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The sea is a powerful force of nature; once the salt gets into your blood it is hard to return to land. When a selkie is trapped in her maiden form by a lovestruck human, she pines for her seal-skin and the embrace of the waves. Her family may be on land, but her heart is with the sea. But not everyone is destined to live underwater ... Can Sylvie and her brother escape the watery clutches of Merman Rosmer?TreeTops Greatest Stories offers
children some of the worlds best-loved tales in a collection of timeless classics. Top children's authors and talented illustrators work together to bring to life our literary heritage for a new generation, engaging
and delighting children.The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.Each book contains inside cover notes to help children explore the content, supporting their reading development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links and activities to support guided reading, writing, speaking and listening.
A timeless collection to capture our literary heritage
Silver prize-winner for the Nestlé Smarties Prize (0-5 years),
2005; winner of the White Ravens Award, 2002; winner of the Tir na
n-Og Award, 2002; and the Parents' Choice Gold Award, 2001. Michael
Morpurgo is one of the UK's most well-known and best-loved authors.
A prolific writer, he has won numerous awards and was the
Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005. His world-famous War Horse
met with international acclaim and has been made into a stage
play and a film. Kimberley Reynolds is Professor of Childrens
Literature at Newcastle University. She has advised on and
contributed to many children's literature broadcasts, programmes,
films and other projects,
including for the V&A Museum, British Library and British
Council. In 2013 she won the International Brothers Grimm Award for
an outstanding body of research into children's literature. She is
a trustee of Seven Stories, the National Centre for Childrens Books
in Newcastle and was a founder-member of the UK Childrens Laureate.
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