Jilly lay on her fat little stomach watching the sheets flapping in the wind. She lay perfectly still; only here eyes moved. Suddenly, Jilly raced towards the sheets. Then she was flying through the air, her mouth full of sheet and the wind blowing wildly. "Wicked Jilly!" Nanna cried. Nanna's life becomes hectic when she decides to buy a new dog as company for her old dog, Tash. 'Wicked' Jilly gets up to all sorts of mischief. Poor Nanna needs copious cups of tea and many good lie-downs to cope with Jilly's antics. But when Jilly runs away, Nanna realises just how special she is.
This teaching guide accompanies the transport strand of Go Facts. It provides lesson plans and photocopiable resources for teaching non-fiction skills through guided reading and writing.
"You know what I hate?" the baby asked. "People are coming up and giving me great slobbery kisses. No-one asks 'Do you mind if I give you a kiss?' No! Once, a woman with a big, hairy mole on her chin stabbed me with it. I bit her. It was the best thing I did that day.
No picture ever came more beautiful than Raphael's Pandora... Discovered by a dashing young lieutenant, Raymond Kelvedon in a Normandy Chateau in 1944, she had cast her spell over his family - all artists and dealers - for fifty years. Hanging in a turret of their lovely Cotswold house, Pandora witnessed Raymond's tempestuous wife Galena both entertaining a string of lovers, and giving birth to her four children: Jupiter, Alizarin, Jonathan and superbrat Sienna. Then an exquisite stranger rolls up, claiming to be a long-lost daughter of the family, setting the three Belvedon brothers at each other's throats. Accompanying her is her fatally glamorous boyfriend, whose very different agenda includes an unhealthy interest in the Raphael. When the painting is stolen during a fireworks party, the police are called and a global search ensues to discover once and for all who stole the masterpiece and who it actually belongs to. Will passionate love triumph, and will Pandora be restored to her rightful home? ---------------------------------- 'Cooper's sheer exuberance and energy are contagious' The Times 'The whole thing is a riot - vastly superior to anything else in a glossy cover' Daily Telegraph 'This is Jilly on top form with her most sparkling novel to date' Evening Standard 'One reads her for her joie de vivre, her maudlin romanticism, her love of arty references and her razor sharp sense of humour. Oh, and the sex' New Statesman
"Hi kids. What's in the box?" Mum asked. "It's Sam's new pet", said Olivia. "His name is Wuzzy", said Sam softly. Suddenly from out of the box came a loud screech that made them all jump. Part of a series of full-colour chapter books with fun storylines allowing students to experience reading success as they become confident readers.
James gave a gently tug on his stuck tongue, hoping that springing around may have loosened it, but it was still locked firmly onto the fridge and strangely, it felt much longer than usual. Part of a series of full-colour chapter books with fun storylines, this title allows students to experience reading success as they become confident readers.
When she's lost all her dreams and is finally finding a place to call home, will she place her trust—and her heart—in the hands of a wanderer with secrets? Vanessa Porter's brilliant career as a hotelier goes up in flames after a scandal, and she pours herself into rehabbing an old mansion to become a boutique hotel, doing much of the work herself because her funds are running out. Hotshot adventure photographer Dane Sullivan's career is grounded after a near-death fall, and he's no longer sure he wants the life of death-defying risk that energized him for so long. While he's recovering and assessing his options, his kid sister Jilly volunteers him to help her friend Vanessa with handyman skills he and his brothers learned from their dad. The irascible, too-handsome photographer turned handyman won't be around long, which suits Vanessa just fine—until the sparks between them turn from aggravation to smoldering attraction. Though her life has been filled with loss, can she survive losing this man who's come to mean so much to her? As Dane begins to contemplate sinking roots, the once-in-a-lifetime trip to a forbidden land suddenly is his for the taking, and he will have to choose between a life he never imagined and the dream that would restore the career that was once all he ever wanted.
Everything seemed very friendly until Zac scored a goal. The Squees went quiet. Play stopped. "What's going on?" asked Zac. "That's what I was trying to tell you," Henry said. "According to Squee rules the first person to score a goal is well...how shall I put this...dinner!"
Ben pulled on the heavy chestplate, leg pads and safet helmet. He felt like a giant yellow chicken. He moved into goalie position and after a false start saves the day . Part of a series of full- colour chapter books with fun storylines allowing students to experience reading success as they become confident readers.
John Crace's Digested Read first appeared in in February 2000 and has been running ever since. Each week Crace reduces a new book ? anything from a Booker Prize winner to a Nigella cookery book is fair game ? to 700 words in a parody of the plot, style, dialogue and themes. Or lack of them. The Digested Read has not just become an institution for readers; it is read and enjoyed by publishers and authors too. So long as it is not their book being digested. A few years ago Crace wrote Brideshead Abbreviated, A Digested Read of the 20th Century. This is the 21st Century. So far.
