Password Emil! Emil & the detectives are on holiday by the seaside when they meet the three Byrons. One Byron is the father & the other two are the sons Mackie & Jackie. Jackie is bigger than Mackie & Byron Senior is very annoyed about it. But what is Jackie to do? When Emil & the detectives discover that the father is planning to desert poor Jackie they are determined to come to the rescue but not before theyve been cast away on a desert isl&...BACKSTORY: Test your knowledge of Emil & his friends & discover some fun seaside activities! ...

Whether hes teaching his pet pig to dance being chased by a mad cow or wrestling a robber Emils adventures never stop. Hens dogs little sisters
- & adults
- all flee his path. But Emil doesnt mean to be bad its just that trouble
- & fun
- follow him wherever he goes. A collection of utterly engaging tales from one of the worlds best-loved childrens authors.



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Emily is a helpful little girl so when her mummy is worried that Daisy the cow will escape into the clover field through a hole in the fence she offers to go & look after Daisy for the day. On the way she meets a big dog a boastful boy & an old man with a sack. But when she gets to the meadow she realises she needs help with Daisy & to mend the fence. Who can she turn to? This is a delightful springtime picture book from Elsa Beskow. Young children will enjoy following Emily through her day as unexpectedly good things keep coming her way. ...

Sarahs full of nerves when she arrives at Sunnyside Stables but shes not the only one. Sprite a new addition to Sunnyside is flighty & anxious. Together they must work to rebuild each others confidence
- but in order to help Sprite Sarah must first conquer her own nerves... Written in diary form this is the fifth book in a brilliant series that is perfect for all ponymad girls.
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Wuthering Heights is one of those rare books that appeals to a general audience as well as inspiring endless academic enquiry. Baffling & fascinating its first readers it has been read as a great love story a tragedy of hatred a promise of spiritual sublimity an intriguing textual puzzle an analogue of the class war a feminist protest a poem a drama a dialogue. It has inspired hundreds of interpretive versions in other media & the image of Catherine & Heathcliff on the hill-top (despite not appearing in the novel) has become a cultural icon. In this Readers' Guide Patsy Stoneman has devised a careful route through the bewildering profusion of critical writing on Wuthering Heights. After a chapter on 19th century responses the Guide links together a selection of extracts demonstrating the major critical developments of the 20th century from humanism through formalism to deconstruction. Subsequent chapters working within this general framework focus on psychoanalytic readings source studies readings using discourse theory work on dissemination & political readings including Marxism postcolonialism & feminism. By combining thoroughness & accessibility this Guide aims to be useful to both undergraduates & more advanced scholars. ...

The magic ring that Emily Windsnap
- half mermaid half ordinary girl
- finds buried in the sand belongs to Neptune & he wants

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Emily & Aaron are sent on a top secret mission by King Neptune. The king has been having nightmares he doesn't understand & he knows only that Emily & Aaron must go to the Land of the Midnight Sun to avoid catastrophe. But when the friends arrive in this icy world of mountains & glaciers they uncover a mystery more dangerous than they ever imagined. With the help of her best friends & a brave heart can Emily survive & fulfil her mission? A magical adventure about the power of friendship. ...

Emily Windsnap is thrilled to arrive at her new home
- a secret island near the Bermuda Triangle where humans & merfolk live together
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Emily is delighted when her family returns to Brightport but their attempts to follow Neptune's orders to bring humans & merfolk together seem doomed. Thrown out of mermaid school & scorned by her old enemy Mandy Rushton Emily goes in search of the lost sirens who were banished by Neptune to a top secret undersea cavern. Only when she uncovers the sirens' true story can she put the pieces of her own life back together. ...

Emily Windsnap is part ordinary girl & part mermaid. Join Emily as she uncovers a new world under the sea finds her long-lost father meets a terrifying sea monster visits a mysterious castle & encounters a beautiful siren. This enchanting fantasy with its vivid scenes of a brilliantly realized underwater world tells the story of a delightful & wholly believable girl. Strongly plotted it deals with universal themes of families friendship love & justice
- all handled with a lightness of touch & an assurance that marks Liz Kessler out as a highly accomplished writer.
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