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Authors
Pupil's Book and Activity Book: Caroline Nixon & Michael Tomlinson Teacher's Book: Lucy Frino, Melanie Williams with Caroline Nixon & Michael Tomlinson Teacher's Resource Book: Caroline Nixon & Michael Tomlinson
The authors and publishers are grateful to the following illustrators:
Melanie Sharp, c/o Sylvie Poggio; Lisa Williams c/o Sylvie Poggio; Lisa Smith c/o Sylvie Poggio; Emily Skinner c/o Graham-Cameron Illustration
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Authors' thanks
Many thanks to everyone at Cambridge University Press and in particular to:
Rosemary Bradley for supervising the whole project and for her keen editorial eye; Emily Hird for her energy, enthusiasm and enormous organisational capacity; Colin Sage for his hard work, good ideas and helpful suggestions; Claire Appleyard for her editorial contribution; Julieta Hernández for supervising the ESS Second Edition. A special thank you goes to Juan González Cué, our Production Controller for the ESS Second Edition.
Many thanks to Karen Elliot for her expertise and enthusiasm in the writing of the Phonics sections.
We would also like to thank all our pupils and colleagues at Star English, El Palmar, Murcia and especially Jim Kelly and Julie Woodman for their help and suggestions at various stages of the project.
The publishers are grateful to the following contributors:
Inés Avello: freelance editor
Lanchuela: additional design and page make-up
Louise Edgeworth: art direction
Hilary Fletcher: picture research
Wild Apple Design Ltd: page design
Blooberry: additional design
Chefer and Eduardo Bertone: cover design and illustration
Melanie Sharp: cover characters illustration
John Green and Tim Woolf, TEFL Audio: audio recordings; Craig Stevenson, BraveArts. S.L.
Robert Lee: song writing
Dedications
I would like to dedicate this book to the women who have been my pillars of strength: Milagros Marín, Sara de Alba, Elia Navarro and Maricarmen Balsalobre - CN
To Paloma, for her love, encouragement and unwavering support. Thanks. - MT
The Authors and Publishers would like to thank the following teachers for their help in reviewing the material and for the invaluable feedback they provided:
Luciana Pittondo, Soledad Gimenez, Argentina; Gan Ping, Zou Yang, China; Keily Duran, Colombia; Elvia Gutierrez Reyes, Yadira Hernandez, Mexico; Rachel Lunan, Russia; Lorraine Mealing, Sharon Hopkins, Spain; Inci Kartal, Turkey.
The authors and publishers would like to thank the following consultants for their invaluable feedback:
Coralyn Bradshaw, Pippa Mayfield, Hilary Ratcliff, Melanie Williams.
We would also like to thank all the teachers who allowed us to observe their classes, and who gave up their invaluable time for interviews and focus groups.
The authors and publishers acknowledge the following sources of copyright material and are grateful for the permissions granted. While every effort has been made, it has not always been possible to identify the sources of all the material used, or to trace all copyright holders. If any omissions are brought to our notice, we will be happy to include the appropriate acknowledgements on reprinting.
t = top, c = centre, b = below, l = left, r = right
Pupil's Book: p. 11 (t): Thinkstock; p. 25 (t): Thinkstock; p. 41 (t): Thinkstock;
The authors and publishers are grateful to the following illustrators:
Dani Jiménez; Beatrice Costamagna, c/o Pickled ink; Chris Garbutt, c/o Arena; Lucía Serrano Guerrero; Andrew Hennessey; Kelly Kennedy, c/o Sylvie Poggio; Rob McKlurkan, c/o The Bright Agency; Melanie Sharp, c/o Syvlie Poggio; Marie Simpson, c/o Pickled ink; Emily Skinner, c/o Graham-Cameron Illustration; Lisa Smith; Gary Swift; Lisa Williams, c/o Sylvie Poggio.
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