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This series offers an insight into Shakespeare theatre as we enjoy it today, and as it was intended when first performed. The books include background information on popular plays and details of Shakespeare's life. Each book includes: examples of recent stage production; extensive primary source material; and, cast of characters and plot of the play.

This series offers an insight into Shakespeare theatre as we enjoy it today, and as it was intended when first performed. The books include background information on popular plays and details of Shakespeare's life. Each book includes: examples of recent stage production; extensive primary source material; and, cast of characters and plot of the play.

Seventeen-year-old Greg's concern with preserving the wildlife of the hundred islands in Australia's Bass Strait leads him to defy his father and set out on his own path toward the future.

Easy to use in the classroom or as a tool for revision, Oxford Literature Companion Workbooks provide student-friendly support for a range of popular GCSE set texts. Each write-in workbook offers a range of varied and in-depth activities to deepen understanding and encourage close work with the text, covering characters, themes, performance, language and contexts. Each workbook also includes a comprehensive Skills and Practice section, which provides advice on assessment and sample student exam...

An illustrated anthology of poems for young children about the problems of conservation. The poems invite us to consider the world and the animals and plants that live here. They paint a picture of a rather bleak future if we do not take care of the planet, but conclude on a note of hope and encouragement.

Open Wide Wilbur! Wilbur is the Most Welcoming Whale in the World! All the fish in the ocean love him because he's such a welcoming whale. But disaster strikes when Wilbur's friends start taking him for a ride - and refuse to go home...Stella's Staying Put. Stella is the Most Stubborn Swan in the World! She decides to build her nest in the middle of a busy towpath, even though everyone tells her not to. How will the silly swan hatch her eggs now? Funny lively stories, the perfect books for build...

"You have to make more noise than anybody else" - Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the British Suffragette movementAn incredible collection of brand new short stories, from ten of the UK's very best storytellers, celebrating inspirational girls and women, being published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the UK. £1 from the sale of every book will be donated to Camfed, an international charity which tackles poverty and inequality by supporting women's education in the de...

These two titles are the latest in the "Shakespeare Stories" series, which includes "Antony and Cleopatra", "Hamlet", "Henry V", "Macbeth", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Romeo and Juliet", "The Tempest" and "Twelfth Night". Two more titles, "Othello" and "Richard III", will be published in August 2006. All titles tie in with the national curriculum Key Stage 2.

Adapted by Frank Cottrell Boyce based on his best-selling novel!

There are lots of things a rhinoceros can do around one's house, including eating bad report cards before one's parents see them, tiptoeing downstairs for a midnight snack, and collecting extra allowance.

A huge bumper collection of stories to read aloud, with colour pictures. 50 stories, all with magic touch to make children want to hear them over and over. Stories of new and old. The big square pages are beautifully designed with large type and on every one of them are colourful pictures with enormous child appeal. In the same format as Georgie Adams and Selina Young's A YEAR FULL OF STORIES, this is the same kind of value...