Books published by publisher Oxford Univ Pr

A wonderful new series of well-told, beautifully illustrated biographies, for children aged 6-9 years, featuring great leaders, heroes, pioneers, inventors and scientists from the past.Each biography tells an exciting story about a real person, that can be read either alone or by a parent or teacher. The colourful artwork will stimulate the imagination and linger in the memory. The biographies link in with National Curriculum KS1 and KS2, History, English, science and othersubjects.Young children love a good story. What better way to introduce them to the giants of our past than through these delightful books?

When Peter sees the model ship in the shop window, he wants it more than anything else on Earth. But this is no ordinary model. The ship takes Peter and the other children on magical flights, wherever they ask to go. Time after time the magic ship takes them on different exciting adventures,to different countries, and to different times. And why should magic ever end?

A wonderful new series of well-told, beautifully illustrated biographies with dramatic, evocative illustrations on every page. Each book tells the story of a remarkable person from the past, whose name and achievements have lived on far beyond their own time.Lively, narrative text by skilled storytellersColourful, picturebook style artwork will stimulate the imagination and linger in the memoryInternational range of charactersEach has a timeline and index for easy referenceThe biographies link in with National Curriculum KS1 and KS2Young children love a good story. What better way to introduce them to the giants of our past than through these delightful books?The titles in the series have been chosen to cover a wide range of characters and to have both national and international appeal.

This is the heart-warming story of how three of the Kitson children help the wealthy merchant woo their older sister Annaple with a different gift for each of the twelve days of Christmas - with hilarious results! But as the house groans at the seams with partridges, calling birds, swans,maids-a-milking, etc., will Annaple really succumb to the romance of it all, or will she just want the house returned to its normal, tidy state!