Best Selling Books by Geraldine McCaughrean

This collection of infant reading books works as the skills-focused backbone of guided reading resources, with step-by-step skills coverage and the full range of genre. The scheme correlates to the NLS and the Scottish 5-14 Attainment targets for children.

Sophie, a bad-tempered and unhappy child, changes her view of the world when the Great Moon Rabbit carries her to the moon, where she learns to look for the good in people and thereby feel happier herself.

El País de Nunca Jamás llama de nuevo... Algo extraño está sucediendo en el País de Nunca Jamás. Los sueños están saliendo de allí. Son sueños de piratas y sirenas, de pinturas de guerra y cocodrilos, que se hacen realidad. Para Wendy y los niños perdidos, hoy convertidos en adultos serios y respetables, esto es una señal de que Peter Pan necesita ayuda, así que deciden volar al País de Nunca Jamás. Cuando llegan allí, todo ha cambiado y los peligros con los que se van a enfrentar están muy lejos de ser sólo sueños...

Tamo White, el hijo del pirata, decide abandonar la escuela y volver a casa en busca de su madre en compañía de Nathan, quien ha quedado huérfano y desamparado, y de Magda, la hermana de éste. Cruzan el océano Índico y llegan a Madagascar. En estas tierras lejanas y desconocidas, plagadas de peligros, los tres jóvenes encuentran la clave de sus vidas.

Mum always liked to buy Neil clothes big enough for him to ''grow into?. And his new cricket jumper makes him look like a lamb in sheep?s clothing! But Mum goes too far when she buys a new wardrobe and that, too, is far TOO BIG. It won?t fit in the front door, it won?t go through the downstairs windows. And, when Mum and Dad finally work out how to get it in the house, Neil - and his too-big cricket jumper - cause a very surprising outcome- one that Neil likes very much indeed!

În fiecare an, în miezul verii, Quill și prietenii săi sunt duși pe Stânca Războinicului, un pinten abrupt de piatră aflat în mijlocul oceanului, să vâneze păsările care cuibăresc acolo. Dar, vara aceasta, barca nu mai vine să-i ia înapoi acasă. Cu siguranță, numai sfârșitul lumii ar putea fi motivul pentru care au fost abandonați în bătaia furtunilor, condamnați să reziste foamei și spaimei de moarte. Cum oare ar putea supraviețui?

被「騙」一次還不夠？再被騙個兩、三次才過癮！ 一個自稱來自「樂丁」、名叫MCC．伯克夏的神祕男子，對於書本有著不可自拔的迷戀。他在艾莎母親所經營的骨董家具店內幫忙。沒想到，一件件破舊不堪、毫不起眼的家具，在他口中都成了參與精采歷史的寶物與證物。 11件骨董、11則故事、11個場景、11種風格，讓MCC．伯克夏帶給你11種滿足，陪你經歷11種不同的人生，讓你被騙得心甘情願、會心一笑！ 三版新增臺北市立大學教育學——葛琦霞博士「從虛構走向真實」專文導讀，臺北市關渡國小——張碧珊老師「延伸閱讀設計」，帶領讀者深入本書的內容核心。 【本書關鍵字】 奇幻、生命教育、虛實探究、創意想像、說故事、骨董 【本書資料】 無注音 適讀年齡：11歲以上 本書特色 一、主角設定特殊深具魅力 二、11篇短篇故事精采絕妙 三、短篇故事主題豐富多元 四、具自我意識的後設小說形式 五、「謊話」與「虛構」的重新定義 得獎紀錄 ★ 1988年英國卡內基文學獎 ★ 1989年英國衛報兒童小說獎 ★「教育部國民中小學新生閱讀推廣計畫」推薦選書入選書單 ★文化部優良讀物推介 ★「好書大家讀」選書 ★臺北市國小兒童深耕閱讀計畫優良圖書 ★新北市推動閱讀優良圖書 國外評論 令人驚豔的小說！古怪多變、絕無僅有的獨特筆觸，拉著讀者一路往下讀，直到那個意想不到的結局。——英國衛報The Guardian 精妙絕倫，趣味橫生！——英國獨立報The Independent 每個故事皆以不同文體（哥德式、敘事詩、民間故事）書寫而成，個個引人入勝。作者以精湛的寫作手法橫跨多種主題，而每個故事都有令人驚奇的轉折，使各個故事互相交錯與延伸。整本小說充滿麥考琳的細膩與幽默。——出版者週刊Publishers Weekly

