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Romulus and Remus (Must Know Stories: Level 2 #7)
by Mick GowarA beautifully illustrated retelling of this favourite Roman myth. Twin brothers, Romulus and Remus, never stop fighting. They are brought up in the wild, but even their return to the kingdom of Alba Longa does not stop the arguments. Their grandfather tells them to build a new city - but where to build it causes their last and deadliest argument yet.Must Know Stories includes favourite tales, celebrating the diversity of our literary heritage. Level 2 stories are told in under 1000 words with chapters.
Ron and Hermione (large print)
by RnibThis image shows Harry's best friends Ron on the left of the page and Hermione on the right. They are both wearing their Hogwarts school uniform, and are standing facing you, so that their eyes, noses and mouths can be seen. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left, when the image is the correct way up. Ron is tall and skinny with big hands and feet. His head is in the top left of the page. He has ginger hair and has a smiling face. Down from this, Ron's robes have some buttons down the front with a buckled belt beneath them. His robes are too short for him and are old and frayed, so that the lower part of his legs and trainers can be found at the bottom of the image. On top of his robes, Ron is wearing his cloak with its wide collar and with the silver clasp level with his third button. His arms are held out to the side, showing that his cloak sleeves are too short as his wrists are sticking out. The arm on the left is down, but the one on the right is held up as if he is waving. Hermione is shorter than Ron. She has bushy brown hair, and also has a smiling face. Down from this she wears her robes with some buttons down the front and her belt buckled beneath these. Over this she wears her cloak with a wide collar and silver clasp. Hermione's robes and cloak almost reach the ground, and her cloak sleeves are long enough to cover her wrists. The lower part of her boots can be seen at the bottom of the image. Like Ron, Hermione holds out her arms, with the one on the left raised as if waving, and the one on the right down by her side. At the bottom right of the image near Hermione's feet there is a pile of three of her books on the ground. They are viewed end on, the bottom one with its spine to the left, and the others with their spines at the right of the page.
Ron and Hermione (UEB contracted)
by RnibThis image shows Harry's best friends Ron on the left of the page and Hermione on the right. They are both wearing their Hogwarts school uniform, and are standing facing you, so that their eyes, noses and mouths can be seen. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left, when the image is the correct way up. Ron is tall and skinny with big hands and feet. His head is in the top left of the page. He has ginger hair and has a smiling face. Down from this, Ron's robes have some buttons down the front with a buckled belt beneath them. His robes are too short for him and are old and frayed, so that the lower part of his legs and trainers can be found at the bottom of the image. On top of his robes, Ron is wearing his cloak with its wide collar and with the silver clasp level with his third button. His arms are held out to the side, showing that his cloak sleeves are too short as his wrists are sticking out. The arm on the left is down, but the one on the right is held up as if he is waving. Hermione is shorter than Ron. She has bushy brown hair, and also has a smiling face. Down from this she wears her robes with some buttons down the front and her belt buckled beneath these. Over this she wears her cloak with a wide collar and silver clasp. Hermione's robes and cloak almost reach the ground, and her cloak sleeves are long enough to cover her wrists. The lower part of her boots can be seen at the bottom of the image. Like Ron, Hermione holds out her arms, with the one on the left raised as if waving, and the one on the right down by her side. At the bottom right of the image near Hermione's feet there is a pile of three of her books on the ground. They are viewed end on, the bottom one with its spine to the left, and the others with their spines at the right of the page.
Ron and Hermione (UEB uncontracted)
by RnibThis image shows Harry's best friends Ron on the left of the page and Hermione on the right. They are both wearing their Hogwarts school uniform, and are standing facing you, so that their eyes, noses and mouths can be seen. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left, when the image is the correct way up. Ron is tall and skinny with big hands and feet. His head is in the top left of the page. He has ginger hair and has a smiling face. Down from this, Ron's robes have some buttons down the front with a buckled belt beneath them. His robes are too short for him and are old and frayed, so that the lower part of his legs and trainers can be found at the bottom of the image. On top of his robes, Ron is wearing his cloak with its wide collar and with the silver clasp level with his third button. His arms are held out to the side, showing that his cloak sleeves are too short as his wrists are sticking out. The arm on the left is down, but the one on the right is held up as if he is waving. Hermione is shorter than Ron. She has bushy brown hair, and also has a smiling face. Down from this she wears her robes with some buttons down the front and her belt buckled beneath these. Over this she wears her cloak with a wide collar and silver clasp. Hermione's robes and cloak almost reach the ground, and her cloak sleeves are long enough to cover her wrists. The lower part of her boots can be seen at the bottom of the image. Like Ron, Hermione holds out her arms, with the one on the left raised as if waving, and the one on the right down by her side. At the bottom right of the image near Hermione's feet there is a pile of three of her books on the ground. They are viewed end on, the bottom one with its spine to the left, and the others with their spines at the right of the page.
