Does one need four fully grown foxgloves for decorating a dinner table for six guests? Or is it six foxgloves to kill four fully grown guests?
Sophronia's first year at Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality has certainly been rousing! For one thing, finishing school is training her to be a spy (won't Mumsy be surprised?). Furthermore, Sophronia got mixed up in an intrigue over a stolen device and had a cheese pie thrown at her in a most horrid display of poor manners.
Now, as she sneaks around the dirigible school, eavesdropping on the teachers' quarters and making clandestine climbs to the ship's boiler room, she learns that there may be more to a school trip to London than is apparent at first. A conspiracy is afoot--one with dire implications for both supernaturals and humans. Sophronia must rely on her training to discover who is behind the dangerous plot-and survive the London Season with a full dance card.
In this sequel to bestselling author Gail Carriger's YA debut Etiquette & Espionage, class is back in session with more petticoats and poison, tea trays and treason. Gail's distinctive voice, signature humor, and lush steampunk setting are sure to be the height of fashion this season.
There's nothing All Star pitcher Peter Friedman loves more than baseball. It's his life. He breathes baseball, dreams about it, and works his tail off to be great. Most kids are nervous about starting high school, but Pete's amazing arm is going to make his life pretty easy. When you're the star, girls, popularity, and all-around stud status are sure to follow. But Pete's freshman year doesn't turn out as planned. A pitching accident over the summer ruins his arm. If he can't play baseball, what is he supposed to do? If he isn't the star pitcher, then who is he? Pete's best friend and pitching partner, AJ, doesn't believe Pete - he tells him he'll be back to his normal self by spring training. To make matters more complicated, there's something going on with Pete's grampa - he's acting weird and keeps forgetting important things, and Pete's mother doesn't want to talk about it. The only person Pete can confide in is Angelika, the amazingly cute girl in his photography class who might like Pete as much as he likes her . . . only Angie doesn't know if she can date someone who can't be honest with himself, or with the people he's closest to.
The feeling of equality and respect for differences is a natural conclusion to love. Cutie, the loving hen, shows a mother's despair at seeing her son in danger; the joy of having them, the dedication to each one, without discrimination. Compassion fascinates and leads us to the best feeling: happiness!
The collection 'The 7 Virtues – Stories from Hawk`s Little Ranch was created to motivate parents and educators to tell stories to children, motivating them to think about human values.
The characters, personified animals, represent the virtues and tell stories of the folklore of the State of Minas Gerais – Brazil, as well as legends, myths and manifestation of a culture. All stories in the book are based on true events that happened at the ranch of the author's ranch.
It's a collection of children's books, with stories based on the folklore of the Center-West of Minas Gerais State. Through humanized animals, the author not only records the oral history, but also rescues values such as respect, honesty, solidarity, endurance, generosity and friendship, dating back to the time of Grandma, but always needed for proper social coexistence.
Jäger und Gejagte im Cyberspace der Zukunft! Es ist das Jahr 2089: Von Neugier und Unternehmungslust getrieben, dringen Jana, Alexander und Mark in den Sicherheitsbereich eines stillgelegten Militärgeländes ein. Dort entdecken sie einen gigantischen Hochleistungsrechner. Kurzerhand loggt sich Mark in CybernetCity, eine faszinierende virtuelle Welt, ein. Eine dramatische Hetzjagd beginnt, als das alarmierte Betreiberunternehmen einen Killer ins Netz schickt, um sein lang gehütetes Geheimnis zu schützen. Das bringt die drei Freunde in höchste Lebensgefahr, denn die virtuellen Jäger scheinen ihnen immer schon einen Schritt voraus zu sein ...-
Cat-like reflexes, cyborg superpowers ... you've never met a superhero who rolls like this!
After an eventful trip to the Creepy Crawly House at the safari park on a school trip, Ade and the Parsons Road Gang are feeling good - even if Ade's legs are getting weaker and he needs the wheelchair more, it's okay because he's learned some cool moves with his wheels. He's been invited to join Salim's wheelchair basketball team and life feels good.
There's only one problem - to be on the team he needs a sports wheelchair. And that costs a lot of money. So Ade and his friends set about fundraising. It's all going well until someone starts to disrupt the events, and some of the money goes missing too. Who is the Masked Marauder who's determined to stop Ade from getting his wheels?
Ade's superhero alter ego Cyborg Cat is going to need all his wits about him to tackle an unexpected enemy. His superpowers and special skills are up against the biggest test yet...
