Educational: First / native language: School editions of literature texts
Candlewick Press,U.S. Owl Babies
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HarperCollins Publishers Romeo and Juliet AQA GCSE 91 English Literature
Book SynopsisExam Board: AQALevel: GCSE Grade 9-1Subject: English LiteratureSuitable for the 2024 examsEverything you need to revise for your GCSE 9-1 set text in a snap guideOur Romeo and Juliet Snap Revision Text Guide has everything you need to score top marks on your GCSE Grade 9-1 English Literature exam right at your fingertips! Revise Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare in a snap with this handy guide.Refresh your knowledge of the plot, context, characters and themesPick up top tips to ace your AQA examPlenty of practice questions included in every sectionPacked with every quote and extract you needExamples of how to plan and write your essay responsesQR codes link directly to online videos providing further analysis of the text
£7.48
HarperCollins Publishers A Christmas Carol
Book SynopsisExam board: AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, WJECLevel & Subject: GCSE English LiteratureFirst teaching: September 2015Next exam: June 2025This edition of A Christmas Carol is perfect for GCSE-level students: it comes complete with the novel, plus an introduction providing context, and a glossary explaining key terms. If I could work my will,' said Scrooge, indignantly, every idiot who goes about with Merry Christmas on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.'Miser and misanthropist Ebenezer Scrooge hates the festive season. Can the visitations of his dead business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas past, present and yet to come shake him from his habits, to show him the true value of Christmas?Dickens's 1843 story was written in response to the plight of the poor, the hungry, the exploited and the uneducated in Victorian society, suggesting that the true test of a society is the way it treats its children.Trade Review“The new Collins Classroom Classic editions are perfect for schools – clear text, bright covers, a good size for pockets and bags, and a great price that makes buying new class or cohort sets very attractive in these budget-conscious times.” de Stafford School
£6.02
Hyperion Brundibar New York Times Best Illustrated
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£19.99
HarperCollins Publishers Pride and Prejudice
Book Synopsis`She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me; and I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.'Trade Review“The new Collins Classroom Classic editions are perfect for schools – clear text, bright covers, a good size for pockets and bags, and a great price that makes buying new class or cohort sets very attractive in these budget-conscious times.” de Stafford School
£6.00
HarperCollins Publishers The Sign of Four
Book SynopsisMoonlight was streaming into the room, and it was bright with a vague and shifty radiance. Looking straight at me and suspended, as it were, in the air, for all beneath was in shadow, there hung a face...Trade Review“The new Collins Classroom Classic editions are perfect for schools – clear text, bright covers, a good size for pockets and bags, and a great price that makes buying new class or cohort sets very attractive in these budget-conscious times.” de Stafford School
£6.02
HarperCollins Publishers Macbeth
Book SynopsisExam board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas; Cambridge Assessment International EducationLevel & Subject: GCSE 9-1 English Literature; IGCSE Literature in EnglishFirst teaching: September 2015; September 2018Next exam: June 2025This edition of Macbeth is perfect for GCSE-level students, with the complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes, introduction setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes.Affordable high quality complete play for Macbeth, ideal for GCSE 9-1 and IGCSEDemystify vocabulary with notes on the page and concise commentarySet the scene with perfectly pitched introductions that introduce key contexts, concerns and stylistic features, and examine different performances and interpretationsRecall plot summaries at the beginning of each sceneSupport GCSE revision and essay writing with theme and character indexesHelp students with social, historical and literary context with the bespoke timeline of Shakespeare's life and timesTrade Review“The new Collins Classroom Classic editions are perfect for schools – clear text, bright covers, a good size for pockets and bags, and a great price that makes buying new class or cohort sets very attractive in these budget-conscious times.” de Stafford School
£6.02
HarperCollins Publishers Romeo and Juliet
Book SynopsisExam board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas; Cambridge Assessment International EducationLevel & Subject: GCSE 9-1 English Literature; IGCSE Literature in EnglishFirst teaching: September 2015; September 2018Next exam: June 2025This edition of Romeo and Juliet is perfect for GCSE-level students, with the complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes, introduction setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes.Affordable high quality complete play for Romeo and Juliet, ideal for GCSE 9-1 and IGCSEDemystify vocabulary with notes on the page and concise commentarySet the scene with perfectly pitched introductions that introduce key contexts, concerns and stylistic features, and examine different performances and interpretationsRecall plot summaries at the beginning of each sceneSupport GCSE revision and essay writing with theme and character indexesHelp students with social, historical and literary context with the bespoke timeline of Shakespeare's life and timesTrade Review“The new Collins Classroom Classic editions are perfect for schools – clear text, bright covers, a good size for pockets and bags, and a great price that makes buying new class or cohort sets very attractive in these budget-conscious times.” de Stafford School
