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Miss Petal has a very bad dog called Growly, who is always getting into trouble for behaving badly. But it turns out that Growly isn''t the one behaving badly after all ... Children will enjoy using the illustrations to work out what is really happening in this entertaining story about a dog with a heart of gold. Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks is an emotionally-engaging fiction series that will fire children''s imaginations. These 36 original stories will get children thinking, and develop and deepen their comprehension skills. The variety of authors and illustration styles broadens children''s reading experience, with something to appeal to every child. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, so it''s easy to match every child to the right book for them. They also contain inside cover notes, to enable parents and teachers to support children in their reading. Help with children''s reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.

Snoot really, really wants a bike for his birthday. Will Milton notice Snoot''s hints, or will he get a birthday surprise? Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks is an emotionally-engaging fiction series that will fire children''s imaginations and develop their comprehension skills. The variety of authors and illustrators broadens children''s reading experience, with something to appeal to every child. This story is one of six titles at Oxford Level 5, which are phonically decodable with some extra high-interest words to expand children''s vocabularies and enrich the stories. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every reader to the right book.

Beautifully illustrated in two colour, this new series from the world of Isadora Moon introduces Isadora''s mermaid friend, Emerald!Emerald is learning how to be a mermaid princess, but she doesn''t feel like one at all. She''s not very good at waving to crowds and royal headdresses just aren''t her thing - her hair is toospiky and wild. Emerald''s wriggly pet octopus, Inkibelle, doesn''t much like living at the royal palace either.The annual Ocean Parade is coming up. Will Emerald be brave enough to be a mermaid princess but do it her own, special way?

Ishi is always out on the waves. Like her aunty before her, she loves surfing and is actually quite good at it. When the National Junior Surfing Competition comes to Kerala, Ishi knows this is her opportunity to compete. But, when things don''t go as planned, Ishi will need to call on her friends and family for support. Reflect is a series of emotionally powerful fiction and non-fiction with realistic settings, carefully crafted to promote thoughtful discussions and develop higher-level reading comprehension. Written by top authors and developed with Literacy expert Nikki Gamble, these are books you can trust to engage, entertain and support children''s personal development and wellbeing. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to books with the right depth and complexity, and helping them to progress. Each book contains inside cover notes to help children deepen their understanding and support their reading comprehension. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links to Relationships Education and support literacy skills.

In Our Siberian Journey, join an Arctic photographer on his long trek across the ice and snow with a herd of reindeer. Find out what he eats, wears and how he travels.Oxford Reading Tree inFact is a non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully as fiction does. The variety of topics means there are books to interest every child in this compelling series. The series is written by top children''s authors and subject experts. The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

This authoritative edition was first published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Pope''s poetry and prose - the major poems in their entirety, together with translations, criticism, letters and other prose - to give the essence of his work and thinking.Pope has often been termed the first truly professional poet in English, whose dealings with the book trade helped to produce the literary market-place of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In this representative selection of Pope''s most important work, the texts are presented in chronological sequence so that the Moral Essays and Imitations of Horace are restored to their original position in his career. The Dunciad, The Rape of the Lock, and Peri Bathous are presented in full, together with a characteristic sample of Pope''s prose, including satires, pamphlets, and periodical writing. The influential preface to his edition of Shakespeare is here, as well as passages from his conversations with Joseph Spence and examples of his wide-ranging correspondence. This fine edition features a comprehensive biographical index, as well as an introduction and invaluable notes. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

The enormous loss of life and physical destruction caused by the First World War led people to hope that there would never be another such catastrophe. How then did it come about that there was a Second World War causing twice the 30 million deaths and many times more destruction as had been caused in the previous conflict? In this Very Short Introduction, Gerhard L. Weinberg provides an introduction to the origins, course, and impact of the war on those who fought and the ordinary citizens who lived through it. Starting by looking at the inter-war years and the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, he examines how the war progressed by examining a number of key events, including the war in the West in 1940, Barbarossa, The German Invasion of the Soviet Union, the expansion of Japan''s war with China, developments on the home front, and the Allied victory from 1944-45. Exploring the costs and effects of the war, Weinberg concludes by considering the long-lasting mark World War II has left on society today.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Zoom Out! starts with an eye. Turn the page to zoom out and see where the eye is. Keep turning the pages to keep zooming out to a fly, an elephant, Kenya, Africa, then Earth!Oxford Reading Tree inFact is a non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully as fiction does. The variety of topics means there are books to interest every child in this compelling series. The series is written by top children''s authors and subject experts. The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

In Get Well Soon!, follow a doctor through her day and observe the patients she treats. This wordless book is in Lilac Book Band, Oxford Level 1, and supports Letters and Sounds Phase 1.Project X Hero Academy Non-fiction is an inspiring series of fully-decodable titles for reading practice that''s matched to phonics knowledge. Aligned to Letters and Sounds, this contemporary series broadens children''s subject knowledge, while consolidating their phonics learning and improving their reading fluency.

