Best Selling Books by Linda Newbery

Magic beans. Sow them. Plant them. Watch children grow. ''If you are a dreamer, come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hoper, a prayer, a magic-bean-buyer. If you''re a pretender, come sit by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in!'' - Shel Silverstein, Poet Each and every one of the stories in this anthology is a magic bean: a wondrous tale that will capture your imagination. Prepare to be dazzled by Rapunzel''s golden tresses. Prepare to be moved by the suffering of the Little Mermaid. Prepare to laugh yourself silly as ''Mr Sultana'' struggles to get the better of a little red rooster! Lovingly crafted by the finest authors and illustrators, these ''magic beans'' will delight, thrill and thoroughly entertain.

Stand quietly in a park, garden, or the woods one day. Listen! Watch! If you are one of the lucky ones, you will see him. Lob! A green man.You have to be a special person to see Lob, that s what Grandpa Will says. Lucy s parents don t believe he

Support for every short story (including access versions) *Two guided reading lesson plans per story *Writing, Drama, Speaking and Listening ideas to imaginatively extend teaching *Compare, contrast and connect work for short stories within each collection. Support for every novel *Independant reading and group work notes *Writing, Drama, Speaking and Listening ideas Ideal for teachers and teaching assistants

Streetwise is the follow-on series from Story Street for Primary Years 5 and 6, providing gripping stand-alone novels and short stories by top children''s authors. The Mystery of Mapplesham Market (Supernatural novel) Strange things are happening at Mapplesham Market and a mystery needs to be solved. Unusual objects are being stolen and bizarre things left in their place. Tom and Jamie are determined to find out who or what the mysterious J.S. is and just what his cryptic notes mean.

YA. A heartrending contemporary story set in the highly charged atmosphere of animal rights.

The third book in the powerful Moving On Trilogy. Top quality writing from a highly respected author. Nathan is always in trouble. He doesn''t want to be, it just happens. Then he finds Windfall, the local animal sanctuary, and things start to look up. He meets beautiful Saskia, and also Hazel, a maltreated dog nobody can get near to, except Nathan. He dreams of taking Hazel to live with his father. But how much time does Nathan''s father really have for him?

Jack and Alice are twins. When war breaks out in 1914 Jack joins the army and Alice becomes a nurse. This is a wonderfully evocative and dramatic story of war, love and pacifism.

Little dog Barney lives on a narrowboat with his owner, Jim. The pair are inseparable - until they get separated. Barney loves his life on the canals but the one thing he''s frightened of is tunnels. So when Jim sets off into a tunnel without him, Barney is distraught.

The second book in the Moving on trilogy based on the lives of a group of friends at an English school.