Intended for shared and guided group reading, in Key Stage, 2 Y3-4/P4-5, this book features Freddy who is only three when the Second World War begins, and all he knows is that his father has gone away and may not be back for some time. By the time the war ends he is nine, and he knows a lot more. This book is one of a series, the aim of which is to resource that part of the National Literacy Strategy that calls for a shared and guided group reading of a common text within the structure of the Literacy Hour framework. The series provides multiple copies of the books for group reading, along with teachers' resource books containing both lesson plans within the Literacy Hour structure as well as supporting photocopiable activity sheets for pupils.

Topher Hope is on the move again. When his devoted cat, Ka, leaves a mysterious clue on his computer, a Roman word--CA;;LLevA--he follows her to a Romano-British settlement in AD 79. Ka is happy among the cat-adoring conquerors and their central heating! Topher, now a British boy apprenticed to a Roman mosaic maker, has mixed loyalties. When the eagle, symbol of Roman power, disappears from the forum, the fragile peace is threatened and Topher begins a desperate search. Can he find it and save his Roman friend, Marcus, from the Druid's murderous sickle?

Library Friendly Edition of original- A comprehensive history of the Romans in Britain, from Julius Caesarâe(tm)s first invasions and Boudiccaâe(tm)s rebellion to the founding of Roman London and the building of Hadrianâe(tm)s Wall.

Presents a series of short science-fiction stories that tells of encounters between humans and the intelligent, self-aware death machines known as the Berserkers.

In these powerful and stylishly written essays, Maria Manuel Lisboa dissects the work of Paula Rego, the Portuguese-born artist considered one of the greatest artists of modern times. Focusing primarily on Rego's work since the 1980s, Lisboa explores the complex relationships between violence and nurturing, power and impotence, politics and the family that run through Rego's art. Taking a historicist approach to the evolution of the artist's work, Lisboa embeds the works within Rego's personal history as well as Portugal's (and indeed other nations') stories, and reveals the interrelationship between political significance and the raw emotion that lies at the heart of Rego's uncompromising iconographic style. Fundamental to Lisboa's analysis is an understanding that apparent opposites - male and female, sacred and profane, aggression and submissiveness - often co-exist in Rego's work in a way that is both disturbing and destabilising. This collection of essays brings together both unpublished and previously published work to make a significant contribution to scholarship about Paula Rego. It will also be of interest to scholars and students of contemporary painting, Portuguese and British feminist art, and the political and ideological aspects of the visual arts.