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\n\nCreated with education experts, DK’s English workbooks follow the key stages of the national curriculum and help develop literacy skills in grammar, spelling, punctuation, and handwriting. \nThese titles also encourage readers to understand language forms and features, and are useful revision tools for SATS exams.\nFor Key Stage 3+, DK’s Big Ideas series offers easy-to-understand graphics and illustrations to bring literature concepts, themes, and plots to life.\nWith free lesson plans and downloads to support our books, students can explore language technqiues, the history of language, develop non-fiction reading and writing skills, and so much more. \n

Key Stage 1 English\nSupport KS1 students and meet national curriculum objectives for English with DK's selection of English workbooks and free downloadable resources. Browse the \nfull range\n or see our top picks below. 

PLEASE NOTE - this is a replica of the print book and you will need paper and a pencil to complete the exercises. Master Key Stage 1 spelling in just 10 minutes with this fantastic home-study workbook from Carol Vorderman. 10 Minutes a Day Spelling Fun is a homeschool learning resource for 5-7 year olds that teaches spelling in bite-sized chunks. With exciting games and tests, spelling will become fun and learning it at home will be easy. Young learners excel when they practise in short bursts, making this book the perfect homeschool introduction to spelling. This workbook includes 10-minute activities on spelling rules, homophones, and unusual plurals. The parents' notes section gives the answers, explains common pitfalls, and gives guidance on how to avoid them. 10 Minutes a Day workbooks are the perfect at home reinforcement for subjects learned in school and support the National Curriculum at Key Stage 1.

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10 Minutes A Day Spelling Fun, Ages 5-7 (Key Stage 1)

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Writing Ideas Activity Pack

Help your child be the top of the class with the best-selling home-study series from Carol Vorderman. Carol Vorderman can help your child succeed at spelling with this homeschool learning resource for 6-7 year olds. Spelling Made Easy is one of Carol Vorderman's series of DK workbooks packed with notes and tips to make home learning about spelling easy and fun! Follow the exercises and activities with your child at home to strengthen their learning in school. Your child can keep track of all the exercises they have completed using the progress chart and colour in the topic stars as they go. Helpful parents' notes explain what children need to know at each stage and what's being covered in the curriculum so you can support and homeschool your child with confidence. This book helps children to learn spelling for Key Stage 1. Spelling practice covers vowel sounds, suffixes, question words, and colours. Developed in consultation with leading educational experts to support curriculum learning, Spelling Made Easy is a great way to improve your child's spelling skills - "the more you practise, the better you'll be!" (Carol Vorderman)

Spelling Made Easy, Ages 6-7 (Key Stage 1)

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English – Grammar and Punctuation Activity Pack

Help your child be the top of the class with the best-selling home-study series from Carol Vorderman. Carol Vorderman can help your child learn good handwriting skills with this homeschool learning resource for 5-7 year olds. Handwriting Made Easy - Printed Writing is one of Carol Vorderman's series of DK workbooks packed with notes, tips, and fact-boxes to make home learning handwriting skills easy and fun! Follow the exercises and activities with your child at home to strengthen their learning in school. Your child can keep track of all the exercises they have completed using the progress chart and colour in the topic stars as they go. Helpful parents' notes explains what your child needs to know at each stage and what's being covered in the national curriculum so you can support and homeschool your child with confidence. This book will help your child develop a neat, consistent, and fluid style of handwriting by grouping letters and encouraging your child to practise writing Key Stage 1 vocabulary. Developed in consultation with leading educational experts to support the new national curriculum learning, Handwriting Made Easy is a great way to improve your child's handwriting skills - "the more you practise, the better you'll be!" (Carol Vorderman)

Handwriting Made Easy: Printed Writing, Ages 5-7 (Key Stage 1)

