Mary Spratt Books

When Friday's father turns up out of the blue, he brings his daughter some distressing news - Friday's mother has been kidnapped! But who would want to kidnap a theoretical physicist? The Headmaster needs Friday's help too, when Highcrest Academy is thrown into chaos by the arrival of a beautiful new student - Princess Ingrid of Norway. She's rich, she's royal and she's got her eye on Ian Wainscott. Despite heightened security at the school, things start to go missing. It appears Highcrest Academy has been infiltrated by a master thief, The Pimpernel. Can Friday crack the case of her missing mother, reign in a royal brat and unmask the elusive Pimpernel? If it means she gets to ditch PE, then of course she can!

Friday Barnes is back with a new mystery to be solved.It’s two years later . . .Friday steps out of prison, a shell of her former self. She’s still wearing the same brown cardigan, but she swears she’s never solving mysteries again! Who is Friday kidding? She can’t suppress her brilliant deductive mind and is soon drawn back into the intrigues of Highcrest Academy.Then Uncle Bernie rings, pleading with Friday to fly to Italy and help him protect the Uffizi Gallery from a team of art thieves – and she can’t say ‘no’ to family. Even if it means travelling to the city where Ian, her nemesis/ex-boyfriend is living.Will Friday be able to protect Italy’s finest artworks? Will Melanie stay awake long enough to help her? And will Ian still be as gorgeous as a Greek god and twice as annoying?

With a team of international super spies hunting them down, The Peski Kids' orders are simple - act normal. But for Joe, Fin, April and Loretta that mission is impossible. Tensions run high when their mum moves in and starts spotting enemy agents behind every corner in Currawong. Should The Peski Kids get out of town? Of course they should! But they're not going to. Not when there's a potato festival to celebrate.

School camp . . . what could possibly go wrong? Friday Barnes is forced to face her biggest fear - her own emotions! She must wave goodbye to Ian as he takes off to join his father in the Cayman Islands. But when your dad is a white-collar criminal, family reunions never go to plan. Ian is kidnapped en route and it's up to Friday to rescue him. On her return to school, the Headmaster has a treat in store - a four-week camp for students to learn wilderness survival skills! 'Camp Courage' is even worse than Friday imagined. And all her book smarts aren't much help when she's got wood to chop, potatoes to peel and latrines to dig. Can Friday survive the great outdoors, debunk the legend of a camp ghost and make it back to Highcrest Academy alive? Only time (and a compass) will tell!

Crime is afoot in the city of love in the 11th Friday Barnes mystery! Someone stole the Mona Lisa. Okay, it was over a hundred years ago, but a recently uncovered letter reveals that the thief forged a copy. That means that the painting in the Louvre now is a fake. And the real Mona Lisa could be anywhere! Friday Barnes needs to find the truth - and the real painting. She's going undercover as an art student, along with her partner-in-crime-solving, Melanie, and her staggeringly good-looking boyfrenemy, Ian. As they watch the comings and goings of France's most famous art gallery, they see some very strange things. Amid digital pickpockets, guerrilla graffiti and projectile perfume, Friday soon discovers that the Paris art scene is a hotbed of crime.

After Friday Barnes is deported to Switzerland, Highcrest Academy descends into chaos as all the teachers are fired as an epic prank, but Friday tries to find the prankster, prove the innocence of her nemesis Ian Wainscott, and save the school

When Friday Barnes cracked the case of Highcrest Academy's mysterious swamp-yeti, the last thing she expected was to be placed under arrest. Now with the law on her back and Ian Wainscott in her face, Friday is not so sure boarding school was the smartest choice. From a missing or not-so-missing calculator to the appearance of strange holes in the school field, she is up to her pork-pie hat in crimes - and she swears not all of them are hers. There's also new boy Christopher, who has taken quite a shine to Friday, to contend with. Can Friday navigate the dangerous grounds of Highcrest Academy and decipher a decades-old mystery without getting caught in an unexpected love triangle?

