What are stories for? Well, let the storyteller show you... the North Wind and the Sun compete to find out who is better, proving that kindness is better than anger. Can a crocodile and a monkey help solve an argument between friends? Allow children to escape into another world and discover the power of stories for themselves. TreeTops Greatest Stories offers children some of the worlds best loved tales in a collection of timeless classics. Top children's authors and talented illustrators work together to bring to life our literary heritage for a new generation, engaging and delighting children. The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book. Each book contains inside cover notes to help children explore the content, supporting their reading development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links and activities to support guided reading, writing, speaking and listening. This pack provides 6 copies of the same title.

Alex Charles isn't afraid of her future. It's her past that has been holding her back; her parents were unexpectedly killed while she was still in high school. Alone in the world, she turns to her friendships to keep her life fulfilled. And then one day, the unimaginable happens. An unknown uncle, Joe Graham, comes into her life and takes her into a world of mystery and discovery; a place where the past can be rewritten. Joe is a willing instructor, ready to share his experiences. He's a time traveler, taking his first jump back in time to the end of the Civil War in 1865. Where something wonderful happens when he saves the life a woman named Laura Chestnut who was destined to die in horrible circumstances. In a twist of fate, he falls in love with her, never wanting to come back to his own time. Will Joe do the right thing or suffer the consequences and follow his heart? In this expanded version of Alex Charles: The Evening Oak, packed with surprises, more is revealed about Alex and the life of secrets she never knew.

On a cold winter's evening in Raleigh, North Carolina, Alex Charles left 1989 and traveled into the darkness of 1942. Her mission simple: to save two boys from drowning just days before Christmas. But how could she have known the danger that awaited her in the past. Joseph Graham, her fun-loving uncle, tried to give her all the essentials necessary for time travel and changing destiny. However, he couldn't live without his own true love, Laura Chestnut, a woman he met during the last days of the Civil War. Sometimes forever is too long to wait. Returning to 1870, Joe knew the risk, but wasn't going back for personal gain forbidden? The rules aren't the same this time. Even though destiny can change, how far will Alex and Joseph go to rewrite the past?