Tamburlaine's Elephants
'The stories are beautifully told.....vivid human portrayal.....represents more than just a retelling.'
Jewish Chronicle
.....the quality of the writing!'
School Library Journal (US)
God's People
Illustrated by ANNA C LEPLAR
The Old Testament is the history of a people - God's people. This epic story is interspersed with favourite and familiar quotations from the King James version of the Bible
A Dolphin Paperback from Orion.
'Princesses have a universal and
timeless fascination and Geraldine McCaughrean has revived the tradition
and given it a fresh vitality'
Junior Education
'Captivating for 4 to 8 eight year olds.'
Sunday Telegraph
'McCaughrean could rewrite the
shipping forecast and make it sound riveting - she has a wonderful
talent for drawing children straight into the story'
Sunday Telegraph
'....her descriptions, which veer between the magical and the comic, also
echo the flickering grace of dance....'
TES Primary
A major interpretation of the best-known and best-loved stories and parables from the New Testament
A Dolphin Paperback from Orion
'The contents are not only a pleasing translation, as it were, but written
with the hallmarks of a craftsman: skilful simplicity and a well trained
eye for the telling phrase.'
Theatre Magazine
The Orchard Book of Starry Tales
Illustrated by SOPHY WILLIAMS
What do you see when you look up at night? A plough? A great bear? Or a circle of chiefs sitting at a pow-pow? For thousands of years, around the world, Man has seen shapes and pictures in the night sky and created stories to account for them.
Orchard Children's Books
McElderry Books (US)
Stories from Shakespeare
Murderers, mad kings, mistaken identitiies, shipwrecks, soldiers, swordfights,
ghosts, witches and feuds, they're all here in stories to haunt and delight
you and sometimes chill you to the bone. A brilliant way to discover Shakespeare.
A Dolphin Paperback from Orion.
Princess Stories
Illustrated by LIZZIE SANDERS
Enter the enchanted world of princesses and read about such girls as Sumio, who fell from the moon, and Princess Mine, who lives on an island with gingerbread men as her only companions.
A Dolphin Paperback from Orion.
'It takes a special kind of talent to bring Bible stories alive for children in an unpatronising and appealing way.'
Northern Echo
If you find reading the Bible a bit tricky sometimes, then take a look at God's Kingdom.
Kids Alive-Salvation Army
Gorgeouly illustrated, these stories, which are intended to be read aloud, are written in a voice that is easy enough for a five-year-old to follow,yet descriptive enough to hold the interest of a ten-year-old.
Orchard Childrens' Books