Ronak the Toxic Terror: Series 16 Book 2 (Beast Quest)
by Adam BladeBattle fearsome beasts and fight evil with Tom and Elenna in the bestselling adventure series for boys and girls aged 7 and up.The witch Kensa's wicked plan to control the land of Gwildor continues, and now she's created a new monster, whose poisoned hooves kill the precious crops. It must be stopped or the people will starve! Can Tom and Elenna defeat the Beast and their old enemy?There are FOUR thrilling adventures to collect in the Beast Quest: The Siege of Gwildow series: Styro the Snapping Brute; Ronak the Toxic Terror; Solix the Deadly Swarm; Kanis the Shadow Hound.If you like Beast Quest, check out Adam Blade's other series: Team Hero, Sea Quest and Beast Quest: New Blood!
Ronaldo Rules (Football Superstars #24)
by Simon MugfordIs Cristiano Ronaldo your ultimate football hero? In this REVISED edition, we bring you fully up to date with CR7's story so far and include his stats and achievements since he returned to Premier League in 2021.Did you know that he is the first player to reach the 800-goal mark, has won an incredible 32 trophies, and at 33 he's the oldest player to score a hat-trick at a World Cup? He can also jump higher than an average NBA player!Discover how he went from kicking bottles in the streets of Madeira to becoming a football superstar at Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.Football Superstars is a series aimed at building a love of reading from a young age, with fun cartoons, inspirational stories, a simple narrative style and a cast of characters chipping in with quotes, jokes and comments.
Rooftoppers
by Katherine RundellWinner of the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. Already being proclaimed a classic in children's literature and compared to the likes of Roald Dahl and Eva Ibbotson, Katherine Rundell's Rooftoppers merges fantasy and historical fiction with sophisticated lyrical prose and vivid imagery that will delight middle grade readers, tweens, teens, and parents and teachers alike. Join plucky heroine Sophie, her eccentric guardian Charles, and her intrepid orphan allies on the rooftops of Victorian Paris, as they encounter suspense and adventure that will keep kids of all ages on the edge of their seats right to the heartwarming end.My mother is still alive, and she is going to come for me one day.Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. Found floating in a cello case and swaddled in a Beethoven score, she is the only recorded female survivor of a shipwreck on the English Channel. But Sophie remembers seeing her mother wave for help...Charles, a fellow survivor and an eccentric scholar, finds Sophie and brings her home to his London bachelor flat. Raised in a quirky home filled with music, words and love (though questionable diet), Sophie grows into a free-spirited tomboy with a taste for Shakespeare and the unshakeable belief that anything is possible. And you should never ignore a possible.So when the child welfare agency in its bureaucratic wisdom threatens to send Sophie to an orphanage, the optimistic girl and her odd guardian flee to Paris on a quest to find her mother, starting with the only clue she has - the address of the cello maker.Secured in an attic to evade the French authorities, Sophie escapes through the skylight and meets Matteo and his network of rooftoppers - homeless urchins who tightrope walk above the busy streets below, dining on pigeons and snails alongside the gargoyles and bell tower of Notre Dame. Together they set out on an unimaginable adventure, scouring the city for Sophie's mother before she is caught and sent back to London - and most importantly, before she loses hope.Readers who enjoyed the Lemony Snicket books, Ellen Potter's The Kneebone Boy, Cornelia Funke's The Thief Lord, and Sally Gardner's I, Coriander will want to put Rooftoppers on their "Must Read" list.
Rooftoppers
by Katherine RundellGo on an adventure with Katherine Rundell …Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize | Winner of the Blue Peter Book AwardShortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal | From the winner of the Costa Children's Book Prize'A writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination' – Philip Pullman'Read everything she writes' – Daily MailEveryone tells Sophie that she was orphaned in a shipwreck – found floating in a cello case on the English Channel on her first birthday. But Sophie is convinced her mother also survived.When the Welfare Agency threatens to separate her from her guardian and send her to an orphanage, Sophie takes matters into her own hands, starting with the only clue she has – the address of a cello-maker in Paris. On the run from the authorities, Sophie finds Matteo and his network of rooftoppers – urchins who walk tightropes and live in the sky. In a race across the rooftops of Paris, will they be able to find her mother before it's too late?Hopeful, inspiring and thrilling in equal measure, this is a classic adventure story about pursuing your dreams and never ignoring a possible.
