This is a fantastic book packed with amazing facts & terrific trivia about things that kids have done when they are 9 from developing computer programmes or running a business to being an expert golfer or film star. Did you know? By the time you are nine you will have: farted 46 021 times; watched 5 475 hours of television; slept 42 829 hours & 45 minutes; & laughed 985 500 times. ...

I Dougal Trump am dead. Ok Im not actually dead but if Im not very careful I soon will be. In this first book football-loving Dougal Trump finds himself at risk from the mysterious creature living in the garden shed. Nobody believes him but as a precaution he sets upon writing his will
- rewarding thise who help him disinheriting those who get on his bad side & fielding constant pleas from friends & associates [ Cool will Dougie! Can I have your playstation?
- George]. Meanwhile as limbs & windows alike are broken by rogue footballs & unhinged canines Dougal finds himself in all sorts of trouble...

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With this book boys & girls can make sure their holiday memories never fade. The book is filled with themed spreads to help them remember & cherish every part of their time away
- from the journey & where they stayed to favourite activities & cool new experiences. With doodles to do space to stick in memorabilia tickets & photos collages to create & loads of boxes to tick & fill in this is a doodle scrapbook to be customized & treasured.
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The Ironman World Championship is one of the most gruelling tests of mental & physical endurance & athleticism in the world. Its competitors have 17 hours to swim 2.4 miles bike 112 miles & run a full marathon 26.2 miles. Chris Mc Cormack has dedicated his life to training for
- & winning
- this race a feat he has accomplished twice along with winning the Australian Ironman five years in a row & coming in first at both the Triathlon World Championships & the International Triathlon Union World Cup. But his journey to athletic greatness is more than one of just physical endurance. IM HERE TO WIN is Mc Cormacks account of everything it takes
- mind body & spirit
- to become a champion. In 2010 Mc Cormack silenced his critics when he won the Hawaiian Ironman Championship at 37. He ran the race not just for himself but for his late mother & the charity he founded in her honour to fight breast cancer. While Macca gives much credit to his physical performance he believes his success comes from what he does before & after the race as much as during.



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Im not a princess a pirate or a witch! IM ME! Grown ups. Lovely Aunt Sara can pretend all she wants but Imogen doesnt want to be a princess a pirate or a witch. Not today. She wants to go to the park with her aunt & play with a ball swing higher than a tree & eat ice-cream. & why not? This book is perfect for children who know their own minds
- & grown-ups who think they dont.
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Paul Lake was Manchester born a City fan from birth. His footballing talent was spotted at a young age & in 1983 he signed coveted schoolboy forms for City. Only a short time later he was handed the team captaincy. An international career soon beckoned & after turning out for the England under-21 & B teams he received a call-up to the England training camp for Italia 90. Despite missing out on a place in the final squad he suitably impressed the management with Bobby Robson earmarking him as an England captain in the making. As a rising star Paul became a target for top clubs like Manchester United Arsenal Spurs & Liverpool but he always stayed loyal to his beloved club deeming Maine Road the spiritual home at which his destiny lay. But then in September 1990 disaster struck. Paul ruptured his cruciate ligament & sustained the worst possible injury that a footballer can suffer. & so began his nightmare. Neglected ignored & misunderstood by his club after a succession of failed operations Pauls career began to fall apart. Watching from the sidelines as similarly injured players regained their fitness he spiralled into a prolonged bout of severe depression. With an enforced retirement from the game he adored the death of his father & the collapse of his marriage Paul was left a broken man. Set against a turning point in English football Im Not Really Here is the powerful story of love & loss & the cruel irreparable damage of injury; of determination spirit & resilience & of unfulfilled potential & broken dreams. ...

Paul Lake was Manchester born a City fan from birth. His footballing talent was spotted at a young age & in 1983 he signed coveted schoolboy forms for City. Only a short time later he was handed the team captaincy. An international career soon beckoned & after turning out for the England under-21 & B teams he received a call
- up to the England training camp for Italia 90. Earmarked as an England captain in the making Paul became a target for top clubs like Manchester United Arsenal Spurs & Liverpool but he always stayed loyal to his beloved club deeming Maine Road the spiritual home at which his destiny lay. But then in September 1990 disaster struck. Paul ruptured his cruciate ligament; sustaining the worst possible injury that a footballer can suffer. & so began his nightmare. Neglected ignored & misunderstood by his club after a succession of failed operations Pauls career began to fall apart. Watching from the sidelines as similarly injured players regained their fitness he spiraled into a prolonged bout of severe depression. With an enforced retirement from the game he adored the death of his father & the collapse of his marriage Paul was left a broken man. Set against a turning point in English football Im Not Really Here" is the powerful story of love & loss & the cruel irreparable damage of injury; of determination spirit & resilience & of unfulfilled potential & broken dreams."
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Baby Owl is back in this follow-up to the highly successful Im Not Cute!and Im Not Scared! Baby Owl is taking a Christmas Eve stroll though the woods with his sledge when Baby Hare mistakes him for Santa. Im not Santa!" Baby Owl insists & a comic Christmas tale unfolds. Absolutely hilarious
- Kirkus Made me laugh out loud.. .a delight
- The Observer"

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Sometimes Im scared of dogs Im not scared when they give me kisses Sometimes Im scared I will make a mistake Im not scared when I know I tried my best With his signature blend of playfulness & sensitivity Todd Parr explores the subject of all things scary & assures readers that all of us are afraid sometimes ...

Baby Owl has stayed up all night but hes definitely NOT sleepy. So why do all the other animals in the forest think its past his bedtime? Hes not stretching after all hes just exercising his wings. & hes only yawning because hes bored
- owls need a lot of excitement you know. This comic tale of a toddler who isnt quite ready for bed will be a sure-fire hit with children
- & parents!

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