Help your child be the top of the class with the best-selling home-study series from Carol Vorderman. Carol Vorderman can help your child learn good handwriting skills with this homeschool learning resource for 5-7 year olds. Handwriting Made Easy - Joined-up Writing is one of Carol Vorderman's series of DK workbooks packed with notes, tips, and fact-boxes to make home learning handwriting skills easy and fun! Follow the exercises and activities with your child at home to strengthen their learning in school. Your child can keep track of all the exercises they have completed using the progress chart and colour in the topic stars as they go. Helpful parents' notes explains what your child needs to know at each stage and what's being covered in the national curriculum so you can support and homeschool your child with confidence. This book will help your child develop a neat, consistent, and fluid style of handwriting. It covers topics including upper and lower-case letters, ascenders and descenders, how to join letters, and plenty of copying and creative-writing exercises. Developed in consultation with leading educational experts to support the new national curriculum learning, Handwriting Made Easy is a great way to improve your child's handwriting skills - "the more you practise, the better you'll be!" (Carol Vorderman)

Handwriting Made Easy, Joined-up Writing, Ages 5-7 (Key Stage 1)

Help your child be the top of the class with the best-selling home-study series from Carol Vorderman. Carol Vorderman can help your child perfect their spelling, grammar, and punctuation with this homeschool learning resource for 5-7 year olds. Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation Made Easy is one of Carol Vorderman's series of DK workbooks packed with notes and tips to make home learning easy and fun! Follow the exercises and activities with your child at home to strengthen their learning in school. Each title contains a progress chart so your child can keep track of all the exercises they have completed and colour in the topic stars as they go. Helpful parents' notes explain what children need to know at each stage and what's being covered in the curriculum so you can support and homeschool your child with confidence. This book will help your child learn how to use punctuation, pronouns, connectives, and different tenses correctly. Developed in consultation with leading educational experts to support curriculum learning, Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation Made Easy is a great way to improve your child's English skills - "the more you practise, the better you'll be!" (Carol Vorderman).

Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar Made Easy, Ages 5-7 (Key Stage 1)

Help your child be the top of the class with the best-selling home-study series from Carol Vorderman. Carol Vorderman can help your child succeed in English with this homeschool learning resource for 5-6 year olds. English Made Easy is one of Carol Vorderman's series of DK workbooks packed with notes and tips to make home learning about English easy and fun! Follow the exercises and activities with your child at home to strengthen their learning in school. Each title contains a progress chart so your child can keep track of all the exercises they have completed and colour in the topic stars as they go. Helpful parents' notes explain what children need to know at each stage and what's being covered in the curriculum so you can support and homeschool your child with confidence. This book will help your child practise using paragraphs and punctuation, similes and metaphors, and looks at different types of writing, such as instructional and information text. Developed in consultation with leading educational experts to support curriculum learning, English Made Easy is a great way to improve your child's English skills - "the more you practise, the better you'll be!" (Carol Vorderman)

English Made Easy, Ages 5-6 (Key Stage 1)

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Key Stage 2 English \nCover English national curriculum objectives in reading, comprehension, and vocabulary with your KS2 class today. Browse \nall KS2 books and resources\n, or check out our featured picks.

PLEASE NOTE - this is a replica of the print book and you will need paper and a pencil to complete the exercises. Master Key Stage 2 spelling in just 10 minutes a day with this fantastic home-study workbook from Carol Vorderman. 10 Minutes a Day Spelling (KS2) is a homeschool learning resource that allows 7-11 year olds to practise their spelling in short, 10-minute bursts. With exciting games and tests, spelling will become fun and learning it at home will be easy. Young learners excel when they practise in short, bite-size chunks, making this book the perfect homeschool introduction to spelling. This workbook provides maximum fun for minimum effort with "beat-the-clock" activities on doubling letters, homophones, and compound words. Plus, the parents' notes section gives the answers, explains common pitfalls and gives guidance on how to avoid them. These workbooks are the perfect at-home reinforcement for subjects learned in school. Supports National Curriculum at Key Stage 2.

