Whatever the weather Elmer still has fun. He splashes in the puddles when it rains & has snowball fights with his friends when it snows. He loves the cluods that look like things made from cotton wool & when the sun is out he wears some crazy dark glasses! never gets very far before falling fast asleep! A charming book of weather for very young children featuring the endearing patchwork elephant Elmer. Vibrant colours & simple rhyming text will attract many new Elmer fans. ...

This charming book of colours for very young children features all the colours of the much-loved patchwork elephant Elmer. Every spread has one or two bold & bright colours. Elmer loves them all
- which is your favourite? Children will love the vibrant colours & rhyming text which combine to make a wonderfully original book of colours.
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Eloise lives with her nanny at The Plaza Hotel in New York. The daughter of extremely rich parents she is left daily to her own devices. She knows everything about The Plaza & everyone in it. Henry James would want to study her. Queen Victoria would recognise her as an Equal. The New York Jets would want to have her on their side. Lewis Carroll would love her (once he got over the initial shock). Her antics are hilarious her characterisation of those around her perfect & whether you are about to fall in love with Eloise or you already adore her you ought to have this book. ...

Yesterday I almost saw her. I was standing on the sun deck looking out to sea revelling in the unexpected warmth of the February sun. A butterfly trembled on a nearby buddleia & suddenly I smelled her perfume. She wasnt there of course. How could she be when I had seen her lying in her coffin just two weeks ago the day before she was buried her casket surrounded by the scented candles she loved? She lay in Cornish ground now... Compulsively-readable & incredibly haunting this is the debut novel from broadcaster journalist & Book Club champion Judy Finnigan. ...

Yesterday I almost saw her. I was standing on the sun deck looking out to sea revelling in the unexpected warmth of the February sun. A butterfly trembled on a nearby buddleia & suddenly I smelled her perfume. She wasn't there of course. How could she be when I had seen her lying in her coffin just two weeks ago the day before she was buried her casket surrounded by the scented candles she loved? She lay in Cornish ground now... Compulsively-readable & incredibly haunting this is the Sunday Times bestselling debut novel from broadcaster journalist & Book Club champion Judy Finnigan. ...

A concise & balanced mix of principles & pragmatics. I loved the tutorial-style game-like program development. This book rekindled my earliest joys of programming. Plus Java Script!" --Brendan Eich creator of Java Script Java Script is the language of the Web & its at the heart of every modern website from the lowliest personal blog to the mighty Google Apps. Though its simple for beginners to pick up & play with Java Script is not a toy-its a flexible & complex language capable of much more than the showy tricks most programmers use it for. Eloquent Java Script goes beyond the cut-&-paste scripts of the recipe books & teaches you to write code thats elegant & effective. Youll start with the basics of programming & learn to use variables control structures functions & data structures. Then youll dive into the real Java Script artistry: higher-order functions closures & object-oriented programming. Along the way youll learn to: * Master basic programming techniques & best practices * Harness the power of functional & object-oriented programming * Use regular expressions to quickly parse & manipulate strings * Gracefully deal with errors & browser incompatibilities * Handle browser events & alter the DOM structure Most importantly Eloquent Java Script will teach you to express yourself in code with precision & beauty. After all great programming is an art not a science-so why settle for a killer app when you can create a masterpiece?" ...

From the bestselling author of the House of Night" series comes the award-winning world of Partholon rich in goddesses intrigue & magic. Part-human part-centaur Elphame has always been different. OK make that very different. The hundreds of shimmering butterflies sent by the goddess Etain to mark her birth were only the beginning. When Elphame is asked to breathe new life into the remote Mac Callan Castle she goes along with it (well stranger things have happened...) & finally shes found her true calling. But Elphame hadnt banked on her life being threatened when the bizarre Fomorian descendents (bat-like humans
- its a long story) return to Mac Callen with their own devastating agenda. Nor the fact that she may have finally found her lifemate...at the most inconvenient time!"
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Elsa Beskows picture books have been known & loved for over a century. This month-to-view calendar is beautifully illustrated with seasonal artwork from Elsa Beskows books. The main US UK & Swedish public holidays are marked. The calendar

Includes:: illustrations from Around the Year The Land of Long Ago Princess Sylvie & Peter in Blueberry L&. All of these are published in English by Floris Books.

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How do you describe ELSEWHERE? A novel so astoundingly original & carefully crafted that its complexities become common place & the common place resounds with poetry? In this delightful novel death is a begining a new start. Liz is killed in a hit a run accident & her 'life' takes a very unexpected turn. At nearly sixteen she knows she will never get married never have children & perhaps never fall in love. But in Elsewhere all things carry on almost as they did on earth except that the inhabitants get younger dogs & humans can communicate (at last) new relationships are formed & old ones sadly interrupted on earth are renewed. Full of the most ingenious detail & woven around the most touching & charming relationships this is a novel of hope of redemption & re-birth. It is a novel that tells of sadness with heart-breaking honesty & of love & happiness with uplifting brilliance. ...

One day a young girl astride a twin-tailed dragon will destroy the monarchy & change the world for ever.. . Kira & Elspeth have already broken FIRST LAW many times over. Now outlawed & running for their lives they are determined to stand amongst the men & fight the unjust FIRST LAW that binds the kingdom. But cruel Lord Dorcon still stands in their way & the heat of his chase is stronger than ever. Strong & determined Kira has done all that she can to protect & shield her younger sister. But now it's time for Elspeth to grow up. When Paradon's muddled magic sends them travelling through time to different eras new challenges & terrifying threats await the separated sisters. Especially to Elspeth left all alone to navigate a past world long before the rule of King Ardon & FIRST LAW. & all the while in a strange alien world of the future Kira must find a way to get back to Elspeth & reunite her family once again. A prophecy to fulfil. A cruel monarchy to upend. The battle continues.. . ...