Happy Earth is a two-level course bridging the gap between primary and lower secondary courses. Designed for upper primary, it takes into account real progress in reading and writing in the early primary years. It can be used as a follow-on course from Happy Street.Happy Earth extends children's language skills and knowledge about the world through topic-based units. Information about the real world is balanced by animal fun and fantasy subjects of interest to young pre-teens.

DORA - Baby bird rescue

Children learn about the r-controlled vowels in this easy to read book about Dora and her friends. In this story Dora and Boots help a baby bird who has fallen out of the nest

February

Have you ever thought about fruits?

Now you can read about them.

February is a collection of 29 drabbles inspired by fruits. One story for every day in February.

12 idioms about time, better later than never (2012)

Idioms about time are versatile and used frequently in everyday situations.

Due to their abstract nature, many native speakers and ESL learners are left wondering what are idioms,

and what exactly do they mean?

Here are 12 time-related idioms and expressions along with explanations and examples.

The Origins of Grammar: Language in the Light of Evolution II

This is the second of the two closely linked but self-contained volumes that comprise James Hurford's acclaimed exploration of the biological evolution of language. In the first book he looked at the evolutionary origins of meaning, ending as our distant ancestors were about to step over the brink to modern language. He now considers how that step might have been taken and the consequences it undoubtedly had. The capacity for language lets human beings formulate and express an unlimited range of propositions about real or fictitious worlds.