From R.A. Spratt, bestselling author of Friday Barnes, comes this collection of twenty short stories perfect for fans of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and Paul Jennings. Featuring fractured fairytales told by none other than Nanny Piggins, previously unpublished Friday Barnes mysteries and a bunch of other hilarious and highly original tall tales. This book will delight kids from seven to seventy, whether they're after a bedtime story, entertainment for a long car ride or distraction in the doctor's waiting room!

From the bestselling author and host of the hugely popular Bedtime Stories with R. A. Spratt podcast comes this bumper collection of the show's most popular stories. Just as the Grimm brothers collected fairytales and Scheherazade told tales of the Arabian nights, now R.A. Spratt has assembled the most comprehensive collection of silly stories ever bound together in one book. Stories so good no human mind could come up with them. They were often dictated to R.A. by the world's most glamorous storytelling pig, Nanny Piggins. There's a never-before-seen Friday Barnes mystery, and tall tales from R.A.'s own domestic life. You'd better brace yourself - these are tales so tall you will get altitude sickness. Delight your friends and dazzle your family by reading aloud from this book. Or drive them into a paroxysm of jealousy as they watch you silently read this book to yourself. Either way, you must buy this book if you want joy in your heart, a tickle in your funny bone and a boggled brain as you try to wrap your mind around the brilliance of these bedtime stories.

In addition to the traditional emphasis at this level on skills development, The Cambridge CAE Course focuses on other areas of language such as pronunciation, vocabulary extension, functional language and style. The Self-study Student's Book contains introductory notes on the CAE papers and self-study techniques, together with annotated keys and tapescripts.

This is an updated version of 'the' teacher training course for teachers and trainee teachers preparing for the Cambridge ESOL Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) Modules 1, 2 and 3 or other initial teacher training qualifications.

When eleven-year-old Friday Barnes solves a bank robbery, she uses the $25,000 reward to send herself to the most expensive boarding school in the country. The wealthy students have a lot of problems, which means a lot of intriguing cases for the fledgling detective. The eagerly awaited new series from the author of the bestselling Nanny Piggins series.

Workbook with answers accompanying the First Certificate Direct Student's Book with vocabulary, skills and exam practice .

Workbook with answers accompanying the First Certificate Direct Student's Book with vocabulary, skills and exam practice .

When four former headmasters arrive at Highcrest Academy to take part in the school’s anniversary celebrations, the students are warned to be on their best behavior. Unfortunately, no one told the headmasters to stay out of mischief too! Which means Friday Barnes soon has a case to solve. But unraveling the truth isn’t easy when the whole school is being forced to eat paleo because the cook is on a diet; her best friend’s brother won’t stop blubbering about the terrible boat accident he may or may not have caused; and Friday is being trailed by a mysterious admirer—or is it a stalker? Can Friday find the facts among the mayhem?

Friday's time at Highcrest is running out! The new headmaster is turning everything upside down. Friday's irritatingly high IQ has her fast-tracked to graduation, while a pair of incriminating pants puts Ian on the rocky road to expulsion. When a rumour emerges of embezzled gold stashed on the school grounds, Friday is determined to uncover the truth. But some big questions remain- Can she stay out of detention long enough to solve the mystery? How will Melanie survive without Friday to tell her what class she's in? And will Friday everget that first kiss with Ian? With implosions and explosions everywhere, Friday Barnes will have to use her head and get a grip on her beating heart in order to find the gold that lies within.

Trouble on the Arctic tundra! Friday is not running away. Yes, she did get on a train to Norway without telling anyone where she was going - but she had to help Binky. He may or may not have been attacked by a polar bear. Now he's facing court martial for dereliction of duty. Obviously, Friday had to drop everything and travel 3000 kilometres to solve the case. The fact that it's easier to handle her feelings for Ian Wainscott if there's a continent between them is just a coincidence. When Friday arrives in Oslo, there are so many mysteries to solve. Is someone trying to keep Binky and Princess Ingrid apart? How can a painting leave a museum when all the doors are sealed? And will Melanie persuade Friday to go to the royal ball without wearing a brown cardigan? If Friday survives her trip to the remote Global Seed Vault, we may find out.

