This volume, which tells the story of Hercules in easy-to-read text, is designed specifically for children who have recently started to read independently. It is part of a series which has been developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, a specialist in early reading.
Soulis, Lord of Liddesdale, is the only man ever to strike fear into the heart of King Robert the Bruce. But what is the secret of his power? And can any man stop him from stealing the beautiful Marion Elliot from her betrothed? This story is based on a Scottish legend of the fourteenth century.
Favourite Fables, in Prose and Verse: With Twenty-Four Illustrations (Classic Reprint)
by Harrison Weir
Ashta vinayak and other Lord Ganesha Stories (Illustrated)
by Vyanst
Once upon a time . . . Those words conjure up the aura of timeless children's stories, the kind of tales told in our comprehensive line of Children's Classics. Accompanied with exquisite illustrations specially commissioned for this line, each book is a hardcover, elegant little treasure with a deluxe four-color bronzed jacket. At $6.95, they are an affordable answer for first-class gift giving and collecting. And to make them even more attractive to your customers, we offer a variety of assortm...
The Year of the Ox (Tales from the Chinese Zodiac)
by Oliver Chin
Olivia the ox learns what her best qualities really are when her friend Mei needs help when a flood threatens their village. Lists the birth years and characteristics of individuals born in the Chinese Year of the Ox.
Three Billy Goats Gruff, Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella and The Cockerel, the Mouse and the Little Red Hen. Step into the magical world of Child's Play fairy tales...Traditional tales are a well-established part of all cultures. Retold from the originals, these lively stories will captivate readers.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Other Favourite Fairy Tales (Storytime)
Hidden in the dark, marshy bogs of Swampland, the wicked and mischievous bogles hide from the Moon, and lie in wait for travellers. Anyone who wanders too close to the edge will feel clammy fingers dragging them beneath the murky water. When the Moon saves a young boy called Thomas, she gets captured by the bogles, and Thomas must set out to save her. Can he end the bogles' reign of terror?
Beware the Tallyman, a merciless predator...Somewhere in the Millside district of Glasgow a tallyman - an unlicensed loan shark - is preying on people in desperate financial straits. He loans them cash at rates they cannot hope to pay back - and then demands various services in kind. And these 'services' make the Tallyman a one-man crime wave. It's a tough, depressing case for Inspectors Thane and Moss, especially after one of Thane's close friends is found dead - a victim of the brutal moneylen...
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #2)
by Rick Riordan
After a year spent trying to prevent a catastropic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson finds his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, Tyson--a six-foot-three, mentally challenged homeless kid who follows Percy everywhere, making it hard for Percy to have any "normal" friends. But things don't stay quiet for long. Percy soon discovers there is trouble at Camp Half-Blood: The magical borders which protect Half-Blood Hill have been po...
Carlotta. Unexpected Acquaintances in the Boarding School (Carlotta)
by Dagmar Hosfeld
The Adventures of Thomas and the Gopher (Golden Collection)
by Albert Ivanov