10 Minutes A Day Spelling, Ages 7-11 (Key Stage 2)

Help your child be the top of the class with the best-selling home-study series from Carol Vorderman. Carol Vorderman can help your child succeed in English with this homeschool learning resource for 7-8 year olds. English Made Easy is one of Carol Vorderman's series of DK workbooks packed with notes and tips to make home learning about English easy and fun! Follow the exercises and activities with your child at home to strengthen their learning in school. Each title contains a progress chart so your child can keep track of all the exercises they have completed and colour in the topic stars as they go. Helpful parents' notes explain what children need to know at each stage and what's being covered in the curriculum so you can support and homeschool your child with confidence. This book will help your child plan and write stories, and use a dictionary. It looks closely at the words that make up sentences, including compound words and pronouns. Developed in consultation with leading educational experts to support curriculum learning, English Made Easy is a great way to improve your child's English skills - "the more you practise, the better you'll be!" (Carol Vorderman)

English Made Easy, Ages 7-8 (Key Stage 2)

A stunning picture book about the power of kindness and hope. A lonely little kitten wanders into a dull, grey station, full of dull, grey people. Her colourful fur and bright green eyes bring warmth and life to this weary place, and soon people begin to notice the kitten. As she learns about the different travellers and their struggles from loss and loneliness, the little kitten wants to help fill their world with hope and colour, too. In this timely and important book, author and illustrator Stephen Hogtun shows young readers the pride and sense of purpose that can come from helping others.

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The Station Cat

The Station Cat – UKS2 Lesson Plan 1

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Key Stage 3+ English\nTackle the complexities of English language and literature with DK's English resources for KS3, GCSE, and IB DP. Our fascinating Big Ideas series adresses topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Check out all resources \nhere\n. \n

The perfect introduction to poetry, The Poetry Book offers a fascinating exploration of more than 90 of the world's greatest poetic works. Discover poems in all their many guises, from the epics of the ancient world through Renaissance sonnets to modernist masterpieces such as The Waste Land, and the key works of the last 50 years, including And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou and Derek Walcott's Omeros. Using the Big Ideas series' trademark combination of clear explanation, witty infographics, and inspirational quotes, The Poetry Book unlocks the key ideas, themes, imagery, and structural techniques behind even the most complex of poems, in clear and simple terms, setting each work in its historical, social, cultural, and literary context. Dive into the passionate world of poetry to discover: COMPREHENSIVE: Brings together a curated selection of the most celebrated and important poems ever written, majoring on English-language poetry ANALYTICAL: Provides critical analysis of form, structure, and style, exploring the trademark themes and subjects of the poets who wrote them, and using each poem as a route into wider literary trends, poetic movements and schools, and related poets GRAPHIC APPROACH: Combines creative typography, graphics, and clear text to explore the world's most famous and important poems, and the people behind them, in a unique way EYE-CATCHING: Thought-provoking graphics and flow-charts explore form and structure, and the central concepts behind each work QUOTATIONS: Features insightful and inspiring quotes from the featured poems, the poets behind them, and leading writers and critics REFERENCE: Features a glossary section of poetic terms Delve into the works of Dante, Baudelaire, Rumi, Dickinson, Eliot, and Li Bai with in-depth literary analysis and fascinating biographies. Find out what odes, ballads, and allegories are. Trace recurring motifs, explore imagery, and discover how rhyme and rhythm work. From Homer's Odyssey to Seamus Heaney's Casualty, The Poetry Book is essential reading for lovers of poetry and aspiring poets alike.

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The Poetry Book

"Books, let's face it, are better than anything else." Nick Hornby Turn the pages of The Literature Book to discover over 100 of the world's most enthralling reads and the literary geniuses behind them. Storytelling is as old as humanity itself. Part of the Big Ideas Simply Explained series, The Literature Book introduces you to ancient classics from the Epic of Gilgamesh written 4,000 years ago, as well as the works of Shakespeare, Voltaire, Tolstoy, and more, and 20th-century masterpieces, including Catch-22, Beloved, and On the Road. The perfect reference for your bookshelf, it answers myriad questions such as what is stream of consciousness, who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird, and what links the poetry of Wordsworth with that of TS Eliot. Losing yourself in a great book transports you to another time and place, and The Literature Book sets each title in its social and political context. It helps you appreciate, for example, how Dickens' Bleak House paints a picture of deprivation in 19th-century England, or how Stalin's climb to power was the backdrop for George Orwell's 1984. With succinct plot summaries, graphics, and inspiring quotations, this is a must-have reference for literature students and the perfect gift for book-lovers everywhere. Series Overview: Big Ideas Simply Explained series uses creative design and innovative graphics along with straightforward and engaging writing to make complex subjects easier to understand. With over 7 million copies worldwide sold to date, these award-winning books provide just the information needed for students, families, or anyone interested in concise, thought-provoking refreshers on a single subject.