Rooftoppers
by Katherine RundellGo on an adventure with Katherine Rundell …Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize | Winner of the Blue Peter Book AwardShortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal | From the winner of the Costa Children's Book Prize'A writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination' – Philip Pullman'Read everything she writes' – Daily MailEveryone tells Sophie that she was orphaned in a shipwreck – found floating in a cello case on the English Channel on her first birthday. But Sophie is convinced her mother also survived.When the Welfare Agency threatens to separate her from her guardian and send her to an orphanage, Sophie takes matters into her own hands, starting with the only clue she has – the address of a cello-maker in Paris. On the run from the authorities, Sophie finds Matteo and his network of rooftoppers – urchins who walk tightropes and live in the sky. In a race across the rooftops of Paris, will they be able to find her mother before it's too late?Hopeful, inspiring and thrilling in equal measure, this is a classic adventure story about pursuing your dreams and never ignoring a possible.
Room 13 (Rollercoasters Ser.)
by Robert SwindellsSomebody was in there. Somebody - or some thing . . . There is no room thirteen in the creepy Crow's Nest Hotel, where Fliss and her friends are staying on a school trip. Or is there? For at the stroke of midnight, something peculiar happens to the door of the linen cupboard next to room l2. And something is happening to Ellie-May Sunderland, too - something very sinister . . . A gripping page-turner from a master of spooky suspense, award-winning Robert Swindells. Don't read this under the covers at midnight!
Room 13 And Inside The Worm
by Robert SwindellsROOM 13Somebody was in there. Somebody - or some thing.There is no room thirteen in the creepy Crow's Nest Hotel, where Fliss and her friends are staying on a school trip. Or is there? For at the stroke of midnight, something peculiar happens to the door of the linen cupboard next to room twelve. And something is happening to Ellie-May Sunderland, too - something very sinister.INSIDE THE WORMThe worm was close now. So close Fliss could smell the putrid stench of its breath. Its slavering jaws gaped to engulf her.Everyone in Elsworth knows the local legend about the monstrous worm - or dragon - that once terrorised the village. But it never really happened. Or did it? For when Fliss and her friends are chosen to re-enact the legend for the village Festival, the four who are to play the part of the worm dance as one across the ground. They are the worm. And Fliss begins to feel real fear. Somehow the worm itself is returning - with a thousand-year hunger in its belly, and a burning desire for vengeance.
A Room Full of Chocolate
by Jane Elson***Winner of Peters Book of the Year 2015 and the Leeds Book Award.***Grace's fun-loving Mum has found a lump. Her north London world of sleepovers, tap dancing and playing the clarinet fall apart when she is sent to live with her grumpy old granddad on his farm in Yorkshire while her mother goes into hospital to get better. Grace misses her mother so much it hurts, and doesn't quite understand what is happening to her. And things go from bad to worse when she starts school and becomes the bullies' latest target.But Grace is no longer alone when she meets Rainbow Girl Megan and her pig, Claude - when she's with them she feels as if she can confront anything. At Easter time when Grace misses her mum the most, she knows she must find a way to get to London. With Megan's help, she hatches a plan to run away that involves Claude, chocolate Easter eggs and a risky ID swap. But it's all worth it if it means that she finally gets to see her mum ... A gorgeous story of courage and friendship that will tug at your heart strings.'A touching, beautifully imagined debut about a young girl coping with her mother's cancer and her grandfather's stubbornness. It's atmosphere reminds me of the central relationship in Goodnight Mr Tom.' Amanda Craig'At times, desperately moving, and others riotously fun, this is a special book that is destined to charm readers old and young.' We Love This Book'This is a lovely tale of friendship, tenacity and family secrets.' The Bookseller
Roomies
by Tara Altebrando Sara Zarr And Tara AltebrandoTwo acclaimed young adult authors join forces for a novel about growing up, leaving home, and that one fateful email that assigns . . . your college roommate.The countdown to university has begun... When Elizabeth receives her first-year roommate assignment at the beginning of summer, she shoots off an email to coordinate the basics: TV, microwave, mini-fridge. She can't wait to escape her New Jersey beach town - and her mum - and start life afresh in California.That first note to Lauren in San Francisco comes as a surprise; she had requested a single. But if Lauren's learned anything from being the oldest of six, it's that you don't always get what you want, especially when what you want is privacy.Soon the girls are emailing back and forth, sharing secrets even though they've never met. With family relationships and childhood friendships strained by change, it suddenly seems that the only people Elizabeth and Lauren can rely on are the complicated new boys in their lives ... and each other.
Root
by Emil FortuneMolly Root is a teenage computer genius whose best friend, a crusading hacktivist, is murdered when he breaks into the wrong corporation's systems. Now Molly must assemble a team of specialists and lead them on an undercover mission to expose the killers and avenge her friend's death - but danger is never far away. She will have to contend with corrupt police, mercenaries, and ruthless businessmen as she plays a deadly game of cat and mouse...
