New Releases by Geraldine Mccaughrean

What was it really like when the heavens opened and the world drowned? Everyone knows the story of the Flood: The man called on by God to build an ark. The animals that came on board two by two. The rain that fell for forty days and forty nights. But what about the rest of the story? What about Noah''s wife and daughters-in-law? And what if there was a daughter as well? How would it feel to head into the unknown, with only each other and all those animals? What would it be like to turn away friends and neighbors struggling in the water? Could all of it really be part of God''s Plan -- the hunger and pain and fear? Carnegie Medalist Geraldine McCaughrean transforms the familiar story into a provocative new tale that is told through the voices of Noah''s family, and even the animals. At the heart is a daughter who questions her father when no one else will.

It''s started. The secret''s out. People are coming from all over the country. Their hopes are high. The word on everyone''s lips is - GOLD. A rich tale of the lust for money that undermines an entire Brazilian town.

Gabriel has no idea what the future will hold when he runs away from his apprenticeship with the bad-tempered stonemason. But God Himself, in the shape of playmaster Garvey, has plans for him. He wants Gabriel for his angel...But will Gabriel''s new life with the travelling players be any more secure? In a world of illusion, people are not always what they seem. Least of all Gabriel.BLGeraldine McCaughrean is considered an exceptional writer of our time. She has won the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children''s Fiction Award, the Whitbread Award (twice) and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award.

Theseus is one of four wonderful Greek Hero retellings from Geraldine McCaughrean, with cover illustrations by Jason Cockroft.* Geraldine McCaughrean is one of the most highly-acclaimed living children''s writers, and is particularly renowned for her masterly retellings of traditional tales. She is winner of the Carnegie Medal, Guardian Children''s Fiction Award and the Whitbread Award (twice)* Geraldine McCaughrean and Jason Cockcroft are reunited - the prizewinning team behind the Blue Peter Book of the Year winner, A Pilgrim''s Progress* Perfect for fans of adult authors such as Mary Renault, or for readers of Adele Geras''s Troy* Myths and legends are required reading for the Natioanl Curriculum

It''s 1893 and for Cissy and her family, a new life beckons on the prairies of Oklahoma. Along with other settlers, they travel to Florence - a town yet to be built - and prepare for business alongside the Red Rock Railroad track. But the railroad company has other ideas. It wants to buy the land for itself - and when the settlers refuse to sell, the railroad boss swears his trains will never stop in Florence again. Without the train, there is no way the town can survive. So Cissy, her friends, family, and neighbours resolve to stop that train, come what may - by fair means or foul...

Up and up the wind drew him. Haoyou looked about him and saw the wholeworld beneath him. And it was his. The Great Miao, master of the Jade Circus, offers Haoyou the amazing chance to escape his family''s poverty -- by becoming a kite rider. Strapped onto a beautiful scarlet-and-gold kite, Haoyou is sent into the sky, earning money, freedom, and unexpected fame. Miao even plans for Haoyou to perform before Kublai Khan himself. From Carnegie Medalist Geraldine McCaughrean comes a dazzling story of adventure, betrayal, family, and sacrifice set in the dramatic world of thirteenth-century China.

Cat and Rat were best friends until they left their island home. Then the trouble started!

In this funny story a family become marooned in a hotel called Forever Xmas. They celebrate Christmas all year round, complete with dinner, presents and Father Christmas. Things are not the same when Mr Angel lands in a tree and the police arrive!

15 myths about the sun, the moon, and the stars from different cultures and countries...

Eleven-year-old Phelim and his companions, a Maiden, a Fool, and a strange black Horse, journey to the Stoor Worm''s lair to destroy the long-forgotten Worm and its Hatchlings, who have been roused from their slumber by the sounds of war.

Prepare to meet with witches, ghosts, mad kings and murderers in these retellings of ten of the best-known Shakespeare plays. The moving and tragic events of Romeo and Juliet; the chilling and bloody actions in Macbeth and the unearthly and mysterious happenings of The Tempest are just some of the stirring retellings this book contains.

Part of the Pelican Big Books series, this book contains a collection of Aesop''s fables. The teaching focus is on comparing and contrasting the two titles of each story and on the story themes and morals. The series has been specifically written for the shared reading part of the literacy hour and supports the genre requirements of the National Literacy Strategy.

From the English legend of Robin Hood and the West Indian story of Anansi the Spiderman to the lesser known Native American story of the first snow and the Kikuyu myth of how men and women finally agreed, this collection is a compilation of 22 universally appealing tales from such places as Polyneisa, Estonia, North America, Mexico, and Kikuyu. Full color.

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Once in a blue moon a path of moonlight appears to lead unwary travellers to Blue Moon Mountain - where all the beasts of mythology live. Joy longs to see a unicorn.

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.

A love and adventure story in which a single extraordinary event exaggerates every issue at stake and charges emotions to the point where only lightning''s flash can discharge the accumulated tensions. The author also wrote The Maypole.

This is the first version of El Cid for children, retold in a vivid and poetic style by the award-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean. Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar--El Cid--lived a life of high adventure and romance. His exploits will stir the imagination of children everywhere.

A mysterious stranger changes the lives of a teenage girl and her mother

An illustrated retelling of Geoffrey Chaucer''s famous work in which a group of pilgrims in fourteenth-century England tell each other stories as they travel on a pilgrimage to the cathedral at Canterbury.