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Little Red Riding Hood (PDF)
by Jenny GilesThis well-known story was collected by both Perrault (France, 1690's) and the Brothers Grimm(Germany, 1820's. ) Many traditional tales have crossed the language boundaries in this way. Set in a German forest, circa 1700.
Love Online (Contents Ser.)
by Lisa TuttleIn this brand new story by award-winning author Lisa Tuttle, a girl online finds more than she ever dreamed . . .When Rose moves to America to stay with her grandmother, the internet enables her to keep in touch with her family and play games in multi-user domains.She meets Orson, Olivia and Simon in the 'domain' of Illyria, where they become people they are not and find a deeper truth in fantasy.
The Moon King
by Siobhán ParkinsonRicky has withdrawn from the world into his own inner space. Placed in a foster home which is full of sunshine and goodness, he is uncertain how to become part of family life. He often retreats to his favourite hideaway, a special chair in the attic, and adopts the pose of the Moon King. From this situation relationships slowly begin to grow ... but it is not a smooth path and at times Ricky just wants to leave it all behind.
Oxford Reading Tree, Level 1, First Words: Six in a Bed
by Rodrick HuntThe First Words series is a set of six Level 1 titles designed to fill a perceived gap between the wordless Level 1 books and Level 2. They introduce the Level 1 key words (the characters' names, a, and and the) in a set of motivating child-centred stories. Where does the mysterious spaceman come from? why is Floppy out of favour? and what happens to Mum and Dad's bed? Look in on the Biff and Chip Show; join the family having fun at the beach; and find out what's cooking.
The Sacrifice (PDF)
by Diane MatcheckEveryone believes it was her twin brother, Born-great, who was to become leader of the Apsaalooka (Crow) people, but Weak-one is certain that it is she who is destined for greatness. Years after her brother's death, she sets off to prove it. 9780374363789
Sisters ... No Way!
by Siobhán ParkinsonCindy, a with-it and cynical young teen, still traumatised by her mother's recent death, is appalled when her father falls in love with one of her teachers, a woman with two teenage daughters of her own. Surely he can't be serious? She cannot imagine a worse fate than having a teacher as her stepmother, and as for the two prissy girls - she is never going to call them sisters ... no way! But, if Cindy dislikes her prospective stepsisters, they think she is an absolute horror - spoiled, arrogant and atrociously rude to them and their mother when they visit her house. Whatever about their mother marrying again, they can't imagine being landed with Cindy as a sister ... no way! But the parents are going to marry, and the girls are going to be family, like it or not. So who gives in? Is there any room for compromise? Will the unlikely trio of stepsisters ever change their minds about each other? TWO GREAT BOOKS IN ONE In a unique feature the girls' stories are told in two separate back-to-back books, one for Cindy and the other for Ashling and Alva. The reader can choose which story to begin with, getting a very different viewpoint on the girls depending on whose side of the story they read first. Cover of Ashling's diary:
Skellig (PDF)
by David AlmondThe beautiful and haunting novel that launched David Almond as one of the best children's writers of today. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread children's book of the Year Award.
Someone Like You
by Sarah DessenQuiet Halley and popular Scarlett have been friends for years, balancing each other perfectly - until the summer of their 16th birthdays. Scarlett's boyfriend is killed in a motorbike accident, just before she discovers she is carrying his baby. Now, for the first time, Scarlett really needs Halley at the same time as Halley needs her. Halley is caught up in the spell of first love, and the pressure to lose her virginity...Each with their own problems, can this friendship survive the strain of support that both Halley and Scarlett expect from each other?
Vicious Veg (PDF)
by Nick Arnold Tony De SaullesScience with the squishy bits left in! How do plants suck out the insides of dead insects? Why do stinging nettles like skeletons? Which fungi can make your toes drop off? Get the awful answers in Vicious Veg!
