Tato autorka se zaměřuje na psaní, které je zjevně inspirováno jejími životními rolemi a zájmy. Její díla odrážejí pohled čtenáře, který se prolíná s její vlastní tvůrčí činností. Texty slibují vhled do světa, kde se osobní zkušenosti a imaginace snoubí s uměleckým vyjádřením.
Presents a new version of the beloved fairy tale about a princess doomed to sleep for 100 years, until a handsome prince wakes her with a kiss. With one full page illustration per spread and skillfully retold for a young reader, it is illustrated and designed for the modern reader. It is suitable for children aged 3 to 6.
Today is Wednesday 2nd October. If I am back in this very room in the Reform Club on Saturday 21st December by eight forty-five in the evening, I win. Phileas Fogg bets a small fortune that he can go round the world in eighty days a huge sum of money in 1872, worth more than a million pounds today.When he sets off on his amazing journey with his clever servant, Passepartout, they cannot afford the slightest delay. Will the two travelers have time to help Princess Aouda, when the brave and beautiful young woman is threatened with a cruel fate?Detective Fix believes that Mr Fogg is a bank robber, and plans to arrest him. Will that be the end of Phileas Fogg s chance to save his fortune?Real Reads are accessible texts designed to support the literacy development of primary and lower secondary age children while introducing them to the riches of our international literary heritage. Each book is a retelling of a work of great literature from one of the world s greatest cultures, fitted into a 64-page book, making classic stories, dramas and histories available to intelligent young readers as a bridge to the full texts, to language students wanting access to other cultures, and to adult readers who are unlikely ever to read the original versions.
When a brother and sister lost in the woods come upon a tempting gigerbread house, they can't resist entering. Little do they realise that inside lives a witch... and she thinks they'd make a delicious dinner.
Suitable for ages 3-6 years, this title tells the story of a mermaid who leaves the sea after she falls in love with a human prince.