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A young Chinese soldier, nearly 2000 years ago, needed some help to save his family's farm. Was his clever act of recycling the invention of the wheelbarrow?

Ancient China. Han Dynasty. Ping and Kai have travelled far, but their journey is not yet over. Danger stalks them. Ping must find Kai a safe place. But how? When a hidden message from Danzi makes the way clear, Ping knows that once again the journey of a thousand li begins with a single step.

Footprints left in mud usually don't last very long. Sometimes they survive. Not just for a little while, but for a long, long time.

Ping is struggling to protect the young dragon Kai from the ruthless enemies that stalk him.Then an old friend sends her a secret map that shows the way to Dragon Haven - and the Dragonkeeper sets out on the most important journey of her life. But when Ping and Kai arrive they are shocked to find that Dragon Haven has been abandoned and only a pile of dragon bones remains. What has happened to the wild creatures that roamed there? The answer comes in the form of a mysterious dragon who holds the key to Kai's future . . .

The last thing Kurt feels like doing is helping his grandpa make sauerkraut for the German festival, especially when he sees the huge pile of cabbages in the laundry. He sees his chance to get out of chopping all the cabbages when his aunt and uncle arrive to help with his little cousin Belinda, who needs babysitting. But, looking after Belinda doesn't turn out the way Kurt had planned. Cooking with his cousin turns into sweet trouble - and plenty of cakes for the festival.

Placido's mum and dad are theatre performers. In fact Placido comes from a long line of theater performers. So, naturally Placido's mum and dad want him to be a performer too. But, Placido doesn't want to dance, sing, or act. Placido's mum and dad don't listen when he tries to tell them how he feels. But one day, they discover there is something in the theatre Placido really loves to do!

One in the 'Rave' series of books for teenagers. A teenage girl has to adapt to leaving her private school and starting at the local high school. She becomes involved in the drama group's adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Richard III'.

'''tell me what you see.''' 'some things I see, others are unclear.''' For more than a year, Prince Ramose has been living in disguise, travelling without rest to get back to the royal palace where he can regain his place as heir to the throne of Egypt. But his journey is not over yet. There is no going back once you have felt the sting of the scorpion.

A collection of twenty factual texts and one teacher's resource book which provides ideas for the teaching of reading, writing and spelling. The texts are presented in the form of a newspaper with a multi-column format and newspaper features such as 'letters to the editor'.

Bertrand dreams of becoming a knight, against his father's wishes. When he is found secretly training with the peasants his angry father locks him in his room and Bertrand must flee for his life.