Being a big sister to a new baby brings big responsibilities. Sona Sharma's house is full of people who joke often & argue sometimes. Relatives come unannounced, the phone rings frequently & friends drop in all the time. Then one day Amma tells Sona she is going to have a baby. Is that good? Sona isn't sure – she has always enjoyed being an only child – & straight away she has a word with her best friend, Elephant. When Sona learns that there will be a baby naming ceremony, she is determined to find the perfect name for her new brother or sister. Because although she realizes that her life is about to change, & while she's having some difficulty in coming to terms with having to share everything with the new baby – including Amma & Appa, her grandparents & her home – Sona Sharma wants to be the very best big sister she can be. Illustrated by Jen Khatun. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781406391756 • Author: Chitra Soundar • Publisher: Walker Books Ltd • Format: Paperback... ...

When Shona Mac Innes, a crofter's daughter from a remote Scottish isl&, qualifies in the 1950s to train as a vet, she meets prejudice not only from her father & brother, but also from handsome Ross Mac Master, an islander who is to become a vet himself. ...

Fat Phil can't lose at dice, even when his friends turn nasty & he's trying his hardest; a salesman finds success comes from fortune cookie mottoes, but panics when these mottoes turn against him; &, a commuter finds himself obsessed with a plain young woman on his train, at the expense of his marriage. ...

As a girl growing up in Hong Kong, Lily Lin was captivated by photographs of the desert. Now living in New York, Lily is struggling to finish her graduate degree when she receives an astonishing offer. An aunt she never knew existed will pay Lily a huge sum to travel across China's Taklamakan Desert
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Former Olympic gymnast Samantha Evans & her twin sister Sabrina have chosen very different directions in life, but they are still

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Itsik Malpesh was born the son of a goose-plucking factory manager during the Russian pogroms
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1. Everyone Knows He's Winnie The Pooh 2. At Chez Piglet 3. Day in the Life of a Pooh 4. Do the Roo 5. Happy Tailiversary 6. I Want to Know Everything Now 7. If I Could Be Big 8. Nightmare Wanglers 9. Nothing Ever Happens 10. On Your Way Back Home 11. Get Growin' 12. The Play ...

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? William Blake, the artist, writer & Romantic visionary who went largely unrecognized during his' lifetime, is now hailed as one of Britain's greatest creative geniuses. The Songs of Innocence & of Experience contain some of Blake's best-loved poems & form a stirring, poignant reflection on the range of human experience from childhood to adulthood. This edition reproduces the complete collection in the original illuminated manuscript form. The combination of text & image, sometimes tightly interwoven, is typical of Blake's remarkable, individual style, in which the artist & his creations form the bridge between poles of being, between innocence & experience. ...

Occupying a key position in the history of western art, this book allows the author to communicate with his readers as he intended. It helps the readers to experience the mystery & beauty of his poems as he first created them, discovering for themselves the intricate web of symbol & meaning that connects word & image. ...

Bringing the stories behind the nation's favourite hymns to life, this book is beautifull illustrated with full-colour photography & is sure to inform & entertain. It also shows how, in our cynical age, these songs of praise continue to touch & transform lives. ...