English for the Teacher is a course which enables teachers to improve their language ability for a number of purposes - using English in the classroom, making professional contacts, reading about the teaching of English and discussions with colleagues and students. As well as providing language practice for the four skills, it also invites teachers to comment on the learning value of what they are doing and thus discuss and reflect on different ways of teaching and learning. In this way, it provides opportunities for more general professional development. * A short Introduction for users explains the basic principles underlying the material. * Each unit focuses on a theme from the world of teaching. * Notes for Trainers give guidance on appropriate classroom methodology. * Guidance is provided for self-study use.

This easy-to-use course provides complete preparation for the First Certificate in English exam. Fourteen units containing short, at-a-glance lessons give learners a sense of achievement. The combination of systematic language development, exam training and lively class activities make First Certificate Direct informative and fun. The Teacher�s Book includes fourteen photocopiable progress tests in exam format.

A lovestruck merpig, a peppermint-stick Parthenon, a vegetarian spider and so much more! From R.A. Spratt, bestselling author of Friday Barnes and Shockingly Good Stories, comes this collection of twenty terrific tales perfect for fans of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and Paul Jennings. Featuring Greek myths and fractured fairytales as told by Nanny Piggins (the world's most glamorous flying pig), a mystery investigated by Friday Barnes (girl detective) and a series of tales so tall they will give you altitude sickness. This book will delight children from four to one hundred and four. Just the thing for reading at bedtime, when you're supposed to be doing your homework or when you've been chased up a tree by an escaped rhinoceros and you're waiting for the zookeeper to arrive.

This is 'the' teacher training course for teachers and trainee teachers preparing for the Cambridge ESOL Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) Modules 1, 2 and 3 or other initial teacher training qualifications.

The Teacher's Book includes teaching notes, keys and advice on preparing candidates for the exam.

familiarises students with the CAE exam. gives students extensive practice in carrying out CAE exam tasks. examines the various subskills needed at this level. has regular grammar sections which review 'old' grammar and look at new structures. helps develop students' learning strategies.

Funny, shocking and from bestselling author R. A. Spratt, a whip-smart take on Shakespearean moral dilemmasSelby hates homework.She would rather watch daytime television – anything to escape the tedium of school, her parents’ bookshop and small-town busybodies.So Selby didn’t plan to read Hamlet. She certainly never planned to meet him.This novel transports Selby, and the reader, into the cold and crime-ridden play itself. Here she meets heavy with grief, the young prince is overthinking and over everything. Selby can relate. But unlike Hamlet, Selby isn’t afraid of making decisions. In her world, Selby is used to feeling overlooked. But in the bloody, backstabbing world of Shakespeare, Selby’s good conscience and quiet courage might just save some lives . . . hopefully before Hamlet stabs one of her classmates

This guide is organized around each type of question to be found in Paper 3 (Use of English) of the Cambridge First Certificate. It provides extensive practice of "problem" questions, particularly directed writing and transformations.

Based on the premise that vocabulary learning is easiest when concentrated on lexical areas, this text provides a series of puzzle-type activities based on lexical sets to help the student to both recognize and use the language.

gzamin IELTS (International English Language Testing System) został stworzony, aby ocenić umiejętności językowe osób, które zamierzają studiować lub pracować w krajach anglojęzycznych i sprawdza cztery podstawowe sprawności: słuchanie (Listening), rozumienie tekstów pisanych (Reading), pisanie (Writing) i mówienie (Speaking). Dostępne są dwa moduły testu IELTS: Academic i General Training. Wybór modułu uzależniony jest od wskazań instytucji, na potrzeby której kandydat zdaje egzamin. Mission IELTS to składający się z dwóch części kurs, którego celem jest rozwijanie umiejętności językowych i skuteczne przygotowanie do egzaminu IELTS. Realizacja materiału z poszczególnych części kursu (Mission IELTS 1, Mission IELTS 2) zajmuje od 90 do 120 godzin lekcyjnych.