£6.02
HarperCollins Publishers Much Ado About Nothing
Book SynopsisExam board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas, WJECLevel & Subject: GCSE 9-1 English LiteratureFirst teaching: September 2015; Next exam: June 2025Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International EducationLevel & Subject: International AS & A Level Literature in EnglishFirst teaching: September 2019; Next exam: June 2025This edition of Much Ado About Nothing is perfect for GCSE-level and A-level students, with the complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes, introduction setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes.Affordable high quality complete play for Much Ado About Nothing, ideal for GCSE 9-1 and Cambridge A LevelDemystify vocabulary with notes on the page and concise commentarySet the scene with perfectly pitched introductions that introduce key contexts, concerns and stylistic features, and examine different performances and interpretationsRecall plot summaries at the beginning of each sceneSupport GCSE and A level revision and essay writing with theme and characteTrade Review“The new Collins Classroom Classic editions are perfect for schools – clear text, bright covers, a good size for pockets and bags, and a great price that makes buying new class or cohort sets very attractive in these budget-conscious times.” de Stafford School
£6.00
HarperCollins Publishers The Merchant of Venice
Book SynopsisExam board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR, EduqasLevel & Subject: GCSE 9-1 English LiteratureFirst teaching: September 2015; Next exam: June 2025Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International EducationLevel & Subject: International AS & A Level Literature in EnglishFirst teaching: September 2019; Next exam: June 2025This edition of The Merchant of Venice is perfect for GCSE-level and A-level students, with the complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes, introduction setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes.Affordable high quality complete play for The Merchant of Venice, ideal for GCSE 9-1 and Cambridge A LevelDemystify vocabulary with notes on the page and concise commentarySet the scene with perfectly pitched introductions that introduce key contexts, concerns and stylistic features, and examine different performances and interpretationsRecall plot summaries at the beginning of each sceneSupport GCSE and A level revision and essay writing with theme and character indeTrade Review“The new Collins Classroom Classic editions are perfect for schools – clear text, bright covers, a good size for pockets and bags, and a great price that makes buying new class or cohort sets very attractive in these budget-conscious times.” de Stafford School
£6.00
HarperCollins Publishers Twelfth Night
Book SynopsisExam board: Edexcel; Cambridge; CXCLevel & Subject: GCSE 9-1; IGCSE; CSEC English BFirst teaching: September 2015; September 2019; Next exams 2025Exam board: AQA B, Edexcel, OCRLevel & Subject: AS & A Level English LiteratureFirst teaching: September 2015; Next exams 2025This edition of Twelfth Night is perfect for GCSE-level and A-level students, with the complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes, introduction setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes.Affordable high quality complete play for Twelfth Night, ideal for GCSE level and A LevelDemystify vocabulary with notes on the page and concise commentarySet the scene with perfectly pitched introductions that introduce key contexts, concerns and stylistic features, and examine different performances and interpretationsRecall plot summaries at the beginning of each sceneSupport GCSE and A level revision and essay writing with theme and character indexesHelp students with social, historical and literary contexTrade Review“The new Collins Classroom Classic editions are perfect for schools – clear text, bright covers, a good size for pockets and bags, and a great price that makes buying new class or cohort sets very attractive in these budget-conscious times.” de Stafford School
£5.52
HarperCollins Publishers The Tempest
Book SynopsisExam board: AQA, Edexcel; CXCLevel & Subject: GCSE 9-1 English Literature; CSEC English BFirst teaching: September 2015Next exams: 2025This edition of The Tempest is perfect for GCSE-level students, with the complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes, introduction setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes.Affordable high quality complete play for The Tempest, ideal for GCSE 9-1 and CSECDemystify vocabulary with notes on the page and concise commentarySet the scene with perfectly pitched introductions that introduce key contexts, concerns and stylistic features, and examine different performances and interpretationsRecall plot summaries at the beginning of each sceneSupport GCSE and CSEC revision and essay writing with theme and character indexesHelp students with social, historical and literary context with the bespoke timeline of Shakespeare's life and timesTrade Review“The new Collins Classroom Classic editions are perfect for schools – clear text, bright covers, a good size for pockets and bags, and a great price that makes buying new class or cohort sets very attractive in these budget-conscious times.” de Stafford School
£6.00
HarperCollins Publishers International Primary English Teachers Guide
Book SynopsisCollins International Primary English offers full coverage of the Cambridge Primary English curriculum framework (0058) from 2020 within a six-level, multi-component course, which has been carefully developed to meet the needs of teachers and students in the international market.
