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BLOOMSBURY EDUCATION International Catalogue Books and Resources 2021

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INTRODUCTION Welcome to our 2021 Education International Catalogue! It’s full of essential classroom resources, wonderful poetry, fiction and non-fiction, and inspiring professional development books for all of those working with children aged 0–18. With very best wishes for the year ahead,

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11 High Low Fiction 13 Historical Fiction: Flashbacks 15 Terry Deary’s Historical Tales 16 Alma Classics 17 Book-Banded Non-Fiction 17 Around the World 19 EARLY YEARS 19 Personal, Social and Emotional Development 22 50 Fantastic Ideas 23 Early Years Highlights 24 PRIMARY: STAFF LIBRARY 24 100 Ideas for Teachers: Primary

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30 100 Ideas for Teachers: Secondary 31 Teaching English and Drama 32 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY: STAFF LIBRARY 32 General Interest 33 Wellbeing 33 Special Educational Needs and Disabilities 34 CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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POETRY

BOO K S FOR YO U R C L A S S L I BR A RY

KEY This book has cream paper and a special font to help those with dyslexia. Quizzed for Renaissance Accelerated Reader. Shows the book band colour.

Available as an ebook.

ACCELERATED READER SCHEME

NATIONAL CURRICULUM BOOK BANDS We have also included the National Curriculum Book Band colour appropriate to the title where this information is available.

Where available we have used this key to show reading level, interest level and points for titles in the Accelerated Reader Scheme.

2.8 •

POINTS •

0.5

The world’s leading reading management software, Accelerated Reader helps motivate children of all abilities to read more and better books for pleasure. In addition to a significant increase in library usage, schools using Accelerated Reader report an average of two years reading growth in just one year, with some seeing up to four years growth in the same period. The Bloomsbury Education series included in the scheme are marked with the Accelerated Reader logo.

Pink Red

Ages 4–5

Yellow Blue Green

Ages 5–6

Orange Turquoise Purple Gold

Ages 6–7

White Lime Brown

Ages 7–8

Grey

Ages 8–9

Dark Blue

Ages 9–10

Dark Red

Ages 10–11

ALL AVAILABLE AS EBOOKS

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY POETRY NEW FOR 2021

Joshua Seigal, illustrated by Sarah Horne This new collection of poems for younger children by Joshua Seigal is packed with illustrations by Sarah Horne. Discover the eight steps for having a tantrum, and why you should NEVER attend a Teddy Bear’s Picnic (you have been warned)! Funny, engaging and a little bit silly, this book is a brilliant way to get children excited about poetry. Publishes 19th August 2021

POETRY

Yapping Away

PB • 9781472972743 • 198 x 129mm • 96pp • £6.99

e 4+

NORTH SOMERSET TEACHERS' BOOK AWARDS 2020

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NATIONAL POETRY DAY 2020 TITLE

CLIPPA 2020

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Perfectly Peculiar Pets

Bright Bursts of Colour

Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble

Welcome to My Crazy Life

Elli Woollard, illustrated by Anja Boretzki

Matt Goodfellow, illustrated by Aleksei Bitskoff

Paul Cookson, illustrated by Eilidh Muldoon

Joshua Seigal, illustrated by Chris Piascik

Edited by A.F. Harrold, illustrated by Katy Riddell

This exciting illustrated collection of poems by Elli Woollard is all about pets which are a little bit peculiar! Filled with fun rhymes and exotic animals, these poems are perfect for sharing.

What if cats had flavoured fur? What if your home was split half the time at Mum's, the other at Dad's? Providing a window into children’s lives, this collection will delight readers everywhere.

This beautifully illustrated anthology of magical poems will have you bewitched. This enchanting hardback includes poems by Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, Benjamin Zephaniah and A.F. Harrold.

Packed full of poems on every topic from demon cats to why you should NEVER forget your trousers, this collection is a wonderful mixture of humour and insight into children’s view of the world.

The poems in this gorgeous hardback all feature food: from jelabis to jelly babies! Beautifully illustrated, this tasty selection features a diverse range of poets: from Imtiaz Dharker to Joseph Coelho.

PB • 198 x 129mm • 64pp 9781472958464 • £5.99

PB • 198 x 129mm • 96pp 9781472963543 • £5.99

HB • 198 x 129mm • 128pp 9781472958150 • £12.99

PB • 198 x 129mm • 96pp 9781472972729 • £5.99

HB • 219 x 178mm • 120pp 9781472944078 • £12.99

11+

NATIONAL POETRY DAY 2020 TITLE

Midnight Feasts

NSTBA 2018: POETRY

WINNER

The Book of Not Entirely Useful Advice

A Hurricane in my Head

A.F. Harrold, illustrated by Mini Grey

Matt Abbott, illustrated by Nigel Baines

A modern take on cautionary tales – featuring advice on parrots, castles (bouncy), spiders, vegetables (various), and removing ducks from soup! Filled with hilarious illustrations this collection will delight poetry lovers.

With passionate clarity and words which will stay with you long after you finish reading, this poetry collection tackles everything from moving up to secondary school to the role of technology in the life of a modern teenager.

HB • 254 x 187mm • 160pp 9781526618016 • £14.99

PB • 198 x 129mm • 144pp 9781472963505 • £6.99

Apes to Zebras: An A-Z of Shape Poems

I am a Jigsaw

Liz Brownlee, Sue Hardy-Dawson, Roger Stevens Bats, yetis, unicorns, and even plankton... the whole animal kingdom lives inside this stunning hardback! A beautiful alphabet of animal shape poems written by poets who love wildlife. HB • 254 x 187mm • 128pp 9781472929525 • £12.99

Spaced Out

Edited by Roger Stevens, illustrated by Spike Gerrell

Edited by Brian Moses and James Carter, illustrated by Del Thorpe

Featuring riddle poems ranging from easy to difficult and lots of humour, join Roger Stevens as he helps young readers learn to write their own puzzling poems to baffle even the greatest minds.

Blast off into space with a constellation of star poets, from Valerie Bloom to Emily Dickinson. This space themed anthology features poems about everything from the sun, moon and stars to weird alien life forms.

PB • 198 x 129mm • 112pp 9781472958198 • £5.99

PB • 198 x 129mm •128pp 9781472961150 • £6.99

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BLOOMSBURY YOUNG READERS (AGES 5-7) FICTION

Bloomsbury Young Readers are perfect for getting children excited about reading, featuring stories written by brilliant authors like Julia Donaldson, Ben Bailey Smith and Sarah Crossan accompanied by engaging colour illustrations. All the stories have been book-banded by literacy experts to make sure they are exactly the right level, and include online guided reading notes written by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE). For more INCLUDES READIN information and to access the guided reading notes, visit: G NOTES FOR ADUL PB •www.bloomsburyguidedreading.com 212 x 145mm • £4.99 TS AND FUN ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS!

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PB • 212 x 145mm • £4.99

NEW FOR 2021

appr  Manju's Magic Muddle – Chitra Soundar, illustrated by Verónica Montoya

 Fizzy and the Party – Sarah Crossan, illustrated by Nicola Colton

Fizzy and the Party

Manju's Magic Muddle

Sarah Crossan, illustrated by Nicola Colton

Chitra Soundar, illustrated by Verónica Montoya

It’s time for Fizzy to go to bed, but there’s a problem: she just isn’t tired! Will Mum let her stay up just a little bit longer? This comedy by former Irish Children's Laureate Sarah Crossan has fun illustrations by Nicola Colton. Publishes 8th July 2021 48pp • 9781472970985

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Manju is stuck at home and she is BORED. She hopes the genie will be able to help but he’s ill and his magic is even stranger than usual… A magical tale by Chitra Soundar with illustrations by Verónica Montoya. Publishes 8th July 2021 32pp • 9781472970886

NEW FOR 2021

3 appr

NEW FOR 2021

3 appr

The Gingerbread Man

Let’s Play, Daddy Bear!

Kandace Chimbiri, illustrated by Richy Sánchez Ayala

Dawn McNiff, illustrated by Andy Rowland

An old woman dreams a gingerbread man will make her happy so she bakes a beautiful one. But as soon as he’s out of the oven he has other ideas! A retelling of the classic fairytale with a Caribbean twist by Kandace Chimbiri.

Little Bear lives with Daddy Bear at weekends. Usually they play games like Dad-is-a-Big-ClimbingFrame. But today, Daddy Bear needs to work. Waiting is so boring! Can Little Bear convince him to come and play? A heartwarming story by Dawn McNiff.

Publishes 8th July 2021

32pp • 9781472988966

32pp • 9781472988904

48pp • 9781472988850

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A Hundred and One Daffodils Malachy Doyle, illustrated by Denise Hughes Spring is coming. Daddy Fox says they can have a big spring party if Dusty the fox cub can find 101 daffodils. Can Dusty and her friends work together to find enough flowers? A charming woodland tale by Malachy Doyle.

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Crumbs! Ben Bailey Smith, illustrated by Sav Akyüz Crumbs. That's all that's left in Dan's lunchbox. Who's eaten his sandwich? One thing's for sure, Dan's going to find out… A farmyard comedy from Ben Bailey Smith with colourful illustrations by Sav Akyüz. 32pp • 9781472972682

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3 appr

ALL TITLES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AS EBOOKS WITH READ-ALONG AUDIO

BLOOMSBURY YOUNG READERS (AGES 5-7) FICTION

TURQUOISE 32 pages approx. 750 words

A Tiger for Breakfast

Narinder Dhami, illustrated by Christopher Corr 32pp • 9781472959584 2.3 • LY • 0.5

Cavegirl

Abie Longstaff, illustrated by Shane Crampton 32pp • 9781472962768

Emma Shevah, illustrated by Katie Saunders 32pp • 9781472963468

Hello, Baby Mo!

It's Too Scary!

