Read With Biff, Chip & Kipper is the UK's best-selling home reading series. Over 5 million copies of the series sold in the UK alone since 2005. It is based on Oxford Reading Tree which is used in 80% of primary schools. Level 4 First Stories have been specially written to introduce & practise a range of key everyday words. Fun plots & carefully levelled text create the perfect combination to build children's confidence & enjoyment in reading. Key words at this level include: saw, said, came, out, she, was, looked, children, went, going, what, help, them These four engaging Biff, Chip & Kipper storybooks include tips for reading together & for talking about the story, puzzles & fun activities. Written by Roderick Hunt & beautifully illustrated by Alex Brychta, they are perfect for children who are developing their vocabulary & reading skills. Level 4 Phonics stories are also available to introduce letter sounds & practise reading by sounding out words, as children learn to do at school. ...

When Millie's mother abandons her one late afternoon in 1854, fate brings the seven-year-old to Aggie's door
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Young Millie Forrester bursts into Aggie Winkowski's life like a bolt from the blue on a hot summer's afternoon in 1854. Finding the pretty child abandoned by her mother in the rough quarter of town, Aggie is all too aware of the dangers she would face if left alone. Surprisingly, from these unpromising beginnings, a relationship is established which gives new meaning to Aggie Winkowski's life & is to mould Millie's destiny. ...

In this critically-acclaimed fictional memoir of Sir Walter Scott, Allan Massie recreates the life & times of one of Scotland's

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Books Historical Fiction Books When 12 year-old Jared Johnson’s little sister dies, just hours after his mother breathes her last after wasting away so her children could eat, he knows he is on own. Desperate to avoid the workhouse, he does everything he can to survive the inhospitable streets of Birmingham. Jared is blessed with the gift of the gab & soon attracts the attention of the King of the Tatters, Toby Mc Guire. Recognising a kindred spirit, Toby soon has Jared out on a cart hustling for rags. Jared loves driving his horse Bess, shouting ‘any old rags’ as loud as he can, & it’s not long before he’s thriving. But being successful can bring you enemies as well as friends. Toby knows that Jared is destined for bigger things – provided his big mouth doesn’t get him hurt first… Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781835339459 •†Author:   Lindsey Hutchinson  •†Publisher:   Boldwood Books •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 294 •†Dimensions:† 12.9 x 1.65 x 19.8 cm ...

Details: When their father goes away unexpectedly, Roberta, Peter & Phyllis have to move from London to a cottage in
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When Father goes away with two strangers one evening, the lives of Roberta, Peter & Phyllis are shattered.

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. ..when the Green Dragon tore shrieking out of the mouth of its dark lair, which was the tunnel, all three children stood on the railing & waved their pocket-handkerchiefs without stopping to think whether they were clean handkerchiefs or the reverse. ...

There is an unfathomable fascination with the romance connected to the construction of great railways.

Yet little is known

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London 1851. With the opening of the Great Exhibition at h&, interest is mounting in the engineering triumphs of the railways, but not everyone feels like celebrating…

In an audacious attack, the London to Birmingham mail train is robbed & derailed, causing many casualties. Planned with military precision, this crime proves a challenge to Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck who fights to untangle a web of murder, blackmail & destruction.

As Colbeck closes in on the criminal masterminds events take an unexpected turn when the beautiful Madeleine, daughter of the injured train driver, becomes a pawn in the criminals’’ game. With time running out, good & evil, new & old, battle against each other. But will the long arm of the law have speed on its side?

Full of historical detail, The Railway detective is an action-packed dip into murky 1850s London.







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