`Few venture as thou hast in the alarming paths of sin.'' This is the final judgement of Satan on Victoria di Loredani, the heroine of Zofloya, or The Moor (1806), a tale of lust, betrayal, and multiple murder set in Venice in the last days of the fifteenth century. The novel follows Victoria''s progress from spoilt daughter of indulgent aristocrats, through a period of abuse and captivity, to a career of deepening criminality conducted under Satan''s watchful eye. Charlotte Dacre''s narrative deftly displays her heroine''s movement from the vitalized position of Ann Radcliffe''s heroines to a fully conscious commitment to vice that goes beyond that of `Monk'' Lewis''s deluded Ambrosio. The novel''s most daring aspect is its anatomy of Victoria''s intense sexual attraction to her Moorish servant Zofloya that transgresses taboos both of class and race. A minor scandal on its first publication, and a significant influence on Byron and Shelley, Zofloya has been unduly neglected. Contradicting idealized stereotypes of women''s writing, the novel''s portrait of indulged desire, gratuitous cruelty, and monumental self-absorption retains considerable power to disturb. The introduction to this edition, the first for nearly 200 years, examines why Zofloya deserves to be read alongside established Gothic classics as the highly original work of an intriguing and unconventional writer. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

The Level 5 Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories, written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta, provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills. Stories, More Stories A, More Stories B and More Stories C take the children from familiar, predictable events at home and school into the less certain realms of fantasy through the magic key adventures.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with childrens reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.

This edition of Read Write Inc. Fresh Start rescues pupils aged 9 and above who are below age-related expectations, using a phonics-based approach. Read Write Inc. Fresh Start gives older pupils who have not yet cracked the ''code of reading'' the chance to catch up and become confident, fluent readers and writers - enabling them to access the secondary curriculum.Read Write Inc. Fresh Start Anthologies are motivating, full-colour, magazine-style texts to provide further practice of the sounds and graphemes taught in the Fresh Start Modules. They contain a variety of lively non-fiction, poetry and fiction texts, including quizzes, playscripts and comic strips, to motivate the students to read for pleasure. The Anthology texts should be read in order after each Module is completed, to ensure students are reading within their phonic knowledge and so experience success in reading. The subjects of the Anthology texts are linked to the Module texts so that some of the vocabulary students meet will be familiar and so support independent reading.The Anthologies are fully integrated within the Fresh Start programme and support teachers with effective lesson planning and organisation.

This little book on Kindness is one in an exciting new series exploring big topics with young children in a way that feels good. Using carefully chosen words and phrases, such as ''giving'' or ''taking turns'', it creates a special moment for grown-ups and young children to focus on what it means to be kind in everyday life. Children can discover and understand new words to help them to talk about the ups and downs of first experiences and new emotions with confidence. The engaging art style, fun characters and hardback picture book make this series accessible and perfect to share. Each book includes reassuring tips on how to enjoy these books, encourage conversation and build language confidence. This series is special not only because it focuses on feelings in a child-friendly way, but also because it''s from Oxford, it''s pack with educational goodness that helps children develop and grow.

The Meanest Goose on Earth is back! Honkingly funny storytelling from bestselling author Alex Latimer-highly illustrated and full of laughs, this is the perfect series for emerging readers. Gordon is THE MEANEST GOOSE ON EARTH. Well . . . he used to be, but now, he''s trying to change his ways and be a GOOD GOOSE. The trouble is, it''s really tricky to be kind and patient and good, especially when you''ve always been mean. In Gordon in the City, Gordon is invited to a fancy award ceremony in the big city. He''s been asked to present this year''s award for The Meanest Goose on Earth, a prize he''s won the previous eight years in a row! But now that he''s a good(ish) goose he''s nervous to be in the presence of such mean geese . . . one in particular-Mother Goose! That''s right, this year Gordon''s mum is up for the award, and she''s got something really mean planned . . . For more mean goose antics read, Gordon Wins it All.

When ordinary boy Marvin wears his super-suit, he becomes MARV. A superhero with infinite powers...Marvin''s life is perfectly ordinary until one day he discovers a mysterious superhero suit hidden in the attic. It is powered by kindness and imagination, and since Marvin has tons of both, the powers of the suit are infinite. In book 9, Marv and the Funfair Fright, Marvin''s excited but nervous about riding the Head Spinner rollercoaster at the funfair. But he suddenly has much more to worry about when the Conjuror, a supervillain from Marv''s past, causes chaos by bringing a zombie and some giant toy pandas to life. Marv and his sidekick Pixel will have to use every trick in the book to put a stop to the panda-monium and defeat the cunning Conjuror.

The first book in an exciting new series from the creator of Isadora Moon, Harriet Muncaster. Told in diary format and packed with beautiful full-colour illustrations, this is the enchanting story of Wiska Wildflower and her search for friendship at Inkcap's Academy. ONE day until I go to my new school. Eeeek! It's called Inkcap's Academy and it's in Twitching. TWITCHING! Yes, I now live on the completely opposite side of Wiskling Wood to my old school in Acornia, and more importantly, MY FRIENDS . . . Wiska Wildflower is relieved when she makes friends with Cleobelle and Primrose on her first day at Inkcap's Academy. They love Wiska's drawings and ask her to help them design matching outfits for a special fashion show in Spellbrooke City. But the more Wiska gets to know her new friends, the more she feels she must hide her true self and follow their rules. Can Wiska find the bravery she needs to get her creative spark back and discover true friendship?