George and Lennie are migrant American workers - the one alert and protective, the other strong, stupid and potentially dangerous. This is the powerful story of their relationship and their dreams of finding a more stable and less lonely way of life.

Includes poems about Macavity, Old Deuteronomy, Mr Mistoffelees and many other cats.

Macbeth is one of the most popular texts for study by secondary students the world over. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including websites) and classroom notes.

Charles Keeping's illustrations won this book the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1982. This paperback edition presents the tale of the highwayman and his doomed love for Bess, the landlord's black-eyed daughter.

Features major news stories, cool facts and information on hot issues. This book presents press-packer stories from other kids, quizzes and information on what makes news newsworthy and tips on reporting and facts about journalism.

Oxford 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. This edition of Romeo and Juliet includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including websites) and classroom notes. Romeo and Juliet is a set text for KS3 in

One of four colour paperbacks in this series that form the most major relaunch of the Pooh paperback list in the last decade. Each title can be bought individually or in a stunning slipcase of all four titles: the perfect christening or birthday gift.

One of four colour paperbacks in this series that form the most major relaunch of the Pooh paperback list in the last decade. Each title can be bought individually or in a stunning slipcase of all four titles: the perfect christening or birthday gift.

A collection of contemporary and classic poems chosen by children from schools around the UK.

A collection of ribald rhymes featuring characters from fairy tales, fables and nursery rhymes. It covers stories ranging from The Tortoise and the Hare and Hansel and Gretel to Ali Baba and Aladdin .

Features snappy illustrations and outrageously absurd, difficult-to-read-aloud twimericks.

Features poems by Roger McGough, Michael Rosen, Charles Causley, Benjamin Zephaniah, Jackie Kay, Spike Milligan, John Agard, Brian Patten, Allan Ahlberg and Kit Wright.

Includes poems that span time, from Robert Louis Stevenson and Walter de la Mare to Roger McGough and Michael Rosen. This title covers such themes as mealtimes, playtime, animals, family and bedtime. It is suitable for youngreaders.

This new edition of Mrs Pepperpot Stories includes all of Alf Proysen's much-loved stories in one collection. Even though she's very small Mrs Pepperpot is a feisty individual, able to take on anyone and everything.

A collection of poems about school. It features poems about typical classroom events such as: the candid revelations in a pupil's newsbook, the problem of copycats, bickering, making up, swaps, picking teams, and forming gangs. It also features line drawings.

This is a collection of every kind of poem that could be useful for teachers to use in literacy hour. It contains fables, haiku, sonnets, modern poems, classic poems and poems especially written for this collection.

The winter landscape at Christmas, the story of the Nativity, the celebrations of the season, and the coming of the New Year-these are explored through more than 120 poems, both old and new. Included in this wonderful illustrated collection are poems by Ted Hughes, John Betjeman, W.H. Auden, Thomas Hardy, Michael Rosen, and many more.

Divided into four themed sections - Animals; Magic; Family, Friends and Foes; and, Matters of Importance, this collection of extracts, poems, letters and memoirs introduces some of the author's characters from Willy Wonka to the BFG, from the Witches to the Twits. It contains a touch of magic and is suitable for the author's fans.