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Book SynopsisThe New Paper Trails is a lively and provocative collection of 24 short-short stories suitable for upper primary and lower secondary students of English. This new edition of the original anthology includes a completely new set of stories, activities and exercises, along a bold and engaging design and illustrations and features work from well-known authors.Table of ContentsForeword; Topsy-turvy; Haunted - Victor Kelleher; The Affair at the Ritz - Carmel Bird; Displaced Persons - Leah Bobet; Discussion and activities; Listen to Your Elders!; Stuck for Words - Michael Panckridge; Jojo Learns to Dance - Meja Mwangi; The Wall - Vivian French; Discussion and activities; Beyond the Grave; The House - Barry Jonsberg; Ghost - Sophie Masson; The White Boat - Kate Constable; Discussion and activities; Monstered; Wet Sand Little Teeth - Mariko Tamaki; The Werewolf - Angela Carter; Endings - Garth Nix; Discussion and activities; Extended Families; Wild Africa - Justin D'Ath; The McGoodys- Joy Cowley; The Performance - Emily Weekes; Discussion and activities; Phobia Phobic; Winston - Gina Dillon; Eight Legs Two Wheels - Carole Wilkinson; D'Arcy - Angela Johnson; Discussion and activities; Strange Attractors; Jack of Hearts - Tim Pegler; The Station - Felicity Albrecht; The Fish - Ilka Tampke; Discussion and activities; Just Desserts; The Runaway Bike - Glen Ewers; My Ending Pose - Madeleine McGlade; The Case for the Defence - Graham Greene; Discussion and activities; Appendix;

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Book SynopsisThis catch-up workbook with targeted support is perfect for boostingthe confidence of your child in the weeks and months before theYear 6 National Tests. With revision and practice sections that focus on the tricky topics,you can be sure that when it comes to the real thing, they'llbe ready for lift off!

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Book SynopsisChallenge confident learners and stretch them to their full potential. This workbook is packed with fun activities to engage high achievers and extend their skills even further.

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Book SynopsisHelp your child make progress with this essential practice and revision title covering key knowledge and skills from the whole school year. Recap all the essential content, then check your skills with easy to use quick tests. Perfect support for the National Tests - in class or at home. Structured revision matched to the curriculum Recaps key English skills Includes activities and skills check questions Ideal preparation for Year 6 National Tests (Please note: content for the SATs Made Simple series has been derived from the Scholastic Maths/English Textbooks series and has been previously published under the Scholastic Revision Guide series.)

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Book SynopsisHelp your child make progress with this essential practice and revisiontitle covering key knowledge and skills from the whole schoolyear. Recap all the essential content, then check your skillswith practice questions and activities.

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Book SynopsisHelp your child make progress with this essential practice and revisiontitle covering key knowledge and skills from the whole schoolyear. Recap all the essential content, then check your skillswith practice questions and activities.

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Trade ReviewThis is an important publication for all working in English language education, not only for those working and researching young learner and teenage learning, but for those involved in reading and in the reading of literature ... Bland writes clearly and intelligently and has productively absorbed and applied a wealth of relevant and recent research ... I am convinced [this book] will become widely cited and known as more relevant readers find it, read it and see the need to recommend the author and the title ... and I would be pleased if this review can contribute to a speedier uptake of the ideas found therein * CLELE Journal *Relevant and accessible ... For me undoubtedly [this book's] strongest point is that every approach advocated is exemplified with engaging texts and tasks. The book is very persuasive in that all its major points are supported by relevant references to credible research ... [A] very impressive and valuable book which I really enjoyed reading. * ELT Journal *This is a comprehensive, innovative and thematically coherent book which provides powerful arguments for engaging with a wide variety of genres within children’s and young adult literature ... A worthwhile contribution to modern EFL teaching methodology -- Maria Eisenmann * Anglistik: International Journal of English Studies *With confident writing on children's literature as a 'highly expressive carrier of cultural meaning', the book contains excellent close readings of many picturebooks and graphic novels ... Packed with good ideas for using selected books as positive resources for literary language learning -- Victoria de Rijke, Middlesex University, UK * IRSCL *Bland’s volume does indeed fulfil her aim of generating a rationale for selecting works of children’s literature for use in EFL classrooms and identifying how certain kinds of literature might empower learners ... I have already added it to my own student teachers’ reading lists. -- Lydia Kokkola, Head of English and Education, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden * International Research Society for Children’s Literature (IRSCL) *[An] impressive feature of the book is the close segmental reading of diverse examples of children’s literature and graphic novels ... Children’s Literature and Learner Empowerment provides a theoretical and practical approach to providing ELL primary and secondary school learners with the use of authentic and engaging materials. * IATEFL Voices *It is quite natural to expect a book like this from Janice Bland ... Bland communicates her ideas fluently ... and she offers abundant references that are often interwoven with her own thoughts. She manages to construct a clear message that certainly finds its way to the reader ... In this way, student teachers are led in a valuable direction -- Silvija Hanžic Deda * Libri et Liberi journal *Put tersely, Bland’s Children’s Literature and Learner Empowerment is a spirited argument for using original, unabridged children’s and YA literature in the EFL classroom in place of truncated, artificial texts ... [Bland's book] offer[s] insights and arguments that will be valid long after academic capitalism has passed from the scene. No matter where your specific interest in children’s literature lies, these are important books to read. -- Marek Oziewicz, Marguerite Henry Professor of Children’s and Young Adult Fiction, University of Minnesota * The Lion and the Unicorn *This is a comprehensive, innovative, thought-provoking and topical book on children's literature which is equally relevant to scholars working in the field plus to teachers and students of languages and literature. * Werner Delanoy, Professor in the Department of English and American Studies, University of Klagenfurt, Austria *At a time when there is an increasing demand for the effective teaching of EFL and ESL/EAL, this book provides powerful arguments for engaging with a wide variety of genres within children’s and young adult literature and shows how constructing meaning from ‘well-crafted’ texts – including visual and radical texts – can help develop ‘literary literacy’ for children of all ages. Teacher educators will benefit most from the interdisciplinary nature of the book as the author shows how children’s literature scholarship is linked to TEFL theory and practice. However, the result of bringing these two fields together provides exciting new perspectives for all those interested in critical reading and creative writing with children and teenagers. * Evelyn Arizpe, Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, University of Glasgow, UK *Janice Bland’s new book is careful, precise and very fully referenced. She makes a compelling case for the need for teachers and other educators to pay more serious attention to the potential offered by children’s picturebooks. Literary and visual experience is shown to lead to engagement and creative thinking in the classroom which graded readers, extracts or non-fictional materials are unlikely to stimulate. Teachers of the ever-growing numbers of young learners of English in particular should pay close attention to this book. It should be on teacher training booklists and on the shelves of all good Education libraries. * Geoff Hall, Professor of English, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Introduction: The EFL Literature Classroom Part I: Visual Literacy in the EFL Literature Classroom 2. Developing the Mind’s Eye with Picturebooks 3. Bridging a Curricular Gap with Graphic Novels Part II : Literary Literacy in the EFL-Literature Classroom 4. Postmodern Fairy Tales: Co-constructing Meaning 5. The Poetry of Children’s Literature and Creative Writing 6. Children’s Plays: Beyond the Oracy/Literacy Dichotomy Part III: Critical Cultural Literacy in the EFL Literature Classroom 7. Radical Children’s Literature and Engaged Reading 8. Harry Potter and Critical Cultural Literacy Conclusion Bibliography References Index

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