Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing & reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Poppy is very excited to be going on holiday especially when she is given a skull & crossbones scarf to wear. But life as a pirate dog at the seaside is trickier than she realises... ...

When Poppy discovers that her father Frank is in prison she is angry & bewildered. Seeing her wonderful heroic father in a London prison looking pale subdued & in prison clothes she suddenly has a brilliant idea: to free her father. She & her friend Will invent all kinds of escape ideas for him
- until she hears that he has been removed to a prison far away on an island with five years to serve. But when the prison decides to stage a musical using professionals & prisoners Frank is picked for the lead role. It is then that the questions begin... The story of a feisty girl & how she deals with the pain of her dad's downfall has much to say about the harsh realities faced by the unlucky children of prisoners.
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August 1939: Thirteen-year-old Poppy Brown is evacuated to a village in Dorset. Tired & frightened she arrives with nothing but her gas mask & a change of clothes to her name. Billeted at a grand country house Poppy is received with cold indifference above stairs & gets little better treatment from the servants. Lonely & missing the family she left behind in London Poppy is devastated when she hears that they have been killed in the Blitz. Circumstances soon force Poppy to move to the suburbs & into the company of strangers once more. Earning a meagre income as a hospital cleaner as the war continues to rage Poppy longs to do her duty. & as soon as she is able to she starts her training as a nurse. While the man she loves is fighting in the skies above Europe Poppy battles to survive the day-to-day hardships & dangers of wartime wondering if she'll ever see him again... ...

Little girls everywhere will love dressing the characters in this collection of two popular titles from the Sticker Dolly Dressing" series. You can help the characters dress for a variety of different occasions from preparing for the audition for the leads in a movie to walking the red carpet for the big music award ceremony using the colourful & trendy clothing stickers. There are over 750 stickers to choose from to help the characters look their best." ...

Little girls everywhere will love dressing the characters in this collection of two popular titles from the Sticker Dolly Dressing" series. You can help the characters dress for a variety of different occasions from preparing for the audition for the leads in a movie to walking the red carpet for the big music award ceremony using the colourful & trendy clothing stickers. There are over 750 stickers to choose from to help the characters look their best." ...

This book is part of a series that is designed specifically for students of 'popular' music. All topics are covered in a way that is directly relevant to the music played with the focus very much upon how to apply theoretical knowledge in a practical music-making context. The series aims to help the user gain London College of Music Grade Examinations in Popular Music Theory. As well as helping to pass the exams the series aims to improve general musicianship as well. ...

This book is part of a series that is designed specifically for students of 'popular' music. All topics are covered in a way that is directly relevant to the music played with the focus very much upon how to apply theoretical knowledge in a practical music-making context. The series aims to help the user gain London College of Music Grade Examinations in Popular Music Theory. As well as helping to pass the exams the series aims to improve general musicianship as well. ...

This book is part of a series that is designed specifically for students of 'popular' music. All topics are covered in a way that is directly relevant to the music played with the focus very much upon how to apply theoretical knowledge in a practical music-making context. The series aims to help the user gain London College of Music Grade Examinations in Popular Music Theory. As well as helping to pass the exams the series aims to improve general musicianship as well. ...

After spending six months apart best friends Julie & Lydia are reunited at last! Julie has said good-bye to the mean girls & Lydia is ready to apply her hard-earned friendship lessons to founding their own crew. But bad news interrupts their reunion: their friend Sukie's mother ill for many years has passed away. This shakes Lydia & Julie who re-evaluate their goals & decide to focus more on being supportive of the friends they have. Unfortunately their well-meaning schemes almost immediately start to go awry & everyone seems to be mad at them for reasons beyond their control. How can they be better friends when no one seems to want to give them the chance? As always Julie & Lydia's hilarious back-&-forth notes form the backbone of the novel which Amy Ignatow uses to reveal all-too-real truths about friendship & loyalty. ...

After spending a year studying popularity Julie & Lydia are finally ready to put their hard-earned lessons to use in junior high. But before they can conquer the world together tragedy strikes: Lydias mom gets a six-month job in London! Before Lydia can say fancy a cup of tea?" shes thrust into a new school with ugly uniforms snobby schoolmates & a reputation as the " Violent American." Meanwhile Julies stuck navigating the cliques of American junior high on her own where she finds herself adopted by a group of troublemaking 8th graders known as the " Bichons" (after the adorable dogs though theyre anything but adorable themselves). The two best friends will have to learn to keep in touch & stand on their own assisted as always by their trusty notebook. Amys signature sense of humour & her knack for capturing the trials & tribulations of friendships of all stripes will satisfy fans of the first book & introduce more readers to the charms of Lydia & Julie. As in the first book this will be full-colour illustrated in Amys authentic scrapbook style." ...