This thrilling tale is adapted from Shahnameh, the epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi in the 10th century. Rostam is the mightiest hero who has ever lived, and Rakhsh is his faithful horse - as strong as his master and quite a bit cleverer too. They have fought the fiercest creatures and most hideous monsters, but might have finally met their match... TreeTops Greatest Stories offers children some of the world's
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
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This thrilling tale is adapted from Shahnameh, the epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi in the 10th century. Rostam is the mightiest hero who has ever lived, and Rakhsh is his faithful horse - as strong as his master and quite a bit cleverer too. They have fought the fiercest creatures and most hideous monsters, but might have finally met their match... TreeTops Greatest Stories offers children some of the world's
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.
A timeless retelling of the Persian hero's epic adventures
Winner of the Warwick, Leeds, Sefton, Calderdale, and Wirral book
awards, and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize
in 2011. Sir 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
Children's Literature at Newcastle University. She has advised on
and contributed to many children's literature broadcasts,
programmes, films and other projects, including for the V&A
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 Children's Books in Newcastle and was a founder-member of the
UK Children's Laureate.
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