The Indoor Pirates: The Indoor Pirates hate the sea, so they move into Dolphin Street. They're well behaved until the household bills arrive, then they begin to panic. The Indoor Pirates on Treasure Island: The Indoor Pirates think there's buried treasure on a nearby island, but how can they get there, when they hate boats and water? Captain Blackpatch has a cunning plan to get them across.
Captain Blackpatch has bought a pirate truck to take the pirates on a camping holiday. Once there he becomes convinced that treasure is buried on a small island.
Enthralling readers with books like The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson is an enduring force in the world of fiction. This book presents two-week study plans with activities that will encourage children to: analyse features of text, focusing on selected extracts; consider the reasons that some books have lasting appeal; clarify their ideas by drawing comparisons with the writing of other authors; plan their own adaptation of a scene from a novel after looking at existing film and graphic novel versions; and to identify the similarities and differences between historical fiction and non-fictional representation For primary school teachers and teaching assistants. All activities are suitable for use at Key Stage 2/3 or Scottish P6-7 /S1-2. This innovative series is designed to help primary teachers plan focused sessions on the work of popular, wellloved and valued authors, both classic and contemporary. Each book contains a range of activities for use directly in the classroom. Inside each book is a full-colour pull-out poster illustrating the work of the author, which also has a set of challenges for children on the back.
Streaker, the fastest dog in the world, is in trouble again! But the police are on her trail and this time they've been joined by a ruthless dogcatcher.
The youngest of sixteen beautiful princesses, Belinda is ignored by her father, King Stormbelly, and left in the hands of a Japanese tutor. After the king marries off his other daughters he discovers that Belinda has turned into a karate expert. Appalled, he leaves her to find her own handsome prince. But will she be able to – and will she even want to? A hilarious modern fairytale with a twist – and some well-aimed high kicks!
Is it time to pause for breath? No because there’s also Streaker the dog, indoor pirates, trolls and superheroes AND karate kicking and time-travelling AND mad grannies and so much more. Featuring a brand new short-story by Jeremy, the Laugh-Your-Socks-Off Joke Book is jam-packed with jokes, quizzes,puzzles and games, plus extracts from all your favourite stories. Warning! No Knock-knock’s were used in the making of this book.
