Margaret Ryanová se věnuje psaní pro děti a jejím cílem je nadchnout mladé čtenáře pro literaturu. Její díla se vyznačují interaktivním přístupem, kdy zapojuje děti do příběhu a vytváří z návštěv autorů zábavný zážitek. Ryanová se zaměřuje na tvorbu pro děti ve věku od pěti do jedenácti let a její knihy, které jsou překládány do mnoha jazyků, často reflektují její zkušenosti z pedagogické praxe. Klade důraz na to, aby její knihy byly přístupné a zábavné, což dokazuje i její práce pro televizní a rozhlasové pořady a speciální série pro méně ochotné čtenáře.
Grandma Aphrodite's husband, is now living with Abby and the house is beginning to seem very small. Then a man with a big black beard and a baseball cap starts lurking around outside the house. Abby's convinced it's the Australian mafia, who've finally caught up with Grandma's husband.
Airy Fairy must clean and redecorate her room in order to win a prize and only has three days to do it, but her task is made even harder by Scary Fairy's meddling.
Fat Alphie wants to be famous, like his cousin, Skinny Jinny, the explorer. There must be something he can turn his paw to besides eating...but what?
Everybody knows that fairies are charming little creatures, dainty, pretty, and tidy. Not Airy Fairy! Airy Fairy's classroom report is the worst her school has ever seen, and she must complete a special fairy task during the Christmas holidays to make up for her poor grades. The result is fun and laughter. Spotlight editions are printed on high-quality paper and with reinforced library bindings specifically printed for the library market. Grades 2-4.
This series of books charts the experiences of the adventurous inhabitants of the rainforest. In this volume, Bumpy the sun bear is busy finding food to fill her rumbling tummy. She ignores all her friends, but will she spot the Angry Ant gang before it's too late?
It's Autumn time and Harry's sweeping leaves and collecting apples. It's very hard work. But Harry has forgotten that Autumn leaves make bonfires, and apples make toffee apples. This story provides visual and textual information about autumn and the changes to our environment at that time of year
Littlest Dragon is going to school. His mum puts one sandwich, two tangerines and three jelly dragon sweets in his lunchbox. His nine dragon brothers leave him with one sandwich crust; two tangerine skins and three wrapping papers from three jelly dragon sweets.
