Has there ever been a more extraordinary rock-star story than Ozzy Osbournes? Born into a life so poor that the whole family slept in one room Ozzy endured a tough upbringing. Music was his salvation & his band Black Sabbath went on to change the music scene forever. But along with the rock & roll came the inevitable sex & drugs & Ozzy fell into a long relationship with addictive substances. The stories of Ozzys days on the road are legendary
- biting the head off a live bat losing his best friend & writing partner Randy Rhoades in a tragic plane crash
- but few know of the real heartbreak he suffered during those days of excess. In the end it was love that saved him: the love of his wife Sharon & kids Kelly Jack & Aimee. In his highly anticipated autobiography Ozzy comes clean: in all senses.

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Anything but a parrot! Captain Pepper wants a pet. He wants to be different.. .he wants to be famous.. .so a boring old parrot just wont do. The fiery captain sets his pirate crew to find the perfect pet. They try a hippopotamus a monkey & a leopard -- each with hilariously disastrous results. Finally they alight upon a python & Captain Pepper is delighted! But the last laugh is on him when his not so cuddly companion has him for dinner! At last his browbeaten crew can sail home in peace. The ideal blend of fun identifiable characters & strong storyline with a motley crew of pets & pirates make this perfect for beginner readers. ...

You have to be very quick & very lucky to see a dinosaur! Sally goes to visit her grandfather -- & finds a small red dinosaur in the garage. Her grandfather doesn't know about the dinosaur because he isn't quick enough or lucky enough to see him. The dinosaur gets up to all sorts of tricks like twirling round on the washing line or spinning on the garden sprinkler but he always manages to avoid being seen by Grandad.. .just! Young children will love the element of naughtiness in the dinosaur's antics & giggle along with Sally at his entertaining acrobatics. ...

No mouse is safe when Rickys Rat Gang is around! A load of sugar has been spilt in the supermarket storeroom which means a sticky feast for Mel Max & Molly Mouse. But their arch enemies Ricky & Ronnie Rat want in on the action. Complete with shades & macs & armed with water balloons the gangster brothers raid the store. But the mice arent going to give up without a fight! With a dastardly plan involving a trail of dog biscuits they cleverly lead the nightwatchmans dog to find the rats & chase them away. Its the mices first victory in their long-standing battle with the rats. After such a historic event the sugar mountain tastes all the sweeter! ...

Small Bad Wolf wants to grow up to be the BADDEST wolf around! He enjoys nothing more than chasing things & pouncing. When his dad says Lets hunt for dinner! Small Bad Wolf cant contain his excitement. They go after the coochie-woochie chickens the juicy little piggies & itty-bitty kidiwinks. But some things in a wolfs life dont turn out as planned & in the end Small Bad Wolf finds himself chasing & pouncing on something very unexpected indeed...a football! The I AM READING series provides just the right balance of challenge & support for newly independent readers. Large easy-to-read type satisfying stories by top writers & cheerful full-colour pictures help children make the transition from picture books to chapter books. Each book

Includes:: a bookmark flap tips for beginner readers & either short numbered chapters or two short stories.

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The second book in this madcap must-read series for 6+ boys You know when someone's horrible to you in a dream & you wake up really annoyed with them? That's what happened to me with my best friend Bunky. Barry has a new problem: Gordon Smugly
- who's got the most perfect name for himself ever in the history of having a name because he looks like a Gordon & is smug & ugly
- has stolen Barry's best friend. Join Barry as he attempts to get Bunky back organises a girly-screamvoice test & tries to avoid seeing his teacher kissing his gran.

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Its the balls big day. Today he gets to play! Part of Goal! Level 2" "I am the Ball" is the story of a football match told by the ball. The text introduces the main graphemes & phonemes & builds basic consonant-vowel-consonant words. Some higher level football vocabulary is also featured." ...

Who is The Secret Footballer? His identity is jealously guarded by just a handful of people. But whoever he is
- & whoever he plays
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Charlie's little sister Lola is nearly big enough to go to school
- but Lola is not so sure. She thinks it probably would be useful
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Created by Jim Davis The Garfield" comic strip now appears in 2 570 journals worldwide & is read by some 263 million people around the globe making it...the worlds most widely syndicated comic strip in history as recorded by Guinness World Records. Here are the latest two new titles in this bestselling series which now boasts sales of almost 7 million copies. Each title contains over 120 daily strips...not yet seen in book format." ...