Catherine Chambers

Our international primary reading series will help your learners become confident, independent readers. An ideal way to add to your reading collection, our Strand Packs include every title within your chosen level. Explore the range of exciting fiction and non-fiction at Explorers Strand including Skyscrapers, Dolphins in the Wild, A Tale of Two Sinbads and Journey to Callisto. Books in the Explorers Strand are for learners who are reading a wide range of fiction and non-fiction with a good degree of accuracy and reasonable reading pace. Readers at this Strand will be able to discuss their preferences and read critically, considering the author's effectiveness.

Our international primary reading series will help your learners become confident, independent readers. An ideal way to add to your reading collection, our Band Packs include every title within your chosen level. Explore the range of exciting fiction and non-fiction at Turquoise Band including Motorcycles, Little Fennec Fox and Jerboa, How Chocolate is Made and Sinbad Goes to Sea. Turquoise Band books include extended descriptions of places and people with literary phrases and expressions that provide new challenges. Vocabulary is often less common and requires the reader to use knowledge of spelling patterns. Non-fiction texts use maps, charts and diagrams to present information. Learners are encouraged to navigate information in glossaries and indexes.

Our international primary reading series will help your learners become confident, independent readers. An ideal way to add to your reading collection, our Strand Packs include every title within your chosen level. Explore the range of exciting fiction and non-fiction at Voyagers Strand including Tamerlane and the Boy, The White Elephant, Meltdown and Movie World. Books in the Voyagers Strand are for learners experienced in reading a range of genres. Learners will be able to discuss how language is used and how vocabulary causes reactions in the reader. Fiction titles include chapters to reflect sustained reading. Shorter books have deeper inferential meaning needing more advanced comprehension skills.

Our international primary reading series will help your learners become confident, independent readers. An ideal way to add to your reading collection, our Strand Packs include every title within your chosen level. Explore the range of exciting fiction, non-fiction and poetry at Wayfarers Strand including You and Me, Timbuktu, Who is the Greatest? and The Digger. Books in the Wayfarers Strand are for learners who can read a range of texts accurately and fluently. They require learners to read beyond what is on the page, inferring characters' feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions. There is more emphasis on understanding through reading and less use of illustrations to show meaning.

Slavery has existed in many forms around the world for most of human history. Through this book, readers will discover many historical examples of the slave trade around the world and the work enslaved people were forced to do. Readers will learn fact about the Atlantic slave trade, as well as the people who did everything they could to free enslaved people. Find out how civil rights leaders risked their lives to free the enslaved through the Underground Railroad and learn how slavery still affects our modern world.

Slavery has existed in many forms around the world for most of human history. Through this book, readers will discover many historical examples of the slave trade around the world and the work enslaved people were forced to do. Readers will learn fact about the Atlantic slave trade, as well as the people who did everything they could to free enslaved people. Find out how civil rights leaders risked their lives to free the enslaved through the Underground Railroad and learn how slavery still affects our modern world.

An introductory book on the powerful topic of slavery and the impact that it has on our lives today

Illustrated with 180 artworks and photographs, Ancient Egyptian Myths is an engaging and highly informative exploration of a rich mythology that still fascinates today.

American Indians have always told stories filled with characters, creatures, and legends that have fascinated people around the world. This book mixes dramatic retellings and nonfiction information to give a full picture of American Indian stories, exploring the gods, goddesses, heroes, villains, tricksters, and quests that make American Indian stories and legends so compelling. Fully translated Spanish text. Los relatos de los ind genas americanos est n llenos de personajes, criaturas y leyendas que fascinan a la gente en todo el mundo. Esta serie combina espectaculares relatos e informaci n de no ficci n que ofrecen una imagen completa sobre las historias de los abor genes de Am rica del Norte. Este libro ecxplora los dioses y diosas, h roes, villanos, estafadores y aventuras que hacen fascinantes estos mitos y leyendas.

