This book is part of a high interest series that looks at activities familiar to very young children who could be hitting major milestones such as learning to swim ride a bike or catch a ball. This book examines both the physical & social effects of sport & explores how our bodies perform such as the role of the heart lungs & perspiration. It looks at the importance of food water & exercise for a healthy life. High interest topics & aspirational photos will help to motivate reluctant readers. ...

This title is suitable for children aged 2 to 4 years old. Little babies like to look at other little babies & this multicultural group of adorable infants is simply irresistible. Gyo Fujikawa captures them playing with toys & each other sweetly napping & above all growing! Four tiny little board books perfect for tiny hands feature a treasure-trove of art & text compiled from five of Fujikawa's best-loved classics all packaged in a handsome gift-giving slipcase. ...

Gypsy is Lesley Pearse's latest historical novel. Tragedy sent her on a journey far from home... Fifteen-year-old Beth's life is shattered when she & her brother Sam are orphaned. Believing that only in America can they make a fresh start brother & sister leave Liverpool & embark on the greatest adventure of their lives. In New York Beth's talent with the fiddle earns her the friendship of gamblers chancers & other rogues. Dodging trouble across America Beth & her friends head for the Klondike river in search of gold. How far must Beth go to find happiness? & will her travels lead this gypsy to a place she can ever call home? Gypsy by Lesley Pearse
- author of bestsellers Hope & Remember Me
- is a historical novel of survival in a compelling nineteenth century setting. Any fans of Susan Lewis will soon be fans of Lesley Pearse too. Praise for Lesley Pearse: With characters it is impossible not to care about.. .this is storytelling at its very best". (Daily Mail). " Lose yourself in this epic saga". (Bella). " An emotional & moving epic you won't forget in a hurry". (Woman's Weekly). With her gripping & moving storylines best-selling author Lesley Pearse has captured the imaginations of millions in the UK & abroad. Her other titles The Promise A Lesser Evil Till We Meet Again Secrets Charlie Father Unknown Gypsy Trust Me Faith Never Look Back Remember Me & Hope are also available as Penguin paperbacks. Lesley lives near Bristol & has three daughters & two grandchildren."

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Mikey was born into a Romany Gypsy family. They live in a closeted community & little is known about their way of life. After centuries of persecution Gypsies are wary of outsiders & if you choose to leave you can never come back. This is something Mikey knows only too well. Growing up he rarely went to school & seldom mixed with non-Gypsies. The caravan & camp were his world. But although Mikey inherited a vibrant & loyal culture his family's legacy was bittersweet with a hidden history of grief & abuse. Eventually Mikey was forced to make an agonising decision
- to stay & keep secrets or escape & find somewhere he could truly belong. Read the second part of Mikey's amazing story in Gypsy Boy on the Run
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This title presents one boys struggle to escape from a secret world. Mikeys family were Gypsies. They live in a closed community & little is known about their way of life. As he didnt go to school the caravan became his world. But although Mikey inherited a vibrant culture his family had a dark hidden history. Eventually Mikey was forced to make a decision
- to stay & keep secrets or escape & find somewhere to belong. This recording is unabridged. Typically abridged audiobooks are not more than 60 per cent of the authors work & as low as 30 per cent with characters & plotlines removed.
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When Polly Annas mother died when she was just three years old it seemed the workhouse was the only place for her to go. But with the help of Jonty
- a young misfit who soon became her best friend
- she managed to escape running away with the fairground folk. She became a horserider & acrobat travelling all around the country. Her friends became the circus people & her home the caravans & travellers tents. Meanwhile in a great house in Yorkshire old Mrs Winthrop has never given up hope of finding her daughter Madeleine who eloped with a handsome gypsy & was never seen again. When her young neighbour sets out to find Madeleine he discovers the colourful world of the fairs. & there in the midst of it all Polly Anna
- once the waif from the workhouse now a fully-fledged gypsy girl. Previously published as The Romany Girl.


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Gypsy Jane stood toe-to-toe with some of the most dangerous men in the land & won. Her blood-soaked march through the criminal ranks is a unique tale of villainy in modern Britain. In a murky world where shootings & stabbings were part of daily business Jane never forgot her Gypsy blood & stayed loyal to a personal honour code which always gave her the edge. If today is the day I die its a good day to die she would tell herself in the full knowledge that every day of her violent life could well be her last. On the violent streets of Londons east end a Samurai sword & sawn-off shotguns were the tools of her trade. During a terrifying journey that began as a 14-year-old armed robber she has been shot four times served three jail terms & lived to tell her extraordinary story of mayhem betrayal & violent retribution. ...

The last cities have fallen. Demons & once-men swarm the ravaged landscape of the former United States. A small band of survivors
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A true blooded Gypsy violet Cannon grew up the Romany way. Life was tough at times living in a cramped one-roomed trailer but unbound by strict routines violet spent her days learning to keep home playing & roaming the fields with a sense of freedom long lost to the rest of modern society. Immersed in the Gypsy way of life her childhood set her apart from other children. Bullied by classmates & segregated from gorgia kids (all non-Gypsies) violet eventually left school at the age of nine to live a life of travel play & learning under generations-old Gypsy rules on the fringes of society. With traditional values at the heart of her childhood the pressure of conforming & marrying young was intense. Gypsy Princess is a searingly honest account of what life is really like for travelling communities for girls in particular & captures a way of life that is slowly fading away. ...

Thelma Madine star of Channel 4s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings & fairy godmother of extravagant wedding dresses reveals the drama secrets & surprises involved in ten incredible traveller weddings. Through the tales of ten elaborate gypsy wedding dresses Thelma Madine trusted confidante & dressmaker extraordinaire offers a window onto the world of traveller brides & their unbelievable celebrations. For Thelmas young brides a wedding dress is more than just a pretty white gown. For some it is a symbol of their fairytale-like hopes & dreams for the future for others a mark of a long-standing friendship with a non-traveller they have welcomed into their community & for one small group it is a sad reminder of day they know will never come. With each chapter based around the secrets & incredible truths hidden behind each different dress Thelmas second book is packed full of fascinating new stories. More drama more dresses more gypsies. By turns laugh-out-loud funny & achingly sad & brimming with hilarious anecdotes & larger-than-life characters Thelmas book will amaze amuse & entertain. Beautifully designed & fully-illustrated throughout it is crammed with glossy new photos revealing never-before-seen dresses adorned with thousands of Swarovski crystals & hundreds of LED lights
- an ideal gift for fans of Channel 4s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings My Big Fat Gypsy Valentine & Thelmas Gypsy Girls.
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