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Winter Wonders
Description: Reading for with topic of winter. Fiction and non fiction, aimed at school age.
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Winter Birds
by Lars JonssonIn this stunning book, Lars Jonsson celebrates and explores the beauty of the birds that surround him during the Swedish winter months. Inspired by the desolate, wintry landscapes, the dazzling light and the stark contract of colours he observes against the snow, Jonsson has created an unparalleled collection of art.Jonsson illustrates each bird in his classic style, and his text provides information on their behaviour and insights into how to identify them as he shares personal observations as both an artist and ornithologist. This unique combination offers an intimate and compelling opportunity to better understand the method behind one of the world's preeminent bird artists.
Winter Birds
by Lars JonssonIn this stunning book, Lars Jonsson celebrates and explores the beauty of the birds that surround him during the Swedish winter months. Inspired by the desolate, wintry landscapes, the dazzling light and the stark contract of colours he observes against the snow, Jonsson has created an unparalleled collection of art.Jonsson illustrates each bird in his classic style, and his text provides information on their behaviour and insights into how to identify them as he shares personal observations as both an artist and ornithologist. This unique combination offers an intimate and compelling opportunity to better understand the method behind one of the world's preeminent bird artists.
A Christmas Carol
by Beth KempPREPARE FOR SUCCESS WITH YORK NOTES WORKBOOKS! York Notes for GCSE Workbooks offer a wide range of write-in tasks and exercises to boost your knowledge of the text and help you practise for the exam: * Learn: Tasks and answers on every area of the text, from Plot and Action and Characters to Key Contexts, Themes, Language and Structure, will help to enhance your learning and take your revision further. * Practise: With exercises on spelling, punctuation and grammar, sample paragraphs and exam-style questions, you can practise and perfect all the key skills you need to write top-quality answers. * Test yourself: Use the quick tests and longer questions to put your knowledge to the test. Monitor your progress at every stage and stay on track for success! Did you know? York Notes for GCSE Workbooks are the perfect partner to the bestselling York Notes for GCSE Study Guides. Use them together and prepare for success!
Holly and Ivan's Christmas Adventure
by Oliver LansleyA brand new Christmas story for children, Holly and Ivan’s Christmas Adventure is a magical tale of two brave little toys who fall off the back of Santa’s Sleigh on Christmas Eve. Not wanting their new owners to wake up to no presents, they set off on an epic journey to find them.Presented here as both a story book and a play, Holly and Ivan’s Christmas Adventure is packed with charming illustrations.
Hamlyn Quickcook: Winter Warmers
by Jo McAuleySatisfying, fuss-free winter warmers are the perfect antidote to cold and rain. With this selection of 360 recipes a wide range of meals is at your fingertips. What's more, you can choose the recipe option to fit your busy schedule - prepare your food in just 30, 20 or 10 minutes. So banish the winter blues with deliciously comforting dishes, including Pork, Pepper & Chorizo Goulash, Tiger Prawn & Sweet Potato Curry, Cowboy Beef & Bean Casserole, Roasted Squash & Chickpea Tagine, Melting Chocolate & Date Fondants and Rhubarb & Clementine Crumbles.
Elk in Winter
by Robert PackRobert Pack is a narrative master blessed with a keen ear for everyday speech. In poems that recall Robert Frost's meditative regard of nature, Pack's newest collection, Elk in Winter, resolves universal questions in the particular, the personal, and the intimate. This rich and varied volume moves from comedy to elegy, from lyric to narrative, in which individual characters are revealed and rendered symbolic by the stories that enclose them. What finally unites the poems of Elk in Winter is Pack's desire to appeal to the ear as much as to the heart, and to discover and reveal the passionate music of ideas.
The Christmas Truce
by Phil PorterDecember 1914. As families across Europe gather to celebrate Christmas, a generation of young men find themselves far away from their loved ones in the trenches of the Western Front. There they face a world seemingly devoid of any peace or goodwill. But on Christmas Eve 1914, as the men of the Warwickshire Regiment shelter in their trenches, something astonishing happens. Across no-man’s-land they hear music. The German soldiers are singing Christmas carols; the same carols their families are listening to, hundreds of miles away in Birmingham, Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon. Leaving their trenches, carrying only their courage and their humanity, they go to meet their enemies; not to fight, but talk, to exchange gifts, to celebrate Christmas. And the next day, together, they play an unforgettable game of football. This playtext contains song lyrics, including original lyrics by Sam Kenyon.
