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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 6: "Space Rock and Five-a-side" by Jon Blake - what it takes to be popular, a hard hitting story involving addiction "Car Crusher" by Philip Wooderson - story of unfairness and bias and the proving of innocence "Skew Whiff" by Anna Perera - can Anjouli and her friends win the maths contest and repair the damage they''ve done to the house and still be ready for the birthday party? "Wimmer" by Margaret McAllister - two children find a very curious dog on the run from a research centre. Will they be able to keep him secret when he begins to grow wings? "War Stories" by Nick Warburton - two stories about children whose lives are changed by war "Eva" by Shirley Isherwood - the story of an escape from Nazi Germany and a child''s memory afterwards

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This book is part of TreeTops Fiction, a structured reading programme providing juniors with stories they will love to read. Offering chapter books with full-colour illustrations, written by well-known authors, these stories are full of humour and have real boy appeal. They are tightly levelled allowing children to read books appropriate to their ability. This book is also available as part of a mixed pack of 6 different books or a class pack of 36 books of the same Oxford Reading Tree stage. Each book pack comes with a free copy of up-to-date and invaluable teaching notes.

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: The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Fabulous Fables, Sleeping Beauty, Thumbelina, The Swallow and the Nightingale and Rip Van Winkle.

"Hi! I''m Ethan, and I want to tell you about my greatest adventure so far. It all started with me on my scooter (I''ve got cerebral palsy, and scoot better than I walk). My cousin Nerys and I were off to find some angry swans for her newspaper story. And it ended up with bobbing ducks, a sheep challenge and ... well, you''ll have to wait and see!"--

Dogsbottom School has become a magnet for well-motivated, aspirational pupils. However, headteacher, Mrs Whiffy, is distressed to know that a rival school has got loads of fantastic new facilities thanks to a grant they received for taking problem pupils. There''s only one thing for it - she needs some problem pupils of her own and she enlists Bernie''s help to incite a rebellion!

Novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading! TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children''s reading development also available at a href=http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/"www.oxfordowl.co.uk/a. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book. This pack contains 36 books, six of each of: Rat Squad, Snowblind, Lolly Woe, The Multi-Million-Pound Mascot, One Girl School, The War Monkey."

The last time we met Jasmin, she was writing for her life. But she saw the awful author Dorothy Wordsearch being eaten by a monster... so how can she still be writing stories? It''s time for Jasmin to investigate - helped, but mainly hindered, by her hyper sidekick Kevin Shilling.

Another group of problem pupils has arrived at Dogsbottom School from the local stage school. But these pupils are so keen that it''s impossible to see why they would be a problem. When the rival school at Buttery St Crumpet announces it''s putting on a play, Mrs Whiffy decides to outdo them by putting on a play of her own, but when the first night comes and the curtain is about to be raised, Mrs Whiffy and Bernie discover exactly what the problem is with the stage school pupils. Can Bernie save the day (and Mrs Whiffy''s reputation) once again?

August 1969: Britain''s first great rock festival is about to take place on the Isle of Wight. Anticipation is immense at the promised return to the stage of Bob Dylan. Scott Rayner, 16-year-old grammar school boy and would-be rock star, sets off to make the bootleg tape which will earn him his own place in history. When Scott falls for radical army child Jayne, however, he is overwhelmed by the challenge of her uncompromising communal lifestyle. And when his precious tape recorder is stolen, events quickly conspire to test him to the limit.

On her first day at Marnover School Bernie is the first to arriveshe is also the only pupil to arrive in One Girl School. She finds herself in a battle to save the school. But which side is Bernie on? TreeTops Fiction contains engaging novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading!

Each book in the ''Rapid Plus'' series is finely levelled and trialled with KS3 students, and includes pre-reading pages to introduce the main characters, plots and key concepts, and help build understanding and confidence.

