This work offers an invaluable insight into storytelling from one of todays greatest writers. This collection by the 2003-2005 Childrens Laureate Michael Morpurgo contains short stories essays & commentaries to illuminate the craft of storytelling. Analyzing all aspects of writing
- character plot sources & inspiration retelling & biography
- it is perfect for anyone young or old who loves great stories & wants to know more about the art of telling tales.

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The singing mermaid is tempted away from her home at Silversands to join the circus. The audiences love her but the poor mermaid kept in a tank by the wicked circus owner Sam Sly soon longs to return to the freedom of the sea. Will she ever escape? With glitter throughout this is a beautiful lyrical new picture book from the creators of the bestselling WHAT THE LADYBIRD HEARD. ...

The singing mermaid is tempted away from her home at Silversands to join the circus. The audiences love her but the poor mermaid kept in a tank by the wicked circus owner Sam Sly soon longs to return to the freedom of the sea. Will she ever escape? With glitter throughout this is a beautiful lyrical new picture book from the creators of the bestselling WHAT THE LADYBIRD HEARD. ...

Singing Phonics is a song collection for 3-5 year olds specially designed to support the earliest steps in phonics teaching & enrich young children's experience of language in a fun & interactive way. It

Includes:: a range of songs chants & games all designed to increase phonics awareness. Each song will come with activities (including photocopiable resources) & ideas for further development. Singing Phonics is ideal to be used with the new phonics programme Letters & Sounds published by the Primary National Strategy but will also be a highly useful addition to any phonics scheme. The pack

Includes:: a CD with sample performances of all the songs & many songs are also familiar tunes making it a highly user-friendly resource.



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The Singing Prep Test is designed to be taken by singers who have been learning for a few terms. It enables pupils to practise & demonstrate important musical skills such as sense of pitch & rhythm clear diction accuracy & quality of tone. This book contains specially-commissioned tunes & pieces as well as everything else that the player will need to take the test. The book is attractively presented with entertaining illustrations & a fun page. ...

Caro Ramsays Singing to the Dead" is the second instalment in the " Anderson & Costello" series. Bitter betrayal. Sweet revenge. Two seven-year-old boys have been abducted from the streets of Glasgow. Both had already endured years of neglect & betrayal
- but for Detective Inspector Colin Anderson the case is especially disturbing because the boys look so much like his own son Peter... Then with police resources stretched to breaking point a simple house fire turns into a full-scale murder hunt. An invisible killer is picking off victims at random & if DS Costellos hunch is correct committing an ingenious deception. As his squad struggles to work both cases DI Anderson learns that deception & betrayal come in many guises. For while the boys abductor is still out there no child is safe
- as young Peter Anderson is about to find out... Reissued with a stunning new package Caro Ramsays Anderson & Costello thrillers have been widely recognised as one of the most significant new series in the genre in recent years & Ramsays utterly unique investigators are ready to become the nations favourite Scottish cop duo. " Absolution" is the amazing opening to this stunning series. Subsequent titles include " Dark Water" & " Singing to the Dead". Fans of Ian Rankin & Val Mc Dermid will love this series. Praise for Caro Ramsay: " Brilliant in twisting the tension tauter with each page". (" Guardian"). " Ramsay handles her characters with aplomb the dialogue crackles & the search for the killer has surprising twists & turns". (" Observer"). " Many shivers in store for readers followed by a shattering climax". (" The Times"). Caro Ramsay was born in Glasgow & now lives in a village on the west coast of Scotl&. " Absolution" is her first novel which was shortlisted for the CWAs New Blood Dagger for best debut of the year. This success was followed by two further DI Anderson & DS Costello novels " Singing to the Dead" & " Dark Water". The fourth book in the same series " The Blood of Crows" is also released this summer."

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An indispensable & practical guide to protecting & improving the voice. The gift of a beautiful voice is one to be preserved until old age & will give great pleasure to the singer & the listener alike. This book will enable the singer to be able to sustain a clear tone effortlessly throughout a rehearsal or performance. The advice offered here will be invaluable to both solo & choral singers & applies to all kinds of singing. As the voice is a living organ understanding & exercises are needed to keep it fit just as the rest of the body does. The book provides the secrets & techniques that some singers have paid great sums for! ...

This is the stunning conclusion to the epic Pellinor" series
- four books telling an extraordinary tale of another world.
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A corporate lawyer from the House of Single & Single is shot dead in cold blood on a Turkish hillside for crimes that he does not underst&. A childrens entertainer in Devon is hauled to his local bank late at night to explain a monumental influx of cash. A Russian freighter is arrested in the Black Sea. A celebrated London financier has disappeared into thin air. A British customs officer is on a trail of corruption & murder. SINGLE & SINGLE is a thrilling journey of the contemporary human heart
- intimate magical riotous & subtly architected showing us John le Carre at the height of his dramatic & creative powers.
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Madeline Delacourte is having the time of her life in Singapore. Young free & absolutely single. Rich-as-rich-can-be she wants for nothing especially not an annoyingly complicated relationship...but doesnt all work & no play make for a very dull girl? Fresh off the plane Jianne Xang-Bennett wants a man preferably a tall dark stranger to help her get out of an awkward fix! Or should Jianne be careful what she wishes for? Over Singapore Slings these two single girls are tempted to throw caution to the wind. Should someone remind them that holiday romances never last...or would that spoil all the fun? Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella & Carmen Reid ...