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The Goddess of Mtwara and Other Stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2017
The Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa’s leading literary prize. For over ten years it has supported and promoted contemporary African writing. Keeping true to its motto “Africa will always bring something new,” the prize has helped launch the literary careers of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Segun Afolabi, Leila Aboulela, Brian Chikwava, EC Osondu Henrietta Rose-Innes, Binyavanga Wainaina, and many others.
A girl raises a baby made of human hair from the salon where she works, with unpredictable results… A prodigal brother arrives at his sister’s in the dead of night, ravaged by the unearthly deal he made to escape his gambling debts…
The shortlisted writers include: Gods Children are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu (Nigeria); The Story of the Girl Whose Birds Flew Away by Bushra al-Fadil (Sudan), translated by Max Shmookler; Bush Baby by Chikodili Emelumadu (Nigeria);Who Will Greet You at Home by Lesley Nneka Arimah (Nigeria); The Virus by Magogodi oa Mphela Makhene (South Africa). The collection also includes stories written by the following authors at the workshop that took place in Tanzania: Last years winner, Lidudumalingani (South Africa), Abdul Adan (Somalia/Kenya), Lesley Nneka Arimah (Nigeria) Tendai Huchu (Zimbabwe), Cheryl Ntumy (Botswana/Ghana), Daniel Rafiki (Rwanda), Darla Rudakubana (Rwanda), Agazit Abate (Ethiopia).
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Redemption Song and Other Stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2018
The Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa’s leading literary prize. For over ten years it has supported and promoted contemporary African writing. Keeping true to its motto “Africa will always bring something new,” the prize has helped launch the literary careers of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Segun Afolabi, Leila Aboulela, Brian Chikwava, EC Osondu Henrietta Rose-Innes, Binyavanga Wainaina, and many others.
This collection brings together the five 218 shortlisted stories: American Dream by Nonyelum Ekwempu (Nigeria); The Armed Letter Writers by Olofunke Ogundimu (Nigeria); Fanta Blackcurrant by Makena Onjerika (Kenya); Involution by Stacy Hardy (South Africa); Wednesday’s Story by Wole Talabi (Nigeria).
It also includes 12 stories written at the Caine Prize Writers’ Workshop, which took place in Rwanda in April 218: No Ordinary Soiree by Paula Akugizibwe; Tie Kidi by Awuor Onyango; Calling the Clouds Home by Heran T. Abate; America by Caroline Numuhire; All Things Bright and Beautiful by Troy Onyango; Departure by Nsah Mala; Where Rivers Go to Die by Dilman Dila; Ngozi by Bongani Sibanda; The Weaving of Death by Lucky Grace Isingizwe; Redemption Song by Arinze Ifeakandu; Spaceman by Bongani Kona; Grief is the Gift that Breaks the Spirit Open by Eloghosa Osunde.
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At the Fair! Phonics Step 9 – Hardcover (Read It Yourself with Ladybird, Modern Phonics Stories, Level 0)
Age Range: 4 – 6 years
Book 9 contains two stories that build on the initial letter sounds learnt in previous books and focus on the sound and letter combinations: igh, ear, air, ure.
Read It Yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird’s best-selling series. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills.
Each Read It Yourself book is very carefully written to include many key, high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read, as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced and practised throughout. Simple sentences and frequently repeated words help to build the confidence of beginner readers and the four different levels of books support children all the way from very first reading practice through to independent, fluent reading.
Each book has been carefully checked by educational consultants and can be read independently at home or used in a guided reading session at school. Further content includes comprehension puzzles, helpful notes for parents, carers and teachers, and book band information for use in schools.
At the Fair! is a Level 0 Read it yourself book, designed for children who are developing their synthetic phonics skills. Books 1 to 12 introduce letters and sounds in a systematic order.
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Gus and Ross: Phonics Step 4 – Hardcover (Read It Yourself with Ladybird, Modern Phonics Stories, Level 0)
Age Range: 4 – 6 years
Step 4 contains two stories that build on the phonics learnt in previous books and focus on the sound and letter combinations: e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss.
Read It Yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird’s best-selling series. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills.
