Every child loves a party & occasions for celebration can be found throughout the year
- including Valentine's Day Easter Mother's
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Since it was published in 1991 Annabel Karmel's essential guide to feeding babies & young children has become a word-of-mouth classic. For 15 years this book has remained the number-one bestselling book on food for children & it is consistently in the Top 20 Hardback non-fiction titles in the UK
- an amazing achievement. Now for the very first time there is a br&-new illustrated edition of the New Complete Baby & Toddler Meal Planner. Annabel has brought her collection of mouthwatering recipes up to date with new dishes handy advice & tips & stunning colour photographs. She makes it easy for mums to give their child the best start in life with fresh home-cooked food. Plus Annabel offers time-saving menu charts to help you shop & plan ahead & takes you effortlessly through each stage of feeding your baby & toddler all based on her experiences as a busy mother of three. Give this classic bestselling cookbook as a special gift to a friend or enjoy using it in your own kitchen & your baby is guaranteed the very best start in life.
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOE SIMPSON. In 1950 no mountain higher than 8 000 meters had ever been climbed. Maurice Herzog & other members of the French Alpine Club resolved to try. This is the enthralling story of the first conquest of Annapurna & the harrowing descent. With breathtaking courage & grit manifest on every page Annapurna is one of the greatest adventure stories ever told. As well as an introduction by Joe Simpson this new edition

Includes:: 16 pages of photographs which provide a remarkable visual record of this legendary expedition.

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When the King came riding in on his big black horse a murmur went up because his tunic was stitched with the words DECLARE I DARE NOT. All the ladies were giggling behind their hands & I asked Mama what it meant. Her face had turned quite pink & she said " Never mind " so I asked Rosanna later. She told me the words meant the King has a new love but he dares not say her name. But everyone knows her name of course. It is Anne Boleyn. ...

Anne Frank's diary telling the story of her years in hiding from the Nazis has affected millions of people. But what was she like as a small girl at home with her family & friends; at play & at school? & how did an ordinary little girl come to live such an extraordinary & tragically short life? In the first half of the book we meet Anne as a small child growing up with her family in Germany. Then we follow her flight to Holland to escape the Nazis; the German invasion & the gradual isolation then outright persecution of the Jewish population which forces the family into hiding; the years in the Secret Annex; & her last heart-breaking journey. ...

The second story in the ever-popular Anne of Green Gables" series. Now Anne is half past sixteen & she's ready to begin a new life teaching in her old school. She's as feisty as ever & is fiercely determined to inspire young hearts with her own ambitions. But some of her pupils are as boisterous & high-spirited as Anne & so life in her Avonlea classroom becomes a lesson in discovery & adventure." ...

The first major biography of Henry VIII least favourite wife
- but the one who outlived them all. 'I like her not!' was the verdict
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Anne of Green Gables" is the classic children's book by L M Montgomery. Marilla & Matthew Cuthbert are in for a big surprise. They are waiting for an orphan boy to help with the work at Green Gables
- but a skinny red-haired girl turns up instead. Feisty & full of spirit Anne Shirley charms her way into the Cuthberts' affection with her vivid imagination & constant chatter. It's not long before Anne finds herself in trouble but soon it becomes impossible for the Cuthberts to imagine life without 'their' Anne
- & for the people of Avonlea to recall what it was like before this wildly creative little girl whirled into town. L. M. Montgomery was born in Clifton Prince Edward Island in 1874. A prolific writer she published many short stories poems & novels but she is best known for Anne of Green Gables & its sequels inspired by the years she spent on the beautiful Prince Edward Isl&. Montgomery died in Toronto in 1942 & was buried in Cavendish on her beloved isl&. Other books by L. M. Montgomery: " Anne of Green Gables"; " Anne of Avonlea"; " Anne of the Island"; " Anne of Windy Poplars"; " Anne's House of Dreams"; " Anne of Ingleside"; " Rainbow Valley"; " Rilla of Ingleside"; " Emily of New Moon"; " Emily Climbs"; " Emily's Quest"; " Pat of Silver Bush"; " Mistress Pat"; " The Story Girl"; " The Golden Road"; " Kilmeny of the Orchard"; " The Blue Castle"; " Magic for Marigold"; "A Tangled Web"; & " Jane of Lantern Hill"."

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When the Cuthberts send to an orphanage for a boy to help them at Green Gables their farm in Canada they are astonished when a talkative little girl steps off the train. Anne red-headed pugnacious & incurably romantic causes chaos at Green Gables & in the village but her wit & good nature delight the fictional community of Prince Edward Island Canada & ensure that Anne of Green Gables continues to be a firm favourite with readers worldwide. Anne of Avonlea continues Anne's story. Now half-past sixteen but as strong-headed & romantic as ever Anne becomes a teacher at her old school & dreams of its improvement. But her responsible position & mature ambitions do not prevent her entanglement in the scrapes that still seem to beset her in spite of her best intentions. Thoroughly charming & amusing with a supporting cast of colourful & endearing characters both books will enchant & entertain readers guaranteeing that Anne's adventures capture their affections as well as their imaginations. ...

Set on bucolic Prince Edward Island Canada in the late nineteenth century Anne Of Green Gables" is the story of Anne Shirley an imaginative & headstrong orphan. When brother & sister Marilla & Mathew Cuthbert decide to adopt an orphan boy to help Matthew work the farm they are astonished when Anne arrives at the train station by mistake. What use is she to us? grumbles the gruff Marilla. We might be of some use to her answers Matthew who has taken an instant liking to the talkative Anne. As Anne grows up her adventures are both hilarious & moving. Its a delight to watch as she forms a friendship with the beautiful Diana & her admirer
- the dashing Gilbert Blythe
- then dyes her hair green cracks a slate over Gilberts head when he calls her Carrots & finds a sympathetic teacher who encourages her to attend college."

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