WJEC Eduqas GCSE English Literature Set Text Teacher Guide
by Jamie ReesConfidently teach A Christmas Carol using classroom-ready, manageable schemes of work that ensure you cover the full text in 10-12 weeks. This Set Text Teacher Guide: - Enables you to navigate efficiently through A Christmas Carol, improving your students' textual understanding and analytical skills week by week - Reduces your planning time by providing explanatory teaching notes and photocopiable student worksheets that are closely aligned to the Assessment Objectives - Caters for students of varying abilities with extra support for the less able and suitably challenging activities to stretch high achievers - Helps you map student progress across the course through a mix of short activities and more formal assessments - Includes a dedicated section on exam preparation with practice questions, student-friendly mark schemes and advice on writing high-level answers in timed conditions
Christmas Bells (large print)
by RnibThis page shows two decorative Christmas bells with a bow and two holly leaves. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. You can find the red bow in the top centre of the page with a loop to each side and two loose ends down the page. The two spiky, green holly leaves are to each side of the bow. The two shiny, gold coloured bells are seen from the side down the page from the bow. Each has a metal ring at the top to hang it up. At the bottom centre of each bell you can find the end of the clapper (the rest is hidden inside the bell). This metal rod swings around, striking the bell to produce a ringing sound.
Christmas Bells (UEB contracted)
by RnibThis page shows two decorative Christmas bells with a bow and two holly leaves. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. You can find the red bow in the top centre of the page with a loop to each side and two loose ends down the page. The two spiky, green holly leaves are to each side of the bow. The two shiny, gold coloured bells are seen from the side down the page from the bow. Each has a metal ring at the top to hang it up. At the bottom centre of each bell you can find the end of the clapper (the rest is hidden inside the bell). This metal rod swings around, striking the bell to produce a ringing sound.
Christmas Bells (UEB uncontracted)
by RnibThis page shows two decorative Christmas bells with a bow and two holly leaves. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. You can find the red bow in the top centre of the page with a loop to each side and two loose ends down the page. The two spiky, green holly leaves are to each side of the bow. The two shiny, gold coloured bells are seen from the side down the page from the bow. Each has a metal ring at the top to hang it up. At the bottom centre of each bell you can find the end of the clapper (the rest is hidden inside the bell). This metal rod swings around, striking the bell to produce a ringing sound.
Christmas cactus (large print)
by RnibThis is an image of a Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera) in a pot.There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up.The plant pot is in the bottom centre of the page.The fleshy, flattened stems of the cactus branch out to the left and right from the top of the pot near the centre of the page. The cactus does not have any leaves or spines. The stems are oval shaped and about three centimetres long. They have serrated edges and join one to another to form long 'fronds'. The flowers grow at the tips and joints of the stems at the left and right of the page. Schlumbergera grow on rocks or trees (epiphytic) and like shade and high humidity. They are dicotyledons.
Christmas cactus (UEB contracted)
by RnibThis is an image of a Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera) in a pot.There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up.The plant pot is in the bottom centre of the page.The fleshy, flattened stems of the cactus branch out to the left and right from the top of the pot near the centre of the page. The cactus does not have any leaves or spines. The stems are oval shaped and about three centimetres long. They have serrated edges and join one to another to form long 'fronds'. The flowers grow at the tips and joints of the stems at the left and right of the page. Schlumbergera grow on rocks or trees (epiphytic) and like shade and high humidity. They are dicotyledons.
Christmas cactus (UEB uncontracted)
by RnibThis is an image of a Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera) in a pot.There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up.The plant pot is in the bottom centre of the page.The fleshy, flattened stems of the cactus branch out to the left and right from the top of the pot near the centre of the page. The cactus does not have any leaves or spines. The stems are oval shaped and about three centimetres long. They have serrated edges and join one to another to form long 'fronds'. The flowers grow at the tips and joints of the stems at the left and right of the page. Schlumbergera grow on rocks or trees (epiphytic) and like shade and high humidity. They are dicotyledons.
