Most Popular Books by Gillian CROSS

Music is king in this wonderfully charming story of bandmates and babies, with strong messages of family and frienship at its heart. From children''s author legend Gillian Cross. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 7+ Music is the most important thing in Mark''s life and he never misses band practice ... until new baby sister Amber turns life upside down. She screams all day and all night and nothing Mum, Dad or anyone else does makes a difference! But when Mark is left holding the baby, he turns to the only thing he can to help him through - music. And it might just be that it''s the key to Amber''s happiness too. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 7+

In The Lost: The Dark Ground Robert suddenly finds himself alone in the middle of the jungle. The last thing he remembers is being in an aeroplane. What has happened? Where is he? Will he ever get home? This book is part of Project X Origins, a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school.

Annie''s dad is a private investigator. She''s used to mysterious things going on, but when a string of visitors come to her dad''s office, it results in the most mysterious event of all - her dad has disappeared

Robert macht sich Sorgen um die Gemeinschaft der äWinzlingeä, denen ein eiskalter todbringender Winter in ihrer unterirdischen Höhle bevorsteht. Ob er sie zusammen mit seiner Schwester und seinem Freund Tom, der ihm erst kein Wort glaubt, retten kann? Ab 11.

Project X Origins is a guided reading program with amazing shrinking characters to capture the imagination of modern children. The Project X Origins series:has unique thematic clusters that link fiction and non-fiction and encourage wider reading. thematic packs provide children with key words in different contexts to build confidence has action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and captivating continuous character adventures that engage children from age 4 onwardscontains comprehensive guided reading notes for every book covering phonics skills, comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, spelling, grammar, punctuation and writingis a fantastic springboard for talk, drama, role-play and writing.

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. This pack contains 1 set of guided reading notes and 30 reading books, 6 of each of: A New Alliance, The Fear Machine, Nature''s Most Deadly?, The Lost: Dark Ground, Foolish Fears

Ruby and Tom love playing in the caves; that''s before the Gang arrive. But they''re not about to give them up without a fight. When a simple plan goes wrong, it looks like they might need the gang after all. Find out what happens in this exciting adventure story by Carnegie winner, Gillian Cross, and illustrated by Marilee Harrald-Pilz.

Brother Aelred loved singing and looking after the pigs. But it was his secret weapon that stopped invading Vikings from getting the monastery''s treasure.

When John, an explosives expert, dies in an accident in Russia, his sister Hayley and his friend Annie go there to mourn. Before long they begin to suspect that there is more to John''s death than meets the eye, and that certain people are desperately trying to keep them away from the truth.They say that John had been drinking and made a mistake with the explosives. But Annie doesn''t believe that, and she is determind to find out what really happened.Their search for the truth takes them deep into the country, following the signal of John''s satellite phone. What they eventually find raises as many questions as it answers, and there are no easy solutions for any of them.

Word count 10,300 Suitable for younger learners

Photographs taken around the area of Bergen, Norway. Ravishing reflections, gorgeous gorges and fantastic fjords.

The gods have power to transform people into whatever they want in these ancient myths. What will happen when Arachne challenges a goddess to a spinning competition? Talkative Echo is doomed to a life of silence, only able to repeat what others say. Narcissus''s good looks get the better of himwhen he catches sight of his reflection. Baucis and Philemon long to live together forever will the god Jupiter make this happen? The ancient world is brought to life in these vibrant tales.TreeTops Greatest Stories offers children some of the worlds best loved tales in a collection of timeless classics. Top children''s authors and talented illustrators work together to bring to life our literary heritage for a new generation, engaging and delighting children.The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.Each book contains inside cover notes to help children explore the content, supporting their reading development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links and activities to support guided reading, writing, speaking and listening.This pack provides 6 copies of the same title.

When Lizzie''s school gets a new head teacher everything seems great. The pupils are encouraged to do the things they really love, experts are brought in to inspire them; there''s even a competition to win an adventure trip of a lifetime. Lizzie and her friends can''t believe their luck! But then Lizzie hears a voice. A voice strange but familiar. A voice that says, ''I will obey all your instructions.'' And that''s when things start to get dangerous. . . Fast-paced and action-packed adventure, written by the award-winning Gillian Cross.

The House that Jack Built - Jack builds a new house for his family. But is it big enough? Sam Sorts it Out - Sam likes inventing things to sort out problems. Batter, Splatter! - An important visitor comes to school when the children are making pancakes. Something So Big - The flowerpot hasn''t been watered so Bill Hooley sets off to find out why. The Samosa Thief - Who keeps stealing the samosas? The twins find a way to discover the thief. The Mole who was Scared of the Dark- Most moles like living in long, dark tunnels. But one little mole was scared. * Bookbanded for easy classroom management. * Reading notes for parents/carers on the inside covers. Guided reading cards and teaching notes also available

A trip to brush his teeth in an airplane bathroom ends with Robert waking up naked in a strange, cold jungle having been shrunk to a diminutive size.

TreeTops Greatest Stories offers children some of the worlds best-loved tales in a collection of timeless classics. Top children''s authors and talented illustrators work together to bring to life our literary heritage for a new generation, engaging and delighting children.The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.Each book contains inside cover notes to help children explore the content, supporting their reading development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links and activities to support guided reading, writing, speaking and listening.This pack contains six books, one of each of the following titles:Mischief Makers, A Christmas Carol, Who Needs Stories?, Decisions, Decisions, Changing Shape and Peter and the Wolf.

A colouring book for adults of scenes of Italy. A collection of hand drawn pictures from photos taken on a holiday to Milan. There are scenes of Como, Milan and Stresa to colour in.

Un beau-livre fidèle à la version d''Homère qui fera découvrir aux plus jeunes les destins d''Achille, Hector, Ulysse, de la belle Hélène et de tous les héros plongés au coeur de la guerre de Troie.

A compilation of three slightly chilling tales includes "Dracula''s Daughter," in which a family adopts the baby on their doorstep and enjoys bringing her up, though her teeth grow sharp and pointed until Dracula comes to claim her for his own.

It''s Matthew''s first day of school, but his concern is for his little sister Emily. What will Emily do without him?

These are the titles for the OLW fiction strand for upper Key Stage 2, (Y5 and Y6) designed to fit the National Literacy Strategy. Year 5: "The Treasure in the Mud" by Gillian Cross - an historical story set in Victorian Britain "The River Runs to the End of Time" by Frances Usher - a story about friendships during the English civil war "How Did the World Begin?" by Rosalind Kerven - creation myths from around the world "The Legend of King Arthur" by Mick Gowar - a retelling of part of this famous legend "Lennox and the Casa Montego Smugglers" by Errol Lloyd - Lennox and his grandfather discover a smuggling ring while on holiday in Jamaica "Cloud Forest" by Mark Leyland - children in Equador lay a ghost to rest

Drie jongens en drie meisjes van het ''Genootschap Ons Tegen Hen'', het GOTH, worden door het schoolhoofd aangezet om in te breken in de computer van de minister-president, om zo de macht over het land te krijgen. Vanaf ca. 11 jaar.

De vader van Anne is detective. Er komt een man met een zwarte baard op bezoek. Daarna verdwijnt Annes vader. Anne gaat met haar vrienden op zoek.AVI-E4. Makkelijk lezen, vanaf ca. 8 jaar.