Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Greatest Stories: Oxford Level 18: Emma - Softcover

Austen, Jane; Stevens, Rebecca

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198306148 ISBN 13: 9780198306146

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Matchmaking Emma thinks she is quite the expert when it comes to love; setting up her friends is her favourite pastime. But sometimes her interfering doesn''t get her the results she wants! With all the dashing young men in her life, will Emma ever stop to think about what might be inside her own heart? Austen''s classic and much-loved tale is marvellously retold, bringing with it all the drama and intrigue of Regency life.TreeTops Greatest Stories offers children some of the worlds best-loved tales in a collection of timeless classics. Top children''s authors and talented illustrators work together to bring to life our literary heritage for a new generation, engaging and delighting children.The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.Each book contains inside cover notes to help children explore the content, supporting their reading development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links and activities to support guided reading, writing, speaking and listening.

About this title

About the Author

Shortlisted for the Bolton Children's Book Award, 2015; the Heart of Hawick Children's Book Award, 2014; the Sefton Super Reads Award, 2015; the Staffordshire Young Teen Fiction Award. Shortlisted for the Emerging Talent Category of the British Comic Awards 2014; Highly Commended for Macmillan Children's Prize 2014 and 2013. Michael Morpurgo is one of the UK's most well-known and best-loved authors. A prolific writer, he has won numerous awards and was the Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005. His world-famous War Horse met with international acclaim and has been made into a stage play and a film. Kimberley Reynolds is Professor of Childrens Literature at Newcastle University. She has advised on and contributed to many children's literature broadcasts, programmes, films and other projects, including for the VandA Museum, British Library and British Council. In 2013 she won the International Brothers Grimm Award for an outstanding body of research into children's literature. She is a trustee of Seven Stories, the National Centre for Childrens Books in Newcastle and was a founder-member of the UK Childrens Laureate.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198306148
• ISBN 13: 9780198306146
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Smith Briony May
• Number of pages: 96