Traditional story featuring predictable text patterned language special print features. Initial sounds & letters. Capital letters. Predicting from pictures & context. Rhyming words. Provides thorough coverage of the Literacy Strategy requirements for Foundation. Can also be used with Year 1 (P2) & Year 2 (P3).

Size: 52.7cm tall by 37.5cm wide. Published 2003. 32 pages.

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This Ladybird retelling of The Gingerbread Man is a wonderful introduction to classic fairy tales for toddlers & preschool children. Enjoy reading the simple text together looking at the bright pictures & feeling the different touch-&-feels on every page. ...

Ginger Snaps" by Cathy Cassidy is a favourite for girls aged 9+. Gone are the days when Ginger was an outsider always on the fringes of friendship. She's swapped puppy fat & pigtails for make-up & hair straighteners & never looked back
- until now. Ginger & Shannon are best mates but when they befriend lonely Emily everything changes. Even the saxophone-playing boy in the trilby hat can't help
- he's part of the problem... Are Ginger & Shannon drifting apart or can they stay best friends for ever? " Touching tender & unforgettable". (" Guardian"). " Cassidy's characters have real heart". (" Sunday Telegraph"). " Cathy Cassidy.. .is way better than Jacqueline Wilson". (Courtney aged 10). It

Includes:: delicious recipes character quizzes & more! Cathy Cassidy wrote her first picture book for her little brother when she was eight or nine & has been writing fabulous stories ever since. Cathy is the bestselling author of " Dizzy" " Driftwood" " Indigo Blue" " Scarlett" " Sundae Girl" " Lucky Star" " Gingersnaps" & " Angel Cake". " The Chocolate Box Girls" is a sumptuous series starring sassy sisters super-cool boys & one of Cathy's biggest loves
- chocolate. Cathy lives in Scotland with her family & of all the jobs she's had writing has to be the best
- it's the perfect excuse to daydream after all."





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Part of the NEW Ginn History series these colourful KS2 pupil books cover key moments in world history. The series



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As people the world over know pastas huge variety of shapes textures & flavours make it the perfect basis for every type of meal. In Simply Pasta" Gino DAcampo the master of modern Italian cooking celebrates his homelands most famous food export with an inspirational collection of 100 mouth-watering recipes that

Includes:: classics such as carbonara puttanesca & ragu alla bologonese as well as new twists on old favourites such as lasagne macaroni & spaghetti vongole. Divided into six chapters
- Fresh & Filled Pasta Dried Pasta Baked Pasta Like Mama Used to Make Pasta on the Go & Pasta for those with Allergies
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Includes:: everything from comforting baked pasta dishes to spicy seafood & healthy vegetarian options even desserts! Including an introduction by nutritionist Juliette Kellow explaining the many health benefits of pasta
- it is a low-salt low GI food
- each recipe has been nutritionally analysed demonstrating that pasta is not the fattening option it was once thought to be & can be enjoyed at every meal."







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When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar he is swept into a passionate love affair. But his girlfriends return to Paris destroys everything. Unable to admit to the truth David pretends the liaison never happened
- while Giovannis life descends into tragedy. United by the theme of love the writings in the Great Loves series span over two thousand years & vastly different worlds. Readers will be introduced to loves endlessly fascinating possibilities & extremities: romantic love platonic love erotic love gay love virginal love adulterous love parental love filial love nostalgic love unrequited love illicit love not to mention lost love twisted & obsessional love...
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Considered an 'audacious' second novel Giovanni's Room" is set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates liaisons & violence. This now-classic story of a fated love triangle explores with uncompromising clarity the conflicts between desire conventional morality & sexual identity." ...

The Giraffe & the Pelly & Me" by Roald Dahl is one of his most delightful stories & has been loved by adults & children alike for decades. Billy's biggest wish is to turn a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweet-shop. But then he finds a giraffe a pelly & a monkey living inside
- they're the Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company! Who needs ladders when you've got a giraffe? They become best friends & when they meet the richest man in all of England there's a chance that Billy's scrumptious-galumptious dream just might come true.. ."A true genius... Roald Dahl is my hero". David Walliams Roald Dahl the best-loved of children's writers was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After school in England he went to work for Shell in Africa. He began to write after "a monumental bash on the head" sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl died in 1990. Quentin Blake is one of the best-known & best-loved children's illustrators & it's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations."
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The Giraffe & the Pelly & Me" is a classic Roald Dahl story. Billy's biggest wish is to turn a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweet shop. But then he finds a giraffe a pelly & a monkey living inside
- they're the Ladderless Window Cleaners! Who need ladders when you've got a giraffe? They become best friends & when they meet the richest man in all England there's a chance Billy's scrumptious-galumptious dream just might come true..."A true genius... Roald Dahl is my hero". (David Walliams). Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world's No.1 storyteller Roald Dahl! Exciting bold & instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake's inimitable artwork. Roald Dahl the best-loved of children's writers was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. His books continue to be bestsellers after his death in 1990 & total sales are now over 100 million worldwide! Quentin Blake is one of the best-known & best-loved children's illustrators. It's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations. Look out for the whole collection of wondercrump Roald Dahl books! " The Enormous Crocodile"; " Fantastic Mr Fox"; " The Giraffe & the Pelly & Me"; " The Magic finger"; " The Twits"; " The BFP"; " Boy: Tales of Childhood"; " Charlie & the Chocolate Factory"; " Charlie & the Great Glass Elevator"; " The Complete Adventures of Charlie & Mr Willy Wonka"; " Danny the Champion of the World"; " George's Marvellous Medicine"; " Going Solo"; " James & the Giant Peach"; " Matilda"; " The Witches"; " Dirty Beasts"; " The Minpins"; " Revolting Rhymes". For Teens: " The Great Automatic Grammatizator & Other Stories"; " Rhyme Stew"; " Skin & Other Stories"; " The Vicar of Nibbleswicke"; " The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar & Six More"."
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Billys biggest wish is to turn a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweet shop. But then he finds a giraffe a pelly & a monkey living inside
- theyre the Ladderless Window Cleaners! Who need ladders when youve got a giraffe? They become best friends & when they meet the richest man in all England theres a chance Billys scrumptious-galumptious dream just might come true...
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