Now readers can sing along with this hilarious book & CD read by Lenny Henry. You can never have enough pants as this exuberant celebration of lots & lots more pants proves! Giles Andreaes brilliant rhyming text & Nick Sharratts hilarious vibrant illustrations will delight children & adults alike. Featuring amongst others a hippo a limousine & a dinosaur in pants plus a rather embarrassed farty pants this lively picture book is guaranteed to make you giggle! ...

Once upon a time there was a football-crazy boy a fun-free town & a girl who got lost in the forest
- but did they all live happily
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Welcome back to maths class at Wayside School. How much is PEPPERS + PIG LIPS? If Jenny's shirt has sparkles on it will Todd have egg in his hair? These Sideways Arithmetic problems may look puzzling at first but you can use real maths to solve them & the answers are perfectly logical. There are lots of clues & hints plus all the answers are right there in the book. Best of all the children you have read about in the other books about Wayside School are here to help you! Try solving these & more than fifty other maths brainteasers along with the kids from Mrs. Jewls' class. You'll learn a lot about maths but you'll be laughing too much to notice! ...

Key Words with Peter & Jane" uses the most frequently met words in the English language as a starting point for learning to read successfully & confidently. The Key Words reading scheme is scientifically researched & world renowned. " Book 5c" provides the link with writing for the words in Readers "5a" & "5b". Once this book has been completed the child can move on to book "6a". " The Key Words with Peter & Jane" books work because each of the key words is introduced gradually & repeated frequently. This builds confidence in children when they recognise these key words on sight (also known as the 'look & say' method of learning). Examples of key words are: the one two he. There are 12 levels each with 3 books: a b & c. " Series a": gradually introduces new words. " Series b": provides further practise of words featured in the 'a' series. " Series c": links reading with writing & phonics. All the words that have been introduced in each 'a' & 'b' book are also reinforced in the 'c' books." ...

Hidden beneath a giant sycamore tree in Firefly Meadow live the Fairy Bears. Fairy Bears always do their best working very hard to care for the world & all its plants animals & children. This is the Fairy Bear Promise. Youll have to be quick to see them & youll have to believe in magic.. . Can Blossom cure Chloe of her stage fright? Will Sparkle help a colony of butterflies find a new home? & can Primrose find the perfect pet for a lonely little girl? ...

Bellerophon & the winged horse Pegasus launch into the blue sky in search of the dreaded three-headed Chimera but will success go to the heros head? Orpheus devastated by the death of his wife Eurydice dares the dangers of the kingdom of the dead in an attempt to bring her back to life. Echo loves Narcissus but he only loves himself: a story that can only end in sadness. These & other colourful legends from Ancient Greece are retold in lively form by Benjamin Soames with classical music providing further excitement. ...

The former Prime Minister examines the early history of one of the great loves of his life in a book that sheds new light on the summer games social origins. All his life John Major has loved cricket. In More Than a Game he examines it from its origins up to the coming of the First World War. Along the way he considers the crucial role of the wealthy patrons who gambled huge sums on early matches; the truth behind the legends that have grown up around the famous Hambledon Club; changes in rules & techniques including the transition from underarm to overarm bowling; the long-standing but often blurred distinction between gentlemen & players; the coming of the MCC & its role as the supreme arbiter of the game; the spread of cricket throughout the British Empire; & the emergence of the county game & international competition. It is a story rich in anecdote & colourful characters. Many of the great names from the Golden Age of cricket -- C.B. Fry Ranjitsinhji Demon Spofforth & of course the towering figure of W.G. Grace -- are still well-known today. But long before then the game already had its stars: men like the Kentish innkeepers son Lumpy Stevens who played at the highest level until he was nearly sixty; Silver Billy Beldham who was taught how to play by a gingerbread baker; the notoriously avaricious & ill-tempered Lord Frederic Beauclerk a direct descendant of Charles II & Nell Gwynne; & the mighty Lion of Kent Alfred Mynn. ...

The former Prime Minister examines the history of one of the great loves of his life. Throughout John Major's life one of the constant factors has been his deep love of cricket. In this sumptuously illustrated book he delves deep into the game's history tracing its development from its rustic beginnings to the international sport we know today. Along the way he examines
- & at times demolishes
- many cherished myths. Among the subjects to which he pays particular attention are the changing social role of cricket developments in the rules the emergence of the professional player the game's spread throughout the British Empire & the part it has played in cementing international relations. John Major's history of cricket reflects not only his lifelong passion for the game but the depth of his research among a wealth of hitherto neglected but fascinating sources. It is a significant addition to the already rich literature of the greatest game of all.

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When Jane Ingleby interrupts a duel in Londons Hyde Park Jocelyn Dudley Duke of Tresham gets shot & Jane late for work at a milliners workshop loses her job. She is angry enough to demand a new job of Jocelyn & he is angry enough to hire her
- as his nurse. Her blue eyes are the sort a man could drown in
- if it wasnt for her imprudence. She questions his every move breaches his secrets & touches his soul & soon the dangerous duke is offering her a different job
- as his mistress. Jane tries to keep it strictly business an arrangement she is forced to accept in order to conceal a treacherous secret. Surely there is nothing more perilous than being the lover of such a man. Yet as she sees through his devilish facade & glimpses the noble heart within she knows the greatest jeopardy of all is the rising passion that could tempt her to risk everything...


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