These are the stories our ancestors told to explain how the world began; or they are the legends of half-remembered heroes and people whose lives were changed by magic. Brilliantly retold in the sparkling and inspirational words of the multiple award-winning and much-loved children''s author, Geraldine McCaughrean, the tales will delight and entertain readers of all ages. Together, GEORGE AND THE DRAGON AND A WORLD OF OTHER STORIES with its two companion volumes, ROBIN HOOD AND A WORLD OF OTHER STORIES and KING ARTHUR AND A WORLD OF OTHER STORIES, make a wonderful gift collection of classic tales from around the world - many of them unavailable anywhere else.

A retelling of the Greek tale of how Perseus, a good and brave young man, is helped by the gods to cut off the head of the monster Gorgon Medusa. Suggested level: primary.

Greek myths are high priority in schools and Geraldine McCaughrean¿s brilliant idea of turning them into short plays for children to perform should be a winner. These twenty-five favourites include King Midas, Perseus and Andromeda, Orpheus and Eurydice, and Theseus and the Minotaur. They can be performed singly or several in one performance, for which a dramatic framework has been supplied. They are easy to stage, with casts that can be expanded or contracted, and there are notes and suggestions for simple props and costumes. Enhanced by Richard Brassey''s line drawings, these plays are as much fun to read as they are to perform.

Odysseus makes the perilous journey homeward, facing the Cyclops and the angry sea god Poseidon along the way. 5-8 yrs.

A Workbook enabling children to practise the language points presented in the Reader. These workbooks accompany the popular Collins Big Cat series. They enable children to practice and reinforce the target vocabulary and language structures presented in each corresponding Collins Big Cat reader through enjoyable puzzles, games and activities, as well as through more traditional comprehension exercises. Tracing, copying and eventually free-writing tasks build and develop children''s writing skills as they progress through the Bands, Pink A to Lime. A fun quiz to test understanding, and a reward certificate at the back of each Workbook, enable children to feel a sense of progress as they learn to read more confidently in English.

Escape into a world of knights and princesses, wicked witches and talking frogs. All the best-known favourites are here-including Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Hansel and Gretel-together with rarer gems to be discovered. The perfect collection for sharing, or for blissful moments alone, this is a book to treasure.

In the 1920s, as Neverland chafes against the Here and Now, holes are worn in the fabric that lies between, allowing nightmares to leak out and causing Wendy and the Lost Boys to return to help Peter Pan save Neverland.

Som als anys trenta i el món acaba de passar una gran guerra. Els Nens Perduts ja s’han fet grans i la terra de Mai-més els queda tan lluny com un somni. De cop, però, terribles malsons comencen a escolar-se dins dels seus caps i les seves nits es converteixen en un infern. La Wendy de seguida s’adona que això només pot voler dir que alguna cosa terrible està passant a la terra de Mai-més i en Peter Pan està en perill... potser de mort. Davant d’aquest temor no tenen altra opció que tornar a la terra de Mai-més per descobrir què està passant i donar un cop de mà a en Peter Pan, però quan hi arriben tot és molt pitjor que el més horrible dels malsons. Peter Pan i la levita escarlata va guanyar el concurs convocat pel Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity per trobar el que és la seqüela oficial del clàssic universal de J. M. Barrie. Respectant l’estil estrany i elusiu de l’original, McCaughrean aconsegueix transportar-nos a un món ple de pirates i fades on cal pols màgica per superar els perills i on retrobarem els antics personatges i farem nous amics amb qui passarem fantàstiques aventures que ens atraparan fins a l’última pàgina.Geraldine McCaughrean és una de les autores juvenils més importants del moment. Ha guanyat molts premis i és coneguda i admirada arreu del món per la varietat i originalitat dels seus llibres, així com també per la seva sorprenent destresa narrativa. Geraldine viu a Berkshire amb el seu marit i la seva filla.