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Little Too Late,a:level 1 Book 1 by Shirley Jackson
Category: Fiction | Series: Read with Ladybird
Comprising three stories and two rhymes "A little too late", "Birthday boy", "Happy family", "Make a cake" and "Hop hop hop", this book introduces important reading vocabulary and progresses from two simple words on a page to a simple sentence. The illustrations give direct clues to the words.
Mystery Tour:level 1 Book 5 by Shirley Jackson
Category: Fiction | Series: Read with Ladybird
Designed to teach four to six-year-olds the basic skills of reading, this book contains three stories, "Mystery Tour", "Put That Back" and "That's Cheating", and a rhyming story, "Wheels".
Quiet Night Out,a:level 2 Book 6 by Shirley Jackson
Category: Fiction | Series: Read with Ladybird
Comprising three short stories, "A Quiet Night Out", "The Last Dinosaur" and "The Funny Bone's Not Funny", and the poem, "Tyrannasaurus Rex", this book is designed to teach five and six-year-olds the essential skills of reading.
Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson
Category: Biography | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Shirley Jackson skewered the trials of domestic life in 1950s America with wry wit and uncanny precision. In this sequel to Life Among the Savages, her four offspring have now grown into fully-fledged demons. As their house starts to burst at the seams, the Jackson clan somehow manage (without really pl ...Show more
Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson (Southern Connecticut State University, USA)
Category: Biography Memoir
In the uproarious sequel to "Life Among the Savages," the author of "The Haunting of Hill House "confronts the most vexing demons yet: her children In the long out-of-print sequel to "Life Among the Savages," Jackson's four children have grown from savages into full-fledged demons. After bursting the se ...Show more
Read with Ladybird 1: Happy Family by Shirley Jackson
Category: Fiction | Series: Read with Ladybird
Suitable for children who are starting to read for themselves, this title features a mix of rhymes and stories as well as an information pullout section. It lets you see what's on the shopping list in 'A little too late!'. It helps to meet the family in 'Happy family'. It enables you to learn a fun rhym ...Show more
Stuck In The Mud:level 1 Book 4 by Shirley Jackson
Category: Fiction | Series: Read with Ladybird
Designed to teach four to six-year-olds the basic reading skills, this book contains three stories and a rhyme: "Stuck in the Mud", "Soggy Socks", "Back in the Mud" and "Rollercoaster Ride".
The Bird's Nest by Shirley Jackson
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
This is the unsettling story of a young woman's descent into mental illness, from the author of The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived at the Castle. "An amazing writer". (Neil Gaiman). Elizabeth Richmond is almost too quiet to be believed, with no friends, no parents, and a job that leaves ...Show more
The Bird's Nest by Shirley Jackson (Southern Connecticut State University, USA)
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics
Elizabeth is a demure twenty-three-year-old wiling her life away at a dull museum job, living with her neurotic aunt, and subsisting off her dead mother's inheritance. When Elizabeth begins to suffer terrible migraines and backaches, her aunt takes her to the doctor, then to a psychiatrist. But slowly, ...Show more