These classic folk tales from Asia, Arabia and Persia are taken from the reputed 1001 stories told by Scheherazade to entertain her husband, the Sultan, to prevent him from having her killed. Every tale will weave its own spell on readers as they dip into an enchanted land where Aladdin discovers a genie held captive in a magic lamp, Sinbad sets sail on a series of fantastic voyages and surprising heroes and magic creatures reveal hidden depths of bravery and ingenuity. Augmented with H J…
Join traveling reporter Tintin and his faithful dog, Snowy, along with well-known friends such as Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, and the twin detectives Thompson and Thomson, as they embark on extraordinary adventures and solve thrilling mysteries. These full-color graphic novels broke new ground when they were first released and became the inspiration for countless modern-day comic artists.This repackaged hardcover volume contains 3 classic Tintin stories, including The Shooting…
Join traveling reporter Tintin and his faithful dog, Snowy, along with well-known friends such as Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, and the twin detectives Thompson and Thomson, as they embark on extraordinary adventures and solve thrilling mysteries. These full-color graphic novels broke new ground when they were first released and became the inspiration for countless modern-day comic artists.This repackaged hardcover volume contains 3 classic Tintin stories, including The Seven…
Join traveling reporter Tintin and his faithful dog, Snowy, along with well-known friends such as Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, and the twin detectives Thompson and Thomson, as they embark on extraordinary adventures and solve thrilling mysteries. These full-color graphic novels broke new ground when they were first released and became the inspiration for countless modern-day comic artists.This repackaged hardcover volume contains 3 classic Tintin stories, including The Red Sea…
A novel of serendipity, of fortunes won and lost, and of the spectre of imprisonment that hangs over all aspects of Victorian society, Charles Dickens's Little Dorrit is edited with an introduction by Stephen Wall in Penguin Classics.
64 page ADAPTATION of the classic story of Anne of Green Gables is beautifully retold by Mary Sebag-Montefiore in this new edition to the Young Reading programme, series 3 for confident readers.
The boys at school are excited. The Olympic games are coming to the city. They may be too young to compete, but their teacher suggests the school should have its own games. Of course, girls have no part at all in these festivities but Elena discovers her twin brother, Cypselis, has made a bet with Big Bacchiad (the school bully). If Cypselis wins he will get a new goat. If he loses then Elena will become Bacchiad''s slave. Elena''s freedom is at stake - she needs all her cunning to make sure…
This is a tale of Neria, who works in the House of Death helping her father to make mummies. Neria enjoys her work, but when the pharaoh dies, everyone is so busy that Neria is given the responsibility of mummifying the pharaoh''s cat, to accompany him to the afterlife. The trouble is, Neria doesn''t want to kill and gut the cat! Can she find a way to save it - without being caught and punished?
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