A nostalgic collection on rural schools childhood & English country life from the much-loved author of VILLAGE SCHOOLFrom organising the school summer fete' Because of our inability to recognise our climatic shortcomings from the outset arrangements for outdoor jollities get completely out of hand'to the sometimes rather odd passions of childhood'I collect stones with holes in them' Miss Read captures the essence of rural life & in particular of village schools as only she can This collection also

Includes:: extracts from her letters' Michael Joseph wrote after the Observer thing & is throwing out feelers for a book I shall know if he still feels like it
- me too!
- after we've met' It will also include an Introduction on how ' Miss Read' was first created ' Miss Read was born fully clothed in sensible garments & aged about forty She was born in fact when I was struggling to write my first book & needed a village schoolmistress as the narrator'



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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Nudity Variety High Society Mrs Laura Henderson (Judi Dench) may be a widow but she is by no means going to spend the rest her days playing bridge The Windmill Theatre becomes her raison d&etre & the notorious showman Vivian Van Dam (Bob Hoskins) becomes her business partner & fiercest opponent The Germans are bombing London but the roar of the Windmill is all that can be heard as Mrs Henderson convinces Lord Cromer (Christopher Guest) to allow her actresses to be the one thing no one could ever imagine nude! Brought to its knees by war the non-stop revue & Mrs Henderson Presents& brings a nation to its feet in applause ...

Why is everyone staring at Mrs Honey's Hat? This new edition of a well-established classic is sure to become a favourite with a whole new generation of children With large clear text a repetitive refrain & a strong emphasis on days of the week this book is ideal for early readers ...

IIt is a frequent complaint that women have been airbrushed out of history their contributions forgotten their voices silenced In this superbly written book historian Derek Wilson redresses the balance showing how women were crucial to the Reformation Working alongside men
- & sometimes in opposition to them
- women were able to study to speak to write to struggle & even to die for what they believed & to leave behind a record of all these achievements From Catharina Luther through English martyr Anne Askew to Elizabeth I & onwards out into Europe
- this book reveals the rich threads women brought to the tapestry of history


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An old widow is brutally killed in the parlour of her cottage Mrs Mc Ginty's dead!' How did she die?' Down on one knee just like I!' The old children's game now seemed rather tasteless The real Mrs Mc Ginty was killed by a crushing blow to the back of the head & her pitifully small savings were stolen Suspicion falls immediately on her lodger hard up & out of a job Hercule Poirot has other ideas
- unaware that his own life is now in great danger
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Root for Morris the spectacle-wearing mole to find his way home in this laugh-out-loud story from Jarvis the creator of Alan's Big Scary Teeth The witty Jarvis makes all the right moves New York Times From Jarvis the creator of Alan's Big Scary Teeth comes another truly unmissable hilarious adventure about a daddy mole who has mislaid his spectacles Morris can't find them anywhere So he decides to go on without them trusting his instincts to lead him the right way home to his waiting family & delicious dinner of worm noodles Mrs Mole I'm homeeee! he sings as he burrows right into some poor unsuspecting rabbit family's hole Oh dear Without his spectacles Morris really can't see a single thing
- how will he ever get home? With perfect comic timing & a whole lot of heart Jarvis will have all readers rooting for Morris to find his family & rejoicing in the idea that
- glasses or no glasses
- you can always make your way back to home sweet home


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont is the story of an elderly lady (Joan Plowright) who is all but abandoned in a London retirement hotel by her family
- so she strikes up a friendship with a young writer (Rupert Friend) Based on the best-selling book by Elizabeth Taylor Actors Joan Plowright Rupert Friend Zoe Tapper Anna Massey Robert Lang Marcia Warren Georgina Hale Millicent Martin Michael Culkin Anna Carteret Lorcan O& Toole Timothy Bateson Clare Higgins Emma Pike & Carl Proctor Director Dan Ireland Certificate PGYear 2005 Languages English Duration 1 Hour & 43 Minutes (approx)
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Shortlisted for the Booker Prize A humorous & compassionate look at friendship between an old woman & a young man On a rainy Sunday in January the recently widowed Mrs Palfrey arrives at the Claremont Hotel where she will spend her remaining days Her fellow residents are magnificently eccentric & endlessly curious living off crumbs of affection & snippets of gossip Together upper lips stiffened they fight off their twin enemies boredom & the Grim Reaper Then one day Mrs Palfrey strikes up an unlikely friendship with an impoverished young writer Ludo who sees her as inspiration for his novel ...

Mrs Pepperpot never knows when she's going to shrink to the size of a kitchen pepperpot & its usually at the most inconvenient moments! But being small can be a lot of fun too
- Mrs Pepperpot will meet the little people in the Magic Wood be taught to swim by a frog & even sit on a mouse's back!A compilation of nine short stories including Mrs Pepperpot in the Magic Wood; Mrs Pepperpot & the Puppet Show; Midsummer Eve with the Ogres; Mrs Pepperpot & the Baby Crow; Mrs Pepperpot learns to Swim; Mrs Pepperpot gives a party; Sir Mark the Valiant; Mrs Pepperpot turns Detective; Mrs Pepperpot & the Brooch Hunt
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The Disney Live Action Beauty & the Beast movie will be hitting screens in March & it&s sure to do blockbuster numbers as all the Live action remakes have This range of new POP! figures captures all the main players Belle Beast & the supporting cast of Lumiere Cogsworth & Mrs Potts ...