Katherine Woodfine's bestselling debut novel A fast-paced historical mystery adventure for readers aged 9 with gorgeous Edwardian period detail Perfect for fans of Enid Blyton Chris Riddell's Goth Girl & Robin Stevens' Murder Most Unladylike series You are cordially invited to attend the Grand Opening of Sinclair's department store! Enter a world of bonbons hats perfumes & MYSTERIES around every corner WONDER at the daring theft of the priceless CLOCKWORK SPARROW! TREMBLE as the most DASTARDLY criminals in London enact their wicked plans! GASP as our bold heroines Miss Sophie Taylor & Miss Lilian Rose CRACK CODES DEVOUR ICED BUNS & vow to bring the villains to justice The Clockwork Sparrow is the first book in the Sinclair's Mysteries quartet which is perfect for fans of Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls & M G Leonard's Beetle Boy The other books are The Jewelled Moth & The Painted Dragon & look out for the thrilling conclusion in The Midnight Peacock coming in October! Cover & interior illustrations by Julia Sarda A wonderful book with a glorious heroine & a true spirit of adventure'
- Katherine Rundell award-winning author of Rooftoppers Katie age 10 for lovereading 4kidscouk
- 'A brilliant historical detective novel
- I read it in one sitting & couldn't put it down! The characters were really believable & the story was so exciting My new favourite!' Celeste age 13 for lovereading 4kidscouk
- ' An incredible read full of mystery wonder & adventure This is now one of my top ten' The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize in 2016 Katherine Woodfine is a true champion of children's literature Until 2015 she was Arts Project Manager for Booktrust where she project-managed the Children's Laureateship & YALC the UK's first Young Adult Literature Convention curated by Malorie Blackman She is part of the founding team at Down the Rabbit Hole a monthly show for Resonance FM discussing children's literature Katherine blogs at followtheyellowcouk She lives in London



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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 A group of bachelor boys from a small Irish village place an advert in the Miami Herald inviting women in their early twenties to come & live with them Very soon the whole village knows about the advert; the women of the village begin to look at themselves more closely & then start showing the men that they are more than just innocent village girls from Donegal ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play François Pignon (Daniel Auteuil) an accountant in a condom factory hears that he is about to be made redundant & decides that he might be able to save his job if he pretends to be gay The ploy works; the management&s fear of appearing politically incorrect causes them to do an about-face & ask François to stay on But these new revelations about his sexuality begin to cause the accountant all kinds of trouble particularly when macho colleague Felix Santini (Gerard Depardieu) falls in love with him ...

Clouds have been the object of fascination throughout history their fleeting magnificence & endless variability providing food for thought for scientists & daydreamers alike Clouds may have many individual shapes but there are a few basic forms In this definitive guide to the clouds & the skies Richard Hamblyn introduces you to all the different cloud species The Cloud Book will enable you to identify individual clouds skies & phenomena You will also be able to track their likely changes over time & predict the implications they have for the weather you may experience Produced in association with the Met Office
- the world's premier weather forecasting bureau
- all things to do with the origin & development of a cloud are here Whether you are looking at a giant cumulonimbus or a tiny shred of stratus factus an everyday occurrence or a fleeting rarity your cloud-spotting will be expertly informed & much more satisfying with this handy reference guide The Cloud Book

Includes:: a detailed introduction on the history of cloud classification & is illustrated with stunning images from around the globe Take it with you on walks & have it handy in the garden so that you can enjoy sky-gazing every day This is the only guide to cloud classification that you will ever need & is the ideal daytime partner for our must-have book on the night sky
- The Star Book by Peter Grego




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THE CLOUD COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK fits into the pocket allowing cloudspotters to identify cloud formations anytime & anywhere All the common cloud types are represented as are many of the rare ones each fully described & illustrated with a range of photographs Not only is THE CLOUD COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK an invaluable resource for anyone who wants to be able to identify & understand every cloud that floats by it also caters for the competitive cloudspotter Points are awarded for each cloud type identified
- the rarer the cloud the greater points
- & there's space to fill in where & when it was sighted Beautifully designed in colour throughout & full of the humour that made THE CLOUDSPOTTER'S GUIDE so engaging the HANDBOOK is the essential reference for anyone with their head in the clouds

