Sean Taylor

GANGSTERS & GUNMOLLSIt was the 1930s and America was locked in the grip of the Great Depression. Gangsters controlled the major cities while outlaws roamed the rural back country. It was a time of Speak Easy gin-joints, Tommy-guns, fast cars and even faster dames. This is the world of New York based Private Investigator Rick Ruby, a world he is all too familiar with. From the back alleys of Gotham to the gold laden boulevards of Hollywood, Ruby is the shamus with a nose for trouble and an insatiable appetite for justice. So if you've got a taste for hot lead and knuckle sandwiches, tug your cuffs, adjust your fedora and light up a Lucky, a brand new pulp detective is coming your way. Created by pulp masters, Bobby Nash & Sean Taylor, Rick Ruby echoes the tales of Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe while offering up his own brand of two-fisted action. Joined by fellow pulp smiths Andrew Salmon & William Patrick Maynard, these modern scribes of purple prose present a quartet of tales to delight any true lover of private eye fiction.

Collected for the first time in print, the early short stories and poems of graphic novel and comic book writer Sean Taylor. For more information visit www.taylorverse.com.

'Når et monster bliver født', så kan der ske to ting – enten er det et LANGT-UDE-I-SKOVEN monster, eller også er det et UNDER-DIN-SENG monster.” Sådan starter Sean Taylor og Nick Sharratt's sjove og farverige fortælling til de 3-7-årige. Der er hele tiden to muligheder, hvilket åbner op for masser af interaktion og leg, når den står på højtlæsning. Lektørudtalelse: ”Bogen her kunne godt gå hen og blive visse små drenges ynglingsgodnatlæsebog, fordi den er sjov i både tekst og billeder, og fordi man kan handlingen og remsen allerede efter første læsning....sød og charmerende og bestemt ikke uden overraskelser. Aldersanbefaling: For 3 til 6-7 år.

This fantasy story is about two monkeys, who look smart in their new clothes. Mojo has new shoes, and Weeza has a new hat … until it flies away in the wind. In their humorous search, Mojo and Weeza mistake a pan, a nest and a turtle for Weeza's hat, before retrieving it from a muddy pond. Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.Text type – A fantasy story.The storyboard on pages 14 and 15 allows children to retell the story in their own words.Curriculum links – Art and Design: Exploring a range of starting points for practical work, including stories.This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

A poor stone cutter who wished he was a rich man has his wish granted. He then keeps changing his wish, and each wish is granted. Finally he wishes himself back as he was at the start of the story. Turquoise/ Band 7 books offer literay language and extended descriptions, with longer sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms.Text type – A story from another culture (Japan).The flowcharts on pages 22 and 23 illustrate the story in sequence, providing opportunities for speaking and listening, and scaffolding writing.Curriculum links – Citizenship: Choices; Music: Exploring sounds.This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4–7 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children’s authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book. Blue/ Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.Text type – A fantasy story.The storyboard on pages 14 and 15 allows children to retell the story in their own words.Curriculum links – Science: sorting and using materials.This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.