Roots and Shoots: Roots And Shoots (Plant Life)
by Judith HeneghanThis series highlights the relationship betweem human need and plant life in both our local and global environments. Roots and Shoots looks at the amazing variety of plants around the world, and focuses on the ingenious ways in which plants germinate and put down roots to provide nourishment and stability as they grow from a seed into a mature plant, along with many other processes that keep the plant and human world connected. Told through a lyrical narrative, this book contains specially commissioned illustrations that bring the plant world to life.
Roots of Happiness: 100 Words for Joy and Hope from Britain’s Most-Loved Word Expert
by Susie Dent"I enjoyed this so much. As a pessimistic lover of words, this was both comforting and heart-warming. I always think that learning about etymology is a way to appreciate the secret code of the world, and Susie is the perfect guide and companion and lexical cheerleader." - Stig Abel"Susie Dent's way with words always makes me happy. This is my kind of book. There's positivity on every page." - Gyles BrandrethSusie Dent, bestselling author, broadcaster and word expert, is on a mission to find light in the deepest, darkest corners of our language.It takes just a short browse through the dictionary to spot how it is filled with negative words. But Susie has searched far and wide to unearth happy and uplifting words and phrases that, in some cases, are long forgotten, while others have only just been discovered.Paired with beautiful illustrations, this is the perfect book to lift you out of your mubble fubbles (a slightly sad mood), make you grin like a gigglemug (someone who never stops smiling), and have you feeling forblissed (extremely happy) in no time.This joyous collection of 100 positive words and their origins will show readers young and old just how wonderful language can be - and how you can use your words to make the world a happier place.
Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children
by Sharon LovejoyRoots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots features 12 spirited, easy-to-implement ideas for theme gardens that parents and kids can grow together.
The Rope and Other Stories
by Philippa Pearce'The rope hung from top to bottom of his dream. The rope hung softly, saying nothing, doing nothing. Then the rope began to swing very softly, very gently ... Towards him' The need to face your fears; the comedy of family life; the pressure of others' expectations... Intense experiences of childhood are vividly brought to life in this beautifully written collection of short stories by the author of Tom's Midnight Garden.
The Rope Carrier
by Theresa Tomlinson‘This little lass is strong. She will carry the ropes and walk forever.’It is as well that these words, spoken by Minnie’s great grandmother at her birth, prove to be prophetic, for the ropemaker’s youngest daughter needs all the strength and courage she can muster in the subterranean cavern which is the family home. And not only there but even more so in Sheffield where she goes to support her ailing sister and finds an even harsher existence where squalor and injustice are rife.
The Ropemaker (Ropemaker Ser.)
by Peter DickinsonThe magic in the Valley is dying. In the forest, the cedar trees whisper the news. The age-old spell can no longer protect the land from its enemies. Four companions must find the sorcerer who conjured the ancient power. He has not been seen for centuries, hidden in the dark heart of an evil Empire. Their journey is desperately dangerous, and the travellers are shadowed by a mysterious figure. Is the shape-changing Ropemaker their ally? Or a deadly enemey? And does he command the deepest magic of all? That weaves and unweaves the great rope that is time itself....
Rory Branagan (Rory Branagan #1)
by Andrew CloverMeet RORY BRANAGAN – he eats bad guys for breakfast. Well, not ACTUALLY. But he IS the best detective in town. First in a hilarious seven-book comedy-crime series for readers of 8+.
Rosa and the Daring Dog
by Megan RixHOWLY is a tiny puppy, left abandoned in a trash can next to a school.EDDIE is the young girl who finds him . . .Eddie is immediately drawn to the puppy, whose bravery and determination remind her of a very famous person indeed.Eddie's class are learning about Mrs Rosa Parks, whose act of courage on a bus in 1955 started a whole movement against racism in America. Mrs Parks herself soon visits Eddie's school, and when the great lady points out a stark reminder of racism in the school's own playground it's up to Eddie, her friends, and their new school dog Howly to remind everyone how to stay hopeful and stand up for what is right.
Rosa and the Golden Bird (Magic Ballerina #8)
by Darcey BussellReturn to the magical world of Enchantia in the captivating second series of Magic Ballerina by Darcey Bussell!
Rosa and the Magic Dream (Magic Ballerina #11)
by Darcey BussellReturn to the magical world of Enchantia in the captivating second series of Magic Ballerina by Darcey Bussell!
Rosa and the Magic Moonstone (Magic Ballerina #9)
by Darcey BussellReturn to the magical world of Enchantia in the captivating second series of Magic Ballerina by Darcey Bussell!