The Good Little Wolf

The Ugly Little Swan

Adam Guillain and Charlotte Guillain, illustrated by Sharon Davey 32pp • 9781472962546

A.H. Benjamin, illustrated by Sarah Aspinall 48pp • 9781472970732

James Riordan, illustrated by Brendan Kearney 32pp • 9781472959690 2.1 • LY • 0.5

PURPLE 32 pages approx. 1000 words

Big Bad Biteasaurus

Malachy Doyle, illustrated by David Creighton-Pester 32pp • 9781472962508

Ben Bailey Smith, illustrated Malachy Doyle, illustrated by Mette Engell by Paddy Donnelly 32pp • 9781472961228 32pp • 9781472959614 2.5 • LY • 0.5

Get a Move On!

Jack and the Jungle

Knights V Dinosaurs

Manju's Magic Wishes

The Friendly Pirates

Alice Goes to Hollywood

Elvis the Squirrel

Eye, Eye, Captain!

Mighty Max

Pumpkin Power

The Flower King

Alfie Takes Action

Fizzy and Bandit

Happy Birthday, Sausage!

Pet Quest

Sports Day

Tiger Troubles

Tony Bradman, illustrated by Yvonne Campedel 32pp • 9781472963420

Chitra Soundar, illustrated by Verónica Montoya 32pp • 9781472959713

Saviour Pirotta, illustrated by Erica Salcedo 32pp • 9781472959805

GOLD 32–48 pages approx. 1250 words

Karen Wallace, illustrated by Katy Halford 48pp • 9781472950529

Tony Bradman, illustrated by Ashley King 48pp • 9781472950536

Jane Clarke, illustrated by Jennie Poh 48pp • 9781472950550

Carrie Weston, illustrated by Tim Bradford 48pp • 9781472950574

Patricia Cleveland-Peck, illustrated by Hannah Marks 32pp • 9781472961198

Andrew Fusek Peters, illustrated by Nathan Reed 32pp • 9781472970756

WHITE 32–48 pages approx. 1500 words

Karen Wallace, illustrated by Ellie O’Shea 48pp • 9781472950598

Sarah Crossan, illustrated by Nicola Colton 48pp • 9781472970893

Michaela Morgan, illustrated by Felicity Sheldon 48pp • 9781472959638 2.9 • LY • 0.5

Jenny McLachlan, illustrated by Sarah Hoyle 48pp • 9781472951922

Jane Lawes, illustrated by Sarah Jennings 48pp • 9781472955593

Chitra Soundar, illustrated by Hannah Marks 32pp • 9781472970824

LIME 32–48 pages approx. 1750 words

ALL AVAILABLE AS EBOOKS

Cereal Superfan

Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Garry Parsons 48pp • 9781472950628

Crumbs!

Ben Bailey Smith, illustrated by Sav Akyüz 32pp • 9781472972682

I Am Not A Frog

Maggie Pearson, illustrated by Natalia Moore 48pp • 9781472959768

It Wasn't Me

Joanna Nadin, illustrated by Pauline Reeves 48pp • 9781472955555

The Chocolate Unicorn Jenny McLachlan, illustrated by Sarah Lawrence 48pp • 9781472972620

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Zoom to the Moon

Jenny McLachlan, illustrated by Andy Rowland 48pp • 9781472955654

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BLOOMSBURY READERS (AGES 7-11) FICTION

Bloomsbury Readers are designed to get Key Stage 2 children excited about reading, with book-banded stories by award-winning authors like Geraldine McCaughrean, Patrice Lawrence and Zanib Mian. With engaging illustrations and online guided reading notes written by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), this series is ideal for reading at school or at home. For more information and to access guided reading notes, visit: www.bloomsburyguidedreading.com. PB • 198 x 129mm • £6.99 NEW FOR 2021

Scratch and Sniff Margaret Ryan, illustrated by Nathan Reed

NEW FOR 2021

Wings of Icarus Jenny Oldfield, illustrated by Bee Willey

Publishes 5th August 2021

Daedalus and his son Icarus want to escape from their island prison. When their attempt to sail across the sea fails, Daedalus creates an amazing invention: wings so they can take to the skies.

48pp • 9781472989673

Publishes 5th August 2021

When there's a big robbery PC Penny usually ends up with the boring jobs. Until, that is, her dogs Scratch and Sniff decide to help out...

The Hound of Ulster

Bamba Beach

Malachy Doyle, illustrated by Erin Brown

Pratima Mitchell, illustrated by David Dean

The king forgets to tell his host, Culain, that he will have an extra visitor so young Setanta is attacked by Culain's guard dog. Can Setanta defeat the hound of Ulster?

Times are hard for Hari's family. The situation looks hopeless, but Hari doesn't give up: he starts washing cars, and it isn't long before help arrives from the most unlikely place.

Publishes 5th August 2021

64pp • 9781472989963

48pp • 9781472989703 NEW FOR 2021

80pp • 9781472989987  My Friend the Alien – Zanib Mian, illustrated by Sernur Isik

READING ZONE! QUIZ TIME

STORYTELLING TOOLKIT This story uses the messages that Maxx is writing to his home planet, and the messages the people there write back to tell the story.

• How does Maxx escape from the dog that chases him? fighting over the car parking space?

• What is the name of the planet Maxx is from?

• What is wrong with Max’s spaceship? • Why does the spaceship take a I need to get out there, to places detour on the way to meet Maxx and

Have you ever read another book which tells the story this way?

So close that I learned that some

Jibeel at the endto of the story? where there are lots of humans,

humans have not very nice smells

My Friend the Alien

find out how these feelings happen.

coming from them. A nasty gas water trickles from their armpits, and

Zanib Mian, illustrated by Sernur Isik

bus, which is an extra-long vehicle where humans sit and stand very

then obviously there is the methane.

close together.

I did not enjoy being on that bus.

In the afternoon, I hopped on a

Maxx is an alien from space but some people seem to think his new human friend Jibreel is an alien too. Why would coming from another country make you an alien?!

comes from their mouths and stinky

Ariel the airy spirit has returned to the magical island, scene of The Tempest, to tell the story of a fateful afternoon – the magic, the murder and Prospero's sweet revenge...

What tools has the author used to help us (the reader) understand who is sending the messages?

NE W

Franzeska G. Ewart, illustrated by David Wyatt

READING ZONE!

Can you remember the answers to these questions?

• What made the two men stop

The Tempest

NEW FOR 2021

96pp • 9781472973900

Publishes 5th August 2021 96pp • 9781472990044

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BLOOMSBURY READERS (AGES 7-11) PB • 198 x 129mm • £6.99

FICTION

The Boy in the Jam Jar

The Story Thief

Granny Ting Ting

Joyce Dunbar, illustrated by John Shelley

Andrew Fusek Peters, illustrated by Sara Ugolotti

Patrice Lawrence, illustrated by David Dean

Dylan can't hear as well as he used to. As his hearing gets worse, he becomes isolated from his friends. Luckily his dog Pluto is there to keep him down to earth.

Nyame the sky god has all the stories ever told in a special chest. Anansi knows the people on Earth are bored so she makes a ladder to the sky, determined to get back the stories...

80pp • 9781472973931

64pp • 9781472973542

Shayla and Michael used to have fun together, but Michael has started thinking everything is better in London than in Trinidad where Shayla lives. Soon everything's a competition, especially when there's hot pepper sauce involved! 80pp • 9781472967718

Praise for My Other Life

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My Other Life is a compelling, resonant little story of portals and parallel lives.

– The Guardian Praise for To Liberty!

} My Other Life Polly Ho-Yen, illustrated by Patricia Hu Mae’s had asthma since she was little and spends a lot of time in hospital. It was there that she saw the portal for the first time – and only she can see it. 96pp • 9781472972576

To Liberty! The Adventures of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Catherine Johnson, illustrated by Rachel Sanson Alex’s father wants to leave Haiti and go back to his home in France. He can't afford to take his mixedrace children with him. Soon, Alex must fight for his freedom... and that of France. 96pp • 9781472972552

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A swashbuckling dash through the extraordinary career of Alexandre Dumas's father.

– The Times Literary Supplement

4.9 • MY • 2

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BLOOMSBURY READERS (AGES 7-11) FICTION

The perfect books to give children confidence to read independently, whether at home or school. See the range and reading levels below. NEW FOR 2021

LIME 48 - 80 pages

BROWN

Detective Dan

Harry's House of Inventions Scratch and Sniff Rachel Anderson, illustrated by Chris Jevons 64pp • 9781472967558

Margaret Ryan, illustrated by Nathan Reed 48pp • 9781472989673

The Boy in the Jam Jar

The Story Thief

Finding Fizz

Granny Ting Ting

My Other Life

On the Ghost Trail

Pandora's Box

Vivian French, illustrated by Daniel Duncan 48pp • 9781472967305

Jenny Alexander, illustrated by Paula Bowle 64pp • 9781472967374

Patrice Lawrence, illustrated by David Dean 80pp • 9781472967718

Polly Ho-Yen, illustrated by Patricia Hu 96pp • 9781472972576

Joyce Dunbar, illustrated by John Shelley 80pp • 9781472973931

Chris Powling, illustrated by Loretta Schauer 48pp • 9781472967350

Andrew Fusek Peters, illustrated by Sara Ugolotti 64pp • 9781472973542

Rose Impey, illustrated by Peter Bailey 48pp • 9781472967466 NEW FOR 2021

48 - 96 pages

The Barber's Clever Wife

Narinder Dhami, illustrated by Amberin Huq 96pp • 9781472967619

The Queen's Token

Pamela Oldfield, illustrated by James de la Rue 64pp • 9781472967886

The Path of Finn McCool

Sally Prue, illustrated by Brendan Kearney 80pp • 9781472967596

The Thing in the Basement Michaela Morgan, illustrated by Doffy Weir 48pp • 9781472967435

Wings of Icarus

Jenny Oldfield, illustrated by Bee Willey 48pp • 9781472989703

NEW FOR 2021

GREY 64 - 96 pages

My Friend the Alien

Zanib Mian, illustrated by Sernur Isik 96pp • 9781472973900

Sindhu and Jeet's Detective Agency

Chitra Soundar, illustrated by Amberin Huq 96pp • 9781472993311

NEW FOR 2021

Shock Forest and other magical stories Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Laura Borio 96pp • 9781472967770

