Most Popular Books by Susan Price

Zoe has heard all about Mrs Beckerdyke, all about how she has special powers, how she can contact the spirit world, how she is a witch. A dark and disturbing novel by the award-winning author of The Sterkarm Handshake.

"Chris, you''re guilty! You''re an atheist!"In the 16th Century your faith, or lack of it, could get you killed... Christopher Uptake, too outspoken for his own good, is easy prey. When his talent attracts the patronage of wealthy Edmund Brentwood, he thinks himself lucky but it proves to be his undoing. Brentwood, a secret Catholic, is involved in dangerous Tudor politics.Enter a ruthless spy-master, who hunts down and destroys Catholics, and who threatens Chris with arrest, torture and execution as a heretic, unless he spies on his friend.Chris tries to warn Brentwood, but learns that his patron is also a dangerous man.Caught up in these plots, can Chris escape with his life?Susan Price is an acclaimed author of over 60 books, which have been translated into many languages, including Japanese, Chinese and Russian. She has written for almost every age-group, and has won several awards, including the Carnegie and the Guardian, and has been short-listed for the Whitbread.She is a founder member of the Authors Electric Collective (Find them on-line.)Visit her Amazon Author Page to find out more about her books, and links to her website and blogs.

These exciting new TreeTops Myths and Legends are guaranteed to appeal to all your junior readers - whatever their cultural background, gender or enthusiasms. These are the oldest and most enduring stories in the world, retold by leading contemporary children''s authors to bring out all of theaction, drama, humour and depth of the original stories in a way that makes them as exciting and meaningful today as ever.The strand is comprised of 24 books, telling a total of around 65 traditional stories from around the world. All of the stories are fully illustrated with stunning, vibrant images. The stories are carefully levelled, making them accessible to the average 7-11 year old reader. A thought-provokingletter from the author explains something about the background of the stories and the process of writing or retelling them. The letter also encourages the reader to make links between stories in a collection - prompting a fascinating investigation of the similarities and differences between storiesthat have evolved from different cultures around the world.Free teaching notes with each pack offer suggestions on how to develop higher order comprehension and writing skills. They also provide short introductions to many of the stories and discussion points to promote meaningful speaking and listening, and reflective reading. The stories are ideal formaking strong links to other areas of curriculum.

There is one door you must not open. If you do, you may find treasure. Or you may find something much, much worse. Here are six haunting tales about those who dared to open the door...

Originally written for the Cambridge Reading series, this is Carnegie Medal winning author Susan Price''s retelling of the traditional story ''The Gingerbread Man.'' "Once a girl made a chapatti for her tea. But the chapatti didn''t want to be eaten. Up from the table it jumped, and out of the door it ran, singing, ''Run, run, as fast as you can, You can''t put me in your frying pan!''" The chapatti leads the girl on a merry chase that involves a friendly dog, a cheeky monkey and a long crocodile before finding a big suprise in the deep jungle! This simple tale, humorously told, is ideal for instilling a love of reading, with its repeated refrain, and phrases picked out in speech bubbles, helping children to quickly recognise the key words: ''stop, '' ''come, '' ''back, '' ''and, '' ''my, '' ''the.'' Suitable for ages 3-4. The lively illustrations, full of movement and gorgeous colour, will have children asking for the story again and again.

A red squirrel... A stone squirrel... a stone squirrel of red carnelion runs up and down a tree, cracking nuts. For every nut the squirrel cracks, she must tell a story. Gold nuts, glass nuts, nuts of paper, nuts of copper... When the poison nut is cracked, what story is let loose? Tales of love... Tales of adventure... Tales of danger and magic... Which nut will you crack? Which story will you hear? A beautiful collection of retold folk-tales featuring bold, brave heroines. Susan Price is an acclaimed writer for young people. She has won many awards, including the prestigious Carnegie medal and the Guardian prize.

Spooky or funny, surprising or frightening, Shock Shop is a collection of brand-new novels by some of the greatest names in children`s writing. Hairy Bill; One morning, the Matheson family come downstairs to find that their living room is unnaturally, indeed frighteningly tidy. At first they assume it`s a break-in (obsessively tidy thieves? ) - But soon the truth becomes clear. It`s Hairy Bill - a brownie or bogle, the Matheson family`s very own house spirit. He used to do chores on the family farm. In the city, he decorates and cleans. Soon the whole house is redecorated in Scottish Baronial style - deer`s heads, tartan aplenty, Scottish landscapes on the wall...But the Mathesons don`t want to live with a demonic antidote to Carole Smillie. How can they get rid of the sinister spirit of cleaning?

A boy, feeling neglected at home, becomes friendly with the elderly lady he assists through his school''s "Help the Aged" scheme. Soon he is spending more and more time with her, wagging school to enjoy her companionship and her interest in his dreams.

Cambridge Reading is a major reading scheme which provides stimulating books and support materials for the teaching of reading and the development of literacy throughout the primary years.

Four children in an English village meet a leprechaun who has been sleeping for two hundred years, and has just awakened to settle old scores with his pipe which has the power to raise the dead.

The material in this edition was previously published in 1990 by Kingfisher Books in The Kingfisher Treasury of Nursery Stories.

A child remembers a trip to the hospital in this new non-fiction text for developing sight vocabulary. Suits ages 4-5.

Why is Ivar always sent away from home at Christmas time? Why is the family so poor? And what is the secret of the Black Cat?.

Discusses literacy programs for young adults in Connecticut and in other states.

Lucy receives a lively kitten for a pet only to discover that this is a cat that likes adventure.