Bernie''s only just started at Dogsbottom School and already she''s the football captain and the paintbrush monitor. There''s just one catch - she''s the only pupil! Bernie must try and save the school and recruit some new pupils, but it''s not easy when one by one the teachers all seem to be going completely mad ... This book was originally published under the title ''One Girl School''. This new edition has been retitled to tie in with a further two brand new books in the series. The book has also been completely reillustrated throughout. Special introductory price of GBP2.99 for this first book

Looking after the House of Fun can be a hard job, now the Spoonheads have sucked up all the grown-ups into their space zoo. Stinky and Icky decide they need a holiday. But it''s not as simple as that. Stinky doesn''t seem to have a spare pair of pants. And when Bryan and Icky shrink to the size of nits, they face a bizarre and dangerous journey ...

Jamie may reckon himself a bit of a Ronnie O''Sullivan, but he''s just gone and snookered himself. He has bet a junior snooker champion #100 he can beat him. Things get more complicated when his hard-living dad arrives back on the scene. Maybe he can teach Jamie to be a winner, and maybe not.

These are the first titles in the OLW variety fiction strand for Key Stage 2. The OLW is the new scheme designed to work with the NLS (National Literacy Strategy). Year 3: The Clowns Next Door by Susan Gates - a story about clowns who would prefer not to be clowns Dad''s Story by Susan Gates - a story about a boy finding out his dad cannot read The Adventures of Robyn Hudd by Paul Shipton - a modern Robin Hood with a female protagonist who takes on the bullies Robin Hood and The Golden Arrow by Malachy Doyle - a retelling of the traditional story The Oakhollow Mystery by Tessa Krailing - a story about moving to a new house and discovering it holds a mystery The Beast of Bobbin Moor by Jon Blake - a girl leads her gang through two adventures

A collection of three stories told from the viewpoints of different pupils of Hooley Street Primary School. The first is about new boy Gavin Lee Griffiths whose traumas begin before he even gets to school, when his path is blocked by a monstrous dog, the Hell Hound of Hooley Street. Jason Burrows''s story concerns the class bully, Parnell, who claims to be scared of nothing. Finally, Emma is determined to prove she''s not a duffer, when Doctor Slime splits her class in two and puts her in Group B.

Chinese edition of You''re a Hero, Daley B. Daley B doesn''t know what kind of animal he is. He has big ears, a U shaped nose, big feet that can be used to skate... But Jazzy the weasel knows exactly what Daley B. is - a delicious rabbit meal!

Een groep kinderen probeert de belangstelling te vergroten voor een vroegere rockster. Vanaf ca. 10 jaar.

Trackers matches the quality of any mainstream resource and gives struggling readers the motivation and interest to want to read. Trackers also teaches and practises more of the key reading skills than any other SEN course, e.g. high frequency words, phonics, syntax and semantics, whilst complementing and extending the Additional Literacy Support (DFES) and Further Literacy Support (DFES) initiatives. The teaching support, high quality PCMs in the Teacher''s Guides to Guided Reading Booklets, has been written for the range of adults who work with struggling readers. Trackers Variety fiction enables the struggling reader to read the same authors as their peers whilst broadening their reading experience. Other Trackers strands, available for all Trackers levels, are: Non-fiction, Space School Stories, Space School Stories software.

A further six Treetops titles in Oxford Reading Tree''s series of fiction with built-in progression for pupils aged 7-11. Specially written for children who need the support of carefully-monitored language levels, the stories are accessible, motivating and humorous. The series is organised into Oxford Reading Tree Stages (from Stage 10 to Stage 16), with each stage introducing more complex narrative forms, including flashbacks and changes in viewpoint; descriptive writing; extended readingvocabulary; and more pages, more text, and fewer illustrations. Ideal for both guided reading group work and independent reading. Phase G features: Six new stories at the top end of Treetops, featuring top children''s authors Chris Powling, Paul Stewart, Jon Blake and Margaret McAllister, plus talented newcomers Claire Funge and Anna Perera. The stories have the breadth and interest level demanded by top juniors, with settings ranging from the Arctic Circle to wartime England, via a magical football story with a difference. The stories tackle issues that are important to 10/11 year olds - families, change, the environment, bullying, relationships - with the humour and style for which Treetops is renowned.