English Books

Bea CAN’T WAIT for her birthday. There are only three days to go, and everything is going to be PERFECT! Then snow begins to block the roads … and everything begins to go wrong. With no party, no cards, and maybe even no cake, can Bea find a way to be OK – even in the middle of a really BAD day? This reassuring and funny book is the perfect springboard for talking to children about setting expectations and finding balance amidst disappointment.

Meesha loves making things . . . but there’s one thing she finds difficult to make – friends. She doesn''t know quite what to do, what to say or when to say it. But one day she discovers that she has a special talent that might just help her navigate social situations - and maybe even make new friends. A warm and affectionate look at the joys and difficulties of making and keeping friends, relating to others, and finding your place in the world.

Tilda''s world is just as she likes it . . . until one day, it turns completely UPSIDE DOWN. All of a sudden, everything is topsy-turvy, and nothing feels right. Things that were once easy now seem incredibly challenging.

Being a tiger is great fun at first – tigers can do ANYTHING they want! But who wants to play with a growling, roaring, noisy, wild tiger who won''t share or play nicely? Ravi is about to discover something very important about expressing his feelings and making amends.

A year ago, before the revolution, Salama watched her brother marry her best friend, Layla, and wondered when her own love story might begin. Now she works at the hospital – helping those she can, closing the eyes of those she can’t. Layla and her unborn baby are all Salama has left. Unless you count Khawf. But he’s a hallucination; a symptom of the horrors she’s seen. Every day he urges Salama to leave. Every day she refuses. Until she crosses paths with Kenan, the boy with the vivid green eyes, who wants to stay and risk his life for everything Syria could be …

Mental maths skills are essential for all age groups and this series of six books provides lots and lots of practice of number facts to make sure children are really up to speed with their mental maths! Each page features four columns of mental maths questions that children are challenged to complete in less than one minute. Answers are provided, also arranged in columns for ease of marking. When used on a regular basis, improvements in accuracy and speed will soon begin to show.

Matched to the demands of the National Curriculum, the Let's Do Grammar workbooks have been carefully devised to match the appropriate age and stage of your child. Containing a rich variety of activity pages, each book has been designed for use at home and supports classroom learning. With regular progress tests and a complete answer section to aid assessment, this book is the perfect way for your child to practise their punctuation skills and consolidate their learning. And for added enjoyment and motivation, it also contains over 100 reward stickers!

Times Tables are essential tools for children to use when working with numbers at every stage of their education. These three Practise Times Tables books reflect the work that children are doing in school with emphasis on the two, five and ten times tables in the first book (ages 5-7), the three, four, six, seven, eight and nine times tables in the second book (7-9) and revision of all these tables plus the elevens, twelves and square numbers in the third book (9-11). All three books contain a fabulous free pull-out colour poster featuring all the tables.

This book is brimming over with fun activities in all the key areas of reading including phonics, comprehension, fluency, skimming and scanning, retrieval and prediction. It also includes exercises and short texts aimed at each Lexile level, to help your child progress in line with the National Curriculum. Go straight to the ‘Parent Zone’ for tips and tricks on supporting your child’s reading and where to find books at their level as they improve. This pocket-sized book is a real treasure trove of resources, examples and tools – everything you need to get children to become Grand Masters of their own reading.

In this newest instalment in the Like a Ninja series, Spell Like a Ninja provides essential tips, lists and advice to support the teaching and learning of spelling in the primary classroom or at home, all in a handy, pocket-sized book. Including every statutory spelling pattern in the National Curriculum, this book is split into sections for Key Stage 1, Lower Key Stage 2 and Upper Key Stage 2 to enable all pupils to learn at their own pace in this all-in-one quick reference tool. They''ll be buzzing spelling bee champs in no time!