From the award-winning designer of the iconic Penguin Hardcover Classics comes a beautifully illustrated fable about loss, friendship, and courage
"The Fox and the Star "is the story of a friendship between a lonely Fox and the Star who guides him through the frightfully dark forest. Illuminate[...]
With this groundbreaking work, renowned educator Jenifer Fox argues against the flawed and maddening paradigm that "fixing"kids' weaknesses is the way to achieve success. Rather, Fox promotes focusing on kids' natural inclinations in three interdependent areas: Activity Strengths, Relationship Stren[...]
A sturdy, easy-to-hold board book contains the story of little lamb's bedtime, in a classic nighttime tale for babies and toddlers.[...]
"Little one, / whoever you are, / wherever you are, / there are little ones / just like you / all over the world." So begins the Australian author Mem Fox's joyful picture book "Whoever You Are," a celebration of the world's diverse cultures, both our similarities and differences. Leslie Straub's in[...]
Every day all over the world, children are laughing and crying, playing and learning, eating and sleeping. They may not look the same. But inside, they are alike. Available for the first time as a board book, this is an inspiring celebration for all children, whoever they are.[...]
Beloved author Mem Fox's" Whoever You Are" is a story that weaves its way around our earth--across cultures and generations--celebrating the bonds that unite us all.
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Grandma Poss uses her best bush magic to make Hush invisible. But when Hush longs to be able to see herself again, the two possums must make their way across Australia to find the magic food that will make Hush visible once more. "Another treat from Mem Fox that is sure to be treasured. The whimsica[...]
Day is done. Darkness is falling everywhere and little ones are getting sleepy, feeling cozy, and being tucked in. Fox's rhythmic verse and Dyer's tender watercolor illustrations combine for a bedtime book that is perfect for lulling little children to sleep.[...]
A history of the celebrated 1950s Cuban nightclub cites its unique status as an institution that operated free from the American mob's control, traces its evolution against a backdrop of pre-Revolutionary Cuba, and cites performances by such figures as Nat "King" Cole and Josephine Baker. Reprint.[...]
The must-have guide to reading with children, now in a new and revised edition Best-selling children's author and internationally respected literacy expert Mem Fox reveals the incredible emotional and intellectual impact reading aloud to children has on their ability to learn to read. With passion a[...]
William Faulkner at Twentieth Century-Fox is a scholarly edition of the five screenplays that Faulkner wrote while under contract to Twentieth Century-Fox during the mid-1930s, and another he wrote in the early 1950s. It includes a lengthy introduction that explains exactly what Faulkner did as a sc[...]
It begins as a normal day for Dax Jones but, backed into a corner and scared, he finds himself changing. Into a fox!Dax is whisked away to a secret school, a haven for others of his kind, but danger follows. As he fights to keep the school's secrets safe, Dax starts to wonder what is really going on[...]
Dax Jones is an ordinary schoolboy ...until something extraordinary happens one day. Whilst frightened for his life, he inexplicably changes into a fox! Before long, both a government agent and an ambitious young journalist are on his tail. The agent tells him that he is one of several children wi[...]
'The fox called again. Its eerie cry echoed into the night. The sound wove in and out of the night garden, and into Tilly's dreams.' One night, awoken by a strange noise, Tilly looks out of her bedroom window and sees a wild fox watching her from the lawn. Tilly follows it through a hidden gate [...]
Four well-loved traditional tales that have been retold in line with your child's phonics learning at school. This Read with Oxford Stage 3 collection is ideal for children who are growing in reading confidence.Read with Oxford offers an exciting range of carefully levelled reading books to build yo[...]
Spare Parts centres on the developments that have occurred in the field of organ transplantation during the 1980s and early 1990s, and on the rise and fall of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart in that period. It is vividly written in a narrative ethnographic style. The interconnected stories of organ tr[...]
Written by Teachit contributors and OCR examiners, GCSE English Literature for OCR is the most comprehensive, accessible endorsed support package for the 2010 OCR GCSE English Literature curriculum. This book covers foundation and higher levels, delivering the controlled assessment and exam requirem[...]
The Foolish Fox is based on the traditional tale of the lazy fox who does not like working. He asks some sheep to farm the land for him, in return for half of the food they grow. Little does he know that the sheep are planning to outwit him! This humorous story written by Alison Hawes and charmingly[...]
Most previous texts on quantum optics have been written primarily for the graduate student market at PhD level and above. Quantum optics: an introduction aims to introduce a wide range of topics at a lower level suitable for advanced undergraduate and Masters level students in physics. The text is d[...]