Three folk tales from around the world retold by the wonderful storyteller Gervase Phinn. In the first a golden turtle offers a kindly fisherman riches beyond his wildest dreams. In the secod Amparos daughter looks sweet but when shes determined to do something nothing gets in her way. In the third a naughty leprechaun gets a big shock! * Sapphire/ Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop childrens sustained engagement with texts & are more complex syntactically. * A wanted poster on pages 54 & 55 for the leprechaun in the last story helps children to recap all the naughty things he did. * Text type: Three stories from other cultures. * This book is paired with The Ultimate World Quiz a non-fiction information book full of facts about our planet. * Curriculum links: Geography: Passport to the world; Citizenship: Choices Living in a diverse world. ...

This delicately decorated card has the message &8216; Wishing you a very happy Golden Wedding Anniversary&8217; in gold lettering next to illustrated gold hearts with sparkles. This card is blank inside for your own message & comes with a cream envelope ready for posting Approximate dimensions: 14 x 14cm Not suitable for children under 3 years contains small parts which may cause a choking hazard. ...

This gracefully decorated card has the message to celebrate 50 years of marriage has &8216; With Best Wishes on your Golden Wedding Anniversary&8217; in gold lettering on a white background with the &8216; Golden&8217; picked out in 3D lettering & gold sequins. Greeting inside reads &8216; Wishing you both a wonderful day&8217; & the card

Includes:: an envelope for posting. Approximate dimensions: 20.5 x 20.5cm Not suitable for children under 3 years contains small parts which may cause a choking hazard.

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She is beautiful. She is Russian. & she is very very dangerous. Once Xenia worked for the KGB. But her new master is Janus a powerful & ambitious Russian leader who no longer cares about ideology. Januss ambitions are money & power: his normal business methods include theft & murder. & he has just acquired Golden Eye a piece of high-tech space technology witht the power to destroy or corrupt the Wests financial markets. But Janus has underestimated his most determined enemy: James Bond. ...

Auric Goldfinger: cruel clever frustratingly careful is a cheat at Canasta & a crook on a massive scale in everyday life. The sort of man James Bond hates. So it's fortunate that Bond is the man charged by both the Bank of England & MI5 to discover what this the richest man in the country intends to do with his ill-gotten gains
- & what his connection is with SMERSH the feared Soviet spy-killing corps. But once inside this deadly criminal's organization 007 finds that Goldfinger's schemes are more grandiose
- & lethal
- than anyone could have imagined. Not only is he planning the greatest gold robbery in history but mass murder as well...


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Auric Goldfinger
- cruel clever & frustratingly careful
- is a cheat at Canasta & a crook on a massive scale in everyday life.

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WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY KATE MOSSE ' You're stale tired of having to be tough. You want a change. You've seen too much death' In Fleming's seventh 007 novel a private assignment sets Bond on the trail of a criminal mastermind
- Auric Goldfinger. But greed & power have created a deadly opponent who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
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The RAF & Commonwealth air crews were bound by regulations & discipline during WWII. Survival was by no means a certainty with casualties becoming a part of everyday life. The evolution of non-established clubs was recognised & regarded as an important area within RAF history that boosted moral. The regulations flexed to allow membership pins & badges to be worn on RAF & Commonwealth flying uniforms. This book allows the reader to experience a number of individual stories & understand the relevance of being a:
- Goldfish (Lives saved by the use of personal life preservers & dinghies) Caterpillar (Lives saved by parachutes) or:
- Guinea Pig (Lives saved by pioneering surgery conducted by Archibald Mc Indoe at the Queen Victoria Hospital Sussex) In many instances the accounts are recalled in great detail from the official records of medals & awards. True heroism & gallant deeds supported by original photographs create an easy to read book revealing areas of interest not previously visited in this format.

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Joe is just an ordinary boy until he makes a wish on a spooky Egyptian amulet... Now he's the Protector of Undead pets! Just when Joe thought things couldn't get any stranger he is visited by Fizz a zombie goldfish. Fizz was flushed down the toilet by his owner Danny's little sister who doesn't realize that she's sent the fish to a watery grave. Fizz needs to ensure the truth is revealed before his fellow fish meet a similar fate. But how do you get a goldfish to rest in peace? Undead Pets is full of animal zombies & pets with one last thing to do before they pass to the other side! Funny dark & full of comic adventure this series is ideal for boys seeking a fast-paced & amusing chapter book. ...

Jack Frost has promised not to trouble the Rainbow Fairies again but he didnt say anything about the Weather Fairies! Now he has stolen the feathers from Doodle the weather-vane cockerel in charge of the weather. Its up to Rachel & Kirsty to get each of the feathers back from Jack Frosts goblins with a little bit of help from the weather fairies. Goldie the sunshine fairy is all hot & bothered without her shimmery sunshine feather. Can Rachel & Kirsty seek it out & put a stop to a sticky situation? ...