Taliesin

Maggie Pearson, illustrated by David Wyatt 96pp • 9781472967664

The Hound of Ulster

Malachy Doyle, illustrated by Erin Brown 64pp • 9781472989963

NEW FOR 2021

DARK BLUE 80 - 96 pages

Bamba Beach

Pratima Mitchell, illustrated by David Dean 80pp • 9781472989987

Macbeth

Tony Bradman, illustrated by Mark Oldroyd 80pp • 9781472967862

NEW FOR 2021

DARK RED 96 pages

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Maggie and the Moonbird Katya Balen, illustrated by Pham Quang Phuc 80pp • 9781472994196

NEW FOR 2021

Stoneywish and other chilling stories

Joan Aiken, illustrated by Masha Ukhova 96pp • 9781472967732

The Night the Moon Went Out

Samantha Baines, illustrated by ucy Rogers 80pp • 9781472993519

NEW FOR 2021

Ping and the Missing Ring Ping and the Missing Ring Emma Shevah, illustrated by Izzy Evans 96pp • 9781472994097

Ruby Ali's Mission Break Up Sky Ship and other stories Sufiya Ahmed, illustrated by Parwinder Singh 96pp • 9781472993175

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Geraldine McCaughrean, illustrated by Ian McCaughrean 96pp • 9781472967817

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The Tempest

Franzeska G. Ewart, illustrated by David Wyatt 96pp • 9781472990044

To Liberty! The Adventures of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Catherine Johnson, illustrated by Rachel Sanson 96pp • 9781472972552

ALL AVAILABLE AS EBOOKS

Cream paper

Our High Low fiction is perfectly tailored for children whose reading age is lower than their actual age. Highly readable, these books provide gripping, age-appropriate stories, packed with dynamic, contemporary illustrations. They are perfect for engaging struggling and reluctant readers, those with English as an additional language and those with dyslexia.

Reading Age

Age-appropriate

stories

Perfect for those with EAL or dyslexia Approved by literac y experts at Catch Up Exciting illustrati on

Benjamin Hulme-Cross, illustrated by Alessia Trunfio Interest Age 10+

Dyslexia-friendly font

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FICTION

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HIGH LOW FICTION

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Hercules

King Arthur

Hercules wants to be famous forever so he has to complete the tasks the King sets him. It won't be easy. In fact, Hercules will have to face some of the most terrifying and dangerous creatures that live on earth – and in hell!

Merlin has embedded a sword in a stone. The one who can pull it out will be the new king – and soon, that's Arthur! Join him as he battles giants and knights, and learns to be a true king.

PB •182 x 129mm • 96pp • 9781472971098 • £6.99

PB •182 x 129mm • 96pp • 9781472971180 • £6.99

Odysseus

Thor

Odysseus is a hero but all he really wants to do is defeat the Trojans and go home. The trouble is that both those tasks will take a bit longer than he had hoped, and he'll need all his cunning to complete them.

Join Thor as he battles with frost giants and tries to figure out who has stolen his hammer. With Loki tagging along, Thor may be the god of thunder but that won't stop him from seeking trouble and adventure.

PB •182 x 129mm • 96pp • 9781472971234 • £6.99

PB •182 x 129mm • 96pp • 9781472971135 • £6.99

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HIGH LOW FICTION FICTION

Mission Alert Interest Age

Benjamin Hulme-Cross, illustrated by Kanako and Yuzuru

Reading Age

7+ PB • 198 x 129mm • 72pp • £5.99

Island X 9781472929563

Lab 101 3.8 • MY • 0.5

Viper Attack 9781472929600

Skate Monkey Interest Age

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Greyfields 4.1 • MY • 0.5

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Paul Mason, illustrated by Robin Boyden

Reading Age

7+ PB • 198 x 129mm • 72pp • £5.99

The Football Trials Interest Age 12+

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Demon Attack

The Cursed Village

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Kidnap

Fear Mountain

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John Hickman, illustrated by Neil Evans 8+ PB • 198 x 129mm • 80pp • £5.99

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Kick Off

All Out Attack

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Dangerous Play

Game Changer

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Jo Cotterill, illustrated by María García Borrego

Reading Age

9+ PB • 198 x 129mm • 80pp • £5.99

The Street Interest Age 12+

Eat Cake and Run

All Too Much

9781472934871

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Like and Share

Stage Fright

9781472934901

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Judy Waite, illustrated by Chris Askham Reading Age

9+ PB • 198 x 129mm • 96pp • £5.99

Kai's Story 9781472934048

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FICTION

Flashbacks offer dramatic stories set at key moments in history. Featuring strong characters and thrilling plots, these books will help you to bring the history curriculum to life. Thoroughly researched and packed with historical detail, the series includes stories by brilliant authors like Geraldine McCaughrean, Terry Deary, Adèle Geras, Iszi Lawrence and Bali Rai.

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Billie Swift Takes Flight Iszi Lawrence A brilliant, empowering World War II tale from Iszi Lawrence. Twelve-year-old Billie finds out that her local airfield is home to a group of amazing pilots who defy the odds to get planes to the front lines. And what’s more, many of the pilots are women. Intrepid, inspiring women who show Billie what she might grow up to become. Publishes 2nd September 2021 PB • 198 x 129mm • 320pp 9781472988171 • £6.99

The Unstoppable Letty Pegg

The Golden Horsemen of Baghdad

Winter of the Wolves

Iszi Lawrence

Saviour Pirotta

Letty’s mother is a suffragette and her father is a policeman: opposite sides in the struggle to

Written by bestselling author Saviour Pirotta, this fast-paced story is set in the Islamic Golden Age when Baghdad was the largest and most dazzling city in the world. Perfect for fans of thrilling adventure.

The Chieftain of Oslaf’s village decides to move everyone across the sea to the great new land of Britannia. Can he be as brave as the heroes in the tales he loves? This coming of age tale is perfect for introducing the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain to your class.

get women the vote. Letty mostly cares about trying to convince them to let her have some roller skates. But soon, she is shocked by police violence and astonished to see that the suffragettes have a secret weapon: jiu jitsu.

PB • 198 x 129mm • 160pp 9781472955999 • £6.99

Tony Bradman

PB • 198 x 129mm • 160pp 9781472953780 • £5.99

PB • 198 x 129mm • 368pp 9781472962478 • £6.99

12+

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An Unlikely Spy

The Silver Hand

Mohinder's War

The Great Revolt

Terry Deary

Bali Rai

Paul Dowswell

The Second World War has begun and Brigit isn’t the type to watch the action from afar so she joins her mother in the Special Operations Executive. They soon find themselves on the front line in Nazi-occupied France. But no-one will suspect Brigit is a spy, will they? After all, what could be

It’s 1918 and the Great War is coming to an end. A German boy, Marius, has been helping to care for wounded German soldiers on Aimee’s family farm in occupied France. With the threat of a traitor in the British army hanging over them, Marius and Aimee soon become unlikely allies.

Young Joelle stumbles across Indian-born RAF pilot Mohinder when his plane crashes near her home in France. Her parents are members of the French Resistance and will do everything they can to help, but when they are betrayed and tragedy strikes, Joelle and Mohinder will have to act fast to survive...

It's 1381 and the king, Richard II, has imposed a new poll tax. Tilda and her ploughman are desperate for a better life, so when the villagers begin to rebel they are swept up in the excitement. But the peaceful rebellion they hoped for soon ignites into violence, mayhem and treachery. Tilda's fight for a better life is only just beginning.

more unlikely? PB • 198 x 129mm • 320pp 9781472962706 • £6.99

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ANCIENT GREEK MYSTERIES Saviour Pirotta, illustrated by Freya Hartas PB • 198 x 129mm • £6.99

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Mark of the Cyclops

Secret of The Oracle

Pirates of Poseidon

Shadow of the Centaurs

9781472934147 • 224pp

9781472940162 • 240pp

9781472940209 • 240pp

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A Candle in the Dark

(World War II) Adèle Geras 9780713674545 • 96pp • £5.99 4.3 • MY • 2

Across the Roman Wall

(Romans) Theresa Breslin 9780713674569 • 96pp • £5.99 4.9 • MY • 2

Land of the Gods

(Romans) Sally Prue 9781472918093 • 128pp • £5.99

The Girl from Hard Times Hill (1950s Britain) Emma Barnes 9781472904430 • 96pp • £5.99 e 4.4 • MY • 2

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Casting the Gods Adrift

(Ancient Egypt) Geraldine McCaughrean 9780713674552 • 96pp • £5.99 e 5.5 • MY • 2

(Saxons) Stuart Hill 9781472951748 • 192pp • £6.99

Better than Gold

(Saxons) Theresa Tomlinson 9781472907820 • 128pp • £5.99

Put Out the Light

Queen of Darkness

Shield Maiden

(Ancient Greece) Geoffrey Trease 9780713676778 • 64pp • £5.99 e 6.5 • MY • 2 (Romans) Tony Bradman 9781472953742 • 160pp • £5.99

Revolt Against the Romans

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The First King of England

Mission to Marathon

Attack of the Vikings

(Vikings) Tony Bradman 9781472929402 • 128pp • £5.99

Bring Out the Banners

(Romans) Tony Bradman 9781472929327 • 128pp • £5.99

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(World War II) Terry Deary 9781408130544 • 256pp • £6.99 e 4.4 • MY • 7 (Vikings) Stuart Hill 9781472918628 • 240pp • £5.99

The Ghost of the Trenches (World War I) Helen Watts and Taffy Thomas 9781472907875 • 128pp • £5.99 e 7.4 • MY • 3

