Paul Stewart

Two action-packed stories about the superheroes-in-training at Hero Academy, who must work together and use their powers to outwit the super-baddies. In Calling All Villains, Nisha and Cam go undercover to find out how to save Wildcroft Woods. In Race for the Meteorite, Nisha and her friends race the villains to the meteorite - but who will get there first? This exciting chapter book with carefully-levelled text is ideal for children who are reading independently. Books with short chapters are a great way to build your child's reading stamina and confidence. The stories are packed with dynamic CGI-style illustrations - perfect for fans of comics. Tips for parents help to support your child's developing reading skills and the fun after-reading activities making reading fun while reinforcing comprehension. Featuring much-loved characters, great authors, engaging storylines and fun activities, Read with Oxford offers an exciting range of carefully levelled reading books to build your child's reading confidence. Read with Oxford Stage 6 equates to Oxford Levels 10, 11 and 12 used in schools. For more information about the Read with Oxford Stages, as well as practical advice, free eBooks and fun activities to help your child progress, go to readwithoxford.com. Let's get them flying!

Paul lives a basic life focusing on just getting by from moment to moment, day to day. The man who pays for his up-keep makes sure he has the basics, but only the basics, on which to live. Paul is unsure why this patron keeps him at all. In truth, he doesn't understand much, nor does he want to. Ignorance is his way of life; being unaware his default mode. He might even be happy if he were just left alone.Paul's backer is having an affair, but what does his wife know about it? Paul is given a mission to find out and is forced to become an unwilling private detective. Not knowing what he is doing, nor why, he is plunged into a world filled with eccentrics: the extraordinarily ordinary private detective, Mr Samuels; Cassandra, the patron's wife, who seems caught in a 1930s novel; the mistress whose odd-coloured eyes are perhaps the least disturbing thing about her. But the real mystery might be Paul himself: who is he really? Why is he a kept man? Why can't he cope with any of the people and things forced upon him? Told with great energy and urgency, Of People and Things is at once a comic mystery story, similar to the works of Will Self or a comic Cormac McCarthy, but also a strangely unsettling and moving novel as uncanny moments pile upon each other to test the hapless narrator's attempts to understand just what is going on.

Every sheep is different. Some white, some black. Some striped, some spotted, some with hats They're all still sheep, and they can all play together. At least that's what Brian thinks--until the other sheep say they can be friends only with sheep that are just like them.But when danger strikes, can Brian help the sheep come together? Can Brian the ordinary become Brian the Brave? This lively story with bright, playful artwork will prompt conversations about friendship, teamwork, and bias based on race or language.

Easy Slow Cooker RecipesOver 200 Simple to Prepare One Pot MealsAre you looking for easy recipes with little work?Do you have a busy schedule so cooking is difficult?Do you miss home cooked meals during your busy weeknights? Then, Easy Slow Cooker Recipes: Over 200 Simple to Prepare One Pot Meals by Power Pressure Cooker Chefs is for you With a slow cooker at your disposal, there's no reason to slave away in the kitchen. It's easy to cook healthy and delicious meals for you and your family. There's no reason to spend countless hours in the kitchen or break down and order fast food when an easy and healthy alternative is just a few steps away. With Easy Slow Cooker Recipes: Over 200 Simple to Prepare One Pot Meals, you can pop them in the slow cooker, set and alarm and completely walk away. Set it and forget it recipes are perfect to add into your daily routine, ensuring home cooked meals even during your busiest week Pot Roast with MushroomsServes: 2Time: 8 Hours 10 MinutesIngredients: 1 Teaspoons Garlic, Minced1 Tablespoons Tomato Paste1/4 Teaspoons Ground allspice1/8 Teaspoon Sea Salt, FineBlack Pepper to Taste2 Carrots, Cut into 2 Inch Pieces16 Ounces Beef Chuck Roast, Trimmed2 Shallots, Peeled & Halved1 Celery Stalk, Cut into 2 Inch pieces8 Cremini Mushrooms, Halved1 Sprig Thyme, Fresh1 Cup Beef Broth, Low Sodium1/4 Cup Dry Red WineDirections: Get out a bowl and mix together your tomato paste, allspice, garlic, salt and black pepper together. Use this mixture to season your roast before putting it in the slow cooker.Throw in the remaining ingredients and secure the lid. Cook on low for eight hours.