£54.70
HarperCollins Publishers Wuthering Heights
Book SynopsisExam board: AQA A, Edexcel, Cambridge Assessment International EducationLevel & Subject: AS and A Level English LiteratureFirst teaching: September 2015Next exams: 2025This edition of Wuthering Heights provides depth and context for A Level students, with the complete novel in an easy to read format, and a detailed introduction and bespoke glossary written by an experienced A Level teacher with academic expertise in the area. Affordable high quality complete text of Wuthering Heights, ideal for AS and A Level Literature Perfectly pitched introductions provide the depth and demand required by AS and A Level Explore the contemporary context, Emily Brontë's writing, the novel's critical reception and subsequent interpretations for a deeper reading of the text Expand your further reading with a list of key articles and critical and theoretical texts Improve your understanding of the novel with unfamiliar concepts and culturally-specific terms defined in the glossaryTrade Review“The new Collins Classroom Classic editions are perfect for schools – clear text, bright covers, a good size for pockets and bags, and a great price that makes buying new class or cohort sets very attractive in these budget-conscious times.” de Stafford School
£6.45
HarperCollins Publishers Oliver Twist
Book SynopsisExam board: AQA B, Cambridge Assessment International EducationLevel & Subject: AS and A Level English LiteratureFirst teaching: September 2015Next exams: 2025This edition of Oliver Twist provides depth and context for A Level students, with the complete novel in an easy to read format, and a detailed introduction and bespoke glossary written by an experienced A Level teacher with academic expertise in the area. Affordable high quality complete text of Charles Dickens Oliver Twist Perfectly pitched introductions provide the depth and demand required by AS and A Level English Explore the contemporary context, Charles Dickens' writing, the novel's critical reception and subsequent interpretations for a deeper reading of the text Expand your further reading with a list of key articles and critical and theoretical texts Improve your understanding of the novel with unfamiliar concepts and culturally-specific terms defined in the glossaryTrade Review“The new Collins Classroom Classic editions are perfect for schools – clear text, bright covers, a good size for pockets and bags, and a great price that makes buying new class or cohort sets very attractive in these budget-conscious times.” de Stafford School
£6.45
HarperCollins Publishers Othello
Book SynopsisExam board: AQA & Edexcel (A Level) , WJEC & Eduqas (GCSE)Level & Subject: A Level, GCSE 9-1 English LiteratureFirst teaching: September 2015Next exams: 2024Trade Review“The new Collins Classroom Classic editions are perfect for schools – clear text, bright covers, a good size for pockets and bags, and a great price that makes buying new class or cohort sets very attractive in these budget-conscious times.” de Stafford School
£6.45
HarperCollins Publishers King Lear
Book SynopsisExam board: AQA B, Edexcel, Eduqas, Cambridge Assessment International EducationLevel & Subject: AS and A level English LiteratureFirst teaching: September 2015; September 2019Next exams: 2024Trade Review“The new Collins Classroom Classic editions are perfect for schools – clear text, bright covers, a good size for pockets and bags, and a great price that makes buying new class or cohort sets very attractive in these budget-conscious times.” de Stafford School
£6.45
HarperCollins Publishers Hamlet
Book SynopsisExam board: AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, WJECLevel & Subject: A Level English LiteratureFirst teaching: September 2015Next exams: 2025This edition of Hamlet is perfect for A-level students, with the complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes, introduction setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes.Affordable high quality complete play for HamletDemystify vocabulary with notes on the page and concise commentarySet the scene with perfectly pitched introductions that introduce key contexts, concerns and stylistic features, and examine different performances and interpretationsRecall plot summaries at the beginning of each sceneSupport A Level revision and essay writing with theme and character indexesHelp with social, historical and literary context with the bespoke timeline of Shakespeare's life and timesTrade Review“The new Collins Classroom Classic editions are perfect for schools – clear text, bright covers, a good size for pockets and bags, and a great price that makes buying new class or cohort sets very attractive in these budget-conscious times.” de Stafford School
£6.49
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Baby Beebee Bird