TERRY DEARY'S HISTORICAL TALES PB • 198 x 129mm • 64 – 72pp • £4.99 - £5.99

Egyptian Tales

FICTION

Illustrated by Helen Flook

The Gold in the Grave 9781472942142

3.8 • LY • 1

The Magic and the Mummy 9781472942166

3.5 • LY • 0.5

The Phantom of the Nile 9781472942173

3.5 • LY • 0.5

The Plot on the Pyramid 9781472942159

Knights' Tales

Greek Tales

Pirate Tales

Roman Tales

Illustrated by Helen Flook

The Knight of Silk and Steel

The Boy Who Cried Horse

The Pirate Captain

9781472942074

9781472942012

9781472941923

4.3 • MY • 1

The Knight of Spurs and Spirits

The Lion's Slave

9781472942081

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3.7 • MY • 1

3.6 • LY • 0.5

9781472941930

The Knight of Sticks and Straw

The Tortoise and the Dare

The Pirate Prisoner

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3.9 • MY • 1

3.5 • LY • 0.5

The Knight of Swords and Spooks

The Town Mouse and the Spartan House

The Pirate Queen

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9781472941954

3.9 • MY • 1

The Captive Celt 3.8 • LY • 1

The Pirate Lord 3.6 • LY • 0.5

3.5 • LY • 0.5

3.6 • LY • 1

9781472941909

4.1 • LY • 0.5

The Grim Ghost 3.9 • LY • 1

9781472942050

3.7 • LY • 0.5

The Fatal Fire 3.7 • LY • 1

9781472941916

4.1 • LY • 0.5

The Goose Guards 4.2 • LY • 1

9781472942005

Saxon Tales

Shakespeare Tales

Stone Age Tales

Tudor Tales

Illustrated by Tambe

Illustrated by Helen Flook

3.9 • LY • 0.5

The Shepherd Who Ate His Sheep

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Great Cave

The Actor, the Rebel and the Wrinkled Queen

9781472929280

9781472917775

9781472950314

9781472939852

The Great Flood

The Maid, the Witch and the Cruel Queen

9781472950406

9781472939869

The Great Monster

The Prince, the Cook and the Cunning King

9781472950352

9781472939883

The Great Storm

The Thief, the Fool and the Big Fat King

9781472950260

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Viking Tales

World War I

World War II

Illustrated by Helen Flook

Illustrated by James de la Rue

The Battle for the Viking Gold

The Bomber Balloon

The Apple Spy

9781472942111

9781472941992

4 • LY • 1

The Witch Who Faced the Fire

Macbeth

9781472929365

9781472917805

4 • LY • 1

The King Who Threw Away His Throne

Romeo and Juliet

9781472929204

9781472917867

4 • LY • 1

The Lord Who Lost His Head

Twelfth Night

9781472929242

9781472917836

3.8 • LY • 1

Victorian Tales Illustrated by Helen Flook

Terror on the Train 9781472939371

3.9 • LY • 1

The Fabulous Flyer 9781472939821

4.2 • LY • 1

The Sea Monsters 9781472939838

The Twisted Tunnels 9781472939845

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4 • LY • 1 3.8 • LY • 1 4 • LY • 1 4 • LY • 1

3.6 • LY • 1

The Eye of the Viking God

The Last Flight

9781472942135

9781472941978

4 • LY • 1

The Hand of the Viking Warrior

The Pigeon Spy

9781472942128

9781472941985

3.5 • LY • 1

The Sword of the Viking King

The War Game

9781472942104

9781472941961

3.5 • LY • 1

4.2 • MY • 1

9781472916211

4 • LY • 0.5 4 • LY • 0.5 3.5 • LY • 0.5 3.7 • LY • 0.5

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The Barrel Burglary 4.6 • MY • 1

9781472916273

The Bike Escape 4.1 • MY • 1

9781472916242

4.2 • LY • 1

The Phantom Farm 4.2 • MY • 1

9781472916303

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ALMA CLASSICS FICTION

Each volume is based on the most authoritative text, and reflects Alma’s commitment to providing affordable editions with valuable insights into the great poets’ works. Most titles are enriched by an extensive critical apparatus, notes and extra reading material.

GREAT POETS SERIES

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Leaves of Grass

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Selected Poetry Percy Bysshe Shelley

PB • 288pp • 9781847498670 • £7.99

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

John Keats

Samuel Taylor Coleridge PB • 256pp 9781847497529 • £7.99

The Prelude and Other Poems

William Wordsworth PB • 320pp 9781847497505 • £7.99

William Blake

Walt Whitman

Paradise Lost

Selected Poems

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John Milton

W.B. Yeats

ALMA CLASSICS EVERGREENS • IDEAL FOR STUDENTS Alma Classics’ Evergreens list is a series of popular classics, incorporating a wide range of literature from around the globe. Most of the titles are enriched by an extensive critical apparatus, notes and extra reading material, as well as a selection of photographs. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition and edited using a fresh, accessible editorial approach. With an emphasis on production, editorial and typographical values, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading classics.

The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer

Contains 3,000 notes and 30 pages extra material. Presented in their original Middle-English and a wealth of extra material

Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell PB • 288pp 9781847498571 • £4.99

Mrs Dalloway

Virginia Woolf PB • 244pp 9781847494009 • £4.99

The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov PB • 400pp 9781847497826 • £5.99

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Silas Marner

George Eliot PB • 224pp 9781847498304 • £5.99

Ulysses

James Joyce Contains over 9,000 notes by Joyce scholars Sam Slote, Marc A. Mamigonian and John Turner. PB • 832pp • 9781847497765 • £6.99

Inferno: Dual-Language Ed. The Metamorphosis Dante Alighieri PB • 396pp 9781847493408 • £7.99

Franz Kafka PB • 256pp 9781847493521 • £5.99

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D.H. Lawrence PB • 480pp 9781847497536 • £5.99

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Heart of Darkness and The Complete Congo Diary Joseph Conrad PB •192pp 9781847494016 • £4.99

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Caterpillar Capers

Rainforest: See Where I Live!

What the Romans Did for Us

Rainforest Rough Guide

24pp • 9781408133866 • £4.99 3 • LY • 0.5

24pp • 9781408133675 • £5.99 3.2 • MY • 0.5

24pp • 9781408112861 • £4.99

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Louise Spilsbury

Sarah Levete

Alison Hawes

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AROUND THE WORLD 7+

The Miracle of Hanukkah Malachy Doyle, illustrated by Christopher Corr Perfect for introducing the story of Hanukkah with text by award-winning author Malachy Doyle and illustrations from Christopher Corr. King Antiochus has destroyed the temple because the Jews won’t worship him rather than God. With no holy oil left, how will Judah Maccabee keep the flame alight? This beautifully illustrated book is a must-have for every classroom bookshelf. PB • 274 x 245mm • 32pp • 9781472958365 • £6.99 HB • 274 x 245mm • 32pp • 9781472970558 • £11.99

The Miracle of Hanukkah – Malachy Doyle, illustrated by Christopher Corr 

Rama and Sita: The Story of Diwali Malachy Doyle, illustrated by Christopher Corr Rama and Sita live happily in the forest until one day Sita is kidnapped by the demon king, Ravana. Can Rama and the monkey king Hanuman follow the trail she has laid for them and save Sita or will she be lost forever? Whether you're looking for a Diwali gift or a simple introduction to the Diwali story, this beautiful book is ideal. PB • 274 x 245mm • 32pp • 9781472954695 • £6.99

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Rama and Sita – Malachy Doyle, illustrated by Christopher Corr 

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AROUND THE WORLD 9+

FICTION AND NON-FICTION

Fierce, Fearless and Free Lari Don, illustrated by Eilidh Muldoon Once upon a time, there was a handsome prince who – no, that's not right! Once upon a time, there were strong, fierce women who plotted, schemed, took action, showed kindness, used magic and trickery, and made their own destinies. From Nana Miriam who beat a hippo using politeness and magic to Kate Crackernuts who tried to save her stepsister from her mother's curse, these are stories of girls who don’t sit around waiting to be saved by a handsome prince. PB • 216 x 135mm • 160pp • 9781472967138 • £6.99

Praise for Fierce, Fearless and Free

tale takes us on a captivating }Each adventure that shows the heroines

CILIP CARNEGIE

strengths and how they overcome the most troublesome situations.

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Voices of the Future: Stories from Around the World A wonderful anthology featuring stories written by child authors from around the world, addressing human rights and sustainable development. The characters go on problem-solving adventures aimed at improving the lives of their communities. Imaginative, inspiring and empowering, this book is perfect for engaging with global issues. Produced in conjunction with UNESCO's Voices of Future Generations initiative. HB • 254 x 189mm • 144pp • 9781472949431 • £14.99

Praise for Voices of the Future

stories are inspired by The UN }These Convention on the Rights of The Child and present some remarkable efforts by young writers from across the globe. – The Irish Examiner

PB • 216 x 135mm • 128–176pp • £6.99

Girls, Goddesses and Giants Lari Don

Winter’s Tales

Horse of Fire

PB • 9781472900166

PB • 9781472920973

Lari Don

PB • 9781408188224

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Serpents and Werewolves

Goblins and Ghosties

The House of the Cats

Chasing the Sun: Stories from Africa

PB • 9781472916341

PB • 9781472913692

PB • 9781408180617

PB • 9780713682175

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Maggie Pearson

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PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Penny Tassoni, illustrated by Mel Four NEW FOR 2021

Publishes 10th June 2021

EARLY YEARS

From leading Early Years expert, Penny Tassoni MBE, this picture book series uses simple words and delightful colour illustrations to put a positive spin on those allimportant everyday skills such as taking turns, making friends and sharing. Featuring practical advice and tips for practitioners, carers and parents, this is the ideal resource for encouraging young children to talk about social skills in a context they can relate to.

TIME TO…

HB • 175 x 175mm • 32pp • £5.99

Time to Care

Time to Get Dressed

Time to Go to Bed

Time to Go to Nursery

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Time to Go to Nursery – Penny Tassoni, illustrated by Mel Four

HB • 175 x 175mm • 32pp • £5.99

Time to Eat

Time to Tidy Up

Time to Share

Time to Make Friends

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Penny Tassoni Penny Tassoni MBE is an education consultant, author and trainer who specialises in the whole spectrum of learning and play. Penny has written forty books, many of which are core textbooks in the UK for training nursery nurses and Early Years teachers. Penny is also the President of the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY).

