Книга: K. M. Peyton « "Who, Sir? Me, Sir?": Stage 3»
Серия: "Oxford Bookworms Library" Sam Sylvester is a teacher who wants his class to have ambition, and to do great things in life. So he enters them for a sporting competition against the rich students of Greycoats School. The team that he has chosen for the competition think Sam has gone crazy. WHO, SIR? ME, SIR? says little Hoomey, his eyes round with horror. "We'll never beat Greycoats," the others cry. "Never in a million years!" But you don't know what you can do - until you try ... Издательство: "Oxford University Press" (2008) Формат: 130x200, 80 стр.
ISBN: 978-0-19-479136-6 |
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K. M. Peyton
Kathleen Wendy Herald Peyton, who writes as K.M. Peyton (born
She has written more than fifty novels, including the much loved "
She began writing when she was nine, first publishing when she was fifteen under her maiden name of Kathleen Herald; she 'never decided to become a writer... [she] ...just was one'. [ Peyton, i] Though she couldn't own a horse (she grew up in London), she was obsessed with them: all her early books are about girls who have ponies. After school, she went to Kingston Art School then Manchester Art School. There she met another student, Mike Peyton (an ex-serviceman who had been a prisoner of war), who shared her love of walking in the Pennines. [ Peyton, website] They married when she was twenty-one and went travelling around Europe.
When they returned to Britain, Peyton completed a teaching diploma. However, after the birth of her second daughter, she turned to writing fulltime: mostly boy's adventure stories which she sold in serialised form to "The Scout" magazine, and then published in full. [ Peyton, iii] This was when Peyton began writing under K.M. Peyton: the 'M' was her husband Mike who helped create the plots. [ Peyton, iii]
The Peytons loved sailing, and her first books were on that subject; soon, however, she returned to her 'first love', horses, and began to write what became the "
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The Flambards Series
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The Ruth Hollis Series
*"Fly-by-Night" (1968)
*"The Team" (1975)
(The Pennington Series continues the story of Ruth Hollis). Fly-By-night and The Team have now been republished by
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The Jonathan Meredith Series
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*"Windfall" (1962) (also published as Sea Fever)
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*"Going Home" (1982)
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*"Darkling" (1989)
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*"The Pied Piper" (1999)
*"Horses" ("Non fiction") (2000)
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References
"Fly-By-Night", Introduction by Kathleen Peyton, Edinburgh: Fidra Books, 2007
* [http://www.kmpeyton.co.uk/index.htm K.M. Peyton's Website]
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Links
* [http://www.kmpeyton.co.uk/index.htm K.M. Peyton's Website]
* [http://www.pyenet.co.nz/familytrees/peyton-k-m/ About KM Peyton]
* [http://www.pyenet.co.nz/familytrees/peyton-k-m/ Reviews of some of KM Peyton's books and series]
* [http://www.fidrabooks.com/peyton.html Fidrabooks page about K M Peyton]
Источник: K. M. Peyton
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