New Releases by James Riordan

Frank lives in London''s East End. When his father is drafted and his neighborhood is bombed, Frank is evacuated to the countryside. There, he meets a German Jewish girl named Hannah and learns how much is at stake in the war with Nazi Germany.

May the road rise up to meet you... The best of Irish storytelling is packed into this captivating collection. Seventeen stunning tales feature characters as wild and wonderful as giants, both selfish and shrinking, flying grandmothers, mysterious carriages, ghosts and of course leprechauns! The collection is crammed with contributions from well-known authors, including Oscar Wilde, Patricia Lynch, Eamon Kelly, Edna O''Brien and Frank Murphy. Capturing all that''s strange and wonderful about the land of saints and scholars, this collection will be loved by young readers.

Hercules, son of the god Zeus and a mortal woman, renowned for his great strength, performs twelve dangerous tasks to atone for an attack on his wife and children.

Saisir la spécificité de l''histoire du sport à l''échelle d''un pays suppose de pouvoir opérer des rapprochements et des comparaisons avec ce qui se produit dans d''autres nations. L''Europe constitue de ce point de vue un cadre particulièrement séduisant pour relativiser ce qui, souvent, est présenté comme original ou unique. Si le sport en France, en Angleterre, en Allemagne, au Danemark ou en Italie, prend son sens dans des histoires politiques et culturelles assurément différentes, il est pourtant tout aussi évident qu''existent certaines similitudes entre pays.

The Irish have a strong heritage of storytelling. This collection brings together seventeen of the best tales, both traditional-The Fox and the Hedgehog and Munachar and Manachar--and contemporary, such as Edna O''Brien''s The Leprechaun.

I hard to bail out. The plane was going down. I could have been trapped for ages if it hadn''t been for those kids. A sound wailed in my ears. An air raid warning. Must take cover. The girl and the boy - they hate me for who I am. But if I can just make them see that bombs don''t care which side you''re on...

Bee has cerebral palsy and her twin sister Fee has to care for her. When Fee discovers that Bee is a talented poet, she helps her with her writing, while at the same time becoming inspired to do something she ia really good at herself - running. Together the twins find a way of overcoming their day to day problems, and surprising everyone around them.

Billy''s life is changed forever when he is injured by a bomb.Angry and disfigured he is visited by a soldier who gives him a gift that will give him somthing to live for.

The stories in this book will make you laugh, make you cry, make you hold your breath - just like the game!They''re all written by keen fans who follow their teams all over the country. People like Michael Rosen, Robert Swindells, Michael Parkinson, Barry Hines, and lots more.Football - it''s the greatest game in the world...

Tom feels out of place. He''s attracted to boys, and he''s a promising cellist, which attracts bullying. The story follows him through his adolescence, as he becomes more aware of his sexuality and more committed to his music.

Vova is a fifteen year old boy living in Kiev. His first love is playing football, but when the Nazis invade the Ukraine in 1941, priorities change, and Vova and his sister join the partisans, to attempt to fight the enemy. Soon Vova is given the chance to play football again, but in a gamewith very high stakes - if Vova''s team win, they will be shot. Vova and his team have to decide whether to disgrace their country and lose the game, or whether to win - and die.* Match of Death is based on actual events that took place during the Second World War.* James Riordan undertook extensive research, travelling to Kiev to interview the sons of those who took part in the match.

Award-winning children''s author James Riordan boldly retells this story from Greek mythology, introducing readers to the first great European hero to undertake a grand journey. Accompanied by some of ancient Greece''s bravest heroes, Jason leads an expedition to retrieve the Golden Fleece, the property of a king in a far-off land. Traveling by sea, they encounter trial after trial along their route - reeking Harpies, deadly clashing rocks, and fierce Amazon warrior women - and yet more challenges await them at their destination. For before he will give up the fleece, the king devises a test for Jason that will certainly be the death of him - unless the king''s daughter, Medea, agrees out of love for Jason to lend him her magical powers. Complemented by illustrations that marry ancient Greek vase pastiche with high realism, this is a classic tale of high adventure that holds appeal for boys and girls alike.

