't tell her what it is.
In search of this final Firework-Making secret, Lila heads off alone on a journey. It is a journey filled with dangers beyond anything she could have imagined, a journey on which she will learn so much more than the one secret she set out to find . . .
First published in 2006. Part of the Studies in Social History
series, this volume looks at leisure and class in Victorian
England, 1830-85, including topics of popular recreation, middle
class and working class differences and rational recreation for the
masses and the case of Victorian Music Halls in the entertainment
industry.
Includes brilliant baboon facts! Akimbo loves his life in Africa
and the animals that live there. In this newest Akimbo story, a
lady comes to study the baboons in the game reserve where Akimbo's
father is the head ranger. Akimbo is keen to help and find out all
he can about baboons - and in so doing comes closer to a much more
dangerous animal
Tick, tick, tick, tock. Once you've wound some things up nothing can stop them . . .
It is a cold winter's night when Karl enters the White Horse Tavern looking like he's swallowed a thundercloud. His final task as a clockmaker apprentice is to make a new figure for the great clock of Glockenheim. He has not made the figure - or got any idea of what it could be, and the unveiling is tomorrow.
Fritz is also in the tavern; there to read aloud his new spooky story. Like Karl, he hasn't finished. Well, he knows how the story starts and he knows it's called Clockwork - so, with the snow swirling down outside, he sets his story going and just has to hope that the ending will come to him as he tells it.
Suddenly, Fritz's story and real life merge in a completely sinister way - and just like clockwork it can't be stopped . . .
First published in 2006. Part of the Studies in Social History
series, this volume looks at leisure and class in Victorian
England, 1830-85, including topics of popular recreation, middle
class and working class differences and rational recreation for the
masses and the case of Victorian Music Halls in the entertainment
industry.
An spellbinding insight into storytelling from one of today's
greatest writers. This collection by the 2003-2005 Children's
Laureate, Michael Morpurgo, contains short stories, essays and
commentaries to illuminate the craft of storytelling. Analyzing all
aspects of writing - character, plot, sources and inspiration,
retelling and biography - it is perfect for anyone, young or old,
who loves great stories and wants to know more about the art of
telling tales.
Growing up in a poor New York neighbourhood, Cedric Errol appears
to be a normal American boy. However, as he discovers when he meets
his grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, he is actually Lord
Fauntleroy, and is expected to become an English gentleman. Whisked
away from his mother and his friends, Cedric must find a way to
convince his grandfather to send him home and show him that there
is more to nobility than titles and wealth. First published in
1886, Little Lord Fauntleroy was Frances Hodgson Burnett's first
children's novel, and was hugely popular in its day. It contains
many of the themes that would recur in her masterpiece The Secret
Garden, and remains a witty and charming tale of a transatlantic
clash of cultures.
Roberta, Phyllis and Peter have their comfortable lives in London
thrown into disarray by the unexpected disappearance of their
father. They are forced to move to a small cottage in the
countryside with their mother, who struggles to make ends meet by
writing books. The children find solace in a stretch of railway
track and the station nearby, and befriend the railway porter, who
teaches them about running the station, and an old gentleman who
takes the 9.15 train every day. Through this love of the trains
they are led on many exciting adventures, including a quest to
discover the secret of their father's disappearance. One of the
most popular children's books ever written, E. Nesbit's tale has
enchanted generations of readers since it was first released in
1906. It has been adapted for the screen and the stage many times,
and its story of innocence, intrigue and discovery remains
perfectly poignant today.
This lively and highly innovative book reconstructs the texture and
meaning of popular pleasure in the Victorian entertainment
industry. Integrating theories of language and social action with
close reading of contemporary sources, Peter Bailey provides a
richly detailed study of the pub, music-hall, theatre and comic
newspaper. Analysis of the interplay between entrepreneurs,
performers, social critics and audience reveals distinctive codes
of humour, sociability and glamour that constituted a new populist
ideology of consumerism and the good time. Bailey shows how the new
leisure world offered a repertoire of roles that enabled its
audience to negotiate the unsettling encounters of urban life.
Bailey offers challenging interpretations of respectability,
sexuality, and the cultural politics of class and gender in a
distinctive, personal voice.
