Mary Hoffman's vibrant retellings capture the fun, wisdom and rich character of the diverse cultures from which they spring. Every story involves a battle of strength or cunning...more details Format:Paperback
Grace loves to act out stories. Her school decides to do "Peter Pan". Grace longs to play Peter, but classmates say that Peter was a boy, and besides...more details Format:Hardback
Grace loves to act out stories. When her school decides to do "Peter Pan", Grace longs to play Peter, but classmates say that Peter was a boy...more details Format:Paperback
Grace loves to act out stories. Sometimes she plays the leading part, sometimes she is 'a cast of thousands.' When her school decides to perform Peter Pan...more details Format:Paperback
A rag doll accompanies the paperback edition of the story of Grace - a little girl who loves to act out stories. Her own story tells how she overcomes stereotypes to play Peter Pan in the school play. Format:Paperback
When Tyler and his family are putting up the Christmas decorations, Tyler takes a look at the Christmas-tree angel, and asks, "Why are they always pink? Aren't there any black angels?" It's a question that no one can answer - not even his friend...more details Format:Paperback
When Tyler and his family are putting up the Christmas decorations, Tyler takes a look at the broken Christmas-tree angel, and asks, "Why are they always pink? Aren't there any black angels?" It's a question no one can answer...more details Format:Hardback
When Tyler and his family are putting up the Christmas decorations, Tyler looks at the Christmas-tree angel and asks "Why are they always pink? Aren't there any black angels?"...more details Format:Paperback
Lions, sheep, a serpent, ravens, a dove, a whale, plagues of frogs and locusts - creatures of all shapes and sizes make their way through some of the most colourful stories in the Old Testament. In ten vivid retellings...more details Format:Paperback
Lions, sheep, a serpent, ravens, a dove, a whale, plagues of frogs and locusts - creatures of all shapes and sizes make their way through some of the most colourful stories in the Old Testament. In ten vivid retellings...more details Format:Hardback
Hot on the heels of "Starring Grace" and "Encore Grace"! comes a new Grace story book in paperback. Grace's emotions do a juggling act when her old friend Aimee pays her a visit and there's the problem of Crishell's strange eating habits. At school...more details Format:Paperback
Hot on the heels of Starring Grace and Encore Grace! comes a new Grace story book. Grace's emotions do a juggling act when her old friend Aimee pays her a visit and there's the problem of Crishell's strange eating habits. At school...more details Format:Hardback
Hassan feels out of place in a new cold, grey country. At school, he paints a picture showing his colourful Somalian home, covered with the harsh colours of war from which his family has fled. He tells his teacher about their voyage from Mogadishu to Mombasa...more details Format:Paperback
Hassan feels out of place in a new cold, grey country. At school, he paints a picture showing his colourful Somalian home, covered with the harsh colours of war from which his family has fled. He tells his teacher about their voyage from Mogadishu to Mombassa...more details Format:Hardback
Here are eight more stories of Grace, the popular character from Amazing Grace and Starring Grace. Grace finds that her family is changing and so is her group of friends. There's a new girl who puts Grace's nose out of joint...more details Format:Hardback
"The Gingerbread Man and Other Stories" is taken from "The Macmillan Treasury of Nursery Stories" (0-333-76579-6). This illustrated collection is a selection of eight classic nursery stories including "Snow White"...more details Format:Paperback Pages:64
To Grace, family has always meant her Ma, her Nana and her cat, Paw-Paw, so when Papa invites her to visit him in the Gambia, she dreams of finding the kind of family that is idealised in stories. But...more details Format:Paperback
To grace, family has always meant her Ma, her Nana and a cat called Paw-Paw, so when Papa invites her to visit him in The Gambia, she dreams of finding the kind of fairy-tale family she has read about in stories. But...more details Format:Hardback
To Grace, family has always meant her Ma, her Nana and a cat called Paw-Paw, so when Papa invites her to visit him in The Gambia, she dreams of finding the kind of fairy-tale family she has read about in stories. But...more details Format:Paperback
This watercolour-illustrated collection contains seven classic nursery stories including "Rumpelstiltskin", "The Hare and the Tortoise" and "Cinderella". Format:Paperback Pages:64
Being a cat has to be carefully taught, as this mother cat's words to her kittens demonstrate. Yawning, stretching, twining round legs, slow careful washing from the ears downwards - everything a young cat needs to know is presented in easy-to-learn verse form...more details Format:Paperback
Being a cat has to be carefully taught, as this mother cat's words to her kittens demonstrate. Yawning, stretching, twining round legs, slow careful washing from the ears downwards - everything a young cat needs to know is presented in easy-to-learn verse form. Pam Martins' appealing artwork captures the charm of Mary Hoffman's words of wisdom...more details Format:Hardback
Kings and queens take the spotlight in many of the Old Testament's most memorable stories. Mary Hoffman reveals the colourful personalities behind the thrones of Israel and its surrounding kingdoms. Meet Rameses II of Egypt...more details Format:Hardback Pages:32
In this spirited retelling, Mary Hoffman creates nine fascinating stories of Jesus' miracles, written in a simple yet beautiful style. Jackie Morris's vivid illustrations combine to convey the reality of these astonishing happening 2...more details Format:Paperback
