Elliott is a boy who likes to find things & one day he stumbles across a machine At first he can't work out what the machine is for
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Dinesh is a young man trapped on the frontlines between the Sri Lankan army & the Tamil Tigers Desensitized to the horror all around him life has been pared back to the essentials eat sleep survive All this changes when he is approached one morning by an older man who asks him to marry his daughter Ganga hoping that victorious soldiers will be less likely to harm a married woman For a few brief hours Dinesh & Ganga tentatively explore their new & unexpected connection trying to understand themselves & each other until the war once more closes over them Told in meditative nuanced & powerful prose this shattering novel marks the arrival of an extraordinary new literary voice ...

This along with The Tale of Miss Moppet was intended for very young children It is a simple tale of what befalls a rude little rabbit that doesn't say'please' before he takes something that belongs to someone else The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit is number 20 in Beatrix Potter's series of 23 little books the titles of which are as follows 1 The Tale of Peter Rabbit 2 The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin 3 The Tailor of Gloucester 4 The Tale of Benjamin Bunny 5 The Tale of Two Bad Mice 6 The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle 7 The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher 8 The Tale of Tom Kitten 9 The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck 10 The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies 11 The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse 12 The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes 13 The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse 14 The Tale of Mr Tod 15 The Tale of Pigling Bland 16 The Tale of Samuel Whiskers 17 The Tale of The Pie & the Patty-Pan 18 The Tale of Ginger & Pickles 19 The Tale of Little Pig Robinson 20 The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit 21 The Story of Miss Moppet 22 Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes 23 Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes ...

A moving uplifting & life-enhancing story with a strong environmental theme Luis Sepulveda's instant children's classic has been a worldwide best-seller & is presented here with new drawings by acclaimed illustrator Satoshi Kitamura 128 pages Sepulveda Luis ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDThis is the secret history of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Wonderland is part of our cultural heritage But beneath the fairy tale lies the complex history of the author & his subject Charles Dodgson was a quiet academic but his second self Lewis Carroll was a storyteller innovator & avid collector of child-friends' Carroll's imagination was to give Alice Liddell his 'dream-child' a fictional alter ego that would never let her grow up This is a biography that beautifully unravels the magic of Alice It is a history of love & loss innocence & ambiguity It is the story of one man's need to make a Wonderland in a changing world ...

If you love elephants you will love Babar & Celeste writes A A Milne author of Winnie-the-Pooh in his preface to The Story of Babar & if you have never loved elephants you will love them now After his mother is killed by a hunter Babar avoids capture by escaping to the city where he is befriended by the kindly Old Lady He becomes educated & cultured & upon his return to the great forest is crowned King of the Elephants Jean de Brunhoff's tales of Babar have charmed readers around the world for 80 years His stories have followed the king of the elephants as he builds a city founds a family & even meets Father Christmas Tested by difficult trials
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- he always comes out on top with the help of patience determination & on one memorable occasion a flight of winged elephants One of the most iconic series of animal books in history Babar has become a household name both as a character in children's books & on TV Beautifully illustrated this edition is an ideal gift for children aged 3 & up Also look out for The Babar Collection & Babar the King Jean de Brunhoff is considered to be one of the greatest picture book authors in history Born in Paris de Brunhoff was the fourth & last child of a successful publisher He managed to produce a total of seven Babar books before his death at the age of 37 Since then millions & millions of Babar books have been sold all around the world

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This richly illustrated history explores the many challenges & triumphs faced by one of Britain's most fascinating cities The Story of Bath charts the long history of this important city from its beginnings in the Roman period through to the present day Its lively narrative takes in Bath's medieval reinvention as a health resort & focuses on its Georgian heyday when a new classical town was achieved as the elegant backdrop to the social round of polite society The rediscovery of the Roman Baths & growing industries led to Bath's expansion in the late nineteenth century while the Blitz & the consequent conservation battles of the Sack of Bath are highlighted in the twentieth century Accompanied by evocative archival images Cathryn Spence brings to life the many facets of this remarkable World Heritage Site ...

It's the most simple unassuming innocent-looking verb 'to be' Yet it is jam-packed with more different meanings forms & uses than any other English word As he reveals be's multiple incarnations David Crystal takes us to the heart of our flexible & changing language He tells the intriguing story in 26 chapters each linked to a particular usage We meet circumstantial be ('how are you?') numerical be ('two & two is four')"ative be ('so I was like "wow"') & ludic be ('oh no he isn't!') & a whole swarm of other meanings Bringing the ideas to life are a host of examples from sources as varied as Beowulf Jane Austen pantomime Hamlet (of course) & Star Wars with cartoons from Ed Mc Lachlan & Punch peppered throughout Full of fascinating nuggets of information it is a book to delight any lover of words & language ...

The fascinating history of castles specially written as part of the Usborne Young Reading Programme for children growing in reading confidence & ability Explains why castles were first built what it was like to live in one & the cunning tricks used to defend them ...

The fascinating history of chocolate from its origins in the rainforests of Central America to shops & factories everywhere Written as part of the Usborne Young Reading Programme designed for children just beginning to read ...