It all starts with a girl.. . (because yes there's always a girl...) Jason Priestley (not that one) has just seen her. They shared an incredible brief fleeting moment of deep possibility somewhere halfway down Charlotte Street. & then just like that she was gone
- accidentally leaving him holding her old-fashioned disposable camera chock full of undeveloped photos... And now Jason
- ex-teacher ex-boyfriend part-time writer & reluctant hero
- faces a dilemma. Should he try & track The Girl down? What if she's The One? But that would mean using the only clues he has which lie untouched in this tatty disposable... It's funny how things can develop...


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The Petal Fairies have a very important job
- together with their magic petals they help to make sure that flowers grow & bloom
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This is the story of a little girl named Fern who loved a little pig named Wilbur & of Wilburs dear friend Charlotte A. Cavatica a beautiful large grey spider. With the unlikely help of Templeton the rat & a wonderfully clever plan of her own Charlotte saves the life of Wilbur who by this time has grown up to be quite a pig. This is a time-honored classic favorite. ...

Charlotte's Web is the classic children's story by E B White. The tale of how a little girl named Fern with the help of a friendly spider saved her pig Wilbur from the usual fate of nice fat little pigs. E. B. White was born in New York in 1899 & died in 1985. He kept animals on his farm in Maine & some of these creatures crept into his books such as Stuart Little which was recently made into a blockbusting film. He received many awards including the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1970 an award given every five years to authors who have 'made a substantial & lasting contribution to literature for children'. Also by E B White: Charlotte's Web; Stuart Little; & The Trumpet of the Strong. ...

New Read & Respond" is back by popular demand & ready for the 21st Century. The completely new text provides teachers with everything they need to teach these classic children's books. Notes & activities reflect the way that teachers teach now & include shared texts guided reading notes reading activities speaking & listening activities writing projects & assessment guidance. Over a third of each book is filled with invaluable photocopiables
- all illustrated by the original children's book illustrators. It

Includes:: everything the teacher needs to teach a classic book. It is based on best-selling children's books. It contains speaking & listening activities. It offers assessment guidance & photocopiable pages. The new " Read & Respond: Charlotte's Web" provides teachers with all the resources they need to teach " Charlotte's Web" by EB White. " Charlotte' Web" is a popular choice for teachers because it can support the NLS at Key Stage 2 as a classic an animal story a story by an established writer & a story that raises issues."


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Holly O' Neill knows that every charm bracelet tells a story. Many years ago she was sent one with just a single charm attached. The charms have been appearing ever since often at challenging times as if her mysterious benefactor knows exactly when she needs a little magic in her life. As a result Holly's bracelet is her most prized possession. So when she finds someone else's charm bracelet she feels she has to try to reunite it with its owner. Even if the only clues she has to follow are the charms themselves. On a search that will take her all over New York City at Christmas Holly becomes ever more determined to piece together the details of this other charmed life. But what she doesn't know is that her quest may also lead her somewhere she never ever expected.. . ...

Anastasia Donovan knew that her gift marked her as different special
- perhaps even dangerous. She had spent years hiding herself
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Making peace with the past & friends for a lifetime. Elly is sent by her father to stay with her Aunt Dina on Sunday Island for the whole summer. With no friends Elly is bored. So when she receives a mysterious invitation for a midnight meeting she sneaks out of the house only to stumble into a bemused girl called Sierra who is just as lost as Elly. A helpful little dog leads them into an overgrown maze.. .where a grinning girl called Tash meets them. 'I thought a midnight feast would be a great start to our summer on Mystery Island!' The three girls have a lot of fun together swimming eating ice creams & exploring the isl&. By chance the girls discover that their pasts are linked. But an old mystery involving buried treasure threatens their friendship. Will the girls be able to solve the mystery & remain friends? ...

Girl 15 Charming But Insane huge bum massive ears seeks.. . Well seeks Ben Jones but failing that large Muslim-type burka garment to cover her deformities. Life can be trying when your best friend is a goddess you are a woeful underachiever & Ben Jones wont even look in your direction. Painfully spot on Girl 15 reveals with Technicolor precision the agony & the ecstasy (and the embarrassment) of being a teenager. With razor-sharp observation & deadpan humour we are offered a privileged peek at the life of Jess 15 charming but most definitely insane. This novel has a unique voice & humour that will make you want to read it again & again
- if you can bring yourself to put it down in the first place.
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As well as its advantages there are drawbacks to the enlightened village that is twenty-first-century Edinburgh where every Saturday night ears burn at dinner parties across the city & anyone requiring the investigative abilities of a philosophical soul knows where to find her. Jillian Mc Kinlay -- wife of a trustee of an illustrious school -- is the latest petitioner; she asks Isabel to look into a poison-pen letter that makes insinuations about applicants for the position of principal. Isabel's niece Cat has another new boyfriend who seems too good to be true. & when a pretty cellist with a tragic story takes a fancy to her husb&-to-be Isabel finds herself contemplating an act of heroic & alarming self-sacrifice. ...