A brilliant introduction to the history of The Olympics from the traditional games of Ancient Greece to their revival by Pierre de Coubertin & the pomp & ceremony of the modern Games Specially written as part of the Usborne Reading Programme for children growing in reading confidence & ability featuring humorous illustrations throughout by Paddy Mounter It is developed in consultation with Alison Kelly who is a senior lecturer in education & an early reading specialist from Roehampton University ...

When the hunter's children fall out of their cradle in the woods a kind mother rabbit takes them home & cares for them She makes them rabbit suits to keep them warm & they play happily with her rabbit children Meanwhile the hunter searches desperately for his children He comes across some rabbits which run away in fear But there's something strangely familiar about these little rabbits thinks his clever dog Spot ...

All through the winter the Root Children are asleep underground but when spring comes Mother Nature wakes them up Then the Root Children are busy cleaning & painting the beetles & bugs When summer comes they play in the fields ponds & meadows Also available in a mini-version ...

All through the winter the Root Children are asleep underground but when spring comes Mother Nature wakes them up Then the Root Children are busy cleaning & painting the beetles & bugs When summer comes they play in the fields ponds & meadows This is a mini-version of Sibylle von Olfers' classic story ...

This book shows the impact of the war on the lives of the people who lived through it
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Poppy is gazing out of the window at the snow when suddenly she sees that the snowflakes are really Snow Children dancing & whirling in the garden Soon they whisk her away to the Snow Queen's wintry kingdom From the author of The Story of the Root Children this is another classic children's story with beautiful illustrations in the art-nouveau style ...

WINNER OF THE NME BEST BOOK AWARD ' This book is going to try & get as close as possible to the full story of what informed the noise of The Streets Obviously that's something I should be fairly well-qualified to know about & I'm going to be as honest as the publisher's lawyers will allow' With the 2001 release of The Streets' debut single ' Has It Come To This?' the landscape of British popular music changed forever No longer did homegrown rappers have to anxiously defer to transatlantic influences Mike Skinner's witty self-deprecating sagas of late-night kebab shops & skunk-fuelled Playstation sessions showed how much you could achieve simply by speaking in your own voice In this thoroughly modern memoir the man the Guardian once dubbed 'half Dostoevsky half Samuel Pepys' tells a freewheeling funny & fearlessly honest tale of Birmingham & London ecstasy & epilepsy Twitter-fear & Spectrum joysticks spread-betting & growing up He writes of his musical inspirations role models & rivals the craft of songwriting & reflects on the successes & failures of the decade-long journey of The Streets ...

This book explores real-life stories & little known facts that will absorb young readers Beautiful images & bite-sized information bring the Titanic to life 48 pages 160 clr & b&w photos Fullman Joe ...

When their widowed father's business fails the Bastable children decide to restore the family fortunes themselves No longer able to afford school the children have all the time in the world to devise ingenious money-making schemes from digging for treasure in their Lewisham garden to becoming highwaymen on Blackheath Common All too often their efforts lead to trouble rather than treasure until one adventure finally pays off Published with illustrations by Gordon Browne newly scanned from the original edition The Story of the Treasure Seekers is the first book in the Bastable trilogy which continues with The Wouldbegoods & New Treasure Seekers' She's the children's writer with whom I most identify Nesbit said " By some lucky chance I remember exactly how I felt & thought at 11" That struck a chord with me The Story of the Treasure Seekers was a breakthrough children's book Oswald is such a very real narrator at a time when most people were writing morality plays for children' J K Rowling'I loved the direct first-person narrative in the clear forthright tones of Oswald Bastable' Jacqueline Wilson' Endlessly surprising & inventive But she is more than that She is also simply the funniest writer we have ever had while being the one who could most easily & sweetly break your heart with a phrase Just try saying " Daddy oh my Daddy" without catching your breath She made the magic worlds feel as near as the Lewisham Road & she bathed the Lewisham Road in magic' Frank Cottrell-Boyce A collection that will be coveted by children & adults alike this list is the best in children's literature curated by Virago These are timeless tales with beautiful covers that will be treasured & shared across the generations Some titles you will already know; some will be new to you but there are stories for everyone to love whatever your age Our list

Includes:: Nina Bawden (Carrie's War The Peppermint Pig) Rumer Godden (The Dark Horse An Episode of Sparrows) Joan Aiken (The Serial Garden The Gift Giving) E Nesbit (The Psammead Trilogy The Bastable Trilogy The Railway Children) L M Montgomery (The Anne of Green Gables series) & Susan Coolidge (The What Katy Did Trilogy) Discover Virago Children's Classics

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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 Documentary intercut with tender narrative drama set in the Gobi desert in Mongolia When a camel gives birth to a rare white camel colt the difficult & protracted delivery leads to problems the mother rejects her baby & refuses him her milk or bodily warmth This turn of events spells disaster for the nomadic family to whom the camels belong & they send their two sons off to the nearest town (some 30 miles away on camels across the desert) to find a musician who can perform the ancient & Hoos& ceremony that will reconcile the mother with her son The film won the 2003 European Film Award for Best Documentary ...