A Puffin Book - stories that last a lifetime. Puffin Modern Classics are relaunched under a new logo: A Puffin Book. There are 20 titles to collect in the series, listed below, all with exciting new covers and fun-filled endnotes. Philippa Pearce's poignant story of a young boy who longs for a pet dog. In A DOG SO SMALL young Ben Blewitt is desperate for a dog. He's picked out the biggest and best dogs from the books in the library - and he just knows he's going to get one for his birthday. Ben is excited when the big day arrives, but he receives a picture of a dog instead of a real one! But the imagination can be a powerful thing, and when Ben puts his to work, his adventures really begin! Philippa Pearce grew up in a millhouse near Cambridge and read English and history at Girton College. She was a *writer-producer for the BBC, a children's book editor and reviewer, a lecturer, a storyteller and freelance writer for radio and newspapers as well as writing some of the best-loved
The Geronimo Stilton Academy: Comprehension Pawbooks have been developed to build on children's interest in the Geronimo Stilton series to develop their literacy skills through structured exercises. Designed to fuel children's interest in reading, this series engages children and makes the learning of English enjoyable.Each workbook contains- Authentic excerpts from the Geronimo Stilton series.- Structured practices to develop children's reading skills.- Variety of question types comprising whilst-reading questions, comprehension questions and graphics-based activities at different levels of difficulty to ensure thorough understanding of the text.- Fun activities at the end of each section that are related to the excerpts to engage and motivate students to read. For use with .
