Creator: James Berry
Publication date: 1985-12
Review Bluefoot Traveller (Multicultural) / Nelson Thornes Ltd:
Authors
- Basic Skills Agency
- J. Holt
Review Ronan Keating (Livewire Real Lives) / Hodder Murray:Written by experienced special needs teachers, and fully assessed by The Basic Skills Agency to ensure accessibility in both layout and content, the "Livewire: Real Lives" series features personalities from sport, film and music, politics and history. "The Livewire Real Lives" series provides stimulating reading materials with a teenage/adult interest level for those with reading ages below ten or for adult students learning English as a foreign language. Facts and photographs sustain the interest of the beginner reader. The books are subtly colour-coded for the appropriate 'reading age' and have superb photographs throughout. Ronan Keating was picked to sing in Boyzone when he was only 16 years old! Since then he has made a successful solo career and managed the boy band Westlife. Find out about the highs and lows of his life so far.
Authors
- Brandon Robshaw
- Rochelle Scholar
Review Livewire: Real Lives (Livewire Real Lives) / Hodder Arnold H&S:"Livewire" is a range of reading material with a teenage/adult interest level for those with reading ages below 10, or for adult students learning English as a second or foreign language. All "Livewire" titles have been written by qualified special needs teachers, and have been assessed by The Basic Skills Agency to ensure accessibility in both layout and content. They are also subtly colour-coded for the appropriate "reading age". This biography of Sigmund Freud is part of the "Livewire: Real Lives" series which introduces pupils to some of the most influential and well-known figures in history.
Publication date: 1998-04-06
Review Livewire: Real Lives (Livewire Real Lives) / Hodder Arnold H&S:To ensure accessibility and readability, Hodder & Stoughton have worked with The Basic Skills Agency on "Livewire" - a series of reading material with a teenage or adult interest level for those with a reading age of 10 or below, or for adult students learning English as a second or foreign language. It offers teenagers and adults appropriate fiction and non-fiction which is graded at reading ages 6-7, 7-8, 8-9, and 9-10. The books aim to engage the interest of the reader in a motivating and non-patronizing way, and lead him or her towards the attainment of a higher reading level. "Livewire Real Lives" is in the non-fiction part of the series and provides illustrated biographies in the categories of sport, film, music, politics and history, and may be used in the Literacy Hour to bridge the gap between NC levels 2/3 and level 4. It is designed to be accessible in layout and content and offers facts and photographs to sustain the interest of the beginner reader. All "Livewire" books are written by experienced and qualified special needs teachers.
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Publication date: 1985-09
Review Decisions at 17/18+: Career and Educational Decisions After A-levels / Hobsons Publishing PLC:
Authors
- Charles Dickens
- Linda Peacock
- David Bennett
- Trevor Millum
Publication date: 2000-06-15
Review Headwork Classics / Oxford University Press:Oliver Twist has grown up in the workhouse, where life is hard. Working for the cruel Mr Sowerberry isn't much better. Hungry and unhappy, Oliver ecapes to London. There he meets Fagin, who looks after lost boys. But what are Fagin and his gang really up to? The aim of these texts is to provide classic literature in an accessible form for lower-ability readers. In addition to language level, short chapters and clear picture cues from the illustrations will aid comprehension.
Authors
- University of Edinburgh
- Godfrey Thomson Unit
Price: $83.79
Review Moray House Tests: Test Pack of 20 v. 94 (Moray House Verbal Reasoning) / Hodder Murray:
Edition: Bilingual
Publication date: 2007-07-15
Dewey code: 302
List Price: $84.00
Price: $84.00
Review Are You a Good Friend?/ Buenos Amigos / Weekly Reader Early Learning Library:
Creator: Diane Louise Jordan
Publication date: 2000-09-01
Price: $84.07
Review Why are My Parents Separating? (Coping with Growing Audio) / Backbone Productions Ltd:
Publication date: 1981-02
Review Learning for Life / Nelson Thornes Ltd:
Creator: Chris Fairclough
Publication date: 1984-08-30
Review The Air Stewardess (Cherrystones) / Hamish Hamilton Ltd:
Authors
- Keith Gaines
- Tessa Krailing
Review Wellington Square / Nelson Thornes Ltd:
Publication date: 1987-09-25
Review Signposts in Economics / Nelson Thornes Ltd:
Publication date: 1999-10-14
Dewey code: 813
Review Livewire Chillers The Green Man: Chillers (Livewires) / Hodder:
Publication date: 2007-10-12
List Price: $83.99
Price: $83.99
Review American Negro Slavery (A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime) / IndyPublish:
Publication date: 1990-06
Price: $10.95
Review Working It Out / Cis Communications:
Creator: Mark MacKenzie-Smith
Publication date: 1997-05
Review Tell Me Again What Happens / Barnardo's:
Publication date: 1991-02
Review The End of the Line (Spirals) / Nelson Thornes Ltd:
Publication date: 1999-04-05
Review Livewire: Classics (Livewire classics) / Hodder Murray:To ensure accessibility and readability, Hodder & Stoughton have worked with The Basic Skills Agency on "Livewire" - a series of reading material with a teenage or adult interest level for those with reading ages below 10 or for adult students learning English as a second or foreign language. It offers teenagers and adults appropriate fiction and non-fiction which is graded at reading ages 6-7, 7-8, 8-9, and 9-10. This section, "Livewire Classics", forms part of the series and offers chilling stories full of suspense.
Publication date: 1976-10-28
Review Railway Worker / Viking Children's Books:
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Bluefoot Traveller (Multicultural), Ronan Keating (Livewire Real Lives), Livewire: Real Lives (Livewire Real Lives), Livewire: Real Lives (Livewire Real Lives), Decisions at 17/18+: Career and Educational Decisions After A-levels, Headwork Classics, Moray House Tests: Test Pack of 20 v. 94 (Moray House Verbal Reasoning), Are You a Good Friend?/ Buenos Amigos, Why are My Parents Separating? (Coping with Growing Audio), Learning for Life, The Air Stewardess (Cherrystones), Wellington Square, Signposts in Economics, Livewire Chillers The Green Man: Chillers (Livewires), American Negro Slavery (A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime), Working It Out, Tell Me Again What Happens, The End of the Line (Spirals), Livewire: Classics (Livewire classics), Railway WorkerTop headlines: Bush, first lady mark World AIDS Day: President Bush says his presidential initiative has already met its goal of treating two million people with the deadly AIDS disease in sub-Saharan Africa. ›15:53 1 Dec, Mon Cincinnati hosts Turkey Bowl: Cincinnati is warming up for Thanksgiving with its traditional Turkey Bowl, an annual outdoor event using frozen turkeys in place of bowling balls. ›17:11 24 Nov, Mon Suspect has wild ride with stolen ATM: There's probably an art to stealing and cracking open ATMs. But a man apparently hasn't figured out what it is. ›23:15 24 Nov, Mon Rock act Creed in talks to reunite: Creed is hammering out details for an upcoming reunion tour, sources tell Billboard. 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