Easy Slow Cooker RecipesOver 200 Simple to Prepare One Pot MealsAre you looking for easy recipes with little work?Do you have a busy schedule so cooking is difficult?Do you miss home cooked meals during your busy weeknights? Then, Easy Slow Cooker Recipes: Over 200 Simple to Prepare One Pot Meals by Power Pressure Cooker Chefs is for you With a slow cooker at your disposal, there's no reason to slave away in the kitchen. It's easy to cook healthy and delicious meals for you and your family. There's no reason to spend countless hours in the kitchen or break down and order fast food when an easy and healthy alternative is just a few steps away. With Easy Slow Cooker Recipes: Over 200 Simple to Prepare One Pot Meals, you can pop them in the slow cooker, set and alarm and completely walk away. Set it and forget it recipes are perfect to add into your daily routine, ensuring home cooked meals even during your busiest week Pot Roast with MushroomsServes: 2Time: 8 Hours 10 MinutesIngredients: 1 Teaspoons Garlic, Minced1 Tablespoons Tomato Paste1/4 Teaspoons Ground allspice1/8 Teaspoon Sea Salt, FineBlack Pepper to Taste2 Carrots, Cut into 2 Inch Pieces16 Ounces Beef Chuck Roast, Trimmed2 Shallots, Peeled & Halved1 Celery Stalk, Cut into 2 Inch pieces8 Cremini Mushrooms, Halved1 Sprig Thyme, Fresh1 Cup Beef Broth, Low Sodium1/4 Cup Dry Red WineDirections: Get out a bowl and mix together your tomato paste, allspice, garlic, salt and black pepper together. Use this mixture to season your roast before putting it in the slow cooker.Throw in the remaining ingredients and secure the lid. Cook on low for eight hours.

Celebrate twenty years of The Edge Chronicles with this thrilling conclusion to Stewart and Riddellâ??s multi-bestselling epic fantasy series!Cade Quarter has spent the last few years of his life running from an enemy heâ??s never even met â?? the ruthless and power-hungry High Professor of Flight, Quove Lentis.

Are there Blobheads in your toilet? From the pair behind Muddle Earth and The Edge Chronicles, Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, Bumper Blobheads collects four fully-illustrated, completely bonkers Blobhead adventures in one big book!Billy Barnes has found Blobheads in his bathroom. The Blobheads – Kerek, Zerek and Derek – are weird purple aliens from the planet Blob, arriving in Billy's toilet through an alpha-gamma space-time wormhole. And they're on a very, very important mission. They're trying to find the Most High Emperor of the Universe. And they think they'll find them in Billy's bathroom . . .Celebrating twenty years of the series, Bumper Blobheads includes Invasion of the Blobs, Talking Toasters, School Stinks! and Beware of the Babysitter.

Instant Pot for BeginnersEasy, Delicious Recipes Made SimpleAre you looking for recipes that fit your busy schedule?Are you looking for new recipes to try out in your Instant Pot? Are you looking for an easy way to prepare home cooked meals?Then Instant Pot for Beginners: Easy, Delicious Recipes Made Simple by Power Pressure Cooker Chefs can help With these Instant Pot recipes, you'll find everything you need to prepare home cooked meals any time of the day. From snack recipes to dessert, you'll find treats to delight the whole family while preparing a tasty, breakfast, lunch and dinner as well. With so many recipes to choose from, there's a little bit of something for everyone. There are even recipes that are perfect for your next party Pull out your Instant Pot to start preparing delicious, home cooked meals today.Instant Pot for Beginners: Easy, Delicious Recipes Made Simple by Power Pressure Cooker Chefs is your answer to quick and fun recipes, your entire family will love Mushroom & Beef StroganoffServes: 6Time: 40 MinutesIngredients: 1 1/2 Tablespoons Olive Oil1 1/2 lbs. Beef Stew Meat1 1/2 Tablespoons Garlic, Minced3/4 Cup Onions, Diced2 Cups Mushrooms, Chopped 1 1/2 Teaspoons Sea Salt, Fine1 Cup Water1 1/2 Teaspoons Black Pepper3/4 Cup Sour CreamDirections: Press saut , and then add in your oil.Once your oil is hot, add in your onions and garlic, cooking for three minutes. Make sure to stir so that your garlic doesn't burn.Add all remaining ingredients except for your sour cream.Seal the lid, and cook on high pressure for twenty minutes.Stir in your sour cream before serving warm.

Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, the image projected of Northern Ireland in the mainstream media is frequently that of a newly prosperous, modern, post-conflict society - a rare example of a successful peace process. Promoted as a great place to live and work, the garden seemed to be getting rosier by the day, that is until the Stormont Assembly collapsed in 2017. Written to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the GFA, this book argues that the seeds of recent problems were sown in the 1998 agreement. The fiasco of a Renewable Heating Incentive that overpaid participants, the lingering whiff of corruption, communities in crisis and growing poverty are all symptoms of the inherent failings of the supposed settlement. Current difficulties are more than teething problems arising from the transition from war to peace and neo-liberalism; they're the first instalment of a deeper crisis in a northern Irish state and society, which has never properly addressed the corrosive nature of sectarianism. Rather than ridding Northern Ireland of sectarianism, neo-liberalism, operating in the absence of armed conflict, has been able to accommodate and, in some instances, create a new form of sectarianism. The GFA has led to a profound democratic deficit. This book focuses on the nature of the North's new sectarian political class who are the principal beneficiaries of the GFA, but attention is also drawn to the labour movement, the plight of precarious and migrant workers, and the undermining of third sector autonomy. Behind the latter is the continuing suffering within communities still impacted by the long period of armed conflict and the evolution of republicanism and Unionism-Loyalism.