Book Synopsis ''Hooray for the return of the baby beebee bird'' – Kirkus Reviews. It''s night time at the zoo, and all the animals are wide awake. The new baby beebee bird is keeping everyone up with his happy night song. Will they ever get some sleep? In this newly enlarged and full–colour edition, Diane Redfield Massie''s classic story has been lovingly re–illustrated by the award–winning Steven Kellogg, creating a captivating bedtime story that is just as much fun as a visit to the zoo! Ages 3–6
£7.99
HarperCollins Fire Truck
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HarperCollins Series of Unfortunate Events 8 The Hostile
Book SynopsisNOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESThe Baudelaires need a safe place to stay—somewhere far away from terrible villains and local police. A quiet refuge where misfortune never visits. Might Heimlich Hospital be just the place?In Lemony Snicket''s eighth ghastly installment in A Series of Unfortunate Events, I''m sorry to say that the Baudelaire orphans will spend time in a hospital where they risk encountering a misleading newspaper headline, unnecessary surgery, an intercom system, anesthesia, heart-shaped balloons, and some very startling news about a fire.
£20.76
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Rumpelstiltskins Daughter
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Magic Toyshop
Book SynopsisFrom the master of the literary supernatural and author of The Bloody Chamber, a startling tale of the redemptive power of physical and emotional love One night Melanie walks through the garden in her mother's wedding dress. The next morning her world is shattered. Forced to leave the comfortable home of her childhood, she is sent to London to live with relatives she has never met: Aunt Margaret, beautiful and speechless, and her brothers, Francie, whose graceful music belies his clumsy nature, and the volatile Finn, who kisses Melanie in the ruins of the pleasure gardens. And brooding Uncle Philip loves only the life-sized wooden puppets he creates in his toyshop. This classic gothic novel established Angela Carter as one of our most imaginative writers and augurs the themes of her later creative work.
£13.60
Penguin Random House Children's UK The Well Davids Story Logan Family Saga
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Penguin Young Readers Group The Westing Game Revised Edition
Book SynopsisA Newbery Medal WinnerFor over thirty-five years, Ellen Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game has been an enduring favorite. This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. They could become millionaires-it all depends on how they play the tricky and dangerous Westing game, a game involving blizzards, burglaries, and bombings! Ellen Raskin has created a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot filled with humor, intrigue, and suspense. Winner of the Newbery Medal Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award An ALA Notable Book A School Library Journal One Hundred Books That Shaped the CenturyA supersharp mystery...confoundingly clever, and very funny. —Booklist, starred review Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand.
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Penguin Books Ltd Cal
Book SynopsisBernard MacLaverty was born in Belfast in 1942, and moved to Scotland in 1975. He is the author of the novels Lamb (1980); Cal (1983); Grace Notes (1997); and The Anatomy School (2001), set in Belfast in the late 1960s. Both Lamb and Cal have been made into major films for which he wrote the screenplays, and he has written various versions of his fiction for radio, television and screen. Grace Notes was awarded the 1997 Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award and shortlisted for many other major prizes, including the Booker Prize for Fiction and the Whitbread Novel Award. His books of short stories are Secrets & Other Stories (1977); A Time to Dance & Other Stories (1982); The Great Profundo & Other Stories (1987); Walking the Dog & Other Stories (1994), and most recently, Matters of Life & Death (2006).
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Penguin Putnam Inc Dirty Beasts
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Penguin Books Ltd Apple Farmer Annie
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Penguin Young Readers Group Armadillo Rodeo
Book SynopsisWhen Bo spots what he thinks is a rip-roarin', rootin'-tootin', shiny red armadillo, he knows what he has to do. Follow that armadillo! Bo leaves his mother and three brothers behind and takes off for a two-stepping, bronco-bucking adventure. Jan Brett turns her considerable talents toward the Texas countryside in this amusing story of an armadillo on his own.
