Duchess the Barley Farm sheepdog has given birth to ten puppies. Poppy & Honey can't wait to see them. The puppies are so adorable that they visit them every single day & Poppy secretly wishes she could have one as her very own pet. But when Mrs Meadowsweet tells them it is time for the puppies to be sold Poppy is worried that they will all go to other families. Find out whether Poppy's wish comes true & what Mum & Dad think of her plans. ...

Children can now enjoy their favourite Poppy story time & time again with this brilliant picture book & DVD set. The DVD features a soundtrack read by Tamzin Outhwaite animated stills from the book & brilliant music & sound effects. Poppy loves ballet & is sure she'll be picked to play Coppelia in the Big Show. But when her best friend Honey gets the part Poppy is so cross that she doesn't even want to be friends anymore! Will Poppy realize how important friendship is in time to be a true ballerina princess on the night of the show? ...

This book tells a br&-new story in the best-selling Princess Poppy" series! When Grandpa gets ill Poppy can't think about anything else because she is so worried about him. She is missing him such a lot that she can't even concentrate on practicing for her gym club competition which is most unlike her as she is usually desperate to do the best that she can. When Poppy visits him in hospital she hardly recognizes Grandpa because he's looking so pale & thin but when she sees his familiar stripey pyjamas & starts chatting away to him about what she's been up to she knows it's him after all. Every time she visits Poppy is sure that Grandpa is looking a little bit better & convinced that her wish for him to be home by the weekend will come true. Find out how Poppy helps Grandpa to get well again & whether she will be a gym princess after all." ...

Poppy is putting on a play in her garden! But there's so much to do
- she will need tickets & costumes & actors & a story. Her
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This is a br&-new story in the best-selling Princess Poppy" series with a right royal theme perfect for the Jubilee! Princess Poppy is so excited! Its the annual dress-up parade & this year the theme is royalty. She cant wait to get her glad rags on. But theres a lot to do before the fun can begin & everyone must muck in
- including Poppy. The trouble is she keeps getting distracted.. . Find out whether everything will be ready in time for the parade to go ahead. With royal fancy dress the Honeypot Hill Olympics & a super street party this Poppy book is absolutely bursting with perfect princess fun."
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Princess Sylvie persuades her father the king to leave the palace gardens & walk in the woods. The king is unsure. What might be in the woods? Then Sylvies dog Oskar runs off after a long-eared hare & Sylvies adventures begin. This is a delightful story for young children about exploring new places & making new friends & about the comforts of home. ...

A sticker book featuring over 100 colourful stickers to add to the pages. It

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Three bored Princesses decide they have to do something different. Something that will entertain them & take their minds off their lives of luxury. So they swap places with three servant girls & their minds certainly are taken off their lives of luxury! Work work work.. . Will it ever end? The three Princesses certainly find out about how to avoid boredom & in so doing also learn a bit about other peoples lives. This is a charming funny & visually beautiful book that is a sure-fired winner! Praise for Princesses Are Not Quitters": These royal girls dont give up easily; they get a social education & offer
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- a lively motto about he perils of indolence.
- " Observer". An enchanting tale.
- " Good Book Guide". comical & addictive a message parents can only be grateful for.
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The first encyclopedia of Islamic political thought from the birth of Islam to today this comprehensive authoritative & accessible reference provides the context needed for understanding contemporary politics in the Islamic world & beyond. With more than 400 alphabetically arranged entries written by an international team of specialists the volume focuses on the origins & evolution of Islamic political ideas & related subjects covering central terms concepts personalities movements places & schools of thought across Islamic history. Fifteen major entries provide a synthetic treatment of key topics such as Muhammad jihad authority gender culture minorities fundamentalism & pluralism. Incorporating the latest scholarship this is an indispensable resource for students researchers journalists & anyone else seeking an informed perspective on the complex intersection of Islam & politics. It

Includes:: more than 400 concise alphabetically arranged entries. It features 15 in-depth entries on key topics. It covers topics such as: Central themes & sources of Islamic political thought: caliph modernity knowledge sharia government revival & reform Modern concepts institutions movements & parties: civil society Islamization secularism veil Muslim Brotherhood Islamic law & traditional Islamic societies: justice taxation fatwa dissent governance piety & asceticism trade & commerce Sects schools regions & dynasties: Mutazilis Shiism Quraysh Mecca & Medina Baghdad Indonesia Nigeria Central Asia Ottomans Thinkers personalities & statesmen: Mawardi Shafi I Saladin Tamerlane Akbar Ataturk Nasser Khomeini. It contains seven historical & contemporary maps of Muslim empires postcolonial nation-states populations & settlements. It guides readers to further research through bibliographies cross-references & an index.

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Through three editions over more than four decades The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry & Poetics" has built an unrivaled reputation as the most comprehensive & authoritative reference for students scholars & poets on all aspects of its subject: history movements genres prosody rhetorical devices critical terms & more. Now this landmark work has been thoroughly revised & updated for the twenty-first century. Compiled by an entirely new team of editors the fourth edition
- the first new edition in almost twenty years
- reflects recent changes in literary & cultural studies providing up-to-date coverage & giving greater attention to the international aspects of poetry all while preserving the best of the previous volumes. At well over a million words & more than 1 000 entries the Encyclopedia has unparalleled breadth & depth. Entries range in length from brief paragraphs to major essays of 15 000 words offering a more thorough treatment
- including expert synthesis & indispensable bibliographies
- than conventional handbooks or dictionaries. This is a book that no reader or writer of poetry will want to be without. Thoroughly revised & updated by a new editorial team for twenty-first-century students scholars & poets. More than 250 new entries cover recent terms movements & related topics. Broader international coverage

Includes:: articles on the poetries of more than 110 nations regions & languages. Expanded coverage of poetries of the non-Western & developing worlds. It covers updated bibliographies & cross-references. It is new easier-to-use page design. It is fully indexed for the first time."





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