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A Twist of Tales (Paperback)
Julia Donaldson; Illustrated by Peter Bailey
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A king hides a terrible secret under his crown ...A marvellous
dream inspires an epic journey ...A clever girl outwits the king.
Told in hyper-readable language and with full-colour illustrations,
these stories are an ideal first step for children embarking on a
lifelong journey through the wonders of books and stories.
Lively and innovative, these well-illustrated essays on the making of the Victorian entertainment industry get inside the popular experience of the pub, music-hall, theater and comic press. In this new leisure world, audiences learned how to be performers themselves, adopting roles and styles appropriate to the unsettling dynamics of the modern city. A major advance in understanding how popular culture actually works, this is a model of the successful integration of the theory and practice of social history and cultural studies.
Featuring wonderful new illustrations from Peter Bailey, this intriguing and exciting tale of chance and misfortune by multi award-winning Philip Pullman, is perfect for readers young and old.
I was a Rat! Roger insists, and insists . . . In fact, when Bob the cobbler and his washerwoman wife, Joan, find the young boy abandoned on their doorstep, these are the only words he says. And he does have ratty behaviour, it's true.
Staying with Bob and Joan, however, Roger learns quickly to behave more like a human child. They try to find his parents, but the orphanage, police and hospital all have nothing on their records about a lost boy in the city. What is the truth? As more and more people find out about Roger the mysterious rat-boy he faces more and more danger. But sometimes help comes from the most unexpected of places . . .
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Pandora's Box (Paperback)
Rose Impey; Illustrated by Peter Bailey
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A beautiful retelling of a classic Greek myth, perfect for fans of
Geraldine McCaughrean. When the world was new and the gods ruled
the whole of Earth, a large wooden chest was sent to a
newly-married couple with a warning not to open it. The chest was
hidden away with the thought 'out of sight, out of mind'. But
curiosity is a powerful thing and it can't hurt to have one little
look... can it? This retelling of the classic Greek myth from Rose
Impey has engaging black-and-white illustrations by Peter Bailey
and is perfect for children who are developing as readers. The
Bloomsbury Guided Reading series is packed with brilliant books to
get children reading independently in Key Stage 2, with book-banded
stories by award-winning authors like double Carnegie Medal winner
Geraldine McCaughrean and Waterstones Prize winner Patrice Lawrence
covering a wide range of genres and topics. With charming
illustrations and online guided reading notes by the Centre for
Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), this series is ideal for
reading both in the classroom and at home. For more information
visit www.bloomsburyguidedreading.com. Book Band: Brown Ideal for
ages 7+
Little Lucja's Grandpa Feliks has seen off the German army, and the
Communists, and now he is looking forward to a long and peaceful
retirement. He plans to begin with a tasty Christmas Eve dinner of
carp. But when the carp arrives alive and takes up residence in the
bathtub and Lucja's heart, has Grandpa Feliks finally met his
match?
The story of a naughty wooden puppet who has a penchant for lying
and dreams of becoming a real boy, The Adventures of Pinocchio has
entered our collective imagination and fascinated generations of
young and adult readers since its first publication in 1883. Part
fable, part coming-of-age novel, part cautionary tale,
Pinocchio’s rollicking exploits through an unforgiving and often
incomprehensible world – populated by unforgettable characters
such as the Talking Cricket, Candlewick, Mangiafuoco and the Fairy
with Turquoise Hair – have had a profound impact on our culture
and attained universal significance as a mirror of the human
condition. Here presented in a brand-new and lively translation by
Stephen Parkin and illustrated beautifully by Peter Bailey, this
edition of The Adventures of Pinocchio brings extra sparkle to one
of the greatest and most celebrated works of children’s
literature.
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Bingo Lingo (Book)
Helen MacGregor; Illustrated by Peter Bailey; Edited by Ana Sanderson; Contributions by Collins Music
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Bingo Lingo - the book which put the fun Into the literacy hour -
is relaunching in a bright new edition. A sharp fresh design makes
the content even more accessible and friendly. But the heart of the
book remains a wonderfully clever collection of songs and rhymes
with familiar tunes, all of which teach an aspect of literacy in a
fun and memorable way. Completely new is a whole set of content
links with the National Literacy Strategy. Quick clear links can be
found on our music website.
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