Longlisted for Blue Peter Book Awards 202A sparky middle-grade series from TV comedian Rosie Jones. Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson and DORK DIARIES. 'Fresh, funny and ultra cool' - Jacqueline Wilson Hello! My name is Edie Eckhart and I'm eleven years old.I'm a little bit different. I have a disability called cerebral palsy, so I talk slowly and fall over a lot. It's never really bothered me because I've never known anything else.Edie Eckhart is Excited with a capital E to start secondary school with her best friend Oscar - the fish to her chips, the bananas to her custard. But when she and Oscar are put into different tutor groups on their first day, Edie is devastated. Who will play secret hangman with her in class? Who will she eat sausage rolls with?But while she's plotting her reunion with Oscar, she accidentally gets cast as the lead in the school play.As Edie discovers a passion for performance, she also finds new friendships, talents, and dreams. After all, it's easy to s
In 1992, there was an explosion of 'stock fever' in Shanghai. 'From the moment I set foot in Shanghai until my last day there, people from all walks of life wanted to talk to me about the market', Ellen Hertz writes. Her 1998 study sets the stock market and its players in the context of Shanghai society, and it probes the dominant role played by the state, which has yielded a stock market very different from those of the West. A trained anthropologist, she explains the way in which investors and officials construct a 'moral storyline' to make sense of this great structural innovation, identifying a struggle between three groups of actors - the big investors, the little investors, and the state - to control the market.
Pedro Almodovar's films--such as Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, All About My Mother, and Talk to Her, to name a few--are colorful and deeply felt celebrations of l
An enchanting new series full of adorable animals, magic and friendship - from the creator of RAINBOW MAGICWelcome to a magical world where animals talk and play - just like you and me! In this BUMPER
An enchanting new series full of adorable animals, magic and friendship - from the creator of RAINBOW MAGICWelcome to a magical world where animals talk and play - just like you and me! In this BUMPER
"People come to my door—too many of them really—and knock to tell me Notes of a Dirty Old Man turns them on. A bum off the road brings in a gypsy and his wife and we talk. . . drink half the night. A
當悲傷來臨，在心中為他建造一個棲息之地，與它和平相處。不再傷心的時刻來臨，將看到世界美麗的一面。David Litchfield擔任繪者，將悲傷具象化，溫柔傳達悲傷不是負面情緒。Sadness has come to live with me and I am building it a shelter. I am building a shelter for my sadnessand welcoming it inside. A small boy creates a shelter for his sadness, a safe space where Sadness is welcome, where it can curl up small, or be as big as it can be, where it can be noisy or quiet, or anything in between.The boy can visit the shelter whenever he needs to, every day, sometimes every hour, and the two of them will cry and talk or just sit, saying nothing. And the boy knows that one day Sadness may come out of the shelter, and together they will look out at the world, and see how beautiful it is. A poignant and heart-warming picture book exploring the importance of making space and time for our own griefs, small or large, sensitively visualized with David Litchfield's stunning illustration.Anne Booth was inspired to write this book by the words of Etty Hillesum, a Holocaust victim wh
An enchanting new series full of adorable animals, magic and friendship - from the creator of RAINBOW MAGICWelcome to a magical world where animals talk and play - just like you and me! Lily and Jess
An enchanting new series full of adorable animals, magic and friendship - from the creator of RAINBOW MAGICWelcome to a magical world where animals talk and play - just like you and me! It's a beautif
An enchanting new series full of adorable animals, magic and friendship - from the creator of RAINBOW MAGICWelcome to a magical world where animals talk and play - just like you and me! Best friends J
An enchanting new series full of adorable animals, magic and friendship - from the creator of RAINBOW MAGICWelcome to a magical world where animals talk and play - just like you and me! Best friends J
An enchanting new series full of adorable animals, magic and friendship - from the creator of RAINBOW MAGICWelcome to a magical world where animals talk and play - just like you and me! Best friends J
An enchanting new series full of adorable animals, magic and friendship - from the creator of RAINBOW MAGICWelcome to a magical world where animals talk and play - just like you and me! Best friends J
I am Lou Brown:Social outcast, precocious failure, 5'10" and still growing. I was on the fast track to the Olympic superstardom. Now, I'm training boys too cool to talk to me. In a sport I just made u
"Do you want me to talk to you of our love? There are no words, however eloquent, to express all the passion, all the fire, all the madness contained within these two words: our love ..." A collection
An absolute delight . . . kept me totally hooked. - Genevieve Cogman, bestselling author of The Invisible Library Sixth Sense meets Stranger Things in T. L. Huchu's The Library of the Dead, a sharp contemporary fantasy following a precocious and cynical teen as she explores the shadowy magical underside of modern Edinburgh. WHEN GHOSTS TALKSHE WILL LISTENRopa dropped out of school to become a ghostalker - and they sure do love to talk. Now she speaks to Edinburgh's dead, carrying messages to those they left behind. A girl's gotta earn a living, and it seems harmless enough. Until, that is, the dead whisper that someone's bewitching children - leaving them husks, empty of joy and strength. It's on Ropa's patch, so she feels honor-bound to investigate. But what she learns will rock her world. Ropa will dice with death as she calls on Zimbabwean magic and Scottish pragmatism to hunt down clues. And although underground Edinburgh hides a wealth of dark secrets, she also discovers an occult
What’s the point of a porcupine? Why can’t my dog talk to me? Could my cat be a cannibal? Why does a shark need such big teeth?This book provides an engaging way for young people to discover more about animals by asking and answering questions for themselves. The book is structured around twenty-two questions, each one tackled over two spreads. The first spread explores the question and answer, supported by a detailed illustration, photograph or diagram. The second spread asks further questions on a similar theme to help build an understanding of how some animals share characteristics while others may adapt in different ways to survive in the same environment. Fresh and informal without being flippant, this is a swift introduction to natural history that will enable children to feel confident asking and investigating the questions that interest them most.