Each Read It Yourself book is very carefully written to include many key, high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read, as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced and practised throughout. Simple sentences and frequently repeated words help to build the confidence of beginner readers and the four different levels of books support children all the way from very first reading practice through to independent, fluent reading.
Each book has been carefully checked by educational consultants and can be read independently at home or used in a guided reading session at school. Further content includes comprehension puzzles, helpful notes for parents, carers and teachers, and book band information for use in schools.
Gus and Ross is a Level 0 Read it yourself book, designed for children who are developing their synthetic phonics skills. Books 1 to 12 introduce letters and sounds in a systematic order.
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Visit the Vet: Phonics Step 5 – Hardcover (Read It Yourself with Ladybird, Modern Phonics Stories, Level 0)
Age Range: 4 – 6 years
Step 5 contains two stories that build on the phonics learnt in previous books and focus on the sound and letter combinations: j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu.
Read It Yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird’s best-selling series. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills.
Each Read It Yourself book is very carefully written to include many key, high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read, as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced and practised throughout. Simple sentences and frequently repeated words help to build the confidence of beginner readers and the four different levels of books support children all the way from very first reading practice through to independent, fluent reading.
Each book has been carefully checked by educational consultants and can be read independently at home or used in a guided reading session at school. Further content includes comprehension puzzles, helpful notes for parents, carers and teachers, and book band information for use in schools.
Gus and Ross is a Level 0 Read it yourself book, designed for children who are developing their synthetic phonics skills. Books 1 to 12 introduce letters and sounds in a systematic order.
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Positive Health: Health Beyond Pills
You don’t exist on earth with the main purpose of fighting disease or illness yet much focus of today’s health and healthcare is on how to take people out of negative health (disease and illness). Positive health however emphasises you as a healthy person with health assets for survival. In this book we discuss what those health assets are, that if you discover, cultivate or maintain you will ensure a healthy, happy and long life. In addition, we emphasise wellness as being spiritually, mentally, emotionally, socially and physically healthy, and we show you how to achieve this kind of holistic health.
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The Night Manager (Penguin Readers Level 5)
Age Range: 12 – 17 years
Jonathan Pine is the Night Manager of a hotel in Egypt. When he is shown some secret information, he passes it to a man in the British government. But things go wrong and the woman he loves dies. Pine is very angry and agrees to work with others to catch Roger Roper – the “worst man in the world”.
Penguin Readers is a series of popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted, the series introduces language learners around the world to the bestselling authors and most compelling content from Penguin Random House. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework and include language activities that help readers to develop key skills.
The Night Manager, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing present perfect continuous, past perfect, reported speech and second conditional. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly.
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Originals (Penguin Readers Level 7)
Age Range: 12 – 17 years
Being an original thinker can change the world. Learn how to recognize a great idea, to speak up for yourself, to choose the right time to act, and to manage fear and doubt by standing out from the crowd.
Penguin Readers is a series of popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted, the series introduces language learners around the world to the bestselling authors and most compelling content from Penguin Random House. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework and include language activities that help readers to develop key skills.
Originals, a Level 7 Reader, is B2 in the CEFR framework. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing future perfect simple, mixed conditionals, past perfect continuous, mixed conditionals, more complex passive forms and modals for deduction in the past.
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In His Journey to Fame
“In His Journey to Fame” is a captivating story set somewhere in Africa, where polygamy is a rule, making male children kings is a law and patrilineal inheritance is a norm. It is the first of the trilogy that include ‘Pastors on the Move” and “When women go crazy”.
A young prince is born into a family of nine adult princesses, who also have ambitions to ascend the ultimate crown when their father dies. Ably supported by their mothers, these princesses hatch snares for the young prince in order to eliminate him.
The struggles, trauma, hardships, treachery, deceit and death are beautifully mace and put in a matrix where both the King and the heir apparent died in the process, leaving the nine princesses to battle it out with the young daughter of the prince in their quest to occupy the powerful stool.
In the end it is an all women affair to break the rules, laws, norms and finally tradition.