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PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT EARLY YEARS

The Same but Different

NEW FOR 2021

Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings This beautiful picture book helps young children celebrate uniqueness, difference and diversity and at the same time realise the similarities we all share. PSHE expert, teacher and author Molly Potter prompts young readers to consider why prejudice is harmful and what they can do to challenge stereotypes. Covering everything from skin colour, clothes and body shapes, to interests, personalities and hobbies, this delightfully illustrated book takes children through all the reasons we are unique and why this is cause for celebration. This book includes thorough notes for parents and carers which offer advice on tackling prejudice and broadening perspectives right from the start. Publishes 14th October 2021 HB • 250 x 250mm • 32pp • 9781472978028 • £10.99

Molly Potter Molly Potter taught for 11 years as a class teacher and science and PSHE co-ordinator before working for several years as an SRE Development Manager. Molly now works as a teacher in a short-stay school with children who have been or are at risk from being excluded from mainstream schools. She prides herself on being able to spice up any learning objective however boring it might appear at first! 

The Same but Different – Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings

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It's OK to Cry

How Are You Feeling Today?

Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings

Written with boys in mind, because they are often encouraged to suppress their feelings, It's OK to Cry covers a whole range of emotions from uncomfortable ones to happy feelings where you feel good about yourself and care about other people.

Perfect for sharing, How Are You Feeling Today? is the bestselling book filled with fun, imaginative ways to help children understand and cope with a whole range of positive and negative emotions.

Perfect for starting those all-important conversations, It’s OK to Cry includes colourful illustrations, child-friendly strategies and vocabulary for managing feelings. It has helpful notes for parents, carers and practitioners at the back. HB • 250 x 250mm • 32pp • 9781472942425 • £10.99

The sticker book is the perfect companion. It’s packed with creative activities and boredom busters to provide hours of entertainment for any young child!

How Are You Feeling Today? HB • 250 x 250mm • 32pp • 9781472906090 • £10.99

What's Going On Inside My Head? Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings By talking about positive self-image, emotional intelligence, relationships and mindfulness, this book will encourage children to develop healthy habits from the start. Presented in a warm, child-friendly way, it will help establish solid foundations for every child’s current and future wellbeing and is perfect for starting conversations with children about their mental health. HB • 250 x 250mm • 32pp • 9781472959232 • £10.99

How Are You Feeling Today? Activity and Sticker Book PB • 250 x 250mm • 32pp • 9781472966735 • £5.99

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EARLY YEARS

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Let's Talk About When Someone Dies

Let's Talk about the Birds and the Bees

Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings

Talking to a young child about death is never going to be easy but this book is ideal for starting those difficult conversations. With engaging illustrations and simple advice, Let’s Talk About When Someone Dies sensitively and honestly covers this difficult subject, from what death means to different people to why someone dies and what happens to their body afterwards. HB • 250 x 250mm • 32pp 9781472955340 • £10.99

What's Worrying You?

Will You Be My Friend?

Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings

This book uses clear language to answer complex questions about sex and relationships, and covers all manner of tricky subjects from puberty to consent with delicate accuracy and honesty. Filled with bright illustrations and helpful advice for parents and carers, Let’s Talk About the Birds and Bees is the perfect book for explaining the facts of life to small children.

Worrying is normal and we all do it! From falling out with friends and feeling ill, to seeing scary things on TV, all children need help with exploring these feelings. What’s Worrying You? helps children find the words to describe what’s bothering them and provides helpful suggestions for how to deal with these worries before they become too big to handle.

How do we make friends? What makes us a good friend? These are the questions Molly Potter poses in her delightful picture book about friendship and all the issues surrounding it. Filled with beautiful illustrations, Will You Be My Friend? is both humorous and charming, and prompts children to discuss the idea of friendship with their teachers, parents and peers.

HB • 250 x 250mm • 48pp 9781472946416 • £12.99

HB • 250 x 250mm • 32pp 9781472949806 • £10.99

HB • 250 x 250mm • 32pp 9781472932716 • £10.99

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NEW FOR 2021

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Which Food Will You Choose?

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Claire Potter, illustrated by Ailie Busby Mummy’s in a bad mood. She’s fed up with all the beige foods in the kitchen, like chicken nuggets, chips, pasta... So she takes her children to the supermarket to play a game. On Monday she tells them to choose three RED foods, on Tuesday three YELLOW foods – every day a different colour. Which foods will they pick and how will they eat them? Perfect for sharing, this story will entice fussy little eaters to look beyond the beige and explore a whole new colourful world of food. Publishes 7th January 2021 PB • 210 x 210mm • 32pp • 9781472973825 • £6.99

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Getting the Little Getting the Little Blighters to Behave Blighters to Eat Claire Potter

Claire Potter

Keeping the Little Blighters Busy

PB • 210 x 148mm • 64pp 9781472946744 • £5.99

PB • 210 x 148mm • 64pp 9781408190746 • £6.99

PB • 210 x 148mm • 128pp 9781408176245 • £6.99

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50 FANTASTIC IDEAS EARLY YEARS

We know that Early Years practitioners are always on the lookout for new activities and ideas, or popular well-loved activities with a new twist, and this is exactly what the 50 Fantastic Ideas series provides! All the activities are carefully planned and are accompanied by details of what you need, what you do and most importantly simple explanations of ‘what’s in it for the children?’. Full-colour photographs illustrate all the ideas and make these books accessible and very easy to dip into for inspiration. With leading EYFS consultant Alistair Bryce-Clegg as the series editor, this series covers all the popular Early Years themes from phonics to creative role play, and is a must for every Early Years bookshelf.

PB • 245 x 170mm • 64pp • £10.99

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CREATIVE PLAY AWARDS 2020: TEACHING RESOURCES

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50 Fantastic Ideas for Making Music

50 Fantastic Ideas for Sustainability

50 Fantastic Ideas for Songs and Rhymes

50 Fantastic Ideas for Forest School

Judith Harries

June O’Sullivan and Nick Corlett

Helen Battelley

Jamie Victoria Barnes

Publishes 5th August 2021 9781472984111

Publishes 10th June 2021 9781472984128

Publishes 1st April 2021 9781472976857

9781472973726

50 Fantastic Ideas for Getting Children Active

50 Fantastic Ideas for Supporting Children's Wellbeing

50 Fantastic Ideas for Exploring Shape and Pattern

Dr Lala Manners

Rebecca Gordine

Alison Hutchison

9781472966766

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EARLY YEARS HIGHLIGHTS NEW FOR 2021

NEW FOR 2021

EARLY YEARS

A Guide to SEND in the Early Years

Looking for Learning: Mark Making

Looking for Learning: Maths through Play

Kerry Payne

Laura England

A Guide to SEND in the Early Years will up-skill every Early Years practitioner to become the very best teacher of SEND. With an emphasis on empowering all members of the team, and advice on how to translate theory into practice, experienced Early Years consultant Kerry Payne offers practical ways to implement a sustainable approach to SEND in any Early Years setting.

Looking for Learning: Mark Making will help you spark children’s natural curiosity in seeing what happens when they make marks with their fingers, bodies and toys, as well as materials from nature and from your art supplies. From drawing around shadows and swirling paint in water, to printing animal footprints, Laura England, creator of Little Miss Early Years, provides a wealth of creative ideas for incorporating mark making into all child-led play, both indoors and outside. Publishes 21st January 2021

Looking for Learning: Maths through Play is full of creative suggestions for incorporating mathematical concepts – counting, comparison, composition, shape, pattern and number – into child-led play. The book contains ideas for bringing mathematical learning into children’s favourite activities: role play and construction; art and nature; sand and water play and even simple technology-based activities using projectors or torches.

PB • 244 x 189mm • 64pp • 9781472963055 • £12.99

Publishes 21st January 2021

Publishes 24th November 2021 PB • 244 x 169mm • 128pp • 9781472981011 • £18.99

PB • 244 x 189mm • 64pp • 9781472963093 • £12.99

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Best Practice in the Early Years

Continuous Provision: The Skills

Understanding Schemas Teaching Children to in Young Children Listen in the Early Years

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Filled with brilliant ideas, including advice for planning sessions, creating an engaging environment matched to children’s interests and encouraging and developing outdoor learning, this book is a must have for all those eager to ensure their practice is the best it can be.

A practical guide to differentiated skill development in continuous provision. In this practical book, Alistair Bryce-Clegg demonstrates that in every area of continuous provision (sand, water, role play) there are both ‘pure’ and ‘facilitative’ skills that children can only learn in that area.

Stella Louis, Clare Beswick, Liz Magraw and Lisa Hayes

PB • 244 x 169mm • 144pp 9781441138347 • £19.99

PB • 297 x 210mm • 72pp 9781472909527 • £19.99

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Schemas are a vitally important element in young children’s learning, and this book has been designed to help practitioners recognise them, value them and help children use them as they build their understanding of the world. PB • 244 x 169mm • 112pp 9781408189146 • £19.99

Liz Spooner and Jacqui Woodcock Specialist speech and language therapists Liz Spooner and Jacqui Woodcock present interventions that you can use in the classroom to teach young children the rules of good listening and why they are so important. It includes an easy-to-use, full-colour section of photocopiable resources so you can start straight away. PB • 297 x 210mm • 96pp 9781472959201 • £24.99

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100 IDEAS FOR TEACHERS: PRIMARY PRIMARY: STAFF LIBRARY

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Written by experts in their field, the books in the 100 Ideas series present easy-to-use, practical ideas for busy teachers. Every book contains 100 ideas in an accessible dip-in-and-out format, as well as tips to help you put the ideas into practice, bonus ideas, ways to take things further and advice on how to improve specific areas of teaching. The 100 Ideas series is a great resource for both new teachers and more experienced teachers looking for fresh inspiration. PB • 198 x 129mm • £14.99

100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Sensory Processing Differences

NEW FOR 2021

Kim Griffin 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Sensory Processing Differences is an ideal guide for all teachers looking to understand more about this complex yet common special educational need. Occupational therapist Kim Griffin explains how sensory processing differences may present in children, explores simple adjustments that can be made and provides easy-to-use strategies for supporting pupils in the primary classroom. Publishes 19th August 2021 144pp • 9781472986948

Science

Writing

History

Paul Tyler and Bryony Turford

Adam Bushnell, Rob Smith and David Waugh

Clare Horrie and Rachel Hillman

Packed with a whole range of activities focusing on the key areas of biology, chemistry and physics, including deceptively simple experiments that demonstrate scientific concepts in a memorable way, and strategies to develop pupils’ science capital.

