The ladybird & her farm animal friends have a clever crime-busting plan in this fantastic farmyard story the second in the What the Ladybird Heard series with an audio CD of the story read by Alexander Armstrong 32 pages Donaldson Julia ...

Those two bad men Lanky Len & Hefty Hugh are back! They may be in the city instead of the farm but they haven't changed their thieving ways In fact they've got even more ambitious They're planning to steal a monkey from the zoo & use it to pinch the Queen's crown It's a pity for them that a certain crime-busting ladybird is holidaying in the very same city & she's got a good idea that will ensure the dastardly pair won't get away with it! With a whole host of noisy new zoo-animal characters to meet & even a cameo from the Queen What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday from stellar picture book partnership Julia Donaldson & Lydia Monks is a sure-fire hit Featuring glitter on every page & a gorgeously glittery cover Praise for What the Ladybird Heard " Bursting with colour & verve"
- Daily Telegraph"A terrific & witty adventure"
- The Guardian Praise for What the Ladybird Heard Next" Donaldson's trademark rhyming couplets bounce along & are perfectly complemented by Lydia Monks's bright & sparkly illustrations"
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A delightful addition to the stuff-you-think-you-know-that's-wrong genre a la Freakonomics Outliers & The Black Swan' Kirkus The world is filled with curious facts intelligent women tend to marry men who are less intelligent Students who get the highest scores in year-three generally get lower scores in year-four Pilot trainees who are praised achieve worse results in their next exercise while trainees who are shouted at perform better later on But it would be wrong to assume that smart women are more attracted to unintelligent men or that schools are failing their students or that shouting is the best way to get results The unifying reason for each of these curious cases is a concept called regression to the mean' which explains how we can be easily misled by random chance in our daily lives Luck can wreak all kinds of havoc in sports business education politics & everywhere in between so that we attach meaning to the meaningless & make ill-advised decisions In What the Luck? statistician Gary Smith & authorof Standard Deviations (The Times Book of the Week) explains how an understanding of luck changes the way we see the world so we can make better choices by using statistics to our advantage ...

The White Wolves brand is known for providing engaging books that children want to pick up at a range of different reading levels The new non-fiction strand reflects the range of non-fiction texts that children will come across in the real world from guidebooks to cookbooks They provide a fresh high-interest look at core geography history & science topics & are ideal for classroom & topic libraries & for teaching non-fiction literacy skills in a curriculum context ...

Mark Mc Cormack dubbed 'the most powerful man in sport' founded IMG (International Management Group) on a handshake It was the first & is the most successful sports management company in the world becoming a multi-million dollar worldwide corporation whose activities in the business & marketing spheres are so diverse as to defy classification Here Mark Mc Cormack reveals the secret of his success to key business issues such as analysing yourself & others sales negotiation time management decision-making & communication What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School fills the gaps between a business school education & the street knowledge that comes from the day-to-day experience of running a business & managing people It shares the business skills techniques & wisdom gleaned from twenty-five years of experience ...

What to Do When You Worry Too Much is an interactive self-help book designed to guide 6-12 year olds & their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of generalised anxiety Engaging encouraging & easy to follow this book educates motivates & empowers children to work towards change It

Includes:: a note to parents by psychologist & author Dawn Huebner Ph D

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This book guides children & their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to treat problems with anger Engaging examples lively illustrations & step-by-step instructions teach children a set of ""anger dousing"" methods aimed at cooling angry thoughts & controlling angry actions resulting in calmer more effective kids This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating motivating & empowering children to work toward change ...

Learn how to draw with a masterclass from the man who inspired Walt Disney Credited with being the inspiration for Walt Disney to pick up a pencil & pursue a career in animation E G Lutz&s method of drawing complex illustrations in gradual simplified stages paved the way for many of the artists & illustrators who followed him Learn how to draw a delightful range of subjects from animals & people to toys buildings & landscapes Pictures are broken down into simple shapes & lines which are then built up with the aid of clear step-by-step instructions into beautiful drawings Simple to follow yet using principles seen in sophisticated artworks & animations today this guide can help budding artists of all ages to develop their skills Nostalgic yet timeless this historically & culturally important book has inspired so many adults & children to draw & can help you too to discover the delights of creating your own artwork ...

What to Draw & How to Draw it for Kids is a fun & useful book to develop the creative skills of budding illustrators everywhere Kids can learn how to draw a delightful range of subjects from animals & nature to toys buildings & landscapes Featuring easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions kids can improve their artistic ability by using simple shapes & lines to create their own illustrations ...

With 185 million copies in print What to Expect When You're Expecting is read by 93 of women who read a pregnancy book & was named one of the ' Most Influential Books of the Last 25 Years' by USA Today 656 pages b&w throughout Murkoff Heidi E ...