Mary Hoffman here retells nine stories of Jesus' miracles: turning the water into wine; the miraculous draught of fish; stilling the storm; the man cured of palsy; feeding the 5000; walking on the water; the centurion's servant; the 10 lepers; and the raising of Lazarus. Format:Hardback
In eight retellings, Mary Hoffman shows how Jesus used simple parables to convey essential truths to his listeners. The parables include the lost sheep...more details Format:Hardback
In eight retellings, Mary Hoffman shows how Jesus used simple parables to convey essential truths to his listeners. The parables include The Lost Sheep...more details Format:Paperback
Fans of Grace know that she's the girl who loves to act out stories. They've followed her through stage success in the bestselling picture-book "Amazing Grace"...more details Format:Hardback
"Puss in Boots and Other Stories" is taken from "The Macmillan Treasury of Nursery Stories" (0-333-76579-6). This collection is an illustrated selection of eight classic nursery stories including "Dick Whittington"...more details Format:Paperback Pages:64
Callimachus, Royal Librarian of Alexandria, is researching a new book and decides to take his young apprentice Philip on his Mediterranean journey. As Philip marvels at the most breathtaking and beautiful buildings...more details Format:Paperback
Callimachus, Royal Librarian of Alexandria, is researching a new book and decides to take his young apprentice Philip on his Mediterranean journey. As Philip marvels at the most breathtaking and beautiful buildings...more details Format:Hardback
This watercolour-illustrated collection contains eight classic stories including "Thumbelina", "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "The Three Little Pigs". Format:Paperback Pages:64
In this high-spirited storybook, Grace, the heroine of Mary Hoffman's classic picture book, Amazing Grace, joins her friends in a series of dramatic holiday adventures...more details Format:Paperback
Grace joins her friends Aimee, Kester, Raj and Maria in a series of dramatic holiday adventures, using her imagination to become just about anything she wants. Format:Hardback
Set in the beautiful city of Florence, the politics and the intrigue grow ever more dangerous. And beware - much that seems beautiful is in fact deadly poison ?
Featuring favourite characters from the first two titles in the series...more details Format:Paperback Pages:496
Sky doesn't know it yet, but he is a Stravagante: somebody who, with the help of a talisman, can travel in time and space to the parallel world of Talia. With his own talisman...more details Format:Hardback Pages:496
Imagine you are one moment ill in bed, and the next transported to a world that is awash with deception, intrigue and glamour. This is exactly what happens to Lucien. In a spine-tingling discovery...more details Format:Paperback Pages:352
When Matt is unexpectedly transported to the Scriptorium of Padavia (real-life Padua) University, he discovers he is a Stravagante who can travel through time using his talisman...more details Format:Paperback Pages:400
The sequel to the international bestseller CITY OF MASKS. The time period is the same - C16 Talia as a parallel world version of Italy - but the setting has moved from Bellezza (Venice) to Remora (Siena). The main character in this book is Georgia - who has a love of horses. She is desperate to buy a little...more details Format:Paperback Pages:464
Sequel to City of Masks andCity of Stars, the narrative moves to the Talian equivalent of the city of Florence, where beauty and danger walk - as ever - hand in hand. The focus this time is on the new Stravagante...more details Format:Paperback Pages:496
Imagine you are one moment ill in bed, and the next transported to a world that is awash with deception, intrigue and glamour. This is exactly what happens to Lucien. In a spine-tingling discovery...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:224
Imagine you are one moment ill in bed, and the next transported to a world that is awash with deception, intrigue and glamour.In a spine-tingling discovery...more details Format:Paperback Pages:352
"Georgia fell asleep with the model of the flying horse in her hand, wishing she could find a place where horses had wings and she could fly away from her troubles forever."Georgia loves horses and hates Russell...more details Format:Paperback Pages:464
Hassan feels out of place in a new cold, grey country. At school, he paints a picture showing his colourful Somalian home, covered with the harsh colours of war from which his family has fled. He tells his teacher about their voyage from Mogadishu to Mombasa...more details Format:Paperback
Silvano has been accused of a murder he did not commit. Chiara has been abandoned by her family. Both are forced to seek refuge in a neighbouring friary and convent.
When they meet they are drawn to each other...more details Format:Hardcover
Silvano has been accused of a murder he did not commit. Chiara has been abandoned by her family. Both are forced to seek refuge in a neighbouring friary and convent.When they meet they are drawn to each other...more details Format:Paperback Pages:304
A variation on the theme of the "Three Wise Men", this book tells the tale of three women from different corners of the world who see a bright rising star and feel compelled to follow it...more details Format:Hardback
One evening three women from different corners of the world are enraptured by a bright new rising star, and feel compelled to follow it. The three women meet on a path of starlight...more details Format:Paperback
This book is suitable for reluctant readers of 8-13 with a reading age of eight years. It is printed on cream paper, which is proven to be more restful on the eye. The font is specially designed to encourage a smooth and easy read. There are frequent page breaks...more details Format:Paperback
This book is suitable for reluctant readers of 8-13 with a reading age of eight years. It is printed on cream paper, which is proven to be more restful on the eye. The font is specially designed to encourage a smooth and easy read. There are frequent page breaks...more details Format:Paperback