Most Popular Books by Fiona Waters

The classic Oscar Wilde story of the selfish giant who won''t let anyone into his garden - until his heart is softened by one very special little boy, illustrated with great drama. The Bloomsbury Children''s Classics Series: The Brave Sister, retold by Fiona Waters, illustrated by Danuta Mayer The Selfish Giant, retold by Fiona Waters, illustrated by Fabian Negrin The Emperor and the Nightingale, retold by Fiona Waters, illustrated by Paul Birkbeck Bisky Bats and Pussy Cats, animal nonsense poems by Edward Lear, illustrated by Matilda Harrison. The Nonsense Verse of Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Lorna Hussey

Written specifically to support the National Literacy Strategy at Key Stage 2, the books in this pack focus on poetry and explores the features that are unique to it.

Traditional and original rhymes featuring animals.

Simply told and well-illustrated Irish stories for younger children.

Some of the most beautiful poetry ever written has come from the horror of the trenches. Represented in this text are poems dashed off in the full awfulness of the battlefield, as well as those honed with the terrible benefit of hindsight.

Great Irish Heroes retells the stories of six of Ireland''s best-known heroes from ancient times.

An emperor learns that the natural voice of the nightingale is more beautiful than the song of an artificial one.

Genre Range for ages 5-11: * Provides exciting and engaging texts from all the fiction genres children need to experience and understand.* Offers rich opportunities for speaking and listening through playscripts and poetry ranging from classics to contemporary.* Provides easily manageable drama for study and performance in the classroom and an introduction to Shakespeare in Key Stage 2.* Especially motivates and supports reluctant readers through accessible, visual genres such as comic strips and Access texts for ages 9-11.* Provides varied models for writing for comparison, discussion and practice with letters and diaries providing particularly supportive examples of written communication.* Simple integration of assessment for learning into class teaching is provided in the Teaching Notes which ensure children''s reading and writing skills progress at word, sentence and text level.* Accessible Teaching Notes and Activity sheets ensure teachers, teaching assistants and parents are all able to contribute to teaching and learning.

Genre Range for ages 5-11: * Provides exciting and engaging texts from all the fiction genres children need to experience and understand.* Offers rich opportunities for speaking and listening through playscripts and poetry ranging from classics to contemporary.* Provides easily manageable drama for study and performance in the classroom and an introduction to Shakespeare in Key Stage 2.* Especially motivates and supports reluctant readers through accessible, visual genres such as comic strips and Access texts for ages 9-11.* Provides varied models for writing for comparison, discussion and practice with letters and diaries providing particularly supportive examples of written communication.* Simple integration of assessment for learning into class teaching is provided in the Teaching Notes which ensure children''s reading and writing skills progress at word, sentence and text level.* Accessible Teaching Notes and Activity sheets ensure teachers, teaching assistants and parents are all able to contribute to teaching and learning.

A wonderful collection of poems which magnificently and brilliantly give voice to the four elements: earth, fire, air, and water.

Genre Range for ages 5-11: * Provides exciting and engaging texts from all the fiction genres children need to experience and understand. * Offers rich opportunities for speaking and listening through playscripts and poetry ranging from classics to contemporary. * Provides easily manageable drama for study and performance in the classroom and an introduction to Shakespeare in Key Stage 2. * Especially motivates and supports reluctant readers through accessible, visual genres such as comic strips and Access texts for ages 9-11. * Provides varied models for writing for comparison, discussion and practice with letters and diaries providing particularly supportive examples of written communication. * Simple integration of assessment for learning into class teaching is provided in the Teaching Notes which ensure children''s reading and writing skills progress at word, sentence and text level. * Accessible Teaching Notes and Activity sheets ensure teachers, teaching assistants and parents are all able to contribute to teaching and learning.

Princesses conjure up an image of a glittering fairy-tale world to which children - especially little girls - are drawn. This is an anthology of a diverse collection of stories, from the sleeping beauties of traditional tales to the feisty heroines of modern fiction.

This is a sparkling book of poems, chosen by accomplished anthologist Fiona Waters, about wizards and all things magical.

An enchanting collection of familiar and new poems for children that evokes the unique sense of place that is Ireland.

Classic fairy tales delightfully and freshly retold by the highly respected Fiona Waters, and illustrated throughout.

Presents an exploration of exercise and talks about how it can help you to be healthy.

This differentiated text title looks at food and why it is important for your health. It explores digestion and how food gives you energy and helps you to grow. It also looks at fibre, fat, vitamins, minerals, foods that rot your teeth, additives, foods that can cause allergies and food safety.

Classic fairy tales delightfully and freshly retold by the highly respected Fiona Waters, and illustrated throughout.

A collection of poems and carols celebrating Christmas, drawn from Spain, France, America and the UK.

Dad has a daily planner. Mom has an appointment book. Now children can have the Eyewitness Organizer. The diary, address book, and booklets of information help with schoolwork and make schooltime and freetime fun!

This guide looks as the different types of storms around the world using eye-witness accounts, newspaper reports, photographs and diagrams.

Features princes and palaces, fairy godmothers and magic galore, but with a modern twist. This title features a clumsy princess who can''t curtsey, and a sleepy beauty who can''t keep her eyes open.

Find out about some of the most destructive volcanoes from around world. This book looks at some of the most destructive volcanoes that have happened. It looks at what causes volcanoes, volcanic hazards, describes some of the most dramatic and disastrous volcanoes, volcanic landscapes and considers why people choose to live so near to volcanoes. Features newspaper reports and illustrated eye-witness accounts alongside breathtaking colour photographs, labelled cut-away diagrams and maps.

This differentiated text title examines legal and illegal drugs. It looks at what drugs are, how they are used in sport and how medicines help you when you are ill. Differentiated text titles allow pupils with lower reading ability to enjoy the same topics as their classmates.