100 quick, exciting and inspiring writing activities for the primary classroom. Focusing on the underpinnings of literacy, including grammar, spelling and syntax, these activities can be completed within 30 minutes as part of a standalone lesson on a particular writing skill or in a longer literacy session.

100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: History is brimming with imaginative ideas to teach history in the primary classroom. With each idea based on an original historical source from The National Archives, this book takes a skills-based approach that will make history real, accessible and exciting.

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9781472972361 • 136pp

9781472957375 • 152pp

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Literacy

Mindfulness in the Classroom

Supporting Pupils with Autism

Rob Smith and Katherine Simpson

Tammie Prince

Francine Brower

100 fun, engaging and expertly created ideas by the founders of The Literacy Shed to achieve quick-wins in your primary classroom, with a unique emphasis on visual and film literacy as a key concept.

Simple, tried-and-tested activities to incorporate mindfulness into the school day in order to support children’s wellbeing and develop positive mental health skills.

100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Supporting Pupils with Autism presents practical, tried-and-tested ideas that will best support the learning and development of pupils on the autism spectrum, in both mainstream and special schools.

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CLASSROOM RESOURCES NEW FOR 2021

NEW FOR 2021

These books provide the ultimate guide for teaching writing and SPaG using non-fiction texts. Each chapter contains photocopiable model texts for each year group along with annotated versions guiding teachers through language features, saving hours of planning. Mitch Hudson and Anna Richards, from the popular Grammarsaurus website, have carefully crafted the model texts to cover a range of subject areas, aligned to the National Curriculum.

Mastery in Reading Comprehension

Reading Recharged

Kala Williams

Looking to reignite your guided reading sessions? Alex Barton shares a wealth of tips, ideas and resources for teaching fun and creative guided and whole-class reading activities. Complete with lesson plans and photocopiable activity sheets, this book offers a fresh and imaginative approach to helping children develop the seven key reading skills identified in the National Curriculum.

Alex Barton

Make teaching reading comprehension simple, enjoyable and impactful with this proven mastery approach. Learn what works and why it works, take ownership of your teaching practice and meet the demands of the Key Stage 2 National Curriculum with outstanding results. This book is the perfect guide for any primary teacher looking to solidify their reading comprehension practice and maximise their pupils' abilities.

Publishes 10th June 2021

Grammarsaurus: Key Stage 1

Publishes 19th August 2021

Publishes 22nd July 2021

PB • 297 x 210mm • 112pp • 9781472981219 • £24.99

PRIMARY: STAFF LIBRARY

Mitch Hudson and Anna Richards

NEW FOR 2021

PB • 297 x 210mm • 144pp • 9781472984869 • £24.99

PB • 246 x 189mm • 160pp • 9781472980953 • £18.99

Grammarsaurus: Key Stage 2 PB • 297 x 210mm • 192pp • 9781472988331 • £24.99

Phonics at Home

The Grammar Book

Kate Robinson

Zoë Paramour and Tim Paramour

Perfect for parents keen to support their child’s reading and spelling development, Phonics at Home is packed full of fun, multi-sensory games and activities to bring phonics strategies to life. This guide complements phonic schemes that are already used by schools, and is ideal for Key Stage 1 and early Key Stage 2.

The Grammar Book contains everything you need to teach grammar at primary level. Covering what you need to know as well as practical ideas to enliven your teaching, this book will make grammar fun and engaging – both for the pupils and for you too! It is complete with lesson plans, activities and original short texts for use in the classroom.

PB • 244 x 169mm • 96pp • 9781472955159 • £9.99

PB • 244 x 169mm • 224pp • 9781472972293 • £19.99

PHOTOCOPIABLE RESOURCES

PRACTICAL PRE-SCHOOL AWARDS 2018

CREATIVE PLAY AWARDS 2019: TEACHING RESOURCES

SILVER AWARD

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Igniting Children's Writing Mark McCaughan PB • 297 x 210mm • 128pp 9781472951588 • £19.99

PHOTOCOPIABLE RESOURCES

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Let's Perform! Cath Howe PB • 297 x 210mm • 96pp 9781472957252 • £24.99

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PHOTOCOPIABLE RESOURCES

Teaching Children to Listen in Primary Schools

The If Machine (2nd Edition) Peter Worley

Liz Spooner and Jacqui Woodcock PB • 297 x 210mm • 120pp 9781472965165 • £24.99

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CLASSROOM RESOURCES: VOCABULARY NINJA PRIMARY: STAFF LIBRARY

NEW FOR 2021

Vocabulary Ninja Workbooks Andrew Jennings Created by bestselling author Andrew Jennings, Vocabulary Ninja Workbooks are perfect for targeted practice at home, building children’s confidence and developing those all-important literacy skills taught in the classroom. With clear activities and fun colour illustrations, they are effective for improving vocabulary knowledge across the curriculum, boosting confidence in tests, and mastering literacy skills. Publishes 8th July 2021 PB • 297 x 210mm • 32pp • £4.99

Vocabulary Ninja Workbook for Ages 5–6

Vocabulary Ninja Workbook for Ages 7–8

Vocabulary Ninja Workbook for Ages 9–10

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Vocabulary Ninja Workbook for Ages 6–7

Vocabulary Ninja Workbook for Ages 8–9

Vocabulary Ninja Workbook for Ages 10–11

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Comprehension Ninja Workbooks Andrew Jennings Each containing seven of the texts from the popular Comprehension Ninja: Non-Fiction books, these workbooks are aimed at parents for home learning, but are also effective in the classroom. PB • 297 x 210mm • 48pp • £4.99

Comprehension Ninja Workbook for Ages 5–6 9781472984999

Comprehension Ninja Workbook for Ages 6–7 9781472985019

Comprehension Ninja Workbook for Ages 7–8

Comprehension Ninja Workbook for Ages 9–10

9781472985040

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Comprehension Ninja Workbook for Ages 8–9

Comprehension Ninja Workbook for Ages 10–11

9781472985071

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Write Like a Ninja

Vocabulary Ninja

Andrew Jennings and Alan Peat

Andrew Jennings

Packed full of word lists, key grammar points and Alan Peat’s exciting sentences, Write Like a Ninja will help Key Stage 2 children give their writing a boost. Designed to be used independently by children, this pocket-sized toolkit is a must-have reference book for classroom and home use.

If you’re searching for an exciting and captivating approach to bring rich vocabulary into the primary classroom and see a significant impact on pupil confidence, oracy and SATs results, look no further than Vocabulary Ninja. This essential vocabulary toolkit will supercharge your pupils and transform them into vocabulary ninjas!

PB • 190 x 156mm • 112pp • 9781472988300 • £4.99

PB • 297 x 210mm • 128pp • 9781472964434 • £19.99

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Comprehension Ninja: Fiction & Poetry Andrew Jennings and Adam Bushnell Publishes 11th November 2021 PB • 297 x 210mm • 184pp • £24.99

Comprehension Ninja for Ages 5–6: Fiction & Poetry 9781472989819

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From the creator of the hugely popular Vocabulary Ninja come two series of photocopiable resources to transform primary pupils into comprehension ninjas! Each of the six books in the series feature 24 high-quality texts linked to the National Curriculum, with a range of activities to help embed reading skills and improve comprehension. With one series covering Non-Fiction and the other Fiction & Poetry, these 12 books provide excellent, comprehensive SATs practice.

COMPREHENSION NINJA

Comprehension Ninja for Ages 6–7: Fiction & Poetry 9781472989833

Comprehension Ninja for Ages 7–8: Fiction & Poetry 9781472989857

Comprehension Ninja for Ages 8–9: Fiction & Poetry 9781472989871

Comprehension Ninja for Ages 9–10: Fiction & Poetry 9781472989895

Comprehension Ninja for Ages 10–11: Fiction & Poetry 9781472989918

Comprehension Ninja: Non-Fiction Andrew Jennings

PB • 297 x 210mm • 184pp • £24.99

Comprehension Ninja for Ages 5–6: Non-Fiction

Comprehension Ninja for Ages 7–8: Non-Fiction

Comprehension Ninja for Ages 9–10: Non-Fiction

9781472969187

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Comprehension Ninja for Ages 6–7: Non-Fiction

Comprehension Ninja for Ages 8–9: Non-Fiction

Comprehension Ninja for Ages 10–11: Non-Fiction

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Andrew Jennings Andrew Jennings is the author of the bestselling series Vocabulary Ninja and Comprehension Ninja, which include photocopiable books for teachers as well as workbooks for practice at home. Andrew is an experienced teacher and school leader, while his innovative ninja-themed resources are used in thousands of classrooms in the UK and abroad. Follow Andrew on Twitter @VocabularyNinja and www.vocabularyninja.co.uk.

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CLASSROOM RESOURCES: ANDREW BRODIE PRIMARY: STAFF LIBRARY

With a little help from Andrew Brodie, one of the most trusted names in teaching, you’ll soon have your whole class mastering the basic skills they need in maths and English. As a current school governor and former headteacher, Andrew is fully aware of the demands placed on teachers, so he prides himself on creating teaching resources that you can use straight away in your classroom with minimum preparation.

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PB • 1297 x 210mm • 48pp • £4.99

Let’s Do Series Carefully matched to the National Curriculum, the Let’s Do activity books provide all the extra practice children need to build their confidence and boost their ability in those all important core subjects. Perfect for consolidating skills and preparation for SATs. See our website for full details.

These easy-to use apps help children practise essential skills in a fun and interactive way. Laid out simply and clearly, with audio support and endless new questions, these apps will help consolidate learning, stretch children further and boost their confidence.