Ade loves playing football and he's amazing in goal, despite the heavy metal caliper he has to wear on his leg. He can save any ball that's sent his way, from any direction, so his friends have nicknamed him the Cyborg Cat. But when the Parsons Road Gang stumble upon some unusual graffiti it starts to have a really weird effect on Ade. Somehow, the art is drawing him into another dimension, where he really is Cyborg Cat! But that's not all - after seeing the Night Spider's art, Ade starts to feel weak and everything begins to go wrong. He's banned from a school trip to a safari park because of his disability, and the doctors have some bad news about his legs. How can Ade overcome his challenges and what power does the mysterious Night Spider have over Cyborg Cat? Ade needs all his friends' help to uncover the truth.
An amazing adventure full of fun and friendship from the inspirational Paralympian wheelchair basketball star Ade Adepitan.
Featuring a most unusual protagonist, Cyclops of Central Park dares readers to be brave and explore the world because, really, you never know what you might find...
Late at night, just before he closed his eye and went to sleep in his Central Park cave, Cyclops counted his sheep.
When the sun rose, he counted them again, and that's when he noticed--'. . . sixteen, seventeen . . .'--one of them was missing.
He knew who it was, of course. 'Eugene?' It was always Eugene.
Cyclops knows the world is a scary place: the grass is too sharp, the carousels are too twirly, and not all restaurants serve spaghetti. If the world isn't safe for a cyclops, it certainly isn't a safe place for a missing sheep! And so he sets off to face the many 'dangers' lurking in New York City to bring Eugene home. To do so, he will have to face his fears and call for some reinforcements--his other fluffy sheep friends back at the cave. Together, they just might find Eugene and have a fun time in the city. Which goes to show, there is no place like home, but sometimes new experiences make our world a bigger and brighter place.
For fans of rich and complex historical novels like Girl with a Pearl Earring or Code Name Verity, Laura Malone Elliott delivers the stunning tale of real-life Renaissance woman Ginevra de' Benci, the inspiration for one of Leonardo da Vinci's earliest masterpieces.
The young and beautiful daughter of a wealthy family, Ginevra longs to share her poetry and participate in the artistic ferment of Renaissance Florence but is trapped in an arranged marriage in a society dictated by men. The arrival of the charismatic Venetian ambassador, Bernardo Bembo, introduces Ginevra to a dazzling circle of patrons, artists, and philosophers. Bembo chooses Ginevra as his Platonic muse and commissions a portrait of her by a young Leonardo da Vinci. Posing for the brilliant painter inspires an intimate connection between them, one Ginevra only begins to understand. In a rich and vivid world of exquisite art with a dangerous underbelly of deadly political feuds, Ginevra faces many challenges to discover her voice and artistic companionship-and to find love.
If you are looking for an audiobook that will help you train your abs, you’re in the right place!
No, this isn’t a book about fitness, this is a book that will quite literally make your stomach hurt from hearing the countless jokes inside this audiobook. This audiobook is a perfect gift for people looking to learn new jokes, or even better, for adults and kids who want to up their joke game.
Who said that only dads can tell dad jokes?
Now you can learn from the best, and arm yourself with an arsenal of hilarious dad jokes to fire at your work colleagues, family, friends, or the stranger at the mall. You’re basically guaranteed to get a reaction from people with these jokes!
Here’s a short overview of what you can expect:
• Countless dad jokes painstakingly collected through the years
• Work jokes
• Father and son jokes
• Marriage jokes
• Family jokes
• Animal jokes
• Food jokes
• Knock-knock jokes
• Work jokes
• Free abs
So, what are you waiting for? Kick your feet up and get ready to get the exercise of your life!
This charming book is the perfect way to tell Dad 'I love you' any day of the year! This keepsake book explores the special relationship between a father and their child.
Once, in a tiny village in India, a boy lived in an old house with his grandfather.
They loved to do everything together—growing mangoes, making paper boats to float in the monsoon rains—but what they loved most of all was to paint.
The boy and his grandfather filled their home with art. Some days, they would invite the village children to join in. They didn’t have much, but they had each other, and a loving bond that would always keep them together.
From Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Ruchi Mhasane comes a tender, vibrant story oflove passed on through the generations.
Author Ruth Sawyer, 1937 Newbery Medal recipient, penned her last book, Daddles, in 1964. Daddles delightfully captures the innocence of childhood as a brother and sister fall in love with a plain hound dog during their summer vacations in Maine. Though owned by the “meanest, dirtiest and most shiftless family in Haddock Harbor,” the young siblings “adopt” Daddles for two glorious summers. The intelligent, endearing hound dog wins the hearts of all as he joins in with capturing a thief, escaping a house fire, and dodging trouble at a local circus. All dog lovers will warmly embrace this book that rekindles the memories of the tenderness a child and dog can share.