Egzamin IELTS (International English Language Testing System) ocenia umiejętności językowe osób planujących studia lub pracę w krajach anglojęzycznych, sprawdzając cztery podstawowe sprawności: słuchanie, rozumienie tekstów pisanych, pisanie i mówienie. Istnieją dwa moduły testu: Academic i General Training, a wybór modułu zależy od wymagań instytucji, dla której kandydat zdaje egzamin. Kurs Mission IELTS składa się z dwóch części i ma na celu rozwijanie umiejętności językowych oraz skuteczne przygotowanie do egzaminu. Seria wyróżnia się różnorodnymi tematami z autentycznych źródeł oraz innowacyjną strukturą rozdziałów, która wspiera rozwój umiejętności językowych i przygotowuje do zadań egzaminacyjnych. Obejmuje rozwijanie słownictwa poprzez ćwiczenia dotyczące leksyki, kolokacji, czasowników frazowych i związków frazeologicznych. Każdy rozdział zawiera sekcję gramatyczną z objaśnieniami zasad i ćwiczeniami oraz realistyczne zadania rozwijające umiejętności słuchania i mówienia. Oferuje szeroki zakres zadań typowych dla każdej części egzaminu, przykładowe zadania egzaminacyjne z wskazówkami, regularne powtórki oraz dodatkowe sekcje, takie jak objaśnienia gramatyczne, tabela czasowników nieregularnych, zapis nagrań i karty odpowiedzi.

Zbiór sześciu testów odpowiadających standardom egzaminu IELTS w wersji Academic skierowany jest do osób przygotowujących się do tego egzaminu lub podobnych. Może być używany z kursem lub jako samodzielny materiał. Każdy test składa się z czterech części: Reading, Writing, Listening i Speaking, oferując różnorodne typy zadań i tematy. Teksty pochodzą z autentycznych źródeł i mogą służyć jako materiał do dyskusji. Oprócz testów, publikacja zawiera rozdziały z wskazówkami dla zdających, omawiającymi poszczególne części egzaminu oraz porady dotyczące rozwiązywania zadań. Dodatkowo, dział Task Finder ułatwia odnalezienie konkretnych typów zadań w całej publikacji, co jest pomocne w dogłębnym zapoznaniu się z różnymi rodzajami zadań. Do książki dołączono kod dostępu do interaktywnej wersji, DigiBooka, który zawiera pełny materiał, interaktywne zadania oraz nagrania audio do ćwiczeń ze słuchu. Dostęp do DigiBooka jest ważny przez 15 miesięcy od aktywacji kodu. Egzamin IELTS ocenia umiejętności językowe osób planujących studia lub pracę w krajach anglojęzycznych, sprawdzając cztery podstawowe sprawności: Listening, Reading, Writing i Speaking, z dwoma dostępnymi modułami: Academic i General Training, w zależności od wymagań instytucji.

Egzamin IELTS (International English Language Testing System) ocenia umiejętności językowe osób planujących studia lub pracę w krajach anglojęzycznych, sprawdzając cztery podstawowe sprawności: słuchanie, rozumienie tekstów pisanych, pisanie i mówienie. Istnieją dwa moduły: Academic i General Training, wybierane w zależności od wymagań instytucji. Kurs Mission IELTS, składający się z dwóch części, ma na celu rozwijanie umiejętności językowych i skuteczne przygotowanie do egzaminu, zajmując od 90 do 120 godzin lekcyjnych. Kluczowe cechy kursu to: tematy rozdziałów oparte na autentycznych źródłach, innowacyjna struktura rozwijająca umiejętności językowe oraz przygotowująca do zadań egzaminacyjnych, ćwiczenia leksykalne dotyczące kolokacji, czasowników frazowych i związków frazeologicznych, sekcje gramatyczne z objaśnieniami i ćwiczeniami, realistyczne zadania rozwijające umiejętność rozumienia ze słuchu i mówienia, oraz różnorodne zadania typowe dla każdej z czterech części egzaminu. Dodatkowo, kurs zawiera przykładowe zadania egzaminacyjne, regularne powtórki, pełny egzamin IELTS oraz sekcje z objaśnieniami gramatycznymi, tabelę czasowników nieregularnych, nagrania i karty odpowiedzi.