I asked myself lots of questions, like what did Hansel and Gretel say to their father when they finally made it home? What I Did in the Holidays .

What I Did in the Holidays. . . - A Hansel and Gretel Retelling by Hilary McKay

Here are the twelve dancing princesses, who drove the Old King to distraction by wearing through their slippers every night. (Which sounds like something he could have made less fuss about, until you do the maths: well over four thousand pairs of slippers a year. Satin slippers too!)Things Were Different in Those Days is an imaginative retelling of the classic fairy tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Originally featured in Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales, this short story is sure to capture the imagination!From the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize-winning storyteller Hilary McKay and featuring black-and-white line and tone illustrations from the talented Sarah Gibb.

Things Were Different in Those Days - A The Twelve Dancing Princesses Retelling by Hilary McKay

Indigo's Star is the second title in Hilary McKay's hilarious and award-winning Casson Family series. Indigo's going back to school after a long bout of illness. He's not looking forward to it, the bullies are lying in wait. But he's determined to stand on his own two feet - so when Saffy and Sarah break up a fight in the boys' bathroom, he's furious. Until he meets Tom. Tom is from New York, loves music, makes Indigo laugh and is unfazed by the bullies. But Tom has troubles of his own - can the boys help each other out?Follow the family's adventures in the rest of the beloved series: Saffy's Angel, Permanent Rose, Caddy Ever After, Forever Rose and Caddy's World.

Indigo's Star

Here is Cinderella, who so much deserved her fairy godmother. The Rose Round the Palace is an imaginative retelling of the classic fairy tale Cinderella. Originally featured in Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales, this short story is sure to capture the imagination!From the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize-winning storyteller Hilary McKay and featuring black-and-white line and tone illustrations from the talented Sarah Gibb.

The Roses Round the Palace - a Cinderella retelling by Hilary McKay

Follow the life of Pip, a poor lonely orphan in Victorian England. Everything changes when he becomes friends with the wealthy Estella. But can Pip leave his past behind? Written to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens' birth, this inspired retelling is written by Whitbread award-winning author Hilary McKay.

 Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts.

 Text type: A retelling of a story by a significant author

 Curriculum links: History; Citizenship

 This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Great Expectations - Band 15/Emerald

Saffy's Angel was the winner of the 2002 Whitbread Award and is the first novel in Hilary McKay's hilarious Casson Family series. After Saffron discovers that she's adopted, life is never quite the same. Her artistic parents and doting siblings adore her, but Saffy wants a piece of her past. So when her grandfather bequests her a stone angel - a relic from the childhood she never knew - Saffy knows she has to find it. Realizing that Siena holds the key, she stows away on a car trip to Italy. The rest of the family are engaged in their own wacky projects: Caddy, a hopeless student, is revising for her A levels and desperately trying to pass her driving test. Indigo, the only boy in the Casson family, is determined to rid himself of his fear of heights. And the youngest, Rose, a budding artist, has a knack for baiting her pompous dad, with entertaining results .

Saffy's Angel

Poussez donc la porte du pensionnat tenu par les demoiselles Minchin. La petite princesse - l'héroïne de F H Burnett est partie, mais la magie est toujours. Voici Ermengarde, sa meilleure amie, trop timide pour confier ses secrets ; Lavinia, tout à ses rêves de grandeur, qui a fait la connaissance du mystérieux garçon d'à côté ; sans oublier la petite Lottie, qui n'en fait qu'à sa tête, et Alice, la nouvelle servante, qui bouscule joyeusement la maisonnée... Une histoire irrésistiblement drôle, vive, tendre, pleine de surprises et d'émotions !

Les Petites Pensionnaires

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 Follow the life of a little boy called Oliver as he goes from being a workhouse orphan to a life with a group of young pickpockets. Will he ever manage to escape his life of crime? This wonderful retelling of the classic Charles Dickens story was written by Hilary McKay.

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 This is a Band 11/Lime book in the Collins Big Cat reading programme which has longer sentence structures and a greater use of literary language. This is a retelling of a story by a significant author, and supports literacy learning around extended stories and significant authors. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader. For more guided reading books in this Collins Big Cat band, try Wild Weather (B06Y5DHJNT) by Chris Oxlade.

Oliver - Band 11/Lime

The Conroy sisters are back! In Hilary Mckay's second book in The Exiles series, The Exiles at Home, the four delightfully troublesome siblings manage to get themselves into yet more mischief. When Ruth Conroy decides to sponsor a child in Africa, she is unprepared for the monthly monetary commitment and is shocked by how difficult it is to find £10 a month .

What I Did in the Holidays. . . - A Hansel and Gretel Retelling by Hilary McKay

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