' And if Ferdinand decides to make a chocolate fudge banana cake What do we do? For goodness sake! We ALL JOIN IN!' This book is a rumbustious rollicking & above all noisy collection of seven exuberant poems perfect for chanting aloud that are brilliantly illustrated by the incomparable Quentin Blake. The collection

Includes:: ' All Join In' ' The Hooter Song' ' Nice Weather for Ducks' & ' Sorting Out the Kitchen Pans'. Who coud possibly resist?

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In the second volume of her memoirs the prize-winning author Janice Galloway reveals how the child introduced in This is Not About Me evolved through her teenage years. When she started secondary school Galloway was still sharing a bed with her mother & was more excited by Latin & school orchestra than by boys. But as she struggled with the physical & emotional changes of adolescence almost everything she thought she knew began to change. Combining visceral descriptions of puberty sex & school-room politics with the story of a familys secrets Galloway casts her gaze on the morals & ambitions of one small town in writing that is personal defiant & eloquent. ...

Everythings about to change for Cat. Shes moving house so shell have a room of her own at last & her dads about to marry Jen which means a shopping trip to London & a chance to meet up with her new mates Nesta Lucy Izzie & TJ as well as see Jamie. But nothing goes as expected -- Cats dream room looks like a non-starter Jamie does a disappearing act & wedding plans fall apart. How will Cat cope & will she keep her promise to reveal a hidden secret to her friends? ...

If youre a dinosaur all of your friends are dead. If youre a pirate all of your friends have scurvy. If youre a tree all of your friends are end tables. Each page of this laugh-out-loud illustrated humor book showcases the downside of being everything from a clown to a cassette tape to a zombie. Cute & dark all at once this hilarious childrens-book-for-adults teaches valuable lessons about life while exploring each cartoon characters unique grievance & wide-eyed predicament. Have you ever laughed & cried at the same time? Because All My Friends Are Dead is either the saddest funny book of funniest sad book youve ever read. From the sock whose only friends have gone missing to the houseplant whose friends are being slowly killed by irresponsible plant-owners (like you) All My Friends Are Dead presents a delightful primer for laughing at the inevitable. ...

All Toms friends really are superheroes. Tom even married a superhero the Perfectionist. But at their wedding the Perfectionist is hypnotized by her ex Hypno to believe that Tom is invisible. Nothing he does can make her see him. Six months later the Perfectionist is sure that Tom has abandoned her so shes moving to Vancouver. Shell use her superpowers to leave all the heartbreak behind. With no idea that Toms beside her she boards the plane. Tom has until they touch down to convince her hes there or he loses her forever... This book is a wonderful heartbreakingly funny tribute to love sweet love. ...

Jake Clio & Julius Hirsh & their cousin Lady Grace Stretton formed a charmed circle in those lost innocent days before the Great War
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In Joe & Kate Keller's family garden an apple tree
- a memorial to their son Larry lost in the Second World War
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Claire Richards young fit & with a figure to die for reached the dizzying heights of fame in the hit band Steps when she was only twenty. When she left & Steps split shortly after the world was shocked by the news. Now writing with incredible honesty Claire tells her story from her teenage music career to her big break with Steps. She reveals that while in the band she faced harsh pressure to stay thin & starved herself for years. Feeling broken by the experience she finally left & sank into a pit of depression gaining huge amounts of weight & losing all self-esteem. Believing her career was over she also had to cope with a painful split from her Steps dancer husb&. Thankfully finding love with her now husband Reece got her back on track. He didnt care about her size; he just wanted Claire. & after seeing her weight go up & down for years Claire has refused to diet any more. Happily married with two kids shes finally comfortable in her own skin on stage & screen. In this book with humour grace & sincerity she shares her journey to her happy ending. ...

Claire Richards is loved by women everywhere for her warm & genuine personality. Now she writes honestly about her life taking us from the bullied schoolgirl who dreamed of peforming at Wembley to finding stardom with Steps. She reveals the secrets of the music industry & what its really like to be in a band at the top of their career from the unhealthy pressure to stay thin to the backstage rows. She describes how the stress of her affair caused her to starve herself & explains why she & fellow bandmate H controversially resigned. Claire also opens us about why her first marriage to Steps dancer Mark didnt last her dramatic weight gain & years of yo-yo dieting as she battled low self-esteem & how she found happiness with second husband Reece & their two children Charlie & Daisy. & she takes us behind the scenes of the Steps reunion tour as old issues rose to the surface. Entertaining touching & funny this is sure to appeal to Claires many fans. ...

Kim Noble is an accomplished artist whose work has been exhibited around the world. She is a mother with a 13-year-old daughter. She is a bubbly & vivacious woman. To meet her you wouldnt think anything was wrong. But when Kim was younger than five years old her personality splintered & fractured. In 1995 she was finally diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) which has been described as a creative way to cope with unbearable pain. Now her body plays host to more than 20 different personalities or alters. There are women & men adults & children; there is a scared little boy who speaks only Latin an elective mute a gay man & an anorexic teenager. Some alters age with her body; others are stuck in time. ALL OF ME takes the reader through the extraordinary world of a woman for whom the very nature of reality is different. It will tell of her terrifying battles to understand her own mind; of her desperate struggle against all odds to win back the child she loved; & of her courage & commitment in trying to make sense of her life. It is by turns shocking inspiring sometimes funny & deeply moving. ...