Author: Michael Morpurgo
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
ISBN: 0753453207
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Classic collection of stories for boys includes many childhood favorites.

Author: Michael Morpurgo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439453035
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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A collection of excerpts from the works of such authors as A.A. Milne, Carlo Collodi, Ted Hughes, Roald Dahl, C.S. Lewis, Donald Sobol, and Mark Twain.

Author: Michael Morpurgo
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780753411285
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154

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A collection of excerpts from the works of such authors as A.A. Milne, Carlo Collodi, Ted Hughes, Roald Dahl, C.S. Lewis, Donald Sobol, and Mark Twain.

Author: Michael Rosen
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780753417089
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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This collection is an ideal introduction to the joys of poetry. Deliberately wide-ranging, all the poems have been specially chosen for their accessibility to young children, to stimulate their imagination and to encourage a delight in poetry.

Author: T.J. Martinson
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250170214
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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30 years ago a superhero tried to save Chicago. Now the city is again under siege, in this gritty, suspenseful, and beautifully written novel from award-winning debut author T.J. Martinson Somewhere in Chicago, a roomful of people have been taken hostage. The hostages will be killed one by one, the masked gunman says on-screen, unless the police will admit that they faked the death of the legendary superhero called the Kingfisher and helped him to give up his defense of the city thirty years ago. Retired reporter Marcus Waters made his name as a journalist covering the enigmatic superhero’s five years of cleaning up Chicago’s streets. Then the Kingfisher died, Chicago resumed its violent turmoil, and Marcus slid back into obscurity. But did the Kingfisher really die? And who would take hostages connected to the Kingfisher's past attempts to clean up the streets? With the help of disgraced police officer Lucinda Tillman and a young hacktivist named Wren, Marcus will explore the city's violence, corruption, and chaos to figure out if the vigilante hero died tragically, or gave up hope and abandoned the city—and for the hostages, the clock is ticking.

Author: Various
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780753414620
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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Author: Christina Henry
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399584021
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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From the national bestselling author of Alice comes a familiar story with a dark hook—a tale about Peter Pan and the friend who became his nemesis, a nemesis who may not be the blackhearted villain Peter says he is… There is one version of my story that everyone knows. And then there is the truth. This is how it happened. How I went from being Peter Pan’s first—and favorite—lost boy to his greatest enemy. Peter brought me to his island because there were no rules and no grownups to make us mind. He brought boys from the Other Place to join in the fun, but Peter's idea of fun is sharper than a pirate’s sword. Because it’s never been all fun and games on the island. Our neighbors are pirates and monsters. Our toys are knife and stick and rock—the kinds of playthings that bite. Peter promised we would all be young and happy forever. Peter lies.

Author: Sharon Lamb, Ed.D.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429983256
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 353

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Player. Jock. Slacker. Competitor. Superhero. Goofball. Boys are besieged by images in the media that encourage slacking over studying; competition over teamwork; power over empower - ment; and being cool over being yourself. From cartoons to video games, boys are bombarded with stereotypes about what it means to be a boy, including messages about violence, risktaking, and perfecting an image of just not caring. Straight from the mouths of over 600 boys surveyed from across the U.S., the authors offer parents a long, hard look at what boys are watch ing, reading, hearing, and doing. They give parents advice on how to talk with their sons about these troubling images and provide them with tools to help their sons resist these mes sages and be their unique selves.

Author: Susan Williams Beckhorn
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
ISBN:
Category : Fairies
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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" Well, when it was discovered that the trolls had switched you babies (you in your floating water lily cradle, with the other babe in a nest of down), my friend the kingfisher was to give you each a gift. You see, we never knew that you had been changed in your cradle until it came time for your wings to grow and you to be starting to flutter and the other to be learning to dive. By then we loved you, and the water sprites loved her, and it was beyond changing things back. But your mother wept because you couldn't fly, and the water sprite mother wept because her babe couldn't breathe underwater, so the kingfisher tried to make it right.... "

Author: Michael Morpurgo
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1849435715
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 61

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Private Peaceful relives the life of Private Tommo Peaceful, a young First World War soldier awaiting the firing squad at dawn. During the night he looks back at his short but joyful past growing up in rural Devon: his exciting first days at school; the accident in the forest that killed his father; his adventures with Molly, the love of his life; and the battles and injustices of war that brought him to the front line. Winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year, Private Peaceful is by the third Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo, award-winning author of War Horse. His inspiration came from a visit to Ypres where he was shocked to discover how many young soldiers were court-martialled and shot for cowardice during the First World War. This edition also includes introductory essays by Michael Morpurgo, Associate Director of Private Peaceful production Mark Leipacher, as well as an essay from Simon Reade, adaptor & director of this stage adaptation of Private Peaceful.