Mike Boldt\'s bright and playful picture book asks a big question: Which is more important, numbers or letters? Numbers and letters, the colorful characters in this story, compete to be the stars of this book. Their debate escalates when funny animals and props arrive—starting with 1 alligator, 2 bears, and 3 cars. Who is this book really about? In the end, the answer is clear. This fresh and funny picture book plays with both numbers and letters in the...
A magical transformation takes place in Danielle Steel’s luminous novel: Strangers become roommates, roommates become friends, and friends become a family in a turn-of-the-century house in Manhattan’s West Village. The plumbing was prone to leaks, the furniture rescued from garage sales. And every square inch was being devotedly restored to its original splendor—even as a relationship fell to pieces. Now Francesca Thayer, newly separated...
ISBN: 9781405273602 Join the Angry Birds in an epic adventure to a galaxy far, far away! With an all-new team, including Chuck \'Ham\' Solo, Terebacca, Red Skywalker, the Pigtroopers and Lard Vader, you have an exciting mission to complete. Search through the packed pages to find your favourite Star Wars Angry Birds characters, as well as exciting objects such as lightsabers, lasers and the mighty Pig Star! A must-have for all Star Wars Angry Birds fans!...
Product Details Reading level: Ages 5 and up Paperback: 32 pages Publisher: Kingfisher (April 14, 2005) Language: English ISBN: 9780753404638 Overview A thrilling look at the ever-popular world of dinosaurs—their size, their lives, their diets, and their mysterious extinction. Children's interest is further excited as the book zooms in on today's dinosaur discoveries—how scientists find and date fossils, and how whole dinosaur skeletons are pieced together...
At thirty-nine, director Tallie Jones is a Hollywood legend, whose award-winning films enjoy both critical and commercial success. With no interest in the glitz of Los Angeles, Tallie centers her life on her work and her devoted inner circle: her family, her producing partner and live-in lover, and her longtime personal assistant and best friend. As Tallie is in the midst of her most ambitious film yet, small disturbances begin to ripple through her world. An audit...
A chubby little girl with ordinary looks, Victoria Dawson has always felt out of place in her family, especially in body-conscious L.A. While her parents and sister can eat anything and not gain an ounce, Victoria must watch everything she eats, as well as endure her father’s belittling comments about her body and see her academic achievements go unacknowledged. Ice cream and oversized helpings of all the wrong foods give her comfort, but only briefly. The one thing she...
The acclaimed #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling horror novel from the undisputed King of Horror, Stephen King’s Black House is now reprinted for a modern-day audience. Twenty years ago, a boy named Jack Sawyer traveled to a parallel universe called the Territories to save his mother and her Territories “Twinner” from an agonizing death that would have brought cataclysm to the other world. Now Jack is a retired...
ISBN: 9781481421379 Fans of DreamWorks Dragons will love this deluxe hardcover storybook that mimics Hiccup’s own Book of Dragons! With a stunning sculptured cover and embossed dragons on every page! This is the ultimate source of information on dragons for the ultimate dragons fan! From the observations of Bork the Bold to Hiccup’s additions for the Dragon Academy, this book gathers all the facts, figures, and secrets that the Vikings have learned about dragons...
The phone call came on a hot July day—a day like any other for Marin County mom and freelance writer Tanya Harris. But this call—from Tanya’s agent—was anything but ordinary, offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: the chance to write a major Hollywood screenplay, a dream she had put aside long ago to devote her energies to her family. This time, Tanya knows she cannot refuse, even though she’s torn about leaving her husband and their daughters...
Product Details Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Ladybird Books Ltd (May 1999) Language: English ISBN: 0721497357 Book Description Publication Date: May 1999 | Series: First Favourite Tales Based on the traditional folk tale "Chicken Licken", this vibrantly illustrated story is sure to become a favorite in every home. Find out what happens when an acorn falls on the head of poor little Chicken Licken! Part of the Ladybird "First Favourite Tales" series,...
It was love at first sight. From the moment seventeen-year-old Arnie Cunningham saw Christine, he knew he would do anything to possess her. Arnie’s best friend, Dennis, distrusts her—immediately. Arnie’s teen-queen girlfriend, Leigh, fears her the moment she senses her power. Arnie’s parents, teachers, and enemies soon learn what happens when you cross her. Because Christine is no lady. She is Stephen King’s ultimate, blackly evil vehicle...
A New York Times bestselling picture book from Newbery Medal–winning author Neil Gaiman and acclaimed illustrator Adam Rex! Chu is a little panda with a big sneeze. When Chu sneezes, bad things happen. But as Chu and his parents visit the library, the diner, and the circus, will anyone hear Chu when he starts to feel a familiar tickle in his nose? Chu\'s Day is a story that reflects upon how young children aren\'t always listened to…sometimes...
Enter a world of curious elephants, terrible tigers and courageous horses. Follow the adventures of a seal searching for a safe home, a rabbit trying to outwit a wolf, and a mongoose who must protect his home from a terrible threat. Crammed with timeless tales and beautiful illustrations, Classic Animal Stories is a wild and wonderful collection for children to treasure. 978-1-84810-290-3
This book is aimed at middle school students who are good readers, or early high school readers. There are 4 sections, "From the Grave," "Haunted," "Cursed Creatues" and "The Doomed and the Dead." Stories included under each title are classics adapted for young readers. A few examples are: The Body Snatchers by Robert Louis Stevenson, A Bottomless Grave by Ambrose Bierce, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Frankenstein...
Classic Record a Story: Little Red Riding Hood is a recordable storybook that enables a family member or friend to read a story to a child even when they are miles or time zones apart. Grandparents and other special people in a child s life can create a personal memento reading the classic fable Little Red Riding Hood. The recorded voice is saved to the book s pages for children to enjoy again and again. The storybook makes an ideal gift for children ages 18 months and older from out-of-town...