Sam Gayton crea le sue storie da un seminterrato, uno spazio popolato da ragni grandi e affamati. Lavora anche in una scuola elementare nel Kent, portando una prospettiva unica alle sue narrazioni. La sua scrittura si addentra in regni immaginifici, esplorando spesso temi di sfida e perseveranza attraverso personaggi avvincenti. La voce distintiva di Gayton invita i lettori in mondi dove lo straordinario incontra il quotidiano, promettendo un viaggio pieno di meraviglia.
Join Granphibian, Wade and Shelby on a deep-sea adventure! Can they rescue the dolphins from the dreadful drilling noise? Granphibian and the Diving Disaster is at Oxford Reading Level 8, for readers aged 7-11. Readerful Rise's engaging books help older struggling readers read successfully, and encourage them to read more.
Granphibian and the children investigate why Captain Pincer is offering tourists boat rides to see a strange sea monster. Can they solve the mystery? Part of the Granphibian mini-series. Readerful is designed to motivate children to read more. This Independent Library book is for pupils in Y4/P5 at Oxford Reading Level 14 to read without support.
Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing 'There are other ways to be mighty, you know. Not just world weaving. We got all sorts of other powers, ones that are just as magic. Slower, surer ways to change what's around us. I'm talking about kindness. I'm talking about love. That's what Ma was strong in.' Hush Quiet is a girl with an infinite baseball cap and certain views on love and kindness. Her sister, Matilda, carries around a shotgun full of bees, and doesn't need much excuse to fire it. Hush and Matilda have been hiding out in a pocket world, ever since the war started. Ever since Dustbowl fell. Ever since what happened to Ma. But when a boy with no memory crosses into their reality, the sisters must confront their past, each other, and the intoxicating power that has torn their lives apart . . . the power known as worldweaving.
These books have been specially developed to enhance children's vocabulary and support comprehension. The largest diamond in the world, The Big Dazzle, has been stolen. Doctor Kruft's Obey Ray has also gone missing. Could the two be linked? Pip and Kit try to find out.
These books have been specially developed to enhance children's vocabulary and support comprehension. In this book, Pip and Kit go undercover at the Funky Fashion Show.
Pia lives in a zoo in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with her parents (both ghosts), several old and cranky genies, a devil, and two young angels. She spends her days trimming genie-beards, trying to avoid being tricked into selling her soul, and waiting for the angels to make a miracle big enough to save the world.
Die 12-jährige Lettie Peppercorn lebt in einem Gasthof auf Stelzen. Sie verlässt nie das Haus, ihre einzigen Freunde sind der Wind und die Taube Periwinkle. Ihre Tage verbringt das Mädchen damit, den Gasthof zu führen. Nachts aber träumt sie von ihrer Mutter, die vor langer Zeit verschwunden ist - ohne eine einzige Spur. Eines Wintertages platzt ein völlig vereistert, ruppiger Reisender in den Gasthof, der sich als Alchemist ausgibt und eine neue Erfindung an sie verkaufen will. Eine Erfindung, die Letties Leben - und die Welt - für immer verändern wird. Eine Erfindung, die sich Schnee nennt ...
