Join a young boy & girl on thrilling adventures as they imagine themselves as space-travelling astronauts ferocious dragons jungledwelling monkeys & more. The fine line between childrens make-believe & the fantastic worlds they create is cleverly portrayed through Barrouxs bright landscapes. Adventurous scenarios played out by an inventive & spirited boy & girl provide children with inspiration for dressing up & make-believe play. Sensitively conveyed message about the importance of being yourself. A Summer Reading Challenge selection 2011 Illustrated by bestselling French artist Barroux who has also created our Barefoot Young Artist titles Dotty Spotty Doodles & Zig Zag Zebra.

Includes:: a mask-making activity at the end.

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Sir -I understand that the death of (sic) Lee" Alexander Mc Queen could be seen as a major event in the shallow world of fashion. However to allow your Hilary Alexander free rein to express such an amount of emotion over a chap who simply designed a few frocks is as modern speech has it simply "OTT". Sir
- I have said this before & I say it again; the BBC has got to stop its PC assault on the game of mens rugby by using so many rugby-ignorant female commentators. We talk beef not salad dressing. What else will the Telegraphs indefatigable outraged & above all very funny letter-writers fail to get the Letters Page to take seriously in 2010
- with the result that we have to collect their memorable missives in another book? Already there are enough fulminations on Chris Evans replacing Terry Wogan to fill an entire chapter. Gordon Browns temper? Bankers bonuses? E-books? The state of Ashley & Cheryl Coles marriage? One thing is for sure: the result will be the only review of the year you really need a book to make Victor Meldrew look as pure as driven snow & a handsome little volume to sell once again in its tens of thousands."

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Cat lovers can rejoice in the quirkiness of their feline friends with these insightful & curious poems from the singular mind of house cats. In this fully illustrated book of tongue-in-cheek poetry the author of the internationally syndicated comic strip Sally Forth helps cats unlock their creative potential & explain their odd behavior to ignorant humans With titles like ' Who Is That on Your Lap? This is My Chair Kneel Before Me Nudge & Some of My Best Friends Are Dogs the poems collected in I Could Pee on This perfectly capture the inner workings of the cat psyche. With photos of the cat authors throughout I Could Pee on This shows cats at their wackiest & most lovable. ...

Broken into thirty-one parts this book will help readers reach the truth of God's word & how speaking God's promises can bring about His blessings. Each part will open with a faith-building declaration followed by a story to demonstrate the power of God & Scripture references to give testimony to His ability.' May the Lord bless you & protect you. May the Lord smile on you & be gracious to you. May the Lord show you His favour & give you His peace.' (Numbers 6:24-26) ...

One small East African country embodies the battered history of the continent: patronised by colonialists riven by civil war confused by Cold War manoeuvring proud colorful with Africas best espresso & worst rail service. Michela Wrong brilliantly reveals the contradictions & comedy past & present of Eritrea. Just as the beat of a butterflys wings is said to cause hurricanes on the other side of the world so the affairs of tiny Eritrea reverberate onto the agenda of superpower strategists. This new book on Africa is from the author of the critically acclaimed In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz. Eritrea is a little-known country scarred by decades of conflict & occupation. It has weathered the worlds longest-running guerrilla war & the dogged determination that secured victory against Ethiopia its giant neighbour is woven into the national psyche. Fascist Italy wanted Eritrea as the springboard for a new racially-pure Roman empire Britain sold off its industry for scrap the US needed headquarters for its state-of-the-art spy station & the Soviet Union used it as a pawn in a proxy war. Michela Wrong reveals the breathtaking abuses this tiny nation has suffered & with the sharp eye for detail that was the hallmark of her account of Mobutus Congo she tells the story of colonialism itself. Along the way we meet a formidable Emperor a guerrilla fighter who taught himself French cuisine in the bush & a chemist who arranged the heist of his own laboratory. An arresting blend of travelogue & history I Didnt Do It For You pierces the dark heart of our colonial history. ...

Humans are hardwired with five basic food instincts: hunger (we need to feel full & satisfied); variety (we are driven to seek a varied diet); calorie density (we are drawn to foods high in calories); & familiarity & availability (if food is around we eat it). By taking advantage of our biological hardwiring
- by feeding rather than depriving our five food instincts
- we can reach & maintain a desired body weight. Full of tips & strategies (next time you want a high-calorie food like a Big Mac with cheese a small portion between two low-calorie items such as salad & fruit) success stories day-by-day menus & easy-to-follow recipes The I Diet" can help anyone break the vicious cycle of eating more food & enjoying it less. As David A. Kessler M.D. former FDA commissioner & author of the bestselling " The End of Overeating" says We know we eat too much. We want to stop but we cant
- its simply too hard to resist all the high-calorie food out there. That is the problem. With " The I Diet" we have a way to actually regain control of our appetites."


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This is a challenging & controversial book by Chris Hedges which examines & critiques the dangerous creed of the New Atheists belief system. Chris Hedges exposes the central pillars of the New Atheist belief system including a binary world view (us-v-them") a deep intolerance of others ways of being a belief that the West has a right to military domination of the rest of the world & a naive acceptance that all human issues (including the spiritual) can be addressed by science. This book challenges us to reject simplistic utopian visions & face reality however difficult. It is a call to accept the ineluctable limitations of being human." ...

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER & NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE. Meet Kate Reddy fund manager & mother of two. A victim of time famine Kate counts seconds like other women count calories. Factor in a manipulative nanny an Australian boss who looks at Kates breasts as if theyre on special offer a long-suffering husband her quietly aghast in-laws two needy children & an email lover & you have a woman juggling so many balls that some day somethings going to hit the ground. In an uproariously funny & achingly sad novel Allison Pearson brilliantly dramatises the dilemma of working motherhood at the start of the twenty-first century. ...

Little Tiger did not want to go to bed. Eventually his Mummy was fed up with him so decided to let him stay up all night. Little Tiger was delighted & went off into the jungle to play with his friends. But they were all asleep & he was all alone. ...

Daisy Waugh's razor-sharp wit takes on modern motherhood right between the eyes... Mummy. Ma Mama Mum. There may be different names for 'mother' but it often feels like there's only one correct way to BE one. Has motherhood been completely hijacked by parenting experts & the tutting middle class Mummy-as-Vocation brigade? The bar to good motherhood is now so high it's impossible for modern mothers not to feel as if they are failing. 'I don't know how she does it!' rings out the frantic cry. 'I don't know why she bothers ' answers Daisy. Life is short
- but it's not over! We love our children but we are individuals too. Part feminist manifesto part hilarious rant Daisy asks modern mothers to STOP TAKING IT ALL SO SERIOUSLY. & maybe along the way they'll start to feel a bit better about themselves.
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