Matthew Oldham

Sarah Courtauld

Mary Sebag-Montefiore

Susanna Davidson

Henry Brook

Laura Cowan

Anna Milbourne

Ruth Brocklehurst

Rachel Firth

Megan Cullis

Jerome Martin (Writer of children's books)

"From Romeo and Juliet's star-crossed love, to the dark ambitions of Macbeth, the characters from Shakespeare's plays are famous throughout the world. This collection of stories from all the plays, with beautiful illustrations and quotations, is the perfect introduction to Shakespeare." -- Back cover.

Stories from All the Plays

The Usborne Complete Shakespeare

Die Welt bei Nacht

Ce se intampla noaptea

Luna

Sam Baer

Richly illustrated, this gift book presents scenes from history teeming with activity and interest. A fascinating book to share with young children and discover places and peoples throughout the course of time. There is lots of new vocabulary to learn here, with illustrations simply labelled to encourage conversation.

My Big Picture Book of Long Ago

Sebastian David Guy Knowles

Scott A. Leonard

T.S. Eliot, Man and Poet

James Brophy

Modern Wit in the Poetry of W. H. Auden

Minna Lacey

Alex Frith (Children's author)

Jerome Martin (Editor)

100 Things to Know about History

From the classic tale by the Brothers Grimm. "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your long hair!" A witch keeps Rapunzel in a tall tower without a door or stairs - but she isn't the only one visiting the lovely girl. With fun activities after the story, and online audio in both British English and American English. Illustrations: Full colour throughout

English Readers Level 1: Rapunzel

From the well-loved Aesop's fable. The sun and the wind live in the sky. One day, the wind wants to play a game. Can he take a coat off the girl below? The wind blows and blows, but it's no good. Then the sun says, "Can I try?" With fun activities after the story, and online audio in both British English and American English. Beautifully produced with world-class full-colour artwork throughout Classic stories retold in a fluent and natural style, made highly accessible for English language learners. Series devised and edited in collaboration with acclaimed ELT consultant Peter Viney.

English Readers Starter Level: the Sun and the Wind

The classic fairy tale that first gave us the idea of princesses kissing frogs. Princess Miranda is lonely and bored. Her busy mother gives her a precious golden ball to play with, and Miranda drops it into the palace pond. A helpful frog retrieves it - but as payment, he demands to eat from Miranda's plate and sleep on her pillow. Will Miranda keep her side of the bargain?With fun activities after the story, and online audio in both British English and American English. CEFR level: A1. 500 headwords, 1116 words

English Readers Level 1 the Frog Prince

A simple user-friendly book which helps complete beginners of all ages get started using the web languages, HTML, CSS and JavaScript. After finishing this book, readers will have built their own website from scratch. With step-by-step instructions at every stage and quirky illustrations throughout. Illustrations: Full colour throughout

Build Your Own Website for Beginners

A lively African folktale about a complaining tree getting its comeuppance, with fabulous colourful illustrations. Long ago, when the gods made the world, they created the Baobab tree... and the Baobab tree was not happy. It didn't like the sun and the rain and the wind. It didn't like animals and birds that settled in and under its branches. It envied the other trees for their graceful leaves, their bright flowers and their succulent fruit. Finally the gods tired of its constant complaining, and made sure that it would never say another word. With fun activities after the story, and online audio in both British English and American English.

English Readers Starter Level: Baobab Tree

Lan Cook

Joina young girl as she goeshunting,makes her own stone tools and creates amazing cave art.Learn all about the dangers of life in the StoneAge,what makes a good shelter and what edible plantscan be gathered in the wild. Eye-catching illustrations by Laurent King bring this comic strip to life, as you visit the Stone Age for a day. Covers a wide range of Stone Age activities, from fishing and tracking animals, to making fire, stone tools and cave art.

24 Hours in the Stone Age

An engaging retelling of one of the most famous of classic British stories. The story is followed by activities and a glossary of less familiar words, and links to a full recording of the text online in either British English or American English.

English Readers Starter Level 2: Gulliver's Travels

From the classic tale by the Brothers Grimm. "I know this is magic," says the shoemaker. Someone is making beautiful shoes every night, when the shoemaker and his wife are asleep. Who can it be? With fun activities after the story, and online audio in both British English and American English. Illustrations: Full colour throughout

The Elves and the Shoemaker

Man and Poet

T.S. Eliot

For thousands of years, the Moon has been the one thing in the night sky that everyone anywhere on our planet recognises. Trace the story of the Moon around the world and through history, from ancient legends about its creation, to its first sighting through a telescope, right up until the Apollo 11 mission and the first Moon landing in 1969.

Laura Cowan

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