Big Noisy Book Of Busy Places

Thrum-thrum. Bong-bong. Choppetta-choppetta-choppetta. The world is a big and noisy place, filled with wonderful things to do, see, and hear. This book shows them all, from an airport, a train station, and a shopping mall, to school and a swimming pool! Kids will happily explore the many sites and sounds captured in Britta Teckentrup's bright and colorful pictures."

Present Yourself is a presentation skills course for adult and young-adult learners of English. Present Yourself 1, Experiences, is intended for low-intermediate students and focuses on giving presentations about everyday experiences. It can be used as a main text in a presentation skills course, in the context of a general conversation course, or as a component in speaking or integrated-skills classes.

Learn many interesting facts about the structure and set-up of cities. What does a school look like? What can you find in a shopping center? These huge-format, 40-page books, illustrated by Britta Teckentrup, feature fun-filled busy places. Bursting with information, humor, and color, they teach children about how cities function.

A FINALIST FOR THE 2020 WORLD FANTASY AWARD Unearth the enchanting origins of fantasy fiction with a collection of tales as vast as the tallest tower and as mysterious as the dark depths of the forest. Fantasy stories have always been with us. They illuminate the odd and the uncanny, the wondrous and the fantastic: all the things we know are lurking just out of sight—on the other side of the looking-glass, beyond the music of the impossibly haunting violin, through the twisted trees of the ancient woods. Other worlds, talking animals, fairies, goblins, demons, tricksters, and mystics: these are the elements that populate a rich literary tradition that spans the globe. A work composed both of careful scholarship and fantastic fun, The Big Book of Classic Fantasy is essential reading for anyone who’s never forgotten the stories that first inspired feelings of astonishment and wonder. INCLUDING: *Stories by pillars of the genre like the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Mary Shelley, Christina Rossetti, L. Frank Baum, Robert E. Howard, and J. R. R. Tolkien *Fantastical offerings from literary giants including Edith Wharton, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Zora Neale Hurston, Vladimir Nabokov, Hermann Hesse, and W.E.B. Du Bois *Rare treasures from Asian, Eastern European, Scandinavian, and Native American traditions *New translations, including fourteen stories never before in English PLUS: *Beautifully Bizarre Creatures! *Strange New Worlds Just Beyond the Garden Path! *Fairy Folk and Their Dark Mischief! *Seriously Be Careful—Do Not Trust Those Fairies!

Jamaica Primary Language Arts covers all the Language Arts strands under the National Standards Curriculum and assists students in interacting with methodologies and content not only in Language Arts but also in other disciplines across the NSC. The Four Cs of communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity take centre stage in these appealing and engaging books. Students will be supported and encouraged in their journeys to becoming life-long learners. The books are task-oriented and student-centred, with many activities which students will find both engaging and relevant. - Explore and develop phonemic awareness through a variety of games and activities - Learn and use literary terms and learn how to engage with different types of text - Guide students to an understanding of the structure of language - Explore written communication for a variety of purposes - Ensure a smooth transition to the next phase of learning