George is thrilled to get a thank-you card in the mail from his friend Betsy. It makes him want to send thank-you cards to everyone he knows. Who can he thank? George tries to remember all the people who have been nice to him but tracking them down to deliver his homemade cards soon becomes a challenge. Now published for the first time as a st&-alone title this light-hearted lesson in good manners

Includes:: two perforated Curious George thank-you cards for personalizing. For more monkey fun investigate website & discover all the latest on Curious George books promotions games activities & more!

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Eight exciting stories about Curious George in a new jam-packed treasury. You can enjoy these popular titles: Curious George & the Firefighters"; " Curious George at the Aquarium"; " Curious George's Dinosaur Discovery"; " Curious George at the Baseball Game"; " Curious George at the Parade"; " Curious George's First Day of School"; " Curious George & the Pizza Party"; & " Curious George Plants a Tree"." ...

The inquisitive little monkey gets himself into trouble...again! George & the man with the yellow hat go to the opening of a brand new toy shop but George is so impatient that he sneaks in early. He finds a wonderland filled with hula hoops balls & puppets! & George just cant keep his paws to himself... Curious Georges adventures have been translated into over a dozen languages & have sold millions of copies around the world. With a film of Curious George starring comedian Will Ferrell coming up in 2006 the inquisitive monkey is bound to win a legion of new fans! ...

' Was rich Mrs Gertrude Hullett murdered at her luxurious 15-room home on Beachy Head? Detectives are tonight trying to establish ...

Have you ever wondered who first wore spectacles how soap & toothpaste were invented who created Coca- Cola or when the earliest newspaper appeared? The Curious History of Everyday Things is packed with the intriguing stories of how items like these first came to be. Whether deliberately designed or accidentally discovered these innovations have changed the way we live. From matches to stilettos cocoa to aeroplanes discover the entertaining intriguing & sometimes astonishing origins of over 500 everyday things. ...

' The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears' house. It looked as if it was running on its side the way dogs run when they think they are chasing a cat in a dream. But the dog was not running or asleep. The dog was dead. There was a garden fork sticking out of the dog.' The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective & narrator is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen & has Asperger's a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths & very little about human beings. He loves lists patterns & the truth. He hates the colours yellow & brown & being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down. Christopher is a brilliant creation & Mark Haddon's depiction of his world is deeply moving very funny & utterly convincing. The novel is being published simultaneously for adults by Jonathan Cape & for children by David Fickling publisher of Philip Pullman. We are convinced that both audiences will recognise it as one of those very rare books that change the way you see everything. ...

Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesn't mean there isn't an answer to them'. This is Christopher's murder mystery story. There are also no lies in this story because Christopher can't tell lies. Christopher does not like strangers or the colours yellow or brown or being touched. On the other hand he knows all the countries in the world & their capital cities & every prime number up to 7507. When Christopher decides to find out who killed the neighbour's dog his mystery story becomes more complicated than he could have ever predicted. BACKSTORY: Meet the author & learn about the background to Christopher's story. ...

The 40 walks included in this excellent book all visit places of unusual interest within Lancashire allowing the walker to enjoy the finest scenery whilst delving into our countys unique & often mysterious past. They will appeal to those who are seeking to tread the less travelled by-ways & who are not averse to their own company. Curious Lancashire Walks" covers the whole of the county which for ease of use is divided into three sections
- north central & south
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Includes:: plenty of helpful information. Grahams lively writing style combined with well-drawn attractive maps guarantee a highly entertaining read as well as providing a first-class collection of the best walks that Lancashire has to offer."



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One of the most successful entertainment figures of his time Robert Ripley's life is the stuff of a classic American fairy tale. Bucktoothed & hampered by shyness Ripley turned his sense of being an outsider into an appreciation of the weird & wonderful. He sold his first cartoon to Life magazine at eighteen but it was his wildly popular ' Believe It or Not!' radio shows that won him international fame & spurred him on to search the globe's farthest corners for bizarre facts human curiosities & shocking phenomena. Ripley delighted in making preposterous declarations that somehow turned out to be true
- such as that Charles Lindburgh was only the sixty-seventh man to fly across the Atlantic or that ' The Star Spangled Banner' was not the USA's national anthem. & he demanded respect for those who were labelled 'eccentrics' or 'freaks'
- whether it be E. L. Blystone who wrote 2 871 alphabet letters on a grain of rice or the man who could swallow his own nose. By the 1930s Ripley possessed a wide fortune a private yacht & a huge mansion stocked with such oddities as shrunken heads & medieval torture devices. His pioneering firsts in print radio & television tapped into something deep in the American consciousness
- a taste for the titillating & exotic & a fascination with the fastest biggest wackiest & weirdest
- & ensured a worldwide legacy that continues today. This compelling biography portrays a man who was dedicated to exalting the strange & unusual
- but who may have been the most amazing oddity of all.




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Montague Rhodes James
- M. R. James
- was an English academic & provost of Kings College & Eton. He started writing ghost stories

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