Something about the Author Autobiography Series (Something about the author autobiography, Vol 16)
Volume 16.
Macbeth (Letts Explore GCSE Text Guides)
Providing a thorough analysis of the text, this handy literature guide to Macbeth will help you fully understand the text. Plot and structure, as well as characters and themes, are explored in detail to help you prepare for the English exam. Prepare for your English exam confidently with this guide to Macbeth. Offering an in-depth exploration of the characters and key themes, this literature guide will provide a thorough analysis of the text to help you achieve the best results....
Dive into terrifying world of PIGGY in the third original illustrated novel based on the fan-favourite video game! Welcome back to the bone-chilling world of PIGGY, the survival-horror game that will have have you hearing haunting oinks in your sleep, guaranteed! Three months after his adventures in Doveport, Ben and his friends have sweeping the island of Lucella for the Infected, administering the newly created cure and re...
Shuri: A Black Panther Novel #3 (Shuri: A Black Panther Adventure, #3)
by Nic Stone
New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone takes Shuri to uncharted parts of Wakanda in this original adventure. The royal palace of Wakanda is one of, if not the most, secure facilities on this planet – or any other. So the anxiety Shuri feels when she’s jolted out of sleep by the queen mother with the news that someone attempted to break into the palace – and succeeded – is significant. And as quickly as they broke in, they vanished....
Between Worlds: Folktales of Britain & Ireland
by Kevin Crossley-Holland
The definitive collection of British and Irish folktales from master storyteller and poet Kevin Crossley-Holland.Rich and strange, these eerie and magical folktales from across Britain and Ireland have been passed down from generation to generation, and are gathered together in a definitive new collection from the master storyteller and winner of the Carnegie Medal, Kevin Crossley-Holland. Dark and funny, lyrical and earthy, these fifty stories are part of an important and enduring historical tr...
Globe Education Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream
by Globe Education
The Globe Education Shakespeare series presents a bold new approach to exploring Shakespeare plays with 11-16 year olds.This printed play text offers powerful, active, theatre-based approaches to understanding the play, direct from Shakespeare's Globe. Activities and unique resources from Shakespeare's Globe enable students to actively engage with each play's language and key themes in both print and digital formats. They are designed for use across Key Stages 3 and 4 with an emphasis on develop...
These lovable cat poems were written by T. S. Eliot for his godchildren and friends in the 1930s. They have delighted generations of children since, and inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber's brilliant musical Cats. This edition includes illustrations by Nicolas Bentley.
Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant) has captured the hearts and thoughts of millions of readers. In Divergent Thinking, YA authors explore even more of Tris and Tobias' world, including: * What Divergent's factions have in common with one of psychology's most prominent personality models * The biology of fear: where it comes from and how Tris and the other Dauntless are able to overcome it * Full-page maps locating all five faction headquarters and other series l...
Oxford School Shakespeare: GCSE: GCSE Romeo & Juliet Revision Workbook (Oxford School Shakespeare)
by Helen Backhouse
The Oxford School Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet GCSE Revision Workbook provides an accessible and active way for students to revise Romeo and Juliet, targeting the key skills and information that students need to master to ensure exam success. The workbook is structured by character and theme and includes a combination of knowledge recap, activities and exam practice, ensuring that students have all the information they need to revise effectively and efficiently. Each unit is carefully structured...
Providing engaging and diverse 19th, 20th and 21st century non-fiction and literary non-fiction texts, clustered around a range of themes, this Rollercoaster collection is ideal for use with all KS3 and KS4 students to help prepare them for the GCSE English Language and Literature requirements.
This collection of poetry celebrates the seven ages of women. It includes poems by Emily Bronte, Maya Angelou, Thomas Hardy, Adrian Henri, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and many others both traditional and modern. Ages 9+.
Just William's Plays (Outlaws Club Books)
by Richmal Crompton
Gareth Owen's bitter-sweet observations on life and the world will strike a chord with readers everywhere. Girl from a Train We stopped by a cornfield Near Shrewsbury A girl in a sun hat Smiled at me Then I was seven Now sixty-two Wherever you are I remember you 'Gareth Owen's poetry is original, beautiful, serious, funny, real and imaginative... I cant tell you how good it is!' Patrick Dickinson
Who rules the school? Is it the head, the caretaker, the dinner ladies, the time table, the bell, or is it any of the other alternatives put forward in this poetry collection? Paul Cookson's poetry also appears in the third Sandwich Poets title, Elephant Dreams.
First published in 1969, Only Connect is widely accepted as an essential volume for everyone concerned with children's and young adults' literature. This new edition offers a new selection of more than 40 essays and brief studies on history and criticism, literary standards, changing tastes, science fiction, young adult literature, fantasy, the problem novel, racism, and sexism. None of the articles have been featured in either of the previous two editions. Among the essayists are Joan Aiken, Ma...
GCSE English: AQA Power & Conflict Poetry Anthology - Revision Question Cards
by CGP Books
If you want to make sure you really know the AQA Power & Conflict Anthology, you need to test yourself and that’s where these CGP Revision Question Cards come in! Every poem in the Grade 9-1 GCSE English Literature Anthology has specific cards dedicated to it so that you can get to grips with the key points. There are also cards focussing on the key themes and poetic techniques. Each card starts off with quick questions to warm you up, followed by harder questions that require more thought, plus...
Wuthering Heights is the only published novel by Emily Bronte, written between October 1845 and June 1846[1] and published in July of the following year. It was not printed until December 1847, after the success of her sister Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre, under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. A posthumous second edition was edited by Charlotte. The title of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors of the story. The narrative centres on the all-encompassing, passionate, but ultimatel...