Chris Powling is een vooraanstaande stem in kinderliteratuur, wiens uitgebreide ervaring als pedagoog zijn perspectief diepgaand informeert. Hij heeft zich met kinderboeken beziggehouden, niet alleen als auteur, maar ook als prominent criticus voor belangrijke nationale tijdschriften en kranten, en als radio-omroeper. Zijn redactionele werk is erkend met prestigieuze prijzen, wat zijn belangrijke bijdragen aan het vakgebied benadrukt. Powlings diepgaande begrip van zowel literatuur als onderwijs maakt hem tot een waardevolle commentator op de wereld van het kinderlezen.
V norském příběhu je hezký princ proměněn ve zvíře, láska však překoná i ty největší svízele. Jako v každé správné pohádce i v naší vítězí dobro nad zlem. Napínavý příběh mohou číst děti samy, s rodiči anebo poslouchat ve formě mp3 namluvené rodilými herci, uložené na webu Albatros Media. Vydavatelství Edika připravilo ve spolupráci s Oxford University Press dvojjazyčné verze patnácti klasických pohádek.
In The Multi-Million-Pound Mascot Mo eats the Peanut of Power and becomes the luckiest girl alive. The trouble is someone else wants a share in that luck - Foxy Freddy, the manager of Oldcastle Athletic F.C. TreeTops Fiction contains engaging novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading!
I couldn't believe it when Mum and Dad said that my sister could wear her puppy costume to school. But it was even worse when the headteacher decided that she should spend the day in my class! schovat popis
Grandpa's creaky old house is the perfect place for ghosts, or so Kevin teases his younger siblings when they go to stay there. He shows Mick and Susie the evidence... This is a spooky mystery story with a surprising hero.
All the kids in school have a pair of Rainbow Boots well, all of them except Denzil! So he pretends that his are being customised and soon he's trapped in a web of lies. But are the Rainbow Boots really worth all this hassle A hilarious school comedy from popular writer Chris Powling with illustrations from the brilliant Jim Field. Bloomsbury High Low books encourage and support reading practice by providing gripping, age-appropriate stories for struggling and reluctant readers, those with dyslexia, or those with English as an additional language. Printed on tinted paper with a dyslexia friendly font, Rainbow Boots is aimed at readers aged 9+ and has a manageable length (64 pages) and reading age (7+). Produced in association with reading experts at Catch Up, a charity which aims to address underachievement caused by literacy and numeracy difficulties.
The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series is a collection of some of the best known stories from around the world carefully adapted for children to read themselves. East of the Sun, West of the Moon is a tale of true love between Astrid and her prince, who she must rescue from the magic of the troll Long Nose.
Short Stories. A collection of nine spooky stories, this book is sure to enthral and entertain every young reader. There are thrills and chills aplenty, but also lots of laughs in this winning combination of contemporary original stories and retellings of traditional tales.
A Biography
This is a profile of Roald Dahl, the popular children's author. The book is written as though the reader pays a personal visit to Roald Dahl at his home in Great Missenden, stays the night and meets his family, and sees where the actual books get written in a shed in the garden. Short extracts from Roald Dahl's books are included.
Kit, a young boy, dreams of building a castle as fine as the ones in the olden days. Kit gets his wish during a vacation at the beach, when he and his sister Anna enter a sandcastle building contest.
Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales are fully decodable so children can read some of the best known stories from around the world for themselves! Rabbit convinces Bear and Fox to help him rescue the moon which has fallen in the pond.