It's Cal and Annie's first day at their new school. Cal is terrified that his little sister is going to tell the other children at school the family secret - that their dad is a pirate. All goes well to begin with, but as the day progresses, the news soon gets out!
My Dad Does Belly Dancing tells the story of Cal and his belly-dancing dad. Cal can't believe it when his dad says he is doing belly dancing to get fit. He thought his dad couldn't get more embarrassing... TreeTops Fiction contains engaging novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading!
Talking to animals? With home-made ears? What rubbish! says Dad. But Eric wants to talk to the zoo animals. He opens the little blue book. He waggles his ears ... It cant work. Can it?Oxford Reading Tree All Stars is an engaging chapter fiction series which combines age-appropriate content with imaginative stories, perfect for inspiring and stretching able infants. The series develops comprehension skills and provides a wide variety of fiction topics and styles, alongsideillustrations that aid understanding.All the books in this series are carefully levelled, so its easy to match every child to the right book - one which will develop their reading skills and fuel their love of reading.
Bookbanded for easy classroom management, this title includes reading notes for parents/carers on the inside covers, and guided reading cards and teaching notes.
Nobody knows about Firebird and her family. They live completely isolated lives on the edge of the city, tucked away in the wilderness. They never leave it, not even to go to school, and they never ever talk to strangers. The day Firebird starts breaking the rules, everything changes. Now she doesn't know what's true and what's not any more. What she does know is that letting out the family secrets will bring death and destruction on all their heads. But maybe, just maybe, it could open the door to freedom.
Based on the original fairy tale, this is a revived version written especially for today's children. It is one of a number of stories within a series, that have been rewritten and re-illustrated by award-winning authors and illustrators to celebrate the 1998 National Year of Reading.
Superloo is a power-crazed toilet with an ego as big as a planet, a micro-chip that belongs to NASA and a mission to rescue his toilet ancestors from the past. All he needs now is a human helper - and then along comes Finn. Next thing Finn knows is he's been kidnapped by a toilet and taken back to ancient Egypt.
Using simple text and photographs, this book shows the full range of tasks to be carried out: make the invitations, set out the food, decorate the room, plan the games, select the music and make party bags.
Explore the extraordinary world of water bears, tiny animals that you can find all around but only see with a microscope. Learn all about where they live, what they do, and how you can discover them for yourself in this simple non- fiction report accompanied by fantastic scientific pictures that bring the microscopic to life in a fun, exciting way
Leon is supposed to be looking after his little brother Danny when he starts big school. But some kids tell Danny that there's a wolf in the cupboard and now he won't go back to school. Can Leon sort out his crazy brother without getting in trouble with Mum - or looking like an idiot in front of gorgeous Lily Mae?