₵40.00In His Journey to Fame
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The Shape of Me and Other Stuff (Bright & Early Books)
Age Range: 3+ years
Even in silhouette, the fun and fanciful art of Dr. Seuss is instantly recognizable in this Bright and Early Book classic: “a bug, a balloon, a bed, a bike. No shapes are ever quite alike.” Looking at ordinary shapes is great when seen through the eyes of the remarkable Dr. Seuss, but of course it’s the extraordinary shapes that really make an impression. Would you want to be shaped like a BLOGG?
Combining brief and funny stories, easy words, catchy rhythm, and lively illustrations, Bright and Early Books are an ideal way to introduce the joys of reading to children.
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Ma Yɛnsua Asante Twi (Kasa ne Amammerɛ) Mfitiaseɛ Nwoma 4
Written and edited by a team of experienced Asante Twi teachers and experts, this book is structured on the 2019 Standards-Based Curriculum issued by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) of the Ministry of Education. It comprehensively covers all strands and sub-strands outlined in the curriculum namely: Oral Language (Listening & Speaking), Reading, Writing & Composition and Writing Conventions/Usage.
Content is age appropriate and language is carefully selected and reviewed by language consultants to ensure it is suitable for pupils in each grade.
The clear and accessible layout and design facilitates learning.
Illustrations are clear and colourful, making the book very attractive and appealing to pupils.
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Ma Yɛnsua Asante Twi (Kasa ne Amammerɛ) Mfitiaseɛ Nwoma 5
Ma Yɛnsua Asante Twi (Kasa ne Amammerɛ) Mfitiaseɛ Nwoma 5
Written and edited by a team of experienced Asante Twi teachers and experts, this book is structured on the 2019 Standards-Based Curriculum issued by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) of the Ministry of Education. It comprehensively covers all strands and sub-strands outlined in the curriculum namely: Oral Language (Listening & Speaking), Reading, Writing & Composition and Writing Conventions/Usage.
Content is age appropriate and language is carefully selected and reviewed by language consultants to ensure it is suitable for pupils in each grade.
The clear and accessible layout and design facilitates learning.
Illustrations are clear and colourful, making the book very attractive and appealing to pupils.
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Ma Yɛnsua Asante Twi (Kasa ne Amammerɛ) Mfitiaseɛ Nwoma 6
Ma Yɛnsua Asante Twi (Kasa ne Amammerɛ) Mfitiaseɛ Nwoma 6
Written and edited by a team of experienced Asante Twi teachers and experts, this book is structured on the 2019 Standards-Based Curriculum issued by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) of the Ministry of Education. It comprehensively covers all strands and sub-strands outlined in the curriculum namely: Oral Language (Listening & Speaking), Reading, Writing & Composition and Writing Conventions/Usage.
Content is age appropriate and language is carefully selected and reviewed by language consultants to ensure it is suitable for pupils in each grade.
The clear and accessible layout and design facilitates learning.
Illustrations are clear and colourful, making the book very attractive and appealing to pupils.
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Ma Yensua Mfantse (Kasa na Amambra) Ahyɛse Buukuu 4
Age 9-12 years
Written and edited by a team of experienced Mfantse teachers and experts, this book is structured on the 2019 Standards-Based Curriculum issued by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) of the Ministry of Education. It comprehensively covers all strands and sub-strands outlined in the curriculum namely: Oral Language (Listening & Speaking), Reading, Writing & Composition and Writing Conventions/Usage.
Content is age appropriate and language is carefully selected and reviewed by language consultants to ensure it is suitable for pupils in each grade.
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Ma Yensua Mfantse (Kasa na Amambra) Ahyɛse Buukuu 5
Age 9-12 years
Written and edited by a team of experienced Mfantse teachers and experts, this book is structured on the 2019 Standards-Based Curriculum issued by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) of the Ministry of Education. It comprehensively covers all strands and sub-strands outlined in the curriculum namely: Oral Language (Listening & Speaking), Reading, Writing & Composition and Writing Conventions/Usage.
Content is age appropriate and language is carefully selected and reviewed by language consultants to ensure it is suitable for pupils in each grade.
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