When a father can't decide who should wed his daughter, Jacob makes a dangerous pact to ensure that he can marry Gretchen. Should a father have a favourite child? An African dilemma puts the question another way. A wise judge concocts a plan to reveal who really is guilty in a tale from China. This varied collection from around the word is complemented with fabulous illustrations which children will love. TreeTops Greatest Stories offers children some of the worlds best-loved tales in a collection of timeless classics. Top children's authors and talented illustrators work together to bring to life our literary heritage for a new generation, engaging and delighting children. The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book. Each book contains inside cover notes to help children explore the content, supporting their reading development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links and activities to support guided reading, writing, speaking and listening.
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Weight: 88g
Dimensions: 131 x 199mm
Publication Date: 12 May 2016
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780198306016
About Becca Heddle
Co-winner of the Royal Society's Rhône-Poulenc Young People's Prize for Science Books 1994. Overall New Talent winner of The Association of Illustrators Illustration Awards 2013. Michael Morpurgo is one of the UK's most well-known and best-loved authors. A prolific writer he has won numerous awards and was the Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005. His world-famous War Horse met with international acclaim and has been made into a stage play and a film. Kimberley Reynolds is Professor of Childrens Literature at Newcastle University. She has advised on and contributed to many children's literature broadcasts programmes films and other projects including for the V&A Museum British Library and British Council. In 2013 she won the International Brothers Grimm Award for an outstanding body of research into children's literature. She is a trustee of Seven Stories the National Centre for Childrens Books in Newcastle and was a founder-member of the UK Childrens Laureate.