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Perfect for enjoying in school or at home, Bug Club is proud to present a series of plays to get kids reading, sharing and interacting at KS1. Presented by celebrated children's author Julia Donaldson, each play features engaging stories, beautiful artwork and memorable characters that help kids really catch the reading bug by truly involving them in the story! Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 10-11 (Year 6) Book band: Red Ideal for home learning Play 1: Bored, Zeus creates servants to worship him. But he is unhappy with the gold, silver and bronze people he makes. Finally, Prometheus creates humans. Play 2: The sphinx controls the road to Thebes. The queen declares that she will marry whoever answers the Riddle of the Sphinx. Many men try and fail until a limping traveller succeeds.

Imaginative, humorous plays presented by celebrated children's author Julia Donaldson and part of Bug Club - the reading scheme loved by kids across the UK.

Imaginative, humorous plays presented by celebrated children's author Julia Donaldson and part of Bug Club - the reading scheme loved by kids across the UK.

Imaginative, humorous plays presented by celebrated children's author Julia Donaldson and part of Bug Club - the reading scheme loved by kids across the UK.

The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series is a collection of some of the best known stories from around the world carefully adapted for children to read themselves. Twelve Dancing Princesses is a German rags-to-riches folk tale of a young man who must solve a mystery to gain his reward.

Part of the Bug Club whole school reading programme for Reception, KS1 and KS2 that transforms young readers into life-long readers. Children are instantly engaged by the characters they know and love and want to read more and more.

A completely original version of the Arabian Nights Stories by award-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean. In order to delay her inevitable execution, Queen Shaharazad tells her murdering husband, King Shahryar, an exciting story every night. She tells her wonderful stories until the King realizes that he won't be able to live without them...

Everyone knows the story of the flood, the men God chose to survive and the animals that went in two by two. But what about the others that sailed on the Ark - the women and the children? This adventure story asks what it was really like when the heavens opened and the world drowned - and what might have happened in the days that followed.

These stories are intended as a way of introducing Shakespeare to lower secondary students. The language provides a flavour of the plays yet remains accesssible to a wide ability range.

Winner of the Blue Peter Book Awards, this is a briliant re-telling of John Bunyans classic adventure story. Luxurious illustrations by Jason Cockcroft perfectly enhance McCaughrean's swashbuckling prose.

This selection of 16 Greek myths provides tales of adventure, courage and mystery. Geraldine McCaughrean's re-telling makes them accessible for Key Stage 3 pupils.

A thriller set in ancient Egypt between 1351 and 1354 BC. Tutmose and Ibrim's father, the animal dealer, is commanded by the new pharaoh Akhenaten, to bring him animals - lots of animals - for his new capital city. The boys' father is delighted. But he has no idea what the pharaoh's strange new religion will mean for all of them.

It's 1893 and for Cissy and her family, a new life beckons on the prairies of Oklahoma and they and their fellow settlers prepare for steady business alongside the Red Rock Railroad track. But when they refuse to sell their land to the railroad company, the boss swears that his trains will never stop in Florence again. How will they ever make a living now? Cissy and her friends, family and neighbours vow that they will make the train stop - by whatever means are necessary, no matter how dangerous that may prove to be . . .