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In the third installment of the thrilling Amulet series Emily Navin & their crew of resistance fighters charter an airship & set off in search of the lost city of Cielis which is believed to be located on an island high above the clouds The mysterious Leon Redbeard is their guide & there's a surprising new addition to the crew the Elf King's son Trellis But is he ally or enemy? & will Emily ever be able to trust the voice of the Amulet? ...

His real name was Franklin But everyone called him The Cloudspotter Have you ever looked up at the sky to see a whole new world developing in the clouds? You have? Then you'll love this book about Franklin There isn't a single cloud that Franklin can't spot
- big ones small ones silly ones sneaky pretend-they-can't-see-you ones But when Scruffy Dog comes along things begin to change for Franklin How can he concentrate on cloudspotting when Scruffy is such a distraction? & what's more important
- his hobby or his friend?A beautifully realised picture book celebrating the power of the imagination & the importance of friendship from the creator of The Story Machine

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' The clouds are nature's poetry & the most egalitarian of her displays since everyone has an equally fantastic view of them Clouds are for dreamers & their contemplation benefits the soul Yet their beauty is so everyday as to be in danger of being overlooked ' Gavin Pretor Pinney is the chairman & founder member of the Cloud Appreciation Society He contends that we are blessed in this country with a uniquely rich & varied cloudscape which has hitherto been sadly undervalued His book teaches us to appreciate their different varieties
- the cumulus nimbostratus & Morning Glory to name only a few
- & all their beauties & significances both meteorological & cultural We learn how Hindus believed the cumulus clouds were the spiritual cousins of elephants how thermal air currents act on fair weather cumuli & how to save a fortune in psychiatric bills by using the clouds as Rorschach images that reflect our state of mind as well as nature's moods Looking up will never be the same again

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Please note this is a region 2 Blu-ray & will require a region 2 or region Free Blu-ray Player in order to play Triple bill of sci-fi horrors In & Cloverfield& (2008) when five young friends get together to hold a going-away party for one of their number their celebrations are violently curtailed by a series of huge tremors felt throughout the city As panic begins to spread it soon becomes apparent that New York is under attack from some huge malevolent force intent on destroying the city In &10 Cloverfield Lane& (2016) a young woman (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) wakes up following a car crash to find herself a captive in the cellar of a man named Howard (John Goodman) who assures her he has saved her from the outside world which is no longer safe due to a chemical attack now making it uninhabitable However she soon begins to question his story & decides that she must see the outside world for herself Finally in & The Cloverfield Paradox& (2017) a team of astronauts aboard a space station are left stranded in an alternate dimension after a scientific experiment used to solve the energy crisis on Earth has failed Alone in space the astronauts face a fight for survival as they attempt to figure out what has happened on their home planet Language English Number of discs 3 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region Free DVD Player in order to play Triple bill of sci-fi horrors In & Cloverfield& (2008) when five young friends get together to hold a going-away party for one of their number their celebrations are violently curtailed by a series of huge tremors felt throughout the city As panic begins to spread it soon becomes apparent that New York is under attack from some huge malevolent force intent on destroying the city In &10 Cloverfield Lane& (2016) a young woman (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) wakes up following a car crash to find herself a captive in the cellar of a man named Howard (John Goodman) who assures her he has saved her from the outside world which is no longer safe due to a chemical attack now making it uninhabitable However she soon begins to question his story & decides that she must see the outside world for herself Finally in & The Cloverfield Paradox& (2017) a team of astronauts aboard a space station are left stranded in an alternate dimension after a scientific experiment used to solve the energy crisis on Earth has failed Alone in space the astronauts face a fight for survival as they attempt to figure out what has happened on their home planet Language English Number of discs 3 ...