£8.54
Penguin Books Ltd Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip with
Book SynopsisMiss Bindergarten and her kindergarteners are stepping out of the classroom and going to all sorts of places. Franny gets to decorate a cake at the bakery, Jessie learns to Stop, Drop, and Roll at the fire station, Patricia gets to push the mail at the post office, and all of the kindergarteners read colorful picture books at the library! They even have time to play at the park and have a picnic. Miss Bindergarten's kindergarten is having so much fun!
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Penguin Books Ltd The Mysterious Tadpole
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Firebird Outcast of Redwall
Book SynopsisThe Redwall series is soon to be a Netflix original movie!Energetic and poignant as ever, Jacques' Outcast of Redwall is another must-read in the bestselling Redwall series. Abandoned as an infant by his father, the evil warlord Swartt Sixclaw, Veil is raised by the kindhearted Bryony. Despite concerns from everyone at Redwall, Bryony is convinced that Veil's goodness will prevail. But when he commits a crime that is unforgivable, he is banished from the abbey forever. Then Swartt and his hordes of searats and vermin attack Redwall, and Veil has to decide: Should he join Swartt in battle against the only creature who has ever loved him? Or should he turn his back on his true father?Perfect for fans of T. A. Barron’s Merlin saga, John Flanagan’s Ranger’s Apprentice series, and J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings series.
£9.89
Penguin Random House Australia This is the House that Jack Built
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Penguin Random House Australia Fannys Dream Picture Puffin Books
Book SynopsisIn this inventive take on the traditional Cinderella tale, Fanny Agnes is a sturdy farm girl with a big dream. Someday, she believes, she will marry a prince. When the town mayor announces he is throwing a grand ball, Fanny is convinced her time has come. She puts on her best calico dress and goes out to the garden so that she'll be ready when her fairy godmother arrives. As the seconds tick by, Fanny waits and waits. Finally, she hears a voice. It isn't her fairy godmother-but it is someone who will change her life forever.
£7.59
Harcourt Children's Books I Aint Gonna Paint No More Ala Notable Childrens
Book SynopsisIn the rhythm of a familiar folk song, a child cannot resist adding one more dab of paint in surprising places.
£16.19
Voyager Books,U.S. ABC TRex
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Gulliver Books Many Troubles of Andy Russell
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Gulliver Books Andy and Tamika
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Gulliver Books Andy Russell Not Wanted by the Police
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Oxford University Press The Wooing of Beppo Tate Authors of the Caribbean
Book SynopsisThe Wooing of Beppo Tate is a lively and popular account of life in Kendal, a small village in Jamaica, similar to the author's own childhood home.
£13.94
Oxford University Press Oxford School Shakespeare Coriolanus
Book SynopsisOxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. Coriolanus is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. Key features:1. Accessible notes and commentataries 2. Two-column format for easy reference checking and immediate explanations3. Wide margins to provide plenty of space for annotations and note taking 4. Additional information and reading lists (including websites)5. Illustrations dotted throughout, both contextual and explanatorySuitable for: Students aged 11+All exam boardsThe Oxford School Shakespeare range includes over 20 of Shakespeare''s plays, plus revision resources for Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet.Table of ContentsThe Times The People The Action Coriolanus: commentary The Man Shakespeare's verse Source, Date and text People in the Play Coriolanus Plutarch What the Critics have said Classwork and Examinations Discussion Character Study Activities Context Questions Comprehension and Appreciation Questions Essays Projects Backgrounds Government Religion Education Language Drama Theatre Further Reading William Shakespeare 1564-1616 List of Shakespeare's Plays
£7.59
Oxford University Press A Christmas Carol Oxford Playscripts
Book SynopsisAn engaging classroom playscript. Ebenezer Scrooge is a grumbling, cold-hearted, shrivelled old miser who deplores the warmth and merriment of Christmas. One freezing, candlelit Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the chain-bound ghost of his old business partner, Jacob Marley, who seeks to warn him of the error of his ways. Over the course of the night, a series of spirits arrive, but can they teach Scrooge the true meaning of Christmas before it''s too late?
