In this novel between fundamentalism and family, between loyalty and disobedience, 12-year-old Martha is brought up by strictly religious parents, their rules shaping Martha’s life: no TV and no pop music among other things. Most importanty though, Martha must not invite somebody else home. Too big is her parents’ fear that Abomination, their shameful secret, […]

This dystopian adventure novel about bravery, friendship and courage follows the twelve-year-old Prince Alfred. The story is set in future Britain, to be precise in the year 2120 – environmental pollution lead to most devastating effects of climate change: melting ice cabs, violent earthquakes and volcano eruptions that darken the sky over London: “The kingdom […]

These five verses explore a child’s perspective on the topic of migration with vivid images of flying, blossoming and dancing comparing its situation with a trapped bird concluding in the and that… “…I see I am a transplanted sapling, here, blossoming.”

A children’s novel in the realm of realistic fiction on rebellion, family and growing up. Jake has been kicked out of every public school in Rhode Island, he burned down the last school that he attended. To avoid being put into a juvenile detention center, he is sent to a home-school run by an eccentric […]

A children’s novel on friendship, love, loneliness, sorrow and melancholy. 10 year-old India Opal Bulloni has just moved to a trailer park in a small town in Florida. Her father preaches at the local church and India trys to settle in and get to know her neighbors. When she sees a scruffy little dog at […]

In this collection of illustrated poems, Dahl gives his own versions of fairy tales that could do with some dark humour. Ranging from Cinderella to The Three Little Pigs, all of them come with a dark twist.

A collection of nine humurous short stories about the unusual exploits of different animals. The fifth short story, “The Ant-Eater”, provides a good entry point for poems that can easily be incorporated into the classroom. This poem presents the differences between American and British pronunciation in an unusually witty way. A spoiled American boy begs […]

A fable about helping others. When an ant is stranded on an island and asks different animals for help, each one has an excuse as to why they can’t help the ant. Only the elephant helps him. Shortly after, the elephant falls into a ravine and a horde of ants comes to his rescue, showing […]

This combination of a graphic novel and historical fiction tells the story of a little boy discovering the evolution of filmmaking. The orphan Hugo lives hidden in a train station in Paris. One day he is caught stealing at a toy booth. He starts to work there and becomes friends with the owner’s goddaughter Isabelle. […]

A poem calling for justice, respect and equality. Zephaniah reflects on the diverse backgrounds of the people currently living in the United Kingdom, all mixed up in the shape of a recipe.

A young adult novel about otherness and isolation. When 15-year-old Bobby wakes up one day and realizes he’s suddenly invisible, he doesn’t know what to do. Everything around him continues, only he’s not there. Then he meets Alicia, who’s blind, and feels seen again. But he has to find out how to undo his invisibility […]

A children’s dark fantasy novel set in a world where societies of witches exist. Their goal is to hunt human children and make them disappear in mysterious ways, but a young boy and his Norwegian grandmother are determined to stop them.

A novel for younger learners of English on power, hierarchy and the value of words and creativity. Protagonist Nick is the class clown at school. When he has to write an essay on where words come from, he gets an idea. This is when he starts calling a pen a frindle. The word spreads quickly, […]

A novel about a curious friendship between a pig, Wilbur, and a spider, Charlotte, living on a farm. When Wilbur realises he is going to be eventually slaughtered, Charlotte promises to save him. She starts weaving words of praise about Wilbur into her web, making him a tourist attraction.

Featuring accessible language and detailed illustrations, this collection comprises comic strip versions of the following seven plays: Julius Ceasar, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale, Hamlet, The Tempest.

Featuring accessible language and detailed illustrations, this collection comprises comic strip versions of the following seven plays: The Merchant of Venice, Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It, Twelth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, Richard III.

An eco-critical story on friendship, survival and environmental pollution reminding us to keep trash out of the sea. Tally, a little Turtle, and her friend Ara, a red lobster, are swimming through the Pacific Ocean when they come upon some funnily-shaped, colorful objects floating by. What seems like a dream turns into a nightmare: Tally […]

This little story on environmental pollution follows Stanley – who is no ordinary jellyfish but a little plastic bag that was thrown into the ocean. Foregrounding the dangers for sea creatures who want to take a bite of Stanley, this story makes clear that plastic bags do not belong in the sea. As the story […]