Gardening & remedies
- two of The Broons favourites. This excellent gift pack is the ideal choice for the gardener or fan of the
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Winner of the 2000 Smarties Prize Gold Medal. It's not easy being the son of legendary superheroes Captain Lightning & Madam Thunderbolt. Max has a cape & a mask but he doesn't fly. His parents can't understand it. It seems that Max is just an ordinary boy until finally to save a falling baby bird Max discovers he can fly! He'll be a small hero doing small deeds. The world needs more of those " says his mum. A funny & touching tale about little Max the reluctant superhero. Bob Graham has three times won the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award in addition to the Smarties Book Prize Gold & Silver Awards & the Kate Greenaway Medal." ...

This is a delightful series for the very young with simple humorous stories introducing new experiences & encouraging good behaviour. Simple but engaging text makes these titles easy & enjoyable to read to very young children. This title deals with all the excitement & anxiety young children can feel when starting school. Millie thinks she knows exactly whats what but Max isnt so sure. How do they get on their first day? ...

Molly is over the moon when she's given Max a gorgeous Old English Sheepdog puppy & soon the two are inseparable. Max pines for Molly when she's at school & longs for her to come home & play so when he spies an open window one day he sets off to find her. But the world is a scary place for a puppy on his own & soon Max is alone & in danger. Will he ever be reunited with Molly...? ...

Teaching assistants have become an integral part of classroom life yet pioneering research by the authors has shown that school leaders & teachers are not making the most of this valued resource. Results from the Deployment & Impact of Support Staff (DISS) project showed that the more support pupils received from teaching assistants the less academic progress they made. Yet it is not decisions made by the teaching assistants themselves but decisions made by school leaders & teachers about how their support staff are used & prepared which explains these provocative results. Prompted by the wake-up call the DISS project findings provided this timely book of guidance will help school leaders & teachers in primary & secondary schools improve the way they use teaching assistants & will add real value to what can be achieved in the classroom. Based on the authors' collaborative work with schools in the Effective Deployment of Teaching Assistants (EDTA) project this book provides essential practical tools & classroom-tested strategies that will allow schools to conduct a fundamental review of current practice & provides a framework for reforming teaching assistant deployment & preparation & the way they interact with pupils. Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants provides much-needed & well-informed guidance on how to unleash the huge potential of teaching assistants working in schools & is essential reading for all school leaders. ...

Mini Farming" describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average familys food on just a quarter acre
- & earn $10 000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time that an ordinary job would require. Now expanding exponentially on his bestselling " Mini Farming: Self Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre" Brett Markham gives you tips tricks & planning advice on how to make the most of your mini farm. New topics include: Soil & Fertility Tips for maximizing the growth of over twenty varieties of vegetables; Tools & Techniques; Planting Guides & Seeders; Easy Trellising; Weed Control Techniques; Greater Food Self-Sufficiency; Making your Own Country Wines; Making your Own Vinegars; Making Cheese at Home; & Cooking for Self-Sufficiency. Keep your costs down & production high with this complete guide to maximizing your mini farm-whether its a rooftop urban garden a suburban backyard or a more substantial plot of l&. Materials tools & techniques are detailed with author photographs tables diagrams & original illustrations. It features 200 color illustrations & photographs."
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Max Fang Iggy Gasman Nudge & Angel are six extraordinary avian hybrids. The result of a cruel Biotech experiment which manipulated their DNA & turned them into recombinant life forms with wings. This flock has endured a turbulent upbringing & they have been continually faced with evil. Evading capture on a daily basis they have endured torture & been pushed to the very brink of sanity. Hunted all their lives they've had to fight life-threatening & belief-defying battles pitting their strength against the fearsome force of their shadowy enemies. But as their predators evolved their unique ability to fly is no longer enough to save them. With their genes mutating to astonishing affect the flock establishes a new set of skills to unleash as they strive for survival. But just as they struggle to get to grips with these physical changes emotionally they face new challenges too: life on the fringe of society can be a lonely existence. Driven to the wastelands of Antartica each day brings a new threat for the flock. Danger is never far away & while fighting to save their own skin they have a new mission to undertake
- one with devastating global consequences.
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Nobody said saving the world would be easy. Until now Max & the flock have lived a lonely existence: hunted down tortured & pushed to the fringe of society; always on the run they have never been able to live a normal life. But things are changing. The flock have finally found acceptance for their extraordinary skills. The avian hybrids don't have to hide away any longer
- far from it: now everyone wants to see just what they can do. But fame & fortune always come at a price & Max isn't ready for all the glitz & glamour just yet. Meanwhile sinister forces are plotting their attack putting more than just the flock in danger. Something deadly is lurking in the depths of the ocean. As the flock uncover a terrible secret set to threaten the world can they save the day or is this a disaster too tough to tackle even for them?
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WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE Do not put this book down. I'm dead serious
- your life could depend on it. I'm risking everything by telling
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You're about to join the adventures of Max Fang Iggy Nudge Gazzy & Angel six extraordinary kids who have powers like no other: they can fly & they're being chased
- no hunted
- across America & around the world. THIS IS THE END MY FRIENDS. But I promise that you'll fly higher than ever before in this wild adventure witness battles worthy of multiplex movie screens & laugh until your sides hurt. There's even a little romance... But all good things
- & even terrible unspeakable ones
- must come to an end. This is that moment in time I'm afraid. Either we save the world or we crash & burn. & I mean all of us
- even you faithful reader because you play a very big part in this story. The flock needs your help. Yes you.




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