Presents Treetops series, levelled to match reading ability and equivalent non-fiction stages. It contains subject matter to motivate children to read, especially boys
The Storytime readers is a unique series of readers presenting a great variety of classic and original tales, all of which have something more to teach than language itself. Tales of friendship, trust, family, loyalty, kindness and love with colourful illustrations and dramatised audio material are designed to stimulate pupils’ imagination and encourage them to explore the wonderful world of the English language through literature, poetry and drama.
In our world today a hummingbird is a small, brilliantly coloured bird that lives in the tall trees of tropical forests. In the far distant future, Hummingbird (Hummy for short) is a girl of sixteen who lives somewhere in the Galaxy, on a planet called Just Like Home. She has the name 'Hummingbird' in big letters on all her clothes, but she has never seen a real hummingbird. She has never seen any living animal or bird at all. The Book of Remembering says that there were once many animals on a planet called Earth, but that was before the Burning, a long, long time ago . . .
The woman in white first appears at night on a lonely heath near London and is next seen at a grave-side in Cumberland. Who is she? Where has she come from, and what is her history? She seems alone and friendless, frightened and confused. And it seems she knows a secret - a secret that could bring ruin and shame to a man who will do anything to keep her silent. This famous mystery thriller has excitement, suspense, romance, and a plot that twists and turns on every page.
Jonathan Harker goes on a business trip to meet Count Dracula in his dark castle somewhere in Transylvania. He realises straight away that the Count is a strange and evil man. He tries to escape but fails. Back in England, Lucy, a friend of Jonathan’s girlfriend Mina, becomes mysteriously ill after an encounter with something strange in her garden. She is pale, tired, and has two marks on her neck.
