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A collection of poems by Roger McGough and Christina Rosetti. At Key Stage 2 Wordsmith gives you 'single voice' collections of poetry. This approach enables children to familiarise themselves with the poets as individuals, learning about their lives and inspirations to help bring their work to life.

A collection of poems by Ted Hughes and John Agard. At Key Stage 2 Wordsmith gives you 'single voice' collections of poetry. This approach enables children to familiarise themselves with the poets as individuals, learning about their lives and inspirations to help bring their work to life.

On summer afternoons, eight-year-old Hailey meets Salamander in the woods. They've been friends forever, and if she asks, sometimes he'll tell her a story...

This is Dougal. His day job is pretty boring, but luckily he's got a really interesting hobby - deep-sea diving! Dougal doesn't usually find anything exciting on his dives (though he has seen over 100 different types of fish). He'd really like to find some mermaids, or discover the lost city of Atlantis.

FANTASTIC: A magical cupboard that can give you whatever you want ... for a price. An exciting adventure inside a virtual reality computer game and a glimpse into the future. FUNNY: A horse that really is as silly as it looks and a man who is lost in the desert, looking for water but finding nothing but ties! FRIGHTENING: A deep, dark basement that hides a nasty surprise; a strange but intriguing new house and a creepy newel post that lives at the bottom of the stairs ... Eight gripping short stories that will surprise, thrill, scare and even make you laugh out loud!

Maximus is a good boy and he always helps his parents. Everyone is happy, until one day a huge beanstalk crashes through their cottage! But that's not Maximus's biggest problem, oh no! Something keeps stealing his favourite things, but no one believes him. There's only one thing for it - Maximus must make a trip down the creepy beanstalk and solve the mystery himself...

Evacuated from London, David and Tucky feel like the war is a long way away from their new life in the countryside. Then one night the skyline of the moor is lit up with gun flashes, and the distant crump of bombing miles away brings the war back to them and shatters their new-found peace. When a German bomber crashes, the boys feel they should hate the airmen inside. But one of them saves David's life...

Ali enjoys battling make-believe monsters, but he doesn't want to bump into a real one! But wait - what's that hiding in the dark? Strange creepy shadows at night can only mean one thing... it's time for Operation Night Monster!

A collection of poems by Grace Nicholls and James Carter. At Key Stage 2 Wordsmith gives you 'single voice' collections of poetry. This approach enables children to familiarise themselves with the poets as individuals, learning about their lives and inspirations to help bring their work to life.

A collection of poems by Michael Rosen and Charles Causley. At Key Stage 2 Wordsmith gives you 'single voice' collections of poetry. This approach enables children to familiarise themselves with the poets as individuals, learning about their lives and inspirations to help bring their work to life.

"Where had he come from? Nobody knows. How was he made? Nobody knows." Tractors, ploughs, barbed-wire fences ... nothing is safe from the Iron Man. The farmers have a plan to save their machines, but will they need the Iron Man in the end?

My name is not actually Penny Dreadful. It is Penelope Joes. The 'Dreadful' bit is my dad's JOKE. But it is not even true that I am dreadful... honest. You see, the DISASTER with Rooney, our class rat, might not have been such a DISASTER if it wasn't for Cosmo Moon Webster and his AMAZING MAZE...

Three ordinary kids, Jared, Simon, and Mallory Grace, have entered another world - without leaving this one! Two remarkable talents, New York Times best-sellers Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, have risked everything to bring this remarkable account to light. The Spiderwick Chronicles! The truth lies within!

Christophe's story can help him fit into his new life, if he has the courage to tell it... Christophe has a story inside him - and this story wants to be told. But with a new country, a new school and a new language to cope with, Christophe can't find the right words. He wants to tell the whole school why he had to leave Rwanda, why he has a scar made by a bullet from a soldier's gun and what happened to his baby brother, but has he got the courage to be a storyteller? Christophe must find a way to break through all these barriers, so he can share his story with everyone.

Annie must cross the marsh to help save her sister, but the ghostly horseman is always close by... Annie knows the secrets of the great marsh. She's even heard about its ghost. But on a terrible night, when Annie must brave the storm alone, not even she knows what to expect.

These stories were first told three thousand years ago - so why are we still telling them? Because they are full of the things that fascinate anyone, in any country, at any time. There are adventures and jokes, fables and fairy stories, thrills and happy endings. In short, the Greek myths are just too good to forget.

The summer holidays are over. Jack and his friends are going back to school. This term is going to be different - they are getting a new teacher! Everyone wonders what the new teacher will be like. Some say she is batty. Others say she is ratty. But can she really be that bad?