Like many small children James has a special soft-toy friend. Hes an elephant called Harry. He & James go everywhere together
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These are one of a series of delightfully humorous award-winning tales for beginner readers from an internationally acclaimed author-illustrator. Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald & Piggie are best friends. In My Friend is Sad" Gerald is sad. How can Piggie be happy if Gerald is sad? Told entirely in speech bubbles with a repetitive use of familiar phrases this highly original book is perfect for children just learning to read. It is a vibrant new edition with bright colours that will appeal to young readers. It is a Theodor Seuss Geisel Award-winning series for the most distinguished books for beginner readers." ...

While in rehab James Frey finds a father figure in a shady mafia boss called Leonard. When Leonard returns to his dubious prosperous life in the criminal underworld of Las Vegas he promises James his support on the outside. Tragedy strikes the day James is released & his world seems set to implode. Unsure where to turn he calls Leonard. Paradoxically it is in Leonards lawless underworld that James discovers the courage & humanity needed to rebuild his life. ...

Summer 1941. For Peter the war is a long way away being fought by a faceless enemy marching across places he's never seen. Unil the night it comes to him. A German plane is shot down over the woods that his Dad looked after before he went off to fight. Peter rushes to the crash site to find something exciting to keep. But what he finds instead is some- one: a young & injured German airman. The enemy. Here. & in trouble. Suddenly helping him seems like the right thing to do. ...

Living with a ghost can have its difficulties I discovered even if he is your friend. Remember Sir Walter Raleigh who laid his cloak in a puddle so that Queen Elizabeth I could walk across? Well Bess meets his ghost & finds out he's an ancestor! How will Bess explain Sir Walter to her family? Especially when he breaks her brother's fishing rod steals a horse & smokes cigars in her room! A charming & hilarious story of friendship between different eras. ...

Mattie is nine years old & she worries about everything. Which isn't surprising. Because when you have a family as big & crazy as hers there's always something to worry about. Will the seeds she's planted in the garden with her brothers & sisters grow into fruit & veg like everyone promised? Why does it seem as if Grandma doesn't like them sometimes? & what's wrong with Mum? Fortunately reassurance is always close to hand in this first winning story about the lovable Butterfield clan. ...

It's the summer holidays & the Butterfield family is going away to Cornwall. As usual Mattie has plenty to worry about. What if she loses the luggage she's been put in charge of? What if someone falls over a cliff? & worst of all.. .what if they've forgotten someone? ...

For ages 6-10. Here are what the Valentines kids would really like to send. No icky love stuff here! The Valentines ogre is in my homeroom. He hates mushy stuff. He prefers gloom & doom. He doesnt give cards. He only gives spiders. He loves giving them -- the ones that are biters. Meredith Johnsons clever & humorous illustrations are perfect for 6 to 10 year olds. Best of all there are 12 punch-out valentines included at the back of the book for kids to give to their funny valentines. ...

This illustrated journal

Includes:: over 70 inspiring & thought-provoking list topics focusing on the THE FUTURE

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This book charts over one year her first steps with plants & the discoveries she makes along the way as she tussles with garden pests watches falcons from the top of a skyscraper & beachcombs along the strand by the River Thames. As she draws a portrait of her secret green world high up above the urban sprawl we become aware of the unique ecology of London & the immense web of life that its green spaces support. ...