On the grounds of Misselthwaite, her Uncle Archibald''s estate near the Yorkshire moors, nine-year-old Mary Lennox finds a walled-in garden that has been locked securely for years. With the help of Dickon Sowerby, a young local boy who can charm animals, Mary cultivates the garden, an experiences that ...
How do germs spread? Can my body fight germs? and How do medicines help? Children are told to wash their hands and blow their noses to avoid spreading germs, but do they really know what germs are? Th.
Gillian Cross\''s brilliant retellings and Neil Packer\''s clever illustrations bring to life Homer\''s Iliad and Odyssey, two of the greatest stories ever told. When first published Walker’s versions of the Iliad and the Odyssey attracted attention both for the quality of the writing and for their amazingly ...
Zoom off into space for an adventure where You Choose what happens next. Which alien would you most like to be friends with? And what fantastically freaky food will you decide to munch for lunch? The possibilities are infinite in this mesmerising creative toolkit which will inspire children from 3 up ...
You are about to read the true story of Father Christmas. It is a story that proves that nothing is impossible. If you are one of those people who believe that some things are impossible, you should put this book down right away. It is most certainly not for you. Because this book is FULL of impossible ...
Best friends Sophia, Megan and Faith are going to a horse show where they''ll take part in lots of exciting riding events. Use the stickers to dress the dolls for a barrel race, dressage, a relay and even a game of horseball! With over 300 reusable stickers of riding clothes and accessories, this activity ...
It sounded like a respectable and worthy enough death for an explorer - tumbling from an ice bridge to be impaled upon a mammoth tusk - but Stella really, really didn''t want that to happen, just the same.Join Stella Starflake Pearl and her three fellow explorers as they trek across the snowy Icelands ...
A Puffin Book - stories that last a lifetime. Puffin Modern Classics are relaunched under a new logo: A Puffin Book. There are 20 titles to collect in the series, listed below, all with exciting new covers and fun-filled endnotes. Clive King''s Stig of the Dump is a much-loved modern classic. It is the ...
Gerald was a tall giraffe whose neck was long and slim,But his knees were awfully bandy and his legs were rather thin... Gerald the giraffe longs to go to the great Jungle Dance, but how can he join in when he doesn''t know how to tango or two-step? Everyone knows that giraffes can''t dance... or can ...
"... a wonderful teaching tool for those who are welcoming refugees into their community."--The New York Times With haunting echoes of the current refugee crisis this beautifully illustrated book explores the unimaginable decisions made as a family leave their home and everything they know to escape ...
Tracing the lives of a group of friends, The Waves follows their development from childhood to middle age. While social events, individual achievements and disappointments form its narrative, the novel is most remarkable for the rich poetic language that expresses the inner life of its characters: their ...
OH LOOK, there''s an EGG in your book! But this isn''t any old egg - there''s a dragon in it! And pretty soon she''s set your book ON FIRE. OH NO! Can you use your imagination (and your tickling skills) to help the little dragon fly off on her own adventure out of your book? Tom Fletcher and Greg Abbott ...
