Verity adores her cat Mabel & is desperately sad when she dies Remembering her recent school lessons about the Ancient Egyptians Verity decides to mummify Mabel & keep her hidden Verity's dad & grandparents can't bear to talk about death having lost Verity's mum several years ago
- but when they eventually discover what Verity has done the whole family realises it's time to talk A superb handling of bereavement in Jacqueline Wilson's uniquely accessible & enjoyable style for younger readers
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play From Hayao Miyazaki&s Studio Ghibli the creators of the Oscar-winning Spirited Away (Best Animated Feature Film 2002) comes the visually stunning The Cat Returns! Haru a schoolgirl bored by her ordinary routine saves the life of an unusual cat & suddenly her world is transformed beyond anything she ever imagined The Cat King rewards her good deed with a flurry of presents including a very shocking proposal of marriage to his son! Haru embarks on an unexpected journey to the Kingdom of Cats where her eyes are opened to a whole other world & her destiny is uncertain To change her fate she&ll need to learn to believe in herself & appreciate her everyday life Director Hiroyuki Morita Certificate PGYear 2002 Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic Languages Japanese
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages English Subtitles English ; English for the hearing impaired Duration 1 hour & 15 minutes (approx)
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'HEAR & attend & listen; for this befell & behappened & became & was O my Best Beloved when the Tame animals were wild The Dog was wild & the Horse was wild & the Cow was wild & the Sheep was wild & the Pig was wild-as wild as wild could be-and they walked in the Wet Wild Woods by their wild lones But the wildest of all the wild animals was the Cat He walked by himself & all places were alike to him' So begins the story of ' The Cat That Walked by Himself' one of many stories Kipling created to entertain his own children & those of his friends inventing ingenious explanations for such conundrums as ' How the Camel Got His Hump' In 1902 he wrote down these gloriously fanciful tales for publication as the Just So Stories This beautiful special gift edition presents the best-loved story ' The Cat that Walked by Himself' alongside ' How the Camel Got His Hump' ' How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin' & ' The Elephant's Child' & reproduces the author's delightfully evocative original illustrations ...

Kevin has a craving He wants custard & he wants it NOW! Follow the hilarious antics of a cat trying to get its human companion to give him what he wants Kevin the cat goes to extreme lengths to get his own way including using his own body to spell the word CUSTARD! Will he succeed? A brilliantly funny picture book treat ...

The classic story about a cat in danger of using up all of her nine lives from the author of The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark Suzy is a little striped cat who lives in a French seaside village with a fisherman & his four sons Like all cats Suzy is very inquisitive which causes problems when she climbs into the basket of a hot air balloon
- & is carried off over the channel to England! How will she ever get back to France? It won't be easy but Suzy refuses to be put off by a bit of water Filled with gentle humour & comfort Jill Tomlinson's animal stories have been enjoyed by children who want to snuggle down with a good read for decades Perfect for kids aged 5 who love Julia Donaldson & Dick King Smith's The Sheep Pig This edition is beautifully illustrated by Paul Howard Have you enjoyed all of Jill's animal stories? The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark The Cat Who Wanted to Go Home The Gorilla Who Wanted to Grow Up The Hen Who Wouldn't Give Up The Otter Who Wanted to Know The Penguin Who Wanted to Find Out Jill Tomlinson never intended to be a writer She trained as an opera singer & then decided to have a family whilst her voice matured But illness intervened & she had to find another outlet for her energies She started on a journalism course & by the third lesson decided she wanted to write for children So she did! Jill Tomlinson's animal stories are much-loved & have been best-selling children's books for nearly four decades
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The Catalan Kitchen is a celebration of 100 authentic & traditional dishes from Spain's culinary heart 256 pages Warren Emma ...

Go hunt 150 unique legendary boss fish spread across 6 stunning world destinations that all present their own challenges Fish ...

Go hunt 150 unique legendary boss fish spread across 6 stunning world destinations that all present their own challenges Fish ...

The Catcher in the Rye is J D Salinger's world-famous novel of disaffected youth Holden Caulfield is a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school Navigating his way through the challenges of growing up Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society & the 'phonies' themselves the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection Written with the clarity of a boy leaving childhood behind The Catcher in the Rye explores the world with disarming frankness & a warm affecting charisma which has made this novel a universally loved classic of twentieth-century literature J D Salinger was born in 1919 & died in January 2010 He grew up in New York City & wrote short stories from an early age but his breakthrough came in 1948 with the publication in The New Yorker of 'A Perfect Day for Bananafish' The Catcher in the Rye was his first & only novel published in 1951 It remains one of the most translated taught & reprinted texts & has sold some 65 million copies His other works include the novellas Franny & Zooey For Esme with Love & Squalor & Raise High the Roof Beam Carpenters published with Seymour
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