The Nowhere Emporium: 1 (Kelpies)

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This magnificent book combines two well-known fairy tales and challenges everything familiar about them. A spectacular book that deserves a spot on every bookcase. Armistice Day: A Collection of Remembrance - Spark Interest and Educate Children about Historical Moments When the mysterious Nowhere Emporium arrives in Glasgow, orphan Daniel Holmes stumbles upon it quite by accident. Before long, the 'shop from nowhere' -- and its owner, Mr Silver -- draw Daniel into a breathtaking world of magic and enchantment. Recruited as Mr Silver's apprentice, Daniel learns the secrets of the Emporium's vast labyrinth of passageways and rooms -- rooms that contain wonders beyond anything Daniel has ever imagined. But when Mr Silver disappears, and a shadow from the past threatens everything, the Emporium and all its wonders begin to crumble. Reading is acomplex skill, requiring coordination of several cognitive processes. To access this particular text, my pupils need the ​ ‘mechanics’ of word reading sorted: decoding, fluency, and more. To fully grasp the text, they also need to know most of the vocabulary. They need to understand the grammar and syntax. They must learn how to connect ideas as we read. I just found this book out and it was very tense and exciting to read and worth reading I rated the book 4 stars

Wow, Great resource. This has saved some major planning time and the resources that come with it are awesome. I really like all of the inference stuff. Well worth the money! I loved Ellie as well, Mr. Silver's twelve-year-old daughter. On the exterior, she's fierce and stubborn and brave, but there were little chinks in her armour that allowed her fear, her sadness and her uncertainty to reach the reader, making her feel like a very authentic character. She felt trapped and stifled due to not being able to leave the Emporium's walls and I felt so sadfor her because she was just a real girl who was a ghost to everyone but her father, Daniel and the Emporium's staff. She just wanted to set foot outside the Emporium's walls and see the real world, breathe fresh air into her lungs and explore the extraordinary beauty of Earth. She was sassy and brave but she showed her vulnerability as well which made her feel so much more real! The characters are amazing throughout but Daniel and Emily really encapsulate what a dynamic duo should be like in a children’s novel.

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Ed è un peccato, visto che la lettura è di per sé molto piacevole. E' un libro per ragazzi, il testo scorre velocemente, la sintassi è semplice, le immagini evocate fantastiche! Mysterious, intriguing and exciting, we read this book on the edge of our seat. The dazzling Emporium has many secrets down its many corridors, its unique characters were a mixture of real emotion and magic, the unpredictable plot made us want to read more. We truly recommend this book to any reader who likes fantasy, emotion and magic.

Questo libro è un mix di queste idee, sembra proprio che pezzi di queste storie siano stati staccati, rimodellati appena un po', e fusi insieme in questo nuovo libro. Another thing that I really liked was the ending. I love how satisfying the ending was and how well it concluded this book. It's refreshing to read fantasy stories that are concluded within one book instead of being stretched across several installments.Daniel is our leading boy, a boy who you almost feel is searching for something from the start of the story. He stumbles upon The Nowhere Emporium rather by accident after trying to outrun the bullies. Before he knows it Daniels lonely life has changed into a life of wonders, mystery and well, a lot of hard work. After being taken under the wing of Mr. Sliver, the emporium owner, Daniel is thought how to put his imagination to good use. But he has to use more than that if he is to find Mr. Silver after his disappearance once an old face threatens to destroy everything.

Well. Let me not mislead you. Fun *for me* and stressful for our young hero, whose relationships are...fraught...throughout the book. Does he understand the rules Mr. Silver sets down? Is he doing it right? Are his friends really his friends or are they going to abandon him? This story reads like the bedtime tale you wish your dad had told you when you were a kid, spinning it out over many weeks while you fought sleep as valiantly as you were able, always wanting to hear just a little bit more. Trying to be realistic for lots of my readers/friends here on GR, I don't think many of you would go out of your way to read it without a younger loved one to share it with; but I think you could have an opportunity to do that since many children younger than the recommended age of 8 would enjoy having this book read to them before they could read it to themselves. If you have a child who likes fantasy and adventure and can deal with a PG level of scariness, then this book would likely be a home run. Reading it by myself, I genuinely enjoyed it but was always aware it was rather more for kids than for me. Actually, on second thought, this might turn out to be dangerous – the bad guys would probably try to escape and take over the world! This book stands as a work of imagination of its own. Reading this, I was in fact surprised by how creative the author was in designing the Emporium's Wonders, which are the different attractions or venues available inside the Emporium. The general concept of the story might not have been entirely original but it's execution and development did show that the author wasn't without his fair share of creativity and imagination. Daniel's life changes forever when he stumbles upon The Nowhere Emporium in Glasgow. A dazzling and quirky tale, full of imagination and wonder - perfect for fans of JK Rowling, Philip Pullman and Neil Gaiman.

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Here are a set of questions based on the prologue for the Nowhere Emporium. They are all based on the reading domain Questions- 2d explain how the author selects words and phrases to enhance meaning. Daniel Holmes is the protagonist of the story. He's an unlikely hero and a lovable one. I adored him. He was brave, he was clever and he was kind. He's an orphan boy who lost his parents in awful circumstances and the orphanage he's been placed in is a building devoid of friends, kindness and warmth. I also loved that he was a realistic kid, he made some silly mistakes but he had a heart of gold and I LOVED HIM OKAY. I felt a burst of happiness for Daniel when he was taken under Mr. Silver's wing and discovered a life of wonder and magnificence because the precious marshmallow really, really deserved it.

The Nowhere Emporium was very touching, it was very detailed and suspenseful. Everything felt real and as I was reading it I was able to vision everything in my head. The EEF’s suite of l iteracy g uidance reports offers evidence-informed recommendations. Three key principles from the Key Stage 2report that might help me here are: This Book was amazing! The incredible descriptive words had the reader on the edge of their seat. The characters really set this book apart from any other fantasy read. Personally, im not a big fan of fantasy and dislike it. This book was a school read and I loved it! The characters were so interesting and very different from each other. I found that the ending was cringy and predictable though. definitely worth reading! Winner of the Blue Peter Best Story Award 2016 and the Scottish Children's Book Award 2016, and the North East Book Award 2015. A dazzling and quirky tale, full of imagination and wonder. This one is perfect for fans of JK Rowling, Philip Pullman and Neil Gaiman.