Hippo knows she is going to have to pull off something spectacular to impress the diving judges As she climbs up to the highest diving board she can't help feel she has forgotten something important The Froglets series is perfect for children who are reading on their own with fun stories of no more than 200 words They are great for 5 year olds or those reading book band 5 (green) ...

Meerkat is taking part in the longest running race
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The Animals' Football Final is an exciting story for young cowboy fans who are learning to read on their own Perfect for children aged 5-7 who are reading at book band blue Max really wants to be a cowboy but he's not very good at using his lasso When a bull escapes from the country show will Max be able to save the day? The Froglets series is perfect for children who are reading on their own with fun stories of no more than 200 words & puzzles to encourage retelling the story & to help build vocabulary Compiled in consultation with Catherine Glavina PGCE & Primary Leader The Centre for Professional Education University of Warwick ...

Marrying deft social commentary to a rich earthy comedy the three comedies collected in Aristophanes' The Frogs & Other Plays offers a unique insight into one of the most turbulent periods in Ancient Greek history This Penguin Classics edition is translated by David Barrett with revisions an introduction & notes by Shomit Dutta The master of ancient Greek comic drama Aristophanes combined slapstick humour & cheerful vulgarity with acute political observations In The Frogs written during the Peloponnesian War Dionysus descends to the Underworld to bring back a poet who can help Athens in its darkest hour & stages a great debate to help him decide between the traditional wisdom of Aeschylus & the brilliant modernity of Euripides The clash of generations & values is also the object of Aristophanes' satire in Wasps in which an old-fashioned father & his loose-living son come to blows & end up in court & in Women at the Thesmophoria the famous Greek tragedian Euripides accused of misogyny persuades a relative to infiltrate an all-women festival to find out whether revenge is being plotted against him Shomit Dutta's introduction discusses Aristophanes' life the cultural context of his work & conventions of Greek comedy This updated version of David Barrett's translation also

Includes:: extensive notes & a preface for each play Aristophanes (c 445-386 BC) was probably born in Athens Little is known about his life but there is a portrait of him in Plato's Symposium He was twice threatened with prosecution for his outspoken attacks on the prominent politician Cleon but in 405 he was publicly honoured & crowned for promoting Athenian civic unity in The Frogs Aristophanes had his first comedy produced when he was about twenty-one & wrote forty plays in all The eleven surviving plays of Aristophanes are published in the Penguin Classics series as The Birds & Other Plays Lysistrata & Other Plays The Wasps & Other Plays & The Frogs & Other Plays If you enjoyed The Frogs & Other Plays you might like Aristophanes' Lysistrata & Other Plays also available in Penguin Classics

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A funny magical story about family & imagination perfect for children learning to read Natalie's sister Lola has locked herself in the bathroom & is refusing to come out It's not her fault
- there's a witch in there keeping her prisoner & a sleeping dragon called Fizz who Lola doesn't want to wake up When the witch gets cross & conjures up lots of frogs things get a little heated
- because frogs do not like dragons! If the police the firemen a plumber & Lola's family can't get her out of the bathroom what will? The Reading Ladder series helps children to enjoy learning to read It features well-loved authors classic characters & favourite topics so that children will find something to excite & engage them in every title they pick up It's the first step towards a lasting love of reading Level 2 Reading Ladder titles are perfect for readers who are growing in confidence & are beginning to enjoy longer stories Clear type Up to 8 lines per page Bright appealing pictures for added interest A variety of sentence structures A wider range of vocabulary Strong themes & characters to discuss All Reading Ladder titles are developed with a leading literacy consultant making them perfect for use in schools & for parents keen to support their children's reading Book band Turquoise

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A powerful survivor's account of the IRA bomb that killed the author's 14-year-old twin brother his grandparents & a family friend published on the 30th anniversary of the atrocity Winner of the 2011 Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Award & nominated for the 2009-2010 PENJR Ackerley prize On the August bank holiday weekend in 1979 14-year-old Timothy Knatchbull went out on a boat trip off the shore of Mullaghmore in County Sligo Ireland It was a trip that would cost four lives
- & change his own for ever The IRA bomb that exploded in their boat killed Knatchbull's grandfather Lord Mountbatten his grandmother Lady Brabourne his twin brother Nicholas & local teenager Paul Maxwell In telling this story for the first time Knatchbull is not only revisiting the terrible events he & his family lived through but also writing an intensely personal account of human triumph over tragedy For thirty years Knatchbull has lived with the echoes of that day the death of the twin from whom he had been inseparable; the loss of his adored grandparents whose funerals along with his twin's he & his parents were too injured to attend; the recovery from physical wounds; & the emotional legacy that proved harder to endure In From A Clear Blue Sky Timothy Knatchbull delves into his past present & future & reveals a story of courage & fortitude as he his family & their English & Irish friends dealt with the shocking assassinations & their aftermath Taking place in Ireland at the height of the Troubles it gives a compelling insight into that period of Irish history But more importantly it brings home that although tragedy can strike at any moment the human spirit is able to recover & evolve over time This book about truth & reconciliation unflinching in its detail asks searching questions about why human beings inflict misery on others & holds lessons about how we can learn to forgive to heal & to move on It will resonate with readers the world over
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This is a book that celebrates the visual culture of Iran & its food
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This title tells from deep within Odin's cavernous halls the stories of the Viking Gods From Viking-age stories of ice & fire to the epic poetry of " Beowulf" from the warrior Valkyries to Tolkien's " Riders of Rohan" & from Wagner's " Gotterdammerung" to Marvel's " Mighty Thor" Norse mythology arguably offers something for everyone " From Asgard to Valhalla" is unique in showing how these myths have impacted on & continue powerfully to resonate across the fields of literature art music & politics In her sparkling new book Heather O' Donoghue ranges from the high culture of " The Poetic Edda" & the Romantic sublime to popular manifestations of Norse mythology such as the fantasy novels of Neil Gaiman & Diana Wynne Jones Distinguishing the myths in their original form from a host of later accretions the book tells the gripping story of how such strange & fragmentary material was seized & remodelled throughout the centuries whether by the volkisch fantasies of the Third Reich or the modern-day cult appeal of Viking Metal ...

Artists From Ashes to New Label Eleven Seven Format Vinyl 12 Album Tracks 1 Land of Make Believe 2 Farther from Home 3 Lost & Alone 4 Shadows 5 Through It All 6 Face the Day 7 Downfall 8 Breaking Now 9 Every Second 10 Same Old Story 11 You Only Die Once ...

Artists From Ashes to New Label Better Noise Records Format Vinyl 12 Album Running Time Vinyl 12 Album Tracks 1 Wake Up 2 Crazy 3 My Name 4 Gone Forever 5 Broken 6 Forgotten 7 Enemy 8 Nowhere to Run 9 Let Go 10 On My Own 11 The Future ...