A Northern Childhood

by George Layton

Published December 1978
Each book in the "New Longman Literature" series provides the complete, original text and a full range of support materials. The study material includes: the writer on writing - a section by or about the writer, exploring the process of writing; an introduction; guidance on keeping a log; a National Curriculum study programme; and a glossary.

Flour Babies

by Anne Fine, Andrew Bennett, Jim Taylor, and Esther Menon

Published 19 November 1992
Award-winning author Anne Fine’s story is humorous and thought-provoking at every turn.

Torn away from his deprived family by war, Willie Beech arrives in a strange new world. he soon has to start living differently with 'Mister Tom'. Will he ever be the same again? What will happen when he suddenly has to return to his mother in London? A modern classic set during the Second World War.

Gripping short stories from a wide variety of cultures and different eras pre-1914.