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El
Cid
Illustrated by VICTOR AMBRUS
Chief Marshal of the royal army of King Sancho II, Ruy Diaz, fell from
favour when Sancho's brother came to the throne. Banished to the south,
where Moorish invaders held sway, he fought as a mercenary both for the
Moors and against them. But in 1094 he made his greatest mark on history
by capturing the stronghold of Valencia. It was the beginning of the
end of the Moorish occupation
Oxford University Press
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'A
handsome retelling...vigorous, dynamic prose'
The Horn Book Guide
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The Odyssey
Illustrated by VICTOR AMBRUS
After ten years of war, Odysseus just wanted to go home. But the journey
was long and there were many dangers to overcome - one- eyed giants, beautiful
sorceresses, terrifying whirlpools, six-headed sea monsters. Until at last
he arrived back, alone and exhausted, to find one hundred fierce warriors
waiting for him.
Oxford University Press
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'...has
a muscular quality to the writing that reflects the spirit
of the original.'
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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
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'McCaughrean
could rewrite the shipping forecast and make it sound riveting
- she has a wonderful talent for drawing children straight
into the story'
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The Orchard
Book of Love and Friendship
Illustrated by JANE RAY
Have you ever wondered what lies behind the doves
and pagodas on a Willow Pattern tea-cup? Or asked yourself whose
beauty inspired the Taj Mahal?
Orchard Children's Books
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One Thousand and One Arabian Nights
King Shahryar kills a new wife every night, before she can stop loving him.
But a new bride Shahrazad has a clever plan to save herself. Her nightly
stories - of Sinbad the Sailor and Ali Baba - are so exciting that King Shahryar
finds himself postponing her execution again and again.
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'A
brilliant tour de force'
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Saint George
and the Dragon
Illustrated by NICKI PALIN
The legend of St George, the Dragon-Slayer, recounting the story
of how a vile dragon, fathered by Evil and born of Darkness, rose
from a pool outside a tranquil town's gates, how it besieged and
terrorised the town, and how an unknown horseman appeared and slew
the horrible creature.
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'...Breathtaking rendition
...eloquent and lyrical narrative'
Doubleday Review
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King Arthur
and the Round Table
Illustrated by ALAN MARKS
A book of the chivalry, honour and treachery of
this bygone age, recounting the downfall of Merlin, the cursed
love of Lancelot and Guinevere, the quests of knights brave and
true, and Arthur's inevitable fate, along with lesser known tales
of the Round Table.
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On the
Day the World Began
Illustrated by NORMAN BANCROFT-HUNT
Adrift on a cold, deep ocean, with nothing in
common but the raft they share, men and women from a world of different
places start to argue. How did the world begin? And who made it?
And why?
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Tales of
Robin Hood
A new outlaw has come to Sherwood Forest. He has
lost everything. But Robin of Locksley is too angry to sit down
and cry. He puts his hunting horn to his lips and blows...
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