Books with author Frances O Thomas NCC

How old were you the first time someone asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"A few lucky souls recognized their dream job early in life. Many of us, however, stumbled on a career by accident. It may have made us a living, but did it give us the life we wanted? We never got the career counseling we needed to make a better choice.If you are a teenager just starting to sort out what to do with your life, this workbook will give you step by step guidance through the process.If you are the parent, grandparent, or loving aunt or uncle of a teen, what better gift than to give the student in your life the tools to make this important decision?

Hermione has been thrown out by her father Menelaus, king of Sparta, and sent to stay with her uncle Agamemnon at Mycaenae. Menelaus is angry. Hermione’s mother Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, has eloped with Paris, the young prince of Troy, and at present Menelaus can’t even bear to see his daughter.The journey to Mycaenae brings both joy and sadness to Hermione. She meets a boy with a mop of yellow hair and a lop-sided smile, who also has a famous parent.But tragedy is building. Agamemnon and Menelaus plan to make war on Troy. Menelaus aims to win back his wife; and Agamemnon wants to attain Troy’s gold. However, Agamemnon has offended a powerful goddess and there will be a price to pay – one more terrible than Hermione could ever have imagined…

How old were you the first time someone asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"A few lucky souls recognized their dream job early in life. Many of us, however, stumbled on a career by accident. It may have made us a living, but did it give us the life we wanted? We never got the career counseling we needed to make a better choice.If you are a teenager just starting to sort out what to do with your life, this workbook will give you step by step guidance through the process.If you are the parent, grandparent, or loving aunt or uncle of a teen, what better gift than to give the student in your life the tools to make this important decision?

Electra is eagerly looking forward to her father Agamemnon’s triumphant return to Mycenae after the long war in Troy. But his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus have other plans – Clytemnestra cannot forgive her husband for the sacrifice of her eldest daughter Iphigenia at the start of the war, and Aegisthus covets the kingship. Instead of celebrating his return, they murder him horribly; and suddenly Mycenae isn’t a safe place for Electra or her brother Orestes. Orestes goes into exile, and Electra has to submit to a humiliating fate. When Orestes eventually returns, there is only one word on his mind – revenge!What part will Electra play in this?

Captured by pirates as a small girl, Eirene is now slave to the princess Cassandra of Troy. Troy was once a peaceful and beautiful city but ever since Queen Helen of Sparta abandoned her husband and daughter for the Trojan prince Paris, the Greek armies led by Agamemnon of Mycenae, have been waging war on Troy. Troy’s champion is the dazzling Hector, eldest son of King Priam, but the Greeks have the great warrior Achilles. Who will be victorious?The gods have taken sides in this war, but they have their own plans too and when Cassandra offends the god Apollo, he takes a terrible revenge on her. Eirene’s position becomes even more difficult. She has dreams of fire and destruction but can her devotion to the goddess Athene save her?

'Illustrated by the amazingly talented Ross Collins, this is for anyone - small or big - with an overactive imagination.' Vivian French, The Guardian 'Ross Collins' irresistible monsters are the perfect vehicle for a story so reassuring that the end can only be met with a sigh of complete satisfaction.' Lindsey Fraser, The Scotsman Supposing you woke up and the house was on fire and there was a big black hole in the floor beside your bed and you fell in and a spider fell in on top of you ...In this skillfully sensitive book about nightmares, that is just what a little monster's nightmares are about, until his mother soothes him and lays all his fears to rest. Her stories of pancake breakfasts, country walks and buying balloons soon reminds the little monster that his worries were just bad dreams. A loving and touching book that deals with a subject common to all parents and children. The Author: Frances Thomas lives in London. She is the author of eleven books for children and is published by Hamish Hamilton, Bodley Head and Andersen Press. The Illustrator: Ross Collins lives in Glasgow. He has illustrated five other picture books for Macmillan, Hodder Headline and Watts Publishers.

Hermione has been thrown out by her father Menelaus, king of Sparta, and sent to stay with her uncle Agamemnon at Mycaenae. Menelaus is angry. Hermione's mother Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, has eloped with Paris, the young prince of Troy, and at present Menelaus can't even bear to see his daughter. The journey to Mycaenae brings both joy and sadness to Hermione. She meets a boy with a mop of yellow hair and a lop-sided smile, who also has a famous parent. But tragedy is building. Agamemnon and Menelaus plan to make war on Troy. Menelaus aims to win back his wife; and Agamemnon wants to attain Troy's gold. However, Agamemnon has offended a powerful goddess and there will be a price to pay - one more terrible than Hermione could ever have imagined...

Captured by pirates as a small girl, Eirene is now slave to the princess Cassandra of Troy. Troy was once a peaceful and beautiful city but ever since Queen Helen of Sparta abandoned her husband and daughter for the Trojan prince Paris, the Greek armies led by Agamemnon of Mycenae, have been waging war on Troy. Troy's champion is the dazzling Hector, eldest son of King Priam, but the Greeks have the great warrior Achilles. Who will be victorious? The gods have taken sides in this war, but they have their own plans too and when Cassandra offends the god Apollo, he takes a terrible revenge on her. Eirene's position becomes even more difficult. She has dreams of fire and destruction but can her devotion to the goddess Athene save her?

Electra is eagerly looking forward to her father Agamemnon's triumphant return to Mycenae after the long war in Troy. But his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus have other plans - Clytemnestra cannot forgive her husband for the sacrifice of her eldest daughter Iphigenia at the start of the war, and Aegisthus covets the kingship. Instead of celebrating his return, they murder him horribly; and suddenly Mycenae isn't a safe place for Electra or her brother Orestes. Orestes goes into exile, and Electra has to submit to a humiliating fate. When Orestes eventually returns, there is only one word on his mind - revenge! What part will Electra play in this?