EDUCATIONAL APPS FOR 5-11 YEARS OLD

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Mental Maths

Let’s Do Spelling

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Let’s Do Times Tables

Telling the Time

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CLASSROOM RESOURCES: ANDREW BRODIE

Assembly Today

PB • 297 x 210mm + CD-ROM • £19.99

PB • 297 x 210mm • 64pp • £17.99

Ages 6–7: 9781472931986 • 64pp Ages 10–11: 9781472932006 • 56pp

Brilliant Ideas to Get Boys Writing

Improving Comprehension

Key Stage 1: 9780713674712 Key Stage 2: 9780713674729

PB • 297 x 210mm • 144pp + CD-ROM • £24.99

Assembly Tomorrow

Ages 7–9: 9781408124833 Ages 9–11: 9781408124840

Ages 5–6: 9780713689839 Ages 6–7: 9780713689822 Ages 7–8: 9780713689815 Ages 8–9: 9780713689808 Ages 9–10: 9780713689907 Ages 10–11: 9780713689914

PB • 297 x 210mm • 64pp • £19.99

PB • 297 x 210mm • 64pp + CD-ROM • £24.99

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Arithmetic Tests

Key Stage 1: 9780713689587 Key Stage 2: 9780713689846

Improving Punctuation

Mental Maths Tests

More Improving Comprehension

More Mental Maths Tests

PB • 297 x 210mm • 64pp + CD-ROM • £24.99

PB • 297 x 210mm • 48pp + CD-ROM • £24.99

PB • 297 x 210mm • 64pp + CD-ROM • £24.99

PB • 297 x 210mm • 48pp + CD-ROM • £24.99

Ages 8–9: 9781408173992 Ages 9–10: 9781408174005 Ages 10–11: 9781408174012

Ages 5– 6: 9781408192429 Ages 6–7: 9781408134672 Ages 7– 8: 9780713676631 Ages 8– 9: 9780713676624 Ages 9–10: 9780713676617 Ages 10–11: 9780713673104

Ages 5–7: 9781408168394 Ages 7–8: 9781408168387 Ages 8–9: 9781408168370 Ages 9–10: 9781408168363 Ages10–11: 9781408168356

Ages 6–7: 9781408192436 Ages 7–8: 9781408124079 Ages 8–9: 9781408124055 Ages 9–10: 9781408124062 Ages 10–11: 9781408124086

One Minute Mental Maths (Revised edition)

Spelling for Literacy

Solving Maths Problems

PB • 297 x 210mm • £19.99

PB • 297 x 210mm • 128pp + CD-ROM • £24.99

PB • 297 x 210mm • £19.99

Ages 5– 6: 9781472919229 • 128pp Ages 6–7: 9781472919243 • 128pp Ages 7– 8: 9781472916594 • 128pp Ages 8– 9: 9781472916570 • 128pp Ages 9–10: 9781472916587 • 128pp Ages 10 –11: 9781472916617 • 128pp

Ages 7–9: 9781408124161 Ages 9–11: 9781408124154

Ages 5–7: 9781472958907 • 64pp Ages 7–9: 9781472958938 • 64pp Ages 9–11: 9781472958969 • 64pp Extension: 9780713689693 • 80pp

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100 IDEAS FOR TEACHERS: SECONDARY PB • 198 x 129mm • £14.99

SECONDARY: STAFF LIBRARY

NEW FOR 2021

Outstanding Computing Lessons

Engaging Parents

Stretch and Challenge

Engaging Learners

Janet Goodall and Kathryn Weston

Simon Johnson

Paul Wright

Jon Tait

Based on extensive research and practical experience, this book presents 100 ideas to enable teachers to engage parents in their children’s learning. Perfect for form tutors and pastoral leaders, these easy-to-implement strategies will help improve home–school communication, break down barriers and raise achievement across the secondary curriculum.

Exciting ideas, techniques and activities to embed stretch and challenge strategies in everyday classroom practice, regardless of subject area. Designed to help students develop a greater depth of subject knowledge and understanding, this book is a treasure trove of innovative ideas and strategies.

Are your students really engaged in your teaching? Teachers everywhere are looking for quick and easy ways to liven up their lessons, try something new and exciting, or just tweak a strategy or practice that they have been doing for years. Put the ideas in this book into practice to get your class engaged and ready to learn!

100 practical ideas for teaching computing at secondary level. Perfectly aligned to the KS3 and KS4 National Curriculum, this is ideal for all teachers seeking inspiring, ready-to-use activities for their classroom. From rubber duck debugging to teaching algorithm design through magic tricks, the ideas will inject excitement into any computing lesson. Publishes 1st April 2021

136pp • 9781472965578

136pp • 9781472945327

144pp • 9781472976635

136pp • 9781472984401

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Outstanding History Lessons

Outstanding Lessons

Outstanding MFL Lessons

Ross Morrison McGill

Dannielle Warren

Emily Thomas

100 practical and easy-toimplement ideas that can be picked up five minutes before your lesson starts and put into practice just as they are, or embedded into your day-today teaching to make every lesson an outstanding lesson!

With 100 exciting games and activities for teaching modern foreign languages, this book will enliven and invigorate language learning. Suitable for all new and experienced MFL teachers, regardless of the language they teach, these ideas will support all aspects of the curriculum, including grammar, vocabulary, speaking and listening.

The activities in this book aim to embrace what is mind-boggling, bizarre and extraordinary about history and tap into students’ innate curiosity and wonder, while still catering to the twin pressures of exam results and observation.

144pp • 9781472905307

152pp • 9781472940957

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Supporting Students with Numeracy Difficulties Patricia Babtie and Sue Dillon Dyscalculia experts Patricia Babtie and Sue Dillon present 100 ideas to help students with numeracy difficulties grasp the core mathematical skills required to succeed. With tips for improving study skills and exam technique, this is a must-have resource in every classroom. 176pp • 9781472961099

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TEACHING ENGLISH AND DRAMA

TO THE E TERS AT SIGN UP NEWSLET S L O O H TTERS FOR SC /NEWSLE M O .C Y R U BLOOMSB

ENGLISH AND DRAMA SET TEXTS

DNA School Edition Dennis Kelly PB • 198 x 129mm •72pp 9781840029529 • £10.99

Blood Brothers GCSE (Student Edition) Willy Russell PB • 198 x 129mm • 136pp 9781474229920 • £10.99

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: Abridged for Schools Simon Stephens

Our Country's Good (Student Edition)

A Doll's House (Student Edition)

The Duchess of Malfi

Timberlake Wertenbaker

Henrik Ibsen

PB • 198 x 129mm • 152pp 9781350097889 • £10.99

PB • 198 x 129 mm • 136pp 9781350116788 • £10.99

John Webster PB • 198 x 129 mm • 216pp 9781474295673 • £8.99

SECONDARY: STAFF LIBRARY

Whether you’re looking for traditional or contemporary plays, student guides or critical texts, or some inspirational professional development ideas, our books from Methuen Drama, Oberon Books and The Arden A ND DRAM Shakespeare have something to support you and your English and Drama students. NGLISH A

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PB • 198 x 129mm • 80pp 9781350111530 • £10.99

TEACHER AND STUDENT GUIDES NEW FOR 2021

NEW FOR 2021 +

11 new plays for Young People

100 Acting Exercises for 8-18 Year Olds Samantha Marsden Inspire, ignite imagination and encourage confident performances with these tried-and-tested acting exercises in the classroom for 8-18 year olds. 184pp • 9781350049949 • £15.99

David Wood Plays for 5-12 Year Olds The Gingerbread Man; The See-Saw Tree; The BFG; Save the Human; Mother Goose's Golden Christmas David Wood This is a scrumdiddlyumptious selection of David Wood's plays paired with all the information and lesson plans you need to use them in class or on stage. Publishes 6th May 2021 304pp • 9781350174924 • £19.99

A Beginner’s Guide to Devising Theatre Jess Thorpe and Tashi Gore Written by the artistic directors of the award-winning young people's performance company Junction 25, this book explores creative ways to devise original theatre from contemporary stimulus. 296pp • 9781350025943 • £21.99

National Theatre Connections 2021 Miriam Battye, Belgrade Young Company, Mojisola Adebayo, Alison Carr, John Donnelly, Vivienne Franzmann, Hattie Naylor, Andrew Muir, Frances Poet, Silva Semerciyan & Chris Thompson Each year the National Theatre commissions ten new plays for young people to perform, bringing together some of the UK's most exciting writers with the theatre makers of tomorrow. The 2021 festival has commissioned another two plays, bringing back nine of the 2020 plays too. Publishes 17th June 2021 536pp • 9781350233744 • £24.99

The Arden Performance Editions Give young performers just enough definition and direction to rehearse and study these timeless Shakespeare plays with concise, facing-page notes for easy reference. bloomsbury.com/series/arden-performance-editions

PB • 216 x 138 mm • £6.99 - £8.99

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GENERAL INTEREST PRIMARY AND SECONDARY: STAFF LIBRARY

A School Without Sanctions

Happy School 365

Mark. Plan. Teach. 2.0

Just Great Teaching

Action Jackson

Ross Morrison McGill

Steven Baker and Mick Simpson

This inspirational manual written by motivational speaker Action Jackson is packed with 30 easy-to-implement and scientifically proven ideas to help young people to achieve their academic and personal goals, supporting them to make the most of school and life, build better relationships with teachers and peers, and develop a sense of selfworth, focus and discipline.

This updated edition of Ross Morrison McGill's bestselling Mark. Plan. Teach. includes refreshed content in line with current best practice and developments around marking and feedback. Mark. Plan. Teach. 2.0 is packed full of pragmatic ideas that will help teachers refine the key elements of their profession: marking work, planning lessons and teaching students. It comes with a unique 48-page visual guide to the key ideas, illustrated by Oliver Caviglioli.

Ross Morrison McGill, bestselling author of Mark. Plan. Teach., pinpoints the top ten key issues that schools in Great Britain are facing today. Using research collected from ten primary and secondary schools, Ross provides strategies, ideas and techniques for how these issues can be tackled most effectively.

