New Releases by Bee Willey

"This beautiful series brings together ancient tales that have been captivating listeners for hundreds of years. The stories are simply told for a young audience but retain the flavour of the original myths. Illustrations were specially commissioned to capture significant artistic motifs of the culture in which the stories originated. Coloured panels throughout the text highlight background information about the characters, settings and Historical context"--series summary from a record for the original English edition.

This beautiful series brings together ancient tales that have been captivating listeners for hundreds of years. The stories are simply told for a young audience but retain the flavour of the original myths. Illustrations were specially commissioned to capture significant artistic motifs of the culture in which the stories originated. Coloured panels throughout the text highlight background information about the characters, settings and Historical context.

A Workbook enabling children to practise the language points presented in the Reader. These workbooks accompany the popular Collins Big Cat series. They enable children to practice and reinforce the target vocabulary and language structures presented in each corresponding Collins Big Cat reader through enjoyable puzzles, games and activities, as well as through more traditional comprehension exercises. Tracing, copying and eventually free-writing tasks build and develop children''s writing skills as they progress through the Bands, Pink A to Lime. A fun quiz to test understanding, and a reward certificate at the back of each Workbook, enable children to feel a sense of progress as they learn to read more confidently in English.

This wonderful book brings together eight or ten captivating stories from India. The stories are simply told, whilst retaining the flavor of the original myths, and are superbly illustrated by artists specially commissioned to portray key visual features from the culture the story originated in. The stories are set in context by the use of colored panels throughout the text, highlighting further information about the characters, settings, or historical context.

Entre dans le monde merveilleux des princesses en compagnie de la souveraine Pétale de Mittelberg qui a rédigé pour toi cet ouvrage raffiné. Tu y découvriras les règles d''éducation des princesses mais aussi leurs joies, l''entraide au sein de la Guilde des Princesses, les moyens de résister aux mauvais sorts, les biographies de celles qui t''ont précédée, la meilleure façon de charmer ton prince... certaines naissent princesses, d''autres le deviennent, mais chaque fillette est une princesse en devenir...

Written for children both in primary and secondary education, this volume is part of a series that explores the stories and myths of ancient civilisations. It features a collection of Viking stories and myths.

History.

At the dawn of time, the Maker is having problems with the animals he makes. His beaver and his ants are too big, his moose is the same size as a mouse and his elephant can hide behind a blade of grass! Maker is forced to think again about the original plans for the animals, adjusting their size to the way they are today. * Lime/Band 11 books have longer sentence structures and a greater use of literary language. * Text type - A story by a significant author. * An illustrated diagram on pages 30 and 31 reminds the reader of how the animals looked before and after the maker finished creating them, an ideal cue for children to retell the story in their own words. * Curriculum links - Citizenship: Choices; Science: Plants and animals in the local environment, variation. * This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

El hermano de Brisa, llamado Leo, se tuvo que marchar porque su trabajo está junto al mar: es marinero. Ella queda en casa y lo extraña demasiado, porque Leo es su gran compañero y amigo. Pero antes de marcharse, su hermano le talla con sus propias manos un hermoso dragón de madera, para que así Brisa no se sienta sola y cada vez que mire a su nuevo juguete lo recuerde.Esto es una bella muestra de cariño. En la ausencia del hermano, la niña aprenderá muchas cosas con su nuevo amigo, las que se irán relatando acompañadas de delicadas y llamativas ilustraciones. El amor entre hermanos es uno de los temas que el libro hará meditar a los niños de cualquier edad.

Spin the "magic finger" of destiny in The Amazing Magic Fortune Teller to reveal the future! The mystical oracle lets readers divine their fates by pointing the finger at a question-and magically, the questions are answered by a cornucopia of fascinating information on ways to predict the future. With special charts and information on the zodiac, numerology, omens, Chinese astrology, dream images, and palm reading, and this book is as fun for adults as it is for children.

The ugly stepsister has been badly maligned in the Cinderella story. In this re-telling of the tale, she sets a few things straight!