Project X Hero Academy is a fully decodable and finely levelled reading series set in a school for superheroes, designed to captivate and motivate all young readers and turn them into reading superheroes. Catnapped is in Lime+ Book Band, Oxford Level 12. In this story, Pip faces a difficult decision Slink has been captured, but the residents of Lexis City are also under threat. Will Pip be able to save them all? Each book can be used for independent reading, but also contains inside cover notes that include help on developing vocabulary and prompt questions that can be used for guided reading and one-to-one sessions. Full guided reading notes are provided in the corresponding handbook. There are also a range of follow-up activities to support reading for pleasure.

Project X Hero Academy is a fully decodable and finely levelled reading series set in a school for superheroes, designed to captivate and motivate all young readers and turn them into reading superheroes. Race for the Meteorite is in Lime+ Book Band, Oxford Level 12. In this story, Nisha races against Ray Ranter, arch-enemy of Hero Academy, and Boulderman, an ex-pupil of Hero Academy who holds a grudge, to find a meteorite that can give or boost superpowers. Who will find it first? Each book can be used for independent reading, but also contains inside cover notes that include help on developing vocabulary and prompt questions that can be used for guided reading and one-to-one sessions. Full guided reading notes are provided in the corresponding handbook. There are also a range of follow-up activities to support reading for pleasure.

Project X Hero Academy is a fully decodable and finely levelled reading series set in a school for superheroes, designed to captivate and motivate all young readers and turn them into reading superheroes. Doctor Nowhere is in Lime Book Band, Oxford Level 11. In this story, Doctor Nowhere, enemy of Hero Academy, uses a strange machine called the Octagone to make the heroes disappear. Will Ben be able to save his friends? Each book can be used for independent reading, but also contains inside cover notes that include help on developing vocabulary and prompt questions that can be used for guided reading and one-to-one sessions. Full guided reading notes are provided in the corresponding handbook. There are also a range of follow-up activities to support reading for pleasure.

Project X Hero Academy is a fully decodable and finely levelled reading series set in a school for superheroes, designed to captivate and motivate all young readers and turn them into reading superheroes. Bunny-wunny Blockade is in Lime Book Band, Oxford Level 11. In this story, Ray Ranter, arch-enemy of Hero Academy, traps the heroes inside Hero Academy. How will they manage to escape? Each book can be used for independent reading, but also contains inside cover notes that include help on developing vocabulary and prompt questions that can be used for guided reading and one-to-one sessions. Full guided reading notes are provided in the corresponding handbook. There are also a range of follow-up activities to support reading for pleasure.

Project X Hero Academy is a fully decodable and finely levelled reading series set in a school for superheroes, designed to captivate and motivate all young readers and turn them into reading superheroes. A Major Shock is in Lime+ Book Band, Oxford Level 12. In this story, the Head asks Jin to show two school inspectors around Hero Academy, but their visit doesn't quite go to plan! Each book can be used for independent reading, but also contains inside cover notes that include help on developing vocabulary and prompt questions that can be used for guided reading and one-to-one sessions. Full guided reading notes are provided in the corresponding handbook. There are also a range of follow-up activities to support reading for pleasure.

This uplifting collection from Chris Riddell and Paul Stewart's wonderful world of Rabbit and Hedgehog includes all four stories: Rabbit’s Wish A Little Bit of Winter What Do You Remember? The Birthday Presents From birthdays to remembering games, from hibernation to wishes come true, Rabbit and Hedgehog's wonderful adventures have been brought together for the very first time in this exquisitely bound treasury. Filled with true friendship and adventure, these are tales to be enjoyed again or for the very first time. ‘...with gorgeous illustrations by the former children’s laureate Chris Riddell… Perfect fodder for your little metaphysician’ The Times 'Hedgehog and Rabbit are a winning pair.' Daily Telegraph

The final instalment in the hilarious daring adventures of Free Lance the courageous mercenary knight, from the bestselling duo behind The Edge Chronicles, Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. It should have been an easy job for Free Lance; protect the wealthy merchant and his jewels on a journey home, nothing out of the ordinary. But Free Lance ends up with a lot more than he bargained for when the villagers cry dragon. Can he save the beautiful damsel in distress and live to fight another day? Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 8+

The second in a stunning trilogy of highly-illustrated Medieval derring-do from the bestselling duo behind The Edge Chronicles, Paul Stewart and current UK Children’s Laurate Chris Riddell. Free Lance has no master – be journeys from village to village and castle to castle, competing in tournaments and working for his keep. The latest tournament is a rotten mess of corruption, rigging and hi-jinks – can Free Lance survive to fight another day? Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 9+