A Winter of Spies: Ireland’s War of Independence: when the truth can get you killed
by Gerard WhelanA sequel to The Guns of Easter which won the Eilís Dillon Memorial Award and a Bisto Merit Award. This books tells the exciting story of Sarah (Jimmy's young sister) and their family who are involved in the spying activities of Michael Collins during the War of Independence. Sarah, a young eleven-year-old, cannot figure out why her family is so neutral towards the war and why everybody is so secretive. A strong rebel herself, she wants to do her bit for Ireland. Then she finds out the terrible truth - and she too carries secrets which could cost her her life.
Alice to the Lighthouse: Children’s Books and Radical Experiments in Art
by Juliet DusinberreAlice to the Lighthouse is the first and only full-length study of the relation between children's literature and writing for adults. Lewis Carroll's Alice books created a revolution in writing for and about children which had repercussions not only for subsequent children's writers - such as Stevenson, Kipling, Nesbit, Frances Hodgson Burnett and Mark Twain - but for Virginia Woolf and her generation. Virginia Woolf's celebration of writing as play rather than preaching is the twin of the Post-Impressionist art championed by Roger Fry. Dusinberre connects books for children in the late nineteenth century with developments in education and psychology, all of which feed into the modernism of the early twentieth century.
Benny and Babe
by Eoin ColferSequel to the No. 1 Bestseller Benny & Omar Benny, the sports-mad, carefree lad whose adventures in Tunisia have convinced him that he can take on the world, suffers a severe blow to his pride when he meets Babe. He may be a wise guy, but she is at least three steps ahead of him. And he's on her territory. Benny is visiting his grandfather in the country for the summer holidays and finds his position as a 'townie' make him the object of much teasing by the natives. Babe is the village tomboy, given serious respect by the all the local tough guys. She runs a thriving business, rescuing the lost lures and flies of visiting fishermen and selling them at a tidy profit. Babe just might consider Benny as her business partner. But things become very complicated, and dangerous, when Furty Howlin also wants a slice of the action. And that's not the only problem for Benny. A disco reveals a transformed Babe– can they still be friends now that she is a real girl? Benny and Babe was shortlisted for the Reading Association of Ireland Award 2001.
Black Harvest (Collins Modern Classics)
by Ann PillingThe rugged west coast of Ireland seems like the perfect place for a holiday. Then everything starts to go wrong. Colin is aware of an awful smell coming off the land, a smell of death and decay…
Faraway Home
by Marilyn TaylorKarl and Rosa's family watch in horror as Hitler's troops parade down the streets of their home city -- Vienna. It has become very dangerous to be a Jew in Austria, and after their uncle is sent to Dachau, Karl and Rosa's parents decide to send the children out of the country on a Kindertransport, one of the many ships carrying refugee children away from Nazi danger. Isolated and homesick, Karl ends up in Millisle, a run-down farm in Ards in Northern Ireland, which has become a Jewish refugee centre, while Rosa is fostered by a local family. Hard work on the farm keeps Karl occupied, although he still waits desperately for any news from home. Then he makes friends with locals Peewee and Wee Billy, and also with the girls from neutral Dublin who come to help on the farm, especially Judy. But Northern Ireland is in the war too, with rationing and air-raid warnings, and, in April 1941 the bombs of the Belfast Blitz bring the reality of war right to their doorstep. And for Karl and Rosa and the other refugees there is the constant fear that they may never see their parents again. Based on a true story -- there was a refugee farm at Millisle and among its occupants was a young boy called Karl.
Farm Boy
by Michael MorpurgoThis touching story of the close relationship between grandson and grandfather, and the special secret they share, is enhanced by factual illustrations of farming history from the beginning of the century.
Farm Boy (PDF)
by Michael MorpurgoThis touching story of the close relationship between grandson and grandfather, and the special secret they share, is enhanced by factual illustrations of farming history from the beginning of the century.
Footprints in the Sand (Back-2-Back #1)
by Chloe RaybanThe first of two exciting titles in the new BACK-2-BACK series. Told with an authentic teenage voice, these stories really hit the right note.
