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Go, Car, Go! - And the Ink Pot by Sophie Giles; Angela Hewitt (Illustrator)
$14.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Popular Rewards Early Readers Ser.
A collectable series of short stories for younger readers. Specially created to align with reading bands familiar in most schools, to encourage and boost reading skills and confidence. Each book includes two illustrated stories that focus on specific phonic sounds, and features tricky words to look out ...Show more
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Jackie Andrews (Retold by); Lesley Smith (Illustrator, Cover Design by)
$12.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Ready Steady Readers Ser.
Goldilocks is looking for things that are 'just right', and she thinks she's found them - but the trouble is, they don't belong to her! With simple text in large type, to encourage the reading confidence of young readers, each story is packed with bright, colourful illustrations to bring the story to li ...Show more
Great Big Enormous Turnip by Jackie Andrews (Retold by); Lesley Smith (Illustrator, Cover Design by)
$12.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Ready Steady Readers Ser.
When a little old man grows a gigantic turnip, he is thrilled. But can he pull the enormous vegetable from the ground? With simple text in large type, to encourage the reading confidence of young readers, each story is packed with bright, colourful illustrations to bring the story to life. Perfect for s ...Show more
Henny Penny by Jackie Andrews (Retold by); Lesley Smith (Illustrator, Cover Design by)
$12.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Ready Steady Readers Ser.
Henny Penny's friends all want to join her in warning the king that sky is falling down. A cautionary tale about following the crowd. With simple text in large type, to encourage the reading confidence of young readers, each story is packed with bright, colourful illustrations to bring the story to life ...Show more
Henry the Snail by Katarina Macurova
$27.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Little Stories for Little Readers Ser.
A gentle story about a little snail called Henry who was born without slime and therefore will never be like everyone else. When Henry finds out he's missing the most important element for snails--the slime--giving up is not an option for him. He tries to find ways to be able to climb things just as th ...Show more
How to Be Content - An Ancient Poet's Guide for an Age of Excess by Stephen Harrison; Horace
$29.99 AUD
Category: Critical Thinking | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
What the Roman poet Horace can teach us about how to live a life of contentment What are the secrets to a contented life? One of Rome's greatest and most influential poets, Horace (65-8 BCE) has been cherished by readers for more than two thousand years not only for his wit, style, and reflections ...Show more
How to Be Healthy : An Ancient Guide to Wellness by Galen
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
Timeless wisdom about how to be healthy in body and mind from one of the greatest physicians of the ancient world The second-century Greek physician Galen--the most famous doctor in antiquity after Hippocrates--is a central figure in Western medicine. A talented doctor, surgeon, writer, philosopher, tea ...Show more
How to Be a Farmer: A Work of Many Hands by Usher M. D.
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
A delightful anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings celebrating country living--ranging from a philosophy of compost to hymns to the gods of agriculture Whether you farm or garden, live in the country or long to move there, or simply enjoy an occasional rural retreat, you will be delighted ...Show more
How to Be a Friend (HB) by Marcus Tullius Cicero; Philip Freeman
$29.95 AUD
Category: Critical Thinking | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
In a world where social media, online relationships, and relentless self-absorption threaten the very idea of deep and lasting friendships, the search for true friends is more important than ever. In this short book, which is one of the greatest ever written on the subject, the famous Roman politician a ...Show more
How to Care about Animals: An Ancient Guide to Creatures Great and Small by Prophyry and Friends; M. D. Usher (Translated with commentary by)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
An entertaining and enlightening anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings on animals--and our vital relationships with them How to Care about Animals is a fascinating menagerie of passages from classical literature about animals and the lives we share with them. Drawing on ancient writers fro ...Show more
How to Die - Ancient Guide / End of Life by Seneca; James S. Romm (Editor, Introduction by)
$32.95 AUD
Category: Critical Thinking | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
"It takes an entire lifetime to learn how to die," wrote the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD). He counseled readers to "study death always," and took his own advice, returning to the subject again and again in all his writings, yet he never treated it in a complete work. How to Die gathers ...Show more
How to Do the Right Thing by Seneca
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
How ancient Stoicism can help teach us to treat others-and ourselves-more fairly and mercifully There are times when we’ve all felt that we haven’t been treated as we deserve-that we’ve been misjudged, short-changed, or given a raw deal. And, at one time or another, other people have probably felt that ...Show more