O aventureiro Gulliver vai parar em Lilliput, um reino onde tudo é minúsculo. Depois conhece Brobdingnag, onde tudo é gigantesco. Lançada em 1726, esta obra maravilha leitores de todas as idades.

An experienced bereavement counselor draws on the many different teachings and practices of both Eastern and Western spiritual traditions as he explores profound questions about death and bereavement.

Looks at the World War II events surrounding the Dunkirk Evacuation in occupied France through the story of Marie, a young girl who, along with her mother, finds herself caring for two injured soldiers--one English and the other German.

Written to combat the influence of the occult on today''s kids, these compelling stories show the reality of spiritual warfare. As Rebecca and her brother, Scott, discover the danger in the occult''s deceptive practices, they learn to put their trust in God''s truths.

Written to combat the influence of the occult on today''s kids, these compelling stories show the reality of spiritual warfare. As Rebecca and her brother, Scott, discover the danger in the occult''s deceptive practices, they learn to put their trust in God''s truths. Becka and Scott travel to Louisiana to try to help a girl caught up in voodoo, and find their own lives in danger.

Jack Loveless attempts to avert his grandson''s questions about his role in World War I by taking him to visit the battlefield graveyards in France. While there he meets a German soldier from the past and vividly remembers the Christmas truce, a miraculous moment when the guns fell silent and horrors of war were temporarily forgotten in a football match. Suggested level: secondary.

Like nothing else, sport today is international. So this book of stories and poems contains a wide range of games played in all English-speaking countries: ice hockey as well as swimming and wrestling, baseball as well as soccer and boxing, cricket as well as fishing and ice dancing, gymnastics as well and running and basketball.All the poems and three of the stories are written by women. Some pit women against men, in swimming and pool. Some pose problems that women face in playing the game according to rules written by men. Some suggest the power and solidarity that sport can give women.The authors come from Britain and Canada, the USA, and the West Indies. They include such well-known writers as Ernest Hemingway, Jack London, Alan Stilltoe, Margaret Atwood, Barry Hines, and Damon Runyan.

Out of the hundreds of wars that ravaged the twentieth century, the three wars covered in this book were the longest and blackest. In total they lasted 20 years and killed nearly 100,000,000 people. The writers in this collection of stories and poems are friend and foe - British and German, Russian and American. The first story is from All Quiet on the Western Front by the German Erich Maria Remarque, perhaps the most moving war novel ever written. Other writers - Russian, German, and English - convey in verse the tragedy and waste of the ''Great War''. The six British Children''s writers write about World War II - Robert Westall and Robert Swindells on the ''home'' war, Michael Morpugo about a ''war horse'', Jill Paton Walsh on the war at sea, and Ian Serraillier and Anne Hohn on refugees in occupied Europe. Young girls - Anne Frank and Tatiana Vassieleva - provide war diaries. Since 1945 no one has suffered as much as the people of Vietnam. In her moving story Rachel Anderson shows not only a nation''s suffering but how war can brutalise soldiers. Finally, the women''s poems on the two world wars show that war is a woman''s affair as well as a man''s.

The story of Martin Luther King Jr.

Marmaduke the tabby cat goes on a search for his long-lost relative. When Marmaduke the tabby cat discovers a picture of a tiger, he decides they must be related. After all, they both have yellow eyes and stripes! Marmaduke boasts about his new relative to all his cat friends, who are very impressed. They decide to visit the zoo to meet his new relative--face to face. Readers of all ages will love James Riordan''s easy-to-read text and the colorful torn-paper illustrations from Alex Ayliffe that bring Marmaduke and his friends to life.

These retellings of the ancient Greek legends recreate the labours of Zeus'' much-loved son and mythology''s mightiest hero. Illustrations including a map of the sites of Hercules'' 12 labours accompany the text.

After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorotea must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.

The Magical Myths series re-tell classic single story myths using colourful illustrations to bring the characters to life. Each title includes an introductory spread providing additional background information, putting the myth into a historical context for young readers.

The Historical Storybook series uses the popular storybook format to present historical events, facts and personalities in an accessible story form for young readers. The series aims to develop children''s awareness of the past and encourage an interest in events and people from history, while providing a resource for KS2 of the National Curriculum and the teaching of literacy.