The world's myths are filled with characters, creatures, and stories that have fascinated people for thousands of years. This series mixes dramatic retellings and non-fiction information to give a full picture of a culture's myths. This book explores the gods, goddesses, heroes, villains, tricksters, and quests that make African myths and legends so compelling. Fully translated Spanish text. Los mitos del mundo est n llenos de personajes, criaturas e historias que han fascinado a la gente durante miles de a os. Esta serie combina espectaculares relatos e informaci n de no ficci n que brindan una imagen completa sobre los mitos de la cultura africana. Este libro explora dioses y diosas, h roes, villanos, estafadores y aventuras que hacen que los mitos africanos sean fascinantes.

The British railway system is the oldest in the world. This fascinating book describes the early days in the British railway industry, from the opening of the first public steam inter-city railway line in 1830 and Robert Stephenson's Rocket, through to the glory days of the Flying Scotsman and the expansion of the national rail networks in the 1940s to form British Railways. With a biography of George Stephenson the Father of the Railways and his son Robert, a timeline and Track Facts, this book is a must for anyone with an interest in trains and train travel.

During World War II, between 10 July and 31 October 1940, Nazi Germany launched an attempt to invade Great Britain, beginning with air raids. The German air force named the Luftwaffe fought in the skies above Britain against the British Air Force. The battle in the air caused destruction and chaos on the cities and towns below. However, thanks to the bravery of fighter pilots and the clever strategy of British forces, all was not lost. In this fascinating book, primary sources, quotes from Winston Churchill, Battle facts, a timeline and much more will provide readers with all they need to know about one of Britain's most challenging events in its long history.

Our international primary reading series will help your learners become confident, independent readers. What do people eat for lunch around the world? Find out in this book that takes us from Malaysia to Colombia via West Africa. White Band non-fiction titles use different genre styles across one text and a range of non-fiction text features. Contains full teaching support including learning outcomes, curriculum links and follow-up activities.

Splash with the Stickmen at the sea's surface, and then dive down through the darkening zones and into the abyss. But don't stop there Follow the Stickmen to snorkel around coral gardens, find creatures that make their own light, and dive 7 miles down to the deepest trench. The Stickmen have plenty of oxygen (and wild facts) to keep you alert as you float past coral gardens, pods of humpback whales, robotic submarines, and the weirdest creatures of the deep.

Teeter on the edge of outer space with the Stickmen. Then fly down, down, down to atmospheric layers that wrap around Earth. Follow the Stickmen to view the galaxies through the Hubble Space Telescope and stop by the International Space Station. The Stickmen will take you on a tour of satellites in orbit, aircraft riding jet streams, and storms in the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere. With phenomenal facts, cool diagrams, and photos from space, this will be a dizzy, action-packed ride

This contemporary fable of how the African and Indian elephant first found their homelands also shows children that it is important to be loved and cherished for one's own unique characteristics.

Our international primary reading series will help your learners become confident, independent readers. The world is full of patterns and pictures. So pick up a pencil and draw the world! Non-fiction texts in Turquoise Band use maps, charts and diagrams to present information. Learners are encouraged to navigate information displayed in glossaries and indexes. Contains full teaching support including learning outcomes, curriculum links and follow-up activities.

Each book in this series presents a fun "autobiography" of a popular mythical character. Amusingly illustrated and with simple levelled text, the books will be sure to hook in reluctant readers. The autobiographical style and text in the first person will also make the books work well as example of Common Core genres and text types. In this book, Count Dracula tells his story.

Car, train, ship or aeroplane - which form of transport is most harmful to the atmosphere? What do farming techniques such as agrochemicals do? What is 'acid rain' and what are effects of it? This book takes a look at the impact that our modern world is having on our surrounding environment, from our use of fossil fuels and our increase in global food production and building work, to the rise in our transport production. Discover what steps scientists and engineers, and even ordinary people, are taking to develop sustainable solutions to these problems, from replastering festivals to buildings bound together using horse hair

How do we end up eating plastic bags? What is 'e-waste'? How do we recycle plastics? This book discusses recycling in a world that has an increasing amount of waste, looking at how effective we are globally at recycling and highlighting issues such as the dangers of recycling toxic or hazardous waste, the potential of 'blackwater' treatment and the use of new building materials that are sustainable, such as guadua bamboo.