While out of school for a few days with a cold, Brother Bear ignores his make-up work. And when he returns to class, he discovers the consequences of neglecting his responsibilities: he fails his divi
Snow is falling. Snow is wonderful - for sledding, for skiing, and for building snowmen. But did you know that snow can actually keep things warm? Find out how snow helpf plants, animals, and people to survive. But when a blizzard blows, watch out! The snow that is so useful can be dangerous too.Franklyn M. Branley and Holly Keller team up for a fun and colorful exploration of the world of snow, including experiments and activities for cold winter days. A Let's Read and Find Out Science book, for Stage 1.
A classic picture book from Sweden with a very happy ending about feeling lonely and finding friends. It is possible, after all, to have more than one friend!There was once a tiny man. One day, at the first sign of Spring, he decided to pin a note to a tree that said FRIEND WANTED. Then he sat down on the step to wait.After ten days, he woke to find a cold nose in his hand. Beside him was a big dog with a beautiful curve in its tail. The tiny man had made a friend at last.They play and walk and laugh every day. But then the girl in the polka dot dress comes to the step. The little man watches as the dog put his soft muzzle into the girl’s hand and worries that he has lost his only friend.A touching picture book that explores learning how to make and share friends, feelings of being left out and discovering group dynamics. Packed full of emotion, this hardback picture book also teaches young children about self-esteem and empathy. A perfect story to read aloud with preschoolers or for y
‘Absolutely stunning… Real emotional depth alongside a fast-paced plot. Fantastic’ A F SteadmanAn amazing and captivating, curl-up-on-the-sofa debut about a magical frost fair and the lasting power of friendship, perfect for fans of Tamzin Merchant, Abi Elphinstone and Anna James.The Great Frost of 1683 has London in its icy grip.Thomasina and her best friend Anne sell sweets on the frozen Thames, amid rumours of the magical Frost Fair that awakens there at night. They say if you can find the fair, Father Winter himself will grant you any wish.And Thomasina has an impossible wish: the return of her twin brother, Arthur.But once they discover Father Winter’s kingdom, Thomasina and Anne quickly realize the Frost Fair is not what it seems – and that some wishes never come for free.‘A heartwarming, wintry treat of a read perfect to snuggle up with on cold, snowy days’ Hannah Gold, bestselling author of The Last Bear‘A lovely, frosty debut that combines cosy details and a pacy adventure wit
游泳、豔陽、冰淇淋。小男孩的夏天無限美好，直到──「趁夏天還在，你就好好享受吧，因為它很快就要結束了。」他的姐姐如此說道。不可能！怎麼會這樣？小男孩才不要夏天結束，更一點也不期待秋冬的到來。 雖然不想相信姐姐，但冬天的徵兆，一個接著一個相繼報到：紅葉、可可、小水窪。咦？這難道就是夏天結束的感覺嗎？原來一切跟小男孩想的完全不一樣……Come summer, autumn or winter, a little boy is going to make the best of it. Nothing is better than summer, swimming every day and eating ice cream. But a little boy's big sister has BIG news.She tells him that summer is going to end soon ... and winter is coming! When winter comes, she says, it will be cold ... and dark ...and rain all the time. They'll be stuck on the sofa for days and won't even dream of eating ice cream... From author-illustrator Simona Ciraolo, this is a celebration of the changing of the seasons, showing just how much joy can be found around each sunny - or snowy - corner.
For fans of The War That Saved My Life and other World War II fiction,A Place to Hang the Moon is the tale of three orphaned siblings whoare evacuated from London to live in the countryside with the secrethope of finding a permanent family. Now available in paperback.It is 1940 and William, 12, Edmund, 11, and Anna, 9, aren't terribly upset bythe death of the not-so-grandmotherly grandmother who has taken care ofthem since their parents died. But the children do need a guardian, and in thedark days of World War II London, those are in short supply, especially if theyhope to stay together. Could the mass wartime evacuation of children fromLondon to the countryside be the answer?It's a preposterous plan, but off they go-- keeping their predicament asecret, and hoping to be placed in a temporary home that ends up lastingforever. Moving from one billet to another, the children suffer the cruel trickeryof foster brothers, the cold realities of outdoor toilets and the hollowness ofempty stom
A new lift-the-flap board book inspired by Frederick, one of Leo Lionni’s bestselling books!As Frederick enjoys a summer day, his fellow field mice get ready for winter. When the days turn cold, what will Frederick have to share? Featuring simple text and colorful illustrations, kids will love lifting 8 fun flaps to find corn, nuts, wheat, straw, and more! This bright and engaging board book is inspired by the work of legendary children's book author-illustrator Leo Lionni! With sturdy pages and colorful collage-style artwork, this book is perfect for children ages zero to three.Other LEO LIONNI'S FRIENDS Board Books:A Little Book About SpringA Little Book About ABCsA Little Book About ColorsA Little Book About 123sA Little Book About OppositesWhere Are Swimmy’s Friends? A Lift-The-Flap BookA Little Book About WinterInch By Inch: A Lift-The-Flap Book
Brought back to the mortal world as the Winter Knight to Mab, Harry Dresden is expected to kill an immortal, as he begins to realize there is a serious threat to countless innocent victims unless he f
Jim Butcher is big news--and this new entry in the #1 NYT bestselling Dresden Files series will be his biggest book yet! You can't keep a good wizard down--even when he wants to stay that way.For yea
After being murdered and then brought back to life, Harry Dresden soon realizes that maybe death wasn’t all that bad. Because he is no longer Chicago’s only professional wizard. He is now Winter Kni
A police officer is shot dead. The next day, one of his colleagues is as well. Then the South African police receive an email threatening an additional cop killed each day until a cold case is solved.
DaveBaranek (callsign "Bio") was one of 451 young men to receive hisWings of Gold in 1980 as a naval flight officer. Four years later, seasoned byintense training and deployments in the tense confrontations of the cold war,he became the only one of that initial group to rise to become an instructor atthe navy's elite Fighter Weapons School. As a Topgun instructor, Bio wasresponsible for teaching the best fighter pilots of the Navy and Marine Corpshow to be even better. He schooled them in the classroom and then wenthead-to-head with them in the skies.Then,in August 1985, Bio was assigned to combine his day-to-day flight duties withparticipation in a Pentagon-blessed project to film action footage for a majorHollywood movie focusing on the lives, loves, heartbreaks, and triumphs ofyoung fighter pilots: Top Gun.Biosoon found himself riding in limousines to attend gala premieres, and beingsingled out by giggling teenagers and awed schoolboys who recognized the name"Topgun" on his T-shirts
Wakelam (military history and leadership, Royal Military College of Canada) documents how Canada procured aircraft fighters during the early days of the Cold War, between 1945 and 1954. He examines th
Author Tom King pens the next epic volume of his critically acclaimed, best-selling Batman series in Batman Vol. 8!In the aftermath of the wedding of Batman and Catwoman, the Dark Knight's life has ch
They’ll never see her coming. . . .When Evangeline Stone wakes up naked and bruised on a cold slab at the morgue—in a stranger’s body, with no memory of who she is and how she got there—her troubles a