France And Women, 1789-1914: Gender, Society And Politics (PDF)
by James F. McmillanFrance and Women, 1789-1914 is the first book to offer an authoritative account of women's history throughout the nineteenth century. James McMillan, author of the seminal work Housewife or Harlot, offers a major reinterpretation of the French past in relation to gender throughout these tumultuous decades of revolution and war. This book provides a challenging discussion of the factors which made French political culture so profoundly sexist and in particular, it shows that many of the myths about progress and emancipation associated with modernisation and the coming of mass politics do not stand up to close scrutiny. It also reveals the conservative nature of the republican left and of the ingrained belief throughout french society that women should remain within the domestic sphere. James McMillan considers the role played by French men and women in the politics, culture and society of their country throughout the 1800s.
In Deep Dark Wood
by Marita Conlon-McKennaThe mysterious arrival of Bella Blackwell, 'The Bird Woman', to the village of Ballyglen disturbs the peace and quiet of the Murphy household next door. Granny Rose is suspicious of Bella, and Rory doesn't trust her, but ten-year-old Mia falls under the old woman's spell. Bella tells Mia of a faraway place, a world where dragons and giants and ancient magic still exists, and asks Mia to become her apprentice and learn the old ways. One dark night Mia disappears and Rory, determined to find his sister, follows her to a world he does not believe in. Riding the 'Shadow Hound', he journeys to a strange land of legendary creatures and terrible dangers. Bella uses all her powers to prevent the brother and sister finding each other, but Rory begins a brave quest to rescue his sister, break the strange enchantment that Bella has over her and find a way home.
Just 16
by Jean Ure15 year old Sam is alway being teased for not having gone all the way with a girl. When he meets Priya they form a strong emotional bond, and after a time their relationship becomes physical. Then Priya becomes pregnant.
Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 1997/98: Mit einer Gesamtbibliographie der Veröffentlichungen des Jahres 1997
Die vierte Folge des mittlerweile im In- und Ausland viel beachteten und intensiv genutzten Jahrbuches bietet wie stets das Verzeichnis der im Vorjahr erschienenen Fachliteratur - ca. 1600 Titel - sowie zahlreiche Rezensionen wissenschaftlicher Neuerscheinungen zur Kinder- und Jugendliteratur, zur literarischen Sozialisation und zur Lese(r)forschung.
Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 1998/99: Mit einer Gesamtbibliographie der Veröffentlichungen des Jahres 1998
Die fünfte Folge des im In- und Ausland viel beachteten »Jahrbuchs« steht ganz im Zeichen des 100. Geburtstags von Erich Kästner, dem wohl bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Kinderschriftsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts.
Klassiker der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur: Ein internationales Lexikon. Band 1: A-K, Band 2: L-Z
by Bettina Kümmerling-MeibauerMit diesem Lexikon wird erstmals ein repräsentativer Überblick über ca. 500 klassische Kinder- und Jugendbücher aus über 60 Ländern geboten. Dabei sind nicht nur die allgemein bekannten westeuropäischen und nordamerikanischen Kinder- und Jugendbuchklassiker berücksichtigt, sondern ebenso Beispiele aus den übrigen europäischen Regionen, Afrika, Asien, Südamerika und Australien einschließlich der jeweiligen Minoritätenliteraturen.
Out of Nowhere
by Gerard WhelanA boy wakes up in bed in a room built of stone. He knows his name is Stephen, but he can remember nothing else about himself. He discovers that he's in a remote monastery being looked after by a group of monks. Beyond the monastery walls, all traces of human life have simply disappeared. Villages deserted, doors left open, with taps left running, but no people. And with all means of communication down, he has no way of knowing if the rest of the world has disappeared too. Then the visitors arrive, strange men with unnatural powers, and when he discovers who they really are it turns his whole world inside out and changes everything he ever believed. Out of Nowhere was shortlisted for the Reading Association of Ireland Award 2001.