Books with author Paula Harrison

Buckle up! The highly successful 3-D Thrillers series is getting a tune-up.With 3-D THRILLERS: SPEED MACHINES AND MONSTER TRUCKS, young readers will be in for a whole new ride. Just like the previous books in the series, SPEED MACHINES AND MONSTER TRUCKS comes with customized 3-D glasses and is packed with dozens of awesome photos that will jump off the page. Kids will get to learn about their favorite fast vehicles and larger-than-life trucks. They'll learn about the fastest car on the planet, the Thrust SSC, which travels at 763 mph! And they'll be shocked when they discover that the longest monster truck jump ever was a massive 202 feet over a 727 airplane! These speed machines and monster trucks are bigger and badder now that they're in 3-D!

A piece a week. Piano Grade 1 is ideal to be used alongside the Improve your sight-reading! graded piano books to support and improve the reading skills so fundamental to successful sight-reading. These fun, short pieces are specifically written to be learnt one per week. By continually reading accessible new repertoire, the crucial processing of information and hand-eye coordination are established and improved, developing confident sight-reading. The ability to sight-read fluently is a vital skill, enabling students to learn new pieces more quickly and play with other musicians. The best-selling Improve your sight-reading! series, by renowned educationalist Paul Harris, is designed to develop sight-reading skills, especially in the context of graded exams.This is the full eBook edition in fixed-layout format.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Rosalind and the other princesses are in the Kingdom of Taldonia for the Autumn Ball. They all love playing with an adorable puppy named Patch. When a misunderstanding turns into an argument, Rosalind sets off on her own. But Patch gets lost in the woods-and Rosalind needs the other Rescue Princesses to help find him! Can she save Patch and get her friends back at the same time?

In a parallel universe, dragons are used for fuel and the people who understand them are feared as spies and traitors. Dorissa and Menilly, estranged sisters descended from the dragon-people, are desperate to find their runaway brother before he falls victim to the urban underworld. But the mysterious Mr Beringer believes they are the only key to saving the country from revolution. Who can be trusted in a fog-bound city, which simmers with unrest and deceit?

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. These are no ordinary princesses--they're Rescue Princesses! Princess Emily sometimes wishes that being a princess meant more than wearing fancy dresses and performing endless curtsies. She longs for a life-changing adventure--and she may just get one! Someone is plotting to hurt the deer who live in beautiful Mistberg Forest. Together with some new friends, Emily will have to use her smarts, her savvy, and even some newfound ninja skills to save them.

The Rescue Princesses are sledging through the beautiful snow of Northenland when they meet Princess Freya. She would love to join them but her father, King Eric, thinks sledging is too dangerous for a proper princess. Freya longs to prove him wrong, and impress her new friends too! Her chance comes when a tiny, mischievous kitten runs away from the castle and gets stuck on a broken branch above an icy pond. Can Freya rescue Minky from his perilous perch? And what will her father say when he finds out she's determined to try.?

Cambridge Primary Mathematics Word Problems Stage 6 provides a database of over 600 mathematical problems matched to the Cambridge Primary curriculum. Questions can be selected according to level of difficulty, operation and topic, allowing you to create and customise differentiated activity sheets and whiteboard screens for consolidation and practice of problem solving skills.

The homes of ancient Rome varied largely by the class of the homeowner. Wealthy, powerful Romans often had houses with open courtyards with decorative fountains, while the plebeians lived in small, closed apartments. This book opens the door to the ins and outs of Roman homes and the daily lives that occurred inside them. Rich illustrations capture they eye and imagination, and quote panels from texts of the age are included to put the information in full context.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Northernland is the snowiest kingdom the Rescue Princesses have ever visited. They are delighted to go sledding, drink hot cocoa, and make friends with the girl who lives there, Princess Freya. When Princess Freya's mischievous kitten goes missing, the princesses leap into action. They have to find the kitten--even if it means letting Freya in on their Rescue Princess secret.

In 2013, following the shock resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, a little-known cardinal from Argentina was elected pope. Jorge Bergoglio became the first Jesuit pope, the first pope from the Americas, the first pope from the southern hemisphere and the first non-European pope in over one thousand years. But what is the background of this extraordinary man? And how did he go from Argentinian nightclub bouncer to Pope Francis, the leader of one of the most widely-practiced religions in the world?The Pope looks at his remarkable story, and how, as Pope Francis, he has become such a popular and widely celebrated leader. His humility and his concern for the poor are examined, along with his views on the issues facing the Catholic Church.The Catholic faith, and the role it plays in the lives of people around the world, is explained, as is the church s place in the twenty-first century. Some of the more complex terms and processes of the church, for example the way in which a pope is elected, are explained in separate boxes on each spread.