Christmas Crackers (large print)
by RnibThis page shows an image of two Christmas crackers. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The two crackers stretch across the page horizontally. To the left and right of the page are the ends of the crackers. Their cylinder shapes are nipped in and twisted to make them easier to tear when you pull them apart. Each cracker is covered in a different coloured decorative paper: the red one at the top of the page has a pattern of stars and dots and the blue one at the bottom has a pattern of six-sided snowflakes and dots.
Christmas Crackers (UEB contracted)
by RnibThis page shows an image of two Christmas crackers. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The two crackers stretch across the page horizontally. To the left and right of the page are the ends of the crackers. Their cylinder shapes are nipped in and twisted to make them easier to tear when you pull them apart. Each cracker is covered in a different coloured decorative paper: the red one at the top of the page has a pattern of stars and dots and the blue one at the bottom has a pattern of six-sided snowflakes and dots.
Christmas Crackers (UEB uncontracted)
by RnibThis page shows an image of two Christmas crackers. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The two crackers stretch across the page horizontally. To the left and right of the page are the ends of the crackers. Their cylinder shapes are nipped in and twisted to make them easier to tear when you pull them apart. Each cracker is covered in a different coloured decorative paper: the red one at the top of the page has a pattern of stars and dots and the blue one at the bottom has a pattern of six-sided snowflakes and dots.
Winter mortality (large print)
by RnibThis page shows a combined block and line graph. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left when the image is the correct way up. The graph shows excess winter mortality (Y-axis on the left of the page) in thousands and the X-axis going across the bottom of the page is time in years. A second Y-axis on the right shows temperature The temperature data line goes from left to right up and down the page. The number of deaths is shown by the block chart.
Winter mortality (UEB contracted)
by RnibThis page shows a combined block and line graph. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left when the image is the correct way up. The graph shows excess winter mortality (Y-axis on the left of the page) in thousands and the X-axis going across the bottom of the page is time in years. A second Y-axis on the right shows temperature The temperature data line goes from left to right up and down the page. The number of deaths is shown by the block chart.
Winter mortality (UEB uncontracted)
by RnibThis page shows a combined block and line graph. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left when the image is the correct way up. The graph shows excess winter mortality (Y-axis on the left of the page) in thousands and the X-axis going across the bottom of the page is time in years. A second Y-axis on the right shows temperature The temperature data line goes from left to right up and down the page. The number of deaths is shown by the block chart.
Winter Solstice
by David Tushingham and Roland SchimmelpfennigChristmas Eve. Bettina and her husband Albert aren’t happy. Bettina’s mother is staying for the holidays. Which is awkward. Not least because Bettina’s mother met a man on the train. And now she’s invited him around for drinks… Family, betrayal and the inescapable presence of the past reverberate through this razor-sharp comedy. Schimmelpfennig is the most performed playwright in Germany and one of the country’s most exciting original voices, with productions of his work worldwide in over 40 countries.
Dr Seuss, Yellow Back Books
by SeussThis classic Seussian tale tells the story of the disgruntled Grinch and his fiendish attempts to steal Christmas from the citizens of Who-ville. With wacky rhymes and zany illustrations from the master himself, it has been a seasonal favourite with young readers for over 40 years. Yellow Back Books are for fluent readers to enjoy.
Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker
by Francesca Simon'Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker' contains four funny stories that will invoke every family's worst Christmas nightmares, as Horrid Henry sabotages the school play, tries to do his Christmas shopping, ambushes Father Christmas, and endures Christmas dinner with the guests from hell.
Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker (PDF)
by Francesca Simon'Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker' contains four funny stories that will invoke every family's worst Christmas nightmares, as Horrid Henry sabotages the school play, tries to do his Christmas shopping, ambushes Father Christmas, and endures Christmas dinner with the guests from hell.
Collins Snap Revision — A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Collins Uk Staff and Collins Gcse StaffExam Board: AQA Level & Subject: GCSE English Literature First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 Revise set texts in a snap. Need extra help with 'A Christmas Carol' ahead of the exam? Revise and review your understanding of the plot, characters, themes and context with this handy A5, exam-focused guide. With lots of practice and tips for your AQA exam, this 'A Christmas Carol' Snap Revision Text Guide contains all the key information you need to get a top mark.