Oliver T Spedding

Simon's family is exasperated by his laziness. He spends all his time lying beside the hearth in their house dreaming of the brave exploits that he will carry out and that will make him a hero. The villagers ridicule Simon and his stories. One day they see the dreaded Sea Monster on the horizon and know that it will attack and destroy the village and its inhabitants the following day. Early the next morning Simon sets out in his little boat with a...

Jimmy, Jack, Annie and Frankie live at the edge of a huge forest. One day Jack, Annie and Frankie see a beautiful butterfly and decide to follow it into the forest. They hurry into the forest telling Jimmy to follow them. Jimmy is more interested in playing with his glass marbles and follows the others reluctantly. The children follow the butterfly deep into the woods. Eventually the butterfly disappears and Jack, Annie and Frankie realize that they...

Short-term dieting has its place but a long-term eating program is essential if you want to live a more rewarding and healthy life. This booklet has been written to help you implement a long-term eating plan that will ensure that you enjoy a better quality of life as you grow older.

By 1998, four years after South Africa finally achieved democracy, hundreds of thousands of destitute South Africans still lived in squalid squatter camps spread across the country. San Diego squatter camp or informal settlement is situated on the western boundary of Johannesburg.Themba "Legs" Gwala, the under-nine sprint champion at his school, lives in the San Diego squatter camp near Johannesburg with his dad and mom and five-year-old sister, Gugu....

South African Brixton Murder and Robbery Unit detective Morgan Hunter, martial arts expert and cage fighter, fighting under the name "The Mighty Midget", is framed by two of his colleagues, detectives Frans Botha and Piet Venter, for the murder of Isaac Bakwena, the only suspect in the killing in1986 of a prominent black South African businessman and founder of the Hamba Group, Doctor Solomon Mokoena, in his Santon, Johannesburg home by unknown assailants....

Basil's 4 X 4Hunting for honey is hard work so Basil the bear buys a 4 X 4 and after he has learnt to drive it he uses it to hunt for honey. When the 4 X 4 breaks down Basil follows his trail back home. On the way he sees how destructive he has been by driving carelessly over the countryside. He sees the shrubs and flowers that his 4 X 4 destroyed, the beautiful butterfly that he ran over, the anthill that he broke, the bird's nest that he upset and...

According to the World Health Organisation approximately one in five people suffer from hay fever (allergic rhinitis) worldwide and there appears to be no cure for it. There are ways to curb it such as antihistamine tablets and nasal sprays but many of these have unpleasant side effects and many are expensive. The method described in this booklet is not a cure for hay fever but rather a method of curbing imminent hay fever attacks. It also doesn't...

Idioms are those often amusing parts of our everyday speech that we use to tell others about our thoughts, ideas, and feelings without referring to them exactly. It's a type of abstract language, alongside descriptions, similes, types of descriptions, exaggerations and embellishments. Given that idioms are a type of abstract language, they can help to make our writing and speech more interesting. Idioms express an idea in a strange or creative manner,...

While walking in the jungle, Rabbit and Squirrel come across a strange flat object lying on the ground. Rabbit picks it up and discovers that it is a picture of a rabbit. He shows it to Squirrel who claims that the picture is of a squirrel and not a rabbit. Rabbit shows the picture to Badger who tells them that they are both wrong and the picture is of a badger. All the other animals look at the picture; Mouse says it is a picture of a mouse, Monkey...

Little Jane has a doll called Annie. She desperately wants a pram for Annie but cannot afford one. One day, while playing in the park Jane finds a man's wallet lying on the pathway. She takes it to her mother who takes her and the wallet to a policeman. How can finding the wallet help Jane get a pram for Annie? A fun read written in reverse chronology and with a simple message.