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HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.\\''It\\''s a poor sort of memory that only works backward.\\''In Carroll\\''s sequel to Alice\\''s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice once again finds herself in a bizarre and nonsensical place when she passes through a mirror and enters a looking-glass world where nothing is quite as it seems. From her guest appearance as a pawn in a chess match to her meeting with Humpty Dumpty, Through the Looking Glass follows Alice ...

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.\\''Where, you tend a rose, my lad, A thistle cannot grow.\\''Orphaned and sent to live with her uncle in his austere manor on the moors, Mary Lennox is a lonely and unhappy child. A meeting with Dickon, her servant\\''s brother begins her adventure and it is through their friendship and her relationship with her troubled hypochondriac cousin Colin that she begins to learn about herself. Their lives all begin to change...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.`He felt that in this crisis his laws of life were useless. Whatever he had learned of himself was here of no avail. He was an unknown quantity.''Following one soldier''s journey from naive recruit to hardened survivor, The Red Badge of Courage is a vivid and powerfully psychological take on the American Civil War. Fighting for the Union army, Henry Fleming is thrown into a bloody war where the harsh realities and ...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.`...when the Green Dragon tore shrieking out of the mouth of its dark lair, which was the tunnel, all three children stood on the railing and waved their pocket-handkerchiefs without stopping to think whether they were clean handkerchiefs or the reverse.''When their father is mysteriously sent away, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis have to leave London with their mother to live in a cottage in the countryside. Finding co...

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.`\\"Come along, Toto,\\" she said. \\"We will go to the Emerald City and ask the Great Oz how to get back to Kansas again.\\"\\''Swept away from her home in Kansas by a tornado, Dorothy and her dog Toto find themselves stranded in the fantastical Land of Oz. As instructed by the Good Witch of the North and the Munchkins, Dorothy sets off on the yellow brick road to try and find her way to the Emerald City and the Wizar...

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.`Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?"''So begins the tale of Alice, who follows a curious White Rabbit down a hole and falls into Wonderland, a fantastical...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.\\''We said there warn\\''t no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don\\''t. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.\\''Huck Finn escapes from his alcoholic father by faking his own death and so begins his journey through the Deep South, seeking independence and freedom. On his travels, Huck meets an escaped slave, Jim, who is a wanted man, and t...

There are lots of different feelings caused by things around us, things we eat and things we do. This is a fantastic, decodable, rhyming poem written and stunningly illustrated by Sally Symes.* Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language* Text type: A poem* Pages 14-15 provide an opportunity for children to recap the story.* Curriculum links: PSHE, ScienceISBN: 9780007507795Format: Paperback | 16 pages Anul aparitiei: 199 x 210 x 2mm | 70g...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.\\''Fifteen men on the dead man\\''s chest -Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!\\''Upon finding a map in his parents\\'' inn, young Jim Hawkins joins a crew on route to the Caribbean to find buried treasure. One of his crew, the charming, yet devious Long John Silver is determined to snag the booty for himself and Jim\\''s swashbuckling voyage becomes a mutinous and murderous adventure - where his own bravery is put to ...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.`It doesn\\''t matter if you\\''re born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan\\''s egg!\\'' (from `The Ugly Duckling\\'')This collection brings together some of Hans Christian Andersen\\''s most popular fairy tales - including `The Little Mermaid\\'', `The Ugly Duckling\\'' and `Thumbelina\\'' - in a celebration of one of the world\\''s most widely recognised children\\''s authors. With universal t...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.\\''It happen\\''d one Day about Noon going towards my Boat, I was exceedingly surpriz\\''d with the Print of a Man\\''s naked Foot on the Shore.\\''Shipwrecked in a storm at sea, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a remote and desolate island. As he struggles to piece together a life for himself, Crusoe\\''s physical, moral and spiritual values are tested to the limit. For 24 years he remains in solitude and learns t...

Discover how woolly clothes are made, from the shearing of the sheep on the farm to the making of the yarn in the factory, to the creation of fabric for clothes and other products. This informative non-fiction text is decodable and has been written by Fiona Macdonald.* Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language* Text type: A non-fiction report* Pages 14-15 provide an opportunity for children to recap the story.* Curriculum links: ScienceISBN: 9780007507825Format: Pa...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.\\''There is no harm in a man\\''s cub.\\''Best known for the \\''Mowgli\\'' stories, Rudyard Kipling\\''s The Jungle Book expertly interweaves myth, morals, adventure and powerful story-telling. Set in Central India, Mowgli is raised by a pack of wolves. Along the way he encounters memorable characters such as the foreboding tiger Shere Kahn, Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear. Including other stories such as...

Cambridge Discovery Education Interactive Readers are the next generation of graded readers - captivating topics, high-impact video, and interactive exercises designed to motivate and engage. Venice is one of the most romantic and storied cities in the entire world. Now a popular tourist destination, Venice isn''t just about winding canals and gondoliers. This reader examines not only Venice''s long and fascinating history, but also its controversial present day. Word count: 2254. Lexile Reading...

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student\\''s capabilities. Pilot Don Radcliffe returns to Australia hoping to rescue a failed marriage and to spend more time with his daughter, Judy. But a routine cargo flight in an old DC4 airplane turns into tragedy when the plane crashes in the Australian Outback killing the co-pilot. Don and Judy\\''s chan...

Cambridge Discovery Education Interactive Readers are the next generation of graded readers - captivating topics, high-impact video, and interactive exercises designed to motivate and engage. What does the word \\''hot\\'' mean? From the Sahara Desert to heatstroke, from temperature to emotions, learn how heat affects our world. Use the unique code inside the book to access the online reader, complete with videos and interactive exercises. Word count: 1881. Lexile Reading Level: 690L.ISBN: 97811...

Cambridge Discovery Education Interactive Readers are the next generation of graded readers - captivating topics, high-impact video, and interactive exercises designed to motivate and engage. There are many secrets to a long and happy life - and being rich and famous isn\\''t one of them. Come explore why friends, love, a positive personality, and the environment are much more important. Use the unique code inside the book to access the online reader, complete with videos and interactive exercis...

Cambridge Discovery Education Interactive Readers are the next generation of graded readers - captivating topics, high-impact video, and interactive exercises designed to motivate and engage. From Egyptian pyramids to Mayan temples, from Roman statues to the English language, our world's greatest empires still influence us today. This reader examines the history and legacy of several of the most influential empires. Use the unique code inside the book to access the online reader, complete with v...

Cambridge Discovery Education Interactive Readers are the next generation of graded readers - captivating topics, high-impact video, and interactive exercises designed to motivate and engage. Come sit around the dinner table! Explore the traditions of food and how it affects our lives. Word count: 1551. Lexile reading level: 660L. Anul aparitiei: 2014Numar pagini: 24Format: 14x20

Cambridge Discovery Education Interactive Readers are the next generation of graded readers - captivating topics, high-impact video, and interactive exercises designed to motivate and engage. From Egyptian pyramids to Mayan temples, from Roman statues to the English language, our world's greatest empires still influence us today. This reader examines the history and legacy of several of the most influential empires. Use the unique code inside the book to access the online reader, complete with v...