Based on the authors’ widely recognised sanction-free approach, this book offers a practical methodology that enables teachers to manage and modify challenging behaviour. Steven Baker and Mick Simpson explore basic evolutionary psychology and brain development to help teachers understand why challenging behaviour occurs. PB • 234 x 156mm • 192pp 9781472974525 • £19.99

PB • 216 x 138mm • 144pp 9781472974563 • £14.99

PB • 234 x 153mm • 256pp 9781472964236 • £14.99

PB • 234 x 156mm • 208pp + 48pp booklet 9781472978622 • £16.99

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Celebrating Difference

Growth Mindset

Shaun Dellenty

Nikki Willis

Celebrating Difference is an inspiring handbook for LGBT+ inclusion, aimed at all primary and secondary teachers and leaders. It is filled with practical advice enabling schools to bring about organisational change to ensure the safety, success and wellbeing of all pupils and staff members.

This practical book is packed full of creative, inspiring and easy-toimplement ideas that will help to establish a growth mindset culture in your school, without generating lots of additional work for staff. It has everything from lesson plans that allow children to direct their own learning to inspiration for displays that show even adults make mistakes!

PB • 234 x 156mm • 256pp 9781472961501 • £19.99

PB • 244 x 169mm • 96pp 9781472955067 • £14.99

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The Arts in Primary Education

Teaching Rebooted

Ghislaine Kenyon

In Teaching Rebooted, Jon Tait offers clarity around key learning techniques, such as metacognition, dual coding, interleaving and retrieval practice, examining the evidence behind each approach and providing practical ideas to embed them in classroom practice.

Ghislaine Kenyon discusses simple and practical ways to integrate the arts across the primary curriculum and the reasons why this is of crucial importance. The Arts in Primary Education will help schools develop a whole-school arts curriculum to enrich learning and raise attainment. PB • 216 x 138mm • 160pp 9781472961051 • £19.99

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PB • 216 x 138mm • 160pp 9781472977663 • £14.99

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GENERAL INTEREST NEW FOR 2021

NEW FOR 2021

The Wellbeing Toolkit

Proactive Pastoral Care

The Wellbeing Curriculum

Maria O'Neill

Andrew Cowley

A practical guide to pastoral care that puts student wellbeing at the top of the agenda. Full of research-based ideas for tutor time, assemblies, relationships and sex education, and PSHE, this is the perfect resource for all secondary teachers.

The ultimate guide to developing a primary wellbeing curriculum, this book covers a wide range of topics from self-awareness and building trust to healthy eating, cyberbullying and diversity.

Publishes 15th April 2021

Publishes 14th October 2021

From the co-founder of Healthy Toolkit (@HealthyToolkit) comes a practical guide for addressing primary and secondary school staff wellbeing from a whole-school perspective, with particular reference to workload, stress and supporting colleagues at times of crisis.

PB • 216 x 138mm •176pp • 9781472980434 • £19.99

PB • 234 x 156mm • 192pp • 9781472986412 • £19.99

PB • 234 x 156mm • 192pp • 9781472961655 • £19.99

NEW FOR 2021

TEACH PRIMARY AWARDS 2019: WELLBEING

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The Emotionally Intelligent Teacher

Teaching Happiness and Wellbeing in Schools (2nd edition)

Wellbeing in the Primary Classroom

Niomi Clyde-Roberts

Ian Morris

Adrian Bethune

This resource will uplift every teacher and leader and inspire them to build positive staff relationships. Using real-life examples, Niomi demonstrates how empathy, clear communication and compassionate leadership can make every team member feel valued.

A theoretical and practical guide to implementing a wellbeing programme in your school, this book covers three areas: wellbeing as a philosophy of education, teaching approaches, and the content for a wellbeing programme.

Experienced teacher and advisor on children’s wellbeing, Adrian Bethune, explains the latest evidence and research from the psychology of happiness, and makes it accessible and applicable in the primary classroom.

Publishes 11th November 2021

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY: STAFF LIBRARY

WELLBEING

PB • 246 x 189mm • 224pp • 9781472917317 • £24.99 PB • 216 x 138mm • 224pp • 9781472951540 • £19.99

PB • 245 x 170mm • 128pp • 9781472974655 • £19.99

SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES NEW FOR 2021

Across the Spectrum

Narrowing the Attainment Gap

Francine Brower and Keith MacKenzie Cox

Daniel Sobel

A unique insight into the diverse presentations of autism in children and young people. Francine Brower and Keith MacKenzie Cox use their decades of experience to share real-life examples of the underlying characteristics of autism.

Daniel Sobel examines the real issues behind the attainment gap between disadvantaged students and their peers. This compelling book focuses on key leadership skills, practices and interventions that will help schools tackle this top priority.

Publishes 19th August 2021

PB • 244 x 169mm • 224pp • 9781472946379 • £24.99

PB • 234 x 156mm • 176pp • 9781472984524 • £24.99

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The Ultimate Guide to Differentiation Sue Cowley The Ultimate Guide to Differentiation will help teachers, practitioners and support staff feel confident that they are meeting the needs of every learner. It offers over 90 practical strategies for effective differentiation in every classroom. PB • 234 x 156mm • 144pp • 9781472948960 • £19.99

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Feel Free to Smile

Let's Hear It from the Boys

The Inclusive Classroom

Nikki Cunningham-Smith

Gary Wilson

Daniel Sobel and Sara Alston

A fresh perspective on behaviour management, detailing honest, real-life classroom experiences and the sense of humour it takes to deal with them. Drawing on anecdotes from her time as a teacher in alternative provision settings, plus stories from fellow professionals and NQTs, Nikki Cunningham-

Gary Wilson lets the students do the talking in this unique perspective on boys’ underperformance in secondary schools. With real-life testimonies from boys and advice from Gary’s decades of experience on what teachers can do to help, this is the perfect practical guide for raising boys’

This innovative guide from inclusion experts and school leaders Daniel Sobel and Sara Alston offers a practical, rewarding approach to help primary and secondary teachers support vulnerable students in a timeeffective, stress-free way. It contains simple,

Smith provides practical strategies and tips for dealing with difficult behaviour and keeping your cool in testing situations.

achievement and creating the best learning environment for all students.

Publishes 10th June 2021

PB • 234 x 156mm • 192pp • 9781472974631 • £19.99

effective actions to improve outcomes, backup ideas for when things don’t go to plan, real-life anecdotes and advice on rethinking traditional diagnoses by prioritising strengths and needs.

Publishes 7th January 2021

PB • 216 x 138mm • 176pp • 9781472984487 • £14.99

Publishes 7th January 2021 PB • 244 x 169mm • 176pp 9781472977922 • £16.99

Bloomsbury CPD Library enables schools to run effective CPD sessions in-house, saving money and unifying staff behind a common improvement goal. Divided into two unique sections, Teach Yourself and Train Others, the books offer individual teachers and middle leaders the chance to ensure their own practice is shipshape before leading CPD training programmes for colleagues. The books provide a set of ready-to-use training plans, accompanied by PowerPoint slides and worksheets available to download online. On average, each book offers 20 hours of CPD, equating to just £1.15 per hour of training!

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PB • 234 x 156mm • £24.99

Research-Informed Practice 272pp • 9781472961532

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Secondary Curriculum and Assessment Design

Stretch and Challenge

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SCHOOL LEADERSHIP NEW FOR 2021

NEW FOR 2021

The Headteacher's Handbook

Lighting the Way

Riding the Waves

Angela Browne

James Hilton

Jon Tait

Rae Snape

The ultimate guide to stepping into senior leadership, from experienced school leader and author Jon Tait. With invaluable guidance on everything from acing the application stages to settling into your new post and developing a vision, this is the perfect pocket guide to help you hit the ground running in senior leadership.

This must-read handbook is filled with practical guidance on all aspects of primary headship to support new, current and aspiring headteachers. Rae Snape, an experienced headteacher and National Leader of Education, covers the nuts and bolts of headship from meeting your team, communicating your vision and developing the curriculum to

Angela Browne, star of the BBC2 documentary series School, uses her wealth of experience to help school leaders become torchbearers, leading children, staff and local communities with purpose and integrity, and navigating the challenges their schools are facing with confidence and optimism.

Publishes 4th March 2021

managing budgets and handling complaints.

PB • 198 x 129mm • 240pp 9781472986498 • £19.99

PB • 234 x 156mm • 208pp 9781472972460 • £19.99

Publishes 5th August 2021

Riding the Waves offers practical strategies, advice and reflective questions for developing the fulfilling aspects of school leadership to carry school leaders through these challenging times. James Hilton explores how school leaders can enhance their mental health and wellbeing and their work–life balance by building effective relationships, nurturing talent and celebrating achievements. PB • 234 x 156mm • 192pp 9781472967992 • £19.99

PB • 234 x 156mm • 320pp 9781472975423 • £24.99

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Ten Traits of Resilience James Hilton In this thought-provoking book, James Hilton explores ten traits of resilience and demonstrates to school leaders how they can embed these traits into their practice to grow their own resilience and that of their staff too. PB • 234 x 156mm • 192pp 9781472951502 • £19.99

A Manifesto for Excellence

Education: A Manifesto for Change

Leading on Pastoral Care

Rob Carpenter

Richard Gerver

Daniel Sobel

Rob Carpenter took a school from special measures to outstanding in 16 months and firmly believes that the quality of teaching and leadership holds the key to raising standards. This book is about helping teachers to design classrooms, curricula and wholeschool practices that are inclusive, engaging and, above all, excellent.

Renowned educationalist, speaker and author Richard Gerver offers an empowering vision for how education, both in the UK and internationally, can be transformed and made fit for purpose for today’s children – tomorrow’s adults.

Written by a leading expert in the field of inclusion, this book helps all middle leaders, senior leaders and SENCOs in both primary and secondary schools to provide the best support for their most vulnerable students, while reducing pressure, stress and workload for themselves and their colleagues.

PB • 244 x 169mm • 176pp 9781472946348 • £19.99

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PB • 234 x 156mm • 128pp 9781472962362 • £19.99

PB • 244 x 169 mm • 224pp 9781472958440 • £24.99

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