£15.74
Oxford University Press King Lear
Book SynopsisOxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. King Lear is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. Key features:1. Accessible notes and commentataries 2. Two-column format for easy reference checking and immediate explanations3. Wide margins to provide plenty of space for annotations and note taking 4. Additional information and reading lists (including websites)5. Illustrations dotted throughout, both contextual and explanatorySuitable for: All exam boards and for the most recent AS/A level specifications.The Oxford School Shakespeare range includes over 20 of Shakespeare''s plays, plus revision resources for Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet.Table of ContentsIntroduction Synopsis Leading Characters in the Play King Lear: commentary Characters in the Play King Lear Appendix A: Quarto and Folio Appendix B: Shakespeare's Sources What the Critics have said Suggested Further Reading William Shakespeare 1564 - 1616 List of Shakespeare's Plays
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Oxford University Press Oxford School Shakespeare Henry IV Part 1
Book SynopsisHenry IV Part 1 is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists and classroom notes.Table of ContentsIntroduction - A 'History' Play - The Plantagents family tree - Leading Characters in the Play - Synopsis - Henry IV Part 1: Commentary - Sir John Falstaff - Sir John Falstaff: An Appreciation by Dr Samuel Johnson - Shakespeare's Verse - Source, Text, and Date Characters in the Play Henry IV Part 1 Selections from The Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland William Shakespeare, 1564 - 161 Approximate Dates of Composition of Shakespeare's Works Exploring Henry IV Part 1 in the Classroom - Ways into the Play - Setting the Scene - Keeping Track of the Action - Characters - Themes - Shakespeare's Language - Exploring with Drama - Writing about Henry IV Part 1 Further Reading and Resources
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Oxford University Press Measure for Measure
Book SynopsisOxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. Measure for Measure is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists and classroom notes.This title is suitable for all exam boards and for the most recent AS/A level specifications.Table of ContentsIntroduction - About the Play - Leading Characters in the Play - Synopsis - Measure for Measure: commentary - Measure for Measure and the art of Tragicomedy - Shakespeare's Verse - Source, Date, and Text People Measure for Measure A Song for Mariana What the Critics have said Classwork and Examinations - Discussion of Themes and Topics - Character Study - Activities - Context Questions - Critical Appreciation - Essays - Projects Further Reading William Shakespeare, 1564 - 1616 List of Shakespeare's Plays
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Oxford University Press Oxford School Shakespeare The Winters Tale
Book SynopsisThe Winter's Tale is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists and classroom notes.Table of ContentsIntroduction News of the World Leading Characters in the Play Synopsis The Winter's Tale: Commentary Fantastic! Source, text and date Shakespeare's Verse Characters in the Play The Winter's Tale The Winter's Tale: the Source What the Critics have said Hermione Speaks Songs in The Winter's Tale Background England in c.1611 Government Religion Education Language Drama Theatre William Shakespeare, 1564-1616 Approximate Dates of Composition of Shakespeare's Works Exploring The Winter's Tale in the Classroom Ways into the Play Setting the Scene Keeping Track of the Action Characters Themes Shakespeare's Language Exploring with Drama Writing about The Winter's Tale Further Reading and Resources
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Oxford University Press Rollercoasters Trash
Book SynopsisSoon to be made into a film, Raphael, Gardo and Rat are three street kids who sort through mountains of trash for anything they can sell or recycle. When they come across a mysterious bag amongst the rubbish, containing a key and a wallet, they are soon on the run, using their wits and quick tongues to stay ahead of the police.Trade ReviewThe story has an infectious energy...This is a highly entertaining and very satisfying book which should be recommended to all. It needs to be read. The Bookseller Mulligan raises issues of corruption, poverty, waste and excess in an exciting, but also grimly sad tale. The Financial Times Trash is a brilliant book. It's vibrant, exciting and incredibly well-written. John Boyne - author of 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'
£13.74
Oxford University Press New Oxford Playscripts The Devil Walks
Book SynopsisAn engaging classroom playscript. Daniel has never known the outside world. Raised in a dark, secluded room by his reclusive mother, his only comfort is a beautiful doll''s house, a replica of his mother''s childhood home. However, the unexpected arrival of a local doctor changes everything and Daniel begins to realize just how many secrets his mother has sheltered him from. His discovery of a sinister doll hidden within the doll''s house, and the sudden appearance of his mysterious uncle, Captain Severn, reveals a chilling family secret that Daniel must confront.
£15.85