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The Literature Book

Learn the entire works of one of the greatest writers of the English language in The Shakespeare Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about the works of William Shakespeare in this overview guide, brilliant for beginners looking to learn and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Shakespeare Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye-catching graphics and diagrams to immerse yourself in. This captivating book will broaden your understanding of Shakespeare, with: - Every play and poem from Shakespeare's canon, including lost plays and less well-known works of poetry - Packed with facts, charts, timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts - A visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughout - Easy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understanding The Shakespeare Book is the perfect introduction to the entire canon of Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, and other poetry, aimed at adults with an interest in the subject and students wanting to gain more of an overview. Here you'll discover the complete works, like The Comedy of Errors, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. Your Shakespeare Questions, Simply Explained This is a brilliant, innovative exploration of the entire canon of Shakespeare plays, sonnets, and other poetry with detailed plot summaries and a full analysis of the major characters and themes. If you thought it was difficult to learn about the works of one of the greatest writers in the English language, The Shakespeare Book presents key information in a simple layout. Every work is covered, from the comedies of Twelfth Night and As You Like It to the tragedies of Julius Caesar and Hamlet, with easy-to-understand graphics and illustrations bringing the themes, plots, characters, and language of Shakespeare to life. The Big Ideas Series With millions of copies sold worldwide, The Shakespeare Book is part of the award-winning Big Ideas series from DK. The series uses striking graphics along with engaging writing, making big topics easy to understand.

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The Shakespeare Book

The Little Shakespeare Book is the perfect primer to the works of William Shakespeare, packed with witty illustrations and inspirational quotes, now in a handy compact size. This bold book covers every work, from the comedies of Twelfth Night and As You Like It to the tragedies of Julius Caesar and Hamlet, plus lost plays and less well-known works of poetry. Easy-to-understand graphics and illustrations bring the themes, plots, characters and language of Shakespeare to life, including illustrated timelines which offer an at-a-glance summary of the action for each play. With detailed plot summaries and an in-depth analysis of the major characters and themes, this is a brilliant, innovative exploration of the entire canon of Shakespeare plays, sonnets and poetry. Whether you're a Shakespeare scholar or a student of the great Bard, The Little Book of Shakespeare Book offers a fuller appreciation of his phenomenal talent and lasting legacy.

The Little Book of Shakespeare

Learn about the world's greatest detective in The Sherlock Holmes Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Sherlock Holmes in this overview guide to the subject, brilliant for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Sherlock Holmes Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye-catching graphics and diagrams to immerse yourself in. This captivating book will broaden your understanding of Sherlock Holmes, with: - Includes all four novels and 56 short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Packed with facts, charts, timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts - A visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughout - Easy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understanding The Sherlock Holmes Book is a captivating introduction to every case investigated by Holmes and Dr Watson in the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, aimed at adult fans of the books, movies, or TV shows and want to know more. Exciting text and bold graphics explain elements of each plot and shows how Holmes reaches his conclusions through deductive reasoning. Your Sherlock Holmes Questions, Simply Explained From the first novel, A Study in Scarlet, to the masterpiece that is The Hound of the Baskervilles, and Conan Doyle's final Holmes tale, The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place, this guide explores every facet of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's master detective, his world, and his enduring appeal. If you thought it was difficult to untangle his razor-sharp wit, The Sherlock Holmes Book presents key information about Sherlock in a clear layout. The Big Ideas Series With millions of copies sold worldwide, The Sherlock Holmes Book is part of the award-winning Big Ideas series from DK. The series uses striking graphics along with engaging writing, making big topics easy to understand.

The Sherlock Holmes Book

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