The Slant Book
- Author: Newell Peter
- Genre: Literature
All readers, not only children but also adults, will absolutely love the new children's book by Peter Newell. Containing wonderful pictures and having an amazing style it looks like a tale which grandparents usually read to their grandchildren. You won't get tired of reading The Slant Book many times to your kids of about 4-7 years old, you will always be amused and interested. The main hero of the story is a boy whose buggy goes down the slant causing many inconveniences on its way down.
The Loss of the S. S. Titanic
- Author: Beesley Lawrence
- Genre: 20th Century
The Loss of the S.S. Titanic is the recollections of the disaster of Lawrence Beesley, a schoolteacher and second class passenger of the ill-fated liner, who managed to survive that nasty day in 1912. Told at first hand through the view of the eyewitness the story is emotional and full of factual details, so that the reader has opportunity to experience the tragedy himself.
It thrills more when you know that the story is real and happened to real people most of whom became the victims of the ocean…
Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus
- Author: Church Francis Pharcellus
- Genre: Christmas
Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus is the answer of the editor Church Francis Pharcellus to the legendary letter of the young girl Virginia O'Hanlon sent to The New York Sun in 1897. The girl had doubts whether Santa really exists. Church very thoroughly convinces her that there are innumerable "wonders unseen and unseeable in the world" and that Santa Claus is real. The author makes the reader of any age believe in miracles of Cristmas by creating the atmosphere of a fairy-tale.
The Monkey's Paw
- Author: Jacobs William Wymark
- Genre: Spine-Chilling Horror
The White family are delighted when a friend gives them a monkey's paw that will grant them three wishes. They gain a little but at what cost? The paw turns happiness to fear and despair. Collins Soundbites is a revolutionary series of readers for students who are struggling to achieve NC level 4 at Key Stage 3. The Monkey's Paw has a Reading Age of 8-9, with 40 words per page. Six readers are published in a pack at each stage or level of ability. Soundbites is the first series of readers for students with poor literacy that delivers the curriculum. Also available are Mixed Packs that contain six different readers at each of the three stages (stage 1: reading age 6-7; stage 2: age 7-8; stage 3: age 8-9). Two thirds of each book is 'narrative' style text. One third of each book covers information, using a variety of text types such as autobiographies, biographies, journals, diaries, letters (personal and formal), travel writing, leaflets, reports, reviews, adverts, newspaper/magazine articles, tables. Specialised, difficult or technical vocabulary explained on the page, plus a one-page glossary at the end. The topics covered address the KS3 curriculum in different areas. Photocopiable teaching resources, containing a range of literacy-boosting activities, are available in the Soundbites Bumper Pack. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
More Goops and How Not to Be Them
- Author: Burgess Gelett
- Genre: Manners
Gelett Burgess, the author of this juvenile “guide”, was in addition an artist, poet, art critic and humorist. He wrote more than one children’s books about the manners of thoughtless and foolhardy infantile people he called "The Goops", and this book is not an exception. With entertaining illustrations – caricatures of misbehaving children – he depicted a lot of different mistakes, concerning tact and good manners. It will be useful and pleasant for everyone, since most of us have surely acted Goop-like at some point in our lives. In a nutshell, Burgess shows us the differences between “Good” and “Goop” in a delightful humorous manner.