Bill Peet tells his life story. "An excellent blend of verbal and visual social history and self-revelation." -- Kirkus Reviews ALA Notable Book
Golden Kite Award
Horn Book Fanfare Selection
IRA Teacher's Choice
School Library Journal Best Books of the[...]
Katy Caboose is tired of being last, and one day a freak accident allows her to realize her dream of peace and solitude. "Bill Peet rides full throttle with a happy story and his beautiful, incredible crayon pictures." -- Christian Science Monitor[...]
The true story and adventures of Capyboppy, the Peet family's pet capybara. "Sure to be enjoyed by children and adults as well." -- School Library Journal[...]
Richard Peet looks in detail at the main trends in human geographic thought over the last thirty years, relating these to broader themes in philosophy and social theory. Beginning with existential phenomenology and humanistic geography, the book covers Marxism and radical geography, structuralism, s[...]
Collins Primary Focus: Handwriting Book A contains photocopiable resource sheets aimed at children in Foundation Stage. It focuses on hand-eye coordination and pencil control, providing practice of vertical, lateral and curved movements. Book B is also suitable for children at this level. The same c[...]
Collins Primary Focus: Handwriting Book B contains photocopiable resource sheets aimed at children in Foundation Stage. It focuses on letter movements and shapes, the recognition of lower-case and upper-case letters, the numbers 0-9. Book A is also suitable for children at this level. The same conte[...]
Collins Primary Focus: Handwriting Book 1A contains photocopiable resource sheets aimed at children in Year 1. It focuses on joining letters, introducing lower-case letters with precursive movements, then with joins in a cursive style. Book 1B is also suitable for children at this level. The same co[...]
Collins Primary Focus: Handwriting Book 1B contains photocopiable resource sheets aimed at children in Year 1. It focuses on joins and patterns, introducing lower-case letters with precursive movements, then with joins in a cursive style. Book 1A is also suitable for children at this level. The same[...]
Collins Primary Focus: Handwriting Book 2 contains photocopiable resource sheets aimed at children in Year 2. It focuses on linking handwriting to spelling, developing joins of the main onset groups and blends. It uses high-frequency words for consolidation of handwriting and spelling. The same cont[...]
Collins Primary Focus: Handwriting Book 3 contains photocopiable resource sheets aimed at children in Year 3. It focuses on practising a cursive style, reinforcing the difference between print and cursive styles. It offers further practice of high-frequency words and spelling patterns. The same cont[...]
Collins Primary Focus: Handwriting Book 4 contains photocopiable resource sheets aimed at children in Year 4. It focuses on developing fluency, studying handwriting styles and purposes. It encourages the development of a personal style and introduces more spelling rules and patterns. The same conten[...]
Collins Primary Focus: Handwriting Book 5 contains photocopiable resource sheets aimed at children in Year 5. It encourages the development of personal styles for best writing and speed and looks at how to vary style and letter size for labels, notices and captions. The same content is also availabl[...]
Collins Primary Focus: Handwriting Book 6 contains photocopiable resource sheets aimed at children in Year 6. It focuses on speed, presentation and layout, encouraging further development of a personal style through calligraphy and modern stylistic activities. The same content is also available as a[...]
Collins Primary Focus: Handwriting provides a complete handwriting course from Foundation Stage upwards, aligned to the current literacy framework. The nine workbooks include: a wide variety of activity sheets for practice and development; self-assessment material; detailed notes on the teaching of [...]
Collins Primary Focus: Handwriting Workbook 1A is aimed at children in Year 1. It focuses on joining letters, introducing lower-case letters with precursive movements, then with joins in a cursive style. Book 1B is also suitable for children at this level. The same content is available as photocopia[...]
Collins Primary Focus: Handwriting Workbook 1B is aimed at children in Year 1. It focuses on joins and patterns, introducing lower-case letters with precursive movements, then with joins in a cursive style. Book 1A is also suitable for children at this level. The same content is available as photoco[...]
Collins Primary Focus: Handwriting Workbook 4 is aimed at children in Year 4. It focuses on developing fluency, studying handwriting styles and purposes. It encourages the development of a personal style and introduces more spelling rules and patterns. The same content is also available as photocopi[...]
Collins Primary Focus: Handwriting Workbook 5 is aimed at children in Year 5. It encourages the development of personal styles for best writing and speed and looks at how to vary style and letter size for labels, notices and captions. The same content is also available as photocopiable resource shee[...]
Collins Primary Focus: Handwriting Workbook 6 is aimed at children in Year 6. It focuses on speed, presentation and layout, encouraging further development of a personal style through calligraphy and modern stylistic activities. The same content is also available as photocopiable resource sheets.[...]
New Myths and Legends from TreeTops that will motivate and inspire your junior readers! Fascinating and action-packed stories, carefully adapted to make them accessible, with levelling you can trust, and clear progression throughout the stages. All stories are fully illustrated with stunning artwork[...]
Plant intellectual property law is a complex proposition which stands apart from other intellectual property endeavours, and this book seeks to elucidate on the key issues involved. This work encompasses aspects of plant innovation and related law in the US and overseas providing a global perspectiv[...]
Ella the elephant thinks of herself as a famous circus star, but gets a lesson in humility when a mean farmer puts her to work. "Like the author's other work, the rhyming text and brightly colored pictures are good fun." -- Booklist[...]
Chester longs to be a performer in the circus, but the road to stardom is rocky until someone discovers Chester's true "worldliness." "Chester is going to be a laugh-aloud choice." -- Kirkus Reviews[...]