This is an enchanting ecological fantasy from a multi-award-winning picture book creator. Worried that the whale living in her pond is unhappy Emily writes to Greenpeace who though offering the best of advice insist that it is impossible for a whale to live in a pond. Undeterred Emily continues to seek the best course of action for her beloved whale finally setting him free. ...

This is a new title from the best-selling Read & Respond" series. It offers differentiation advice & assessment guidance. It features plot character & setting speaking & listening activities. It

Includes:: guided reading notes & texts for shared reading. It also features extended writing projects."

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Alfie the deerhound is a large grey puppy. He loves his boy Charlie & cheese & hes very good at digging holes. But poor Alfie has got lost & hes scared
- of thunderstorms & being hungry & never seeing Charlie again.. . Meanwhile Charlie doesnt know what to do
- but one thing is for sure: hell never stop looking for his dear hound. Can Alfie ever find his way back to Charlie
- & his great big squashy beanbag in the kitchen?


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Is duty enough reason to live a lie? When John meets Savannah he realises he is ready to make some changes. Always the angry rebel at school he has enlisted in the Army not knowing what else to do with his life. Now he's ready to turn over a new leaf for the woman who has captured his heart. What neither realises is that the events of 9/11 will change everything. John is prompted to re-enlist & fulfil what he feels is his duty to his country. But the lovers are young & their separation is long. Can they survive the distance? ...

Alice Munro captures the essence of life in her brilliant new collection of stories. Moments of change chance encounters the twist of fate that leads a person to a new way of thinking or being: the stories in Dear Life" build to form a radiant indelible portrait of just how dangerous & strange ordinary life can be. Many of these stories are grounded in Munro's home territory
- the small Canadian towns around Lake Huron
- but there are departures too. A poet finding herself in alien territory at her first literary party is reescued by a seasoned newspaper editor & is soon hurtling across the continent young child in tow towards a hoped for but completely unplanned meeting. A young soldier returning to his fiancee from the Second World War steps off the train before his stop & onto the farm of another woman beginning a life on the move. The book ends with four powerful pieces 'autobiographical in feeling' set during the time of Munro's own childhood in the area where she grew up. Munro describes this quartet as 'not quite stories' but 'the first & last
- & the closest
- things I have to say about my own life'. Suffused with Munro's clarity of vision & her unparalleled gift for storytelling these & the other stories in " Dear Life" are cause for celebration."



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Nostalgic witty & filled with characters & situations that people of all ages will recognise Dear Lupin" is the entire correspondence of a Father to his only son spanning nearly 25 years. Roger Mortimer's sometimes hilarious sometimes touching always generous letters to his son are packed with anecdotes & sharp observations with a unique analogy for each & every scrape Charlie Mortimer got himself into. The trials & tribulations of his youth & early adulthood are received by his father with humour understanding & a touch of resignation making them the perfect reminder of when letters were common but always special. A racing journalist himself Roger Mortimer wrote for a living yet still wrote more than 150 letters to his son as he left school & lived in places such as South America Africa Weston-super-Mare & eventually London. These letters form a memoir of their relationship & an affectionate portrait of a time gone by." ...

Nostalgic witty & filled with characters & situations that people of all ages will recognise Dear Lupin" is the entire correspondence of a Father to his only son spanning nearly 25 years. Roger Mortimer's sometimes hilarious sometimes touching always generous letters to his son are packed with anecdotes & sharp observations with a unique analogy for each & every scrape Charlie Mortimer got himself into. The trials & tribulations of his youth & early adulthood are received by his father with humour understanding & a touch of resignation making them the perfect reminder of when letters were common but always special. A racing journalist himself Roger Mortimer wrote for a living yet still wrote more than 150 letters to his son as he left school & lived in places such as South America Africa Weston-super-Mare & eventually London. These letters form a memoir of their relationship & an affectionate portrait of a time gone by." ...

Nine-year-old Max an only child who lives with his widowed mother writes to his favorite author D.J. Lucas. The two begin a correspondence of short mostly humorous letters & postcards sharing personal experiences & suggestions about writing (Max wants to become an author while D.J. Lucas is agonizing over her latest book). ...

When Katy Simmons packed all three of her daughters off to their grandmother's house for a few days during their school summer holidays in order to get some work done in peace & quiet she expected to talk to them on the phone she knew that her eldest would send her a text now & again she was even thinking about getting granny to set up Skype
- but she never expected them each to send her a letter. She realised that Granny was responsible. Letters are such old-fashioned things after all.. .or are they? Talking to her friends she soon realised that writing to Mum wasn't such a rare occurrence for other kids who were away from home. Some were encouraged to do so at school & others even liked to leave notes around the house for their mothers to find. Of course when embarking on the huge task of writing a letter you don't waste too much time on trivia. Letters are for important stuff
- & it's what the children who wrote the letters that are featured in this book found important that make them so fascinating to read.

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Have you ever wondered what your Father was like as a child? Intrigued to know about how your gr&-parents met? Do you wonder what school life was like for your Mum? These are questions that lead to precious answers. Award-winning 'from you to me' Journals of a Lifetime gift range is made up of beautifully designed hard back journals
- the perfect gift for every loved-one for every occasion. Available in Dear Dad Dear Mum Dear Grandma Dear Grandad Dear Son Dear Daughter Dear Sister Dear Brother & Dear Friend. We all have our own story to tell. Each 'from you to me' gift journal contains around 60 fun & inspiring questions carefully designed to inspire your family to enjoy telling their story
- to help you to find out amazing things about them.

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