![]() ![]() He won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in 2005 for The Whisperer. He’s also published many other picture books, including Bible Stories & Tales and My Mum is Fantastic. Nick Butterworth is an author and illustrator, best known for the Percy the Park Keeper books. Each contains a fabulous fold-out poster picture or puzzle at the end, which increases the activity of the book - perfect for keeping the attention of busy little minds! Over nine million copies of these books have been sold worldwide, so you know you’re in good hands. This set includes six fully illustrated paperback books, authored by the iconic Nick Butterworth. A great choice for budding young readers who love pawsome and purrfect animals! ![]() ![]() ![]() Through these touching and heartfelt takes, he helps his animal friends through scrapes and close calls but always wins out in the end. In these adventures, Percy comes up against storms, snow, and a secret path. He loves his park and cares deeply about all the animals that live there. The plot follows the world’s most famous park keeper Percy. These kids’ fiction books are perfect for anyone aged 0-5, and their parents will love sharing the books with them too! Empathetically written and gorgeously illustrated by Nick Butterworth, the books ably communicate the beauty of the British countryside while telling wonderful stories about friendship. Percy the Park Keeper has been a beloved series of picture books for many generations. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Whether you curl up with your young reader to share these books or hand them off for independent reading, you are helping to create what are likely to be all-time favorite reading memories. Little and is a pleasantly debonair little character, with a shy, engaging manner and a somewhat philosophical turn of mind. White favorites Charlotte's Web and The Trumpet of the Swan as classic illustrated novels that continue to speak to today's readers. Stuart Little, the hero, is a mouse in the family of Frederick C. Determined to track her down, Stuart ventures away from home for the very first time in his life. ![]() Stuart's greatest adventure comes when his best friend, a beautiful little bird named Margalo, disappears from her nest. Though he's shy and thoughtful, he's also a true lover of adventure. Born to a family of humans, he lives in New York City with his parents, his older brother George, and Snowbell the cat. Now available as an ebook! Illustrations in this ebook appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices. White, author of the Newbery Honor Book Charlotte's Web and The Trumpet of the Swan, about one small mouse on a very big adventure. ![]() ![]() ![]() Heartbreak wars with happiness and almost, but not quite, wins. One misguided choice one moment of tragedy. No one knows why, and no one can stop it. When the storm passes, life seems to return to normal but as the years progress, small cracks start to appear and the once deep friendship between the two women begins to unravel. Raising their families side by side, supporting one another, Rose and Helen share an impenetrable bond forged before and during that dramatic winter night. The mothers are sisters by marriage: dutiful, quiet Rose, who wants nothing more than to please her difficult husband and warm, generous Helen, the exhausted mother of four rambunctious boys who seem to need her less and less each day. "A novel you won't be able to put down." -Diane Chamberlain, New York Times bestselling authorīrooklyn, 1947: In the midst of a blizzard, in a two-family brownstone, two babies are born, minutes apart. ![]() ![]() **Buzzfeed, "14 Of The Most Buzzed-About Books" You may do a lot of sobbing, but don't worry, you'll be smiling by the end." -Bustle, "12 Spring Break Reads To Help You Escape Normal Life" ![]() "An emotional but dreamy novel that.will transport you far, far away from your next dreary Monday morning. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() By depicting these difficulties, Krull conveys a sense of humanity as people come together to overcome the obstacles in their way. Contrary to some works of children’s literature, Harvesting Hope does not fall into the trap of glossing over the struggles the protagonist faced. For example, it details ways in which, “landowners treated their workers more like farm tools than human beings.” Further stating that, “Anyone who complained was fired, beaten up, or sometimes even murdered.” Such episodes drive home the realities of life for seasonal and migrant workers and the scale of the systemic oppression Cesar challenged. This book sheds light on some of the hardships that Cesar (and others) endured. Kathleen Krull not only chronicles Chavez’s journey across land, but also his journey of self-transformation as Chavez moves from the shy boy he once was to a leader, fighting for the basic rights of migrant workers. ![]() ![]() Depicted in this biography, Harvesting Hope, (also available as Cosechando Esperanza in Spanish) are paralleling journeys of Cesar Chavez, one of the key social justice leaders of the 20th century. ![]() ![]() ![]() Perfect for fans of Helen Hoang's The Love Quotient and Sally Thorne's The Hating Game, YOU DESERVE EACH OTHER is laugh-out-loud funny, painfully relatable, and bitingly smart. In fact, they're having so much fun getting on each other's nerves that it starts to feel like something else entirely. Now that they have nothing to lose, they're finally being themselves. When Naomi finds out that Nicholas has been feigning contentment too, the two of them go head-to-head in a battle of sabotage, pranks, and all-out emotional warfare to see who can annoy the other into surrendering first. ![]() Unfortunately, whoever backs out first will end up bearing the brunt of the wedding bill. and they are utterly, miserably sick of each other. Their glorious, lavish wedding is coming up in three short months. Nicholas! Swoon! We are in love' bestselling author Christina Lauren _ Meet Naomi and Nicholas: the Perfect Couple. It's masterful comedy plus tenderness, unique voice plus rich characters. ![]() 'This book is the perfect dose of sweet, hilarious joy. ![]() ![]() ![]() But apart from long awaited, Captain Cap also comes at a timely moment because of the fact that its ironies are particularly opposite today as we witness global intellectual colonisation. It is welcome since the Absurdist Texts & Documents Series by Black Scat Books project has filled an important void since the only other English venture into Allais’ writing, The World of Alphonse Allais, translated by Miles Kingston and published in hardback by Chatto & Windus in 1976, was made available in a paperback in 2008. Transtechnology Research, University of translation into English of Captain Cap as the first in a series of three is both welcome and very timely. By Alphonse Allais translated from French by Doug SkinnerĪbsurdist Texts & Documents Series – No.11Ħ0 pp., illus. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The series protagonist, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, is one of the child soldiers trained at Battle School (and eventually Command School) to be the future leaders for the protection of Earth.Įnderverse Ender series The series is set in a future where mankind is facing annihilation by an aggressive alien society, an insect-like race known formally as "Formics", but more colloquially as "Buggers". The first two novels in the series, Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead, each won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. It currently consists of sixteen novels, thirteen short stories, 47 comic issues, an audioplay, and a film. The series started with the novelette Ender's Game, which was later expanded into the novel of the same title. The Ender's Game series (often referred to as the Ender saga and also the Enderverse) is a series of science fiction books written by American author Orson Scott Card. 1985-2008 Series of six SF novels by Orson Scott Card ![]() ![]() ![]() King Ferdinand Declares “that every Spanish ship returning from the New World should bring back ten turkeys, “half males, and the other half females.”” A Short History of the Turkey by Andrew G. Gardener, Colonial Williamsburgġ511 Moving through history, we see that the turkey gains popularity across the world. ![]() There were two religious festivals a year in the turkey’s honor.” From the article A Short History of the Turkey by Andrew G. The turkey was so important to the Aztecs as a source of food that the Indians regarded the bird as a god. “Centuries before Christopher Columbus reached the New World, the Aztecs had domesticated a wild game bird that we call the turkey, but they called huexolotl. Some of the first noted references to the turkey being held in cultural traditions begins as far back as the Aztecs. With “Turkey Day” only a couple weeks away I thought it would be fun to move through history and visit a few places where the turkey has been noted by royalty, presidents and American tradition.įirst stop on our history tour, The Aztecs ![]() It’s no wonder that this amazing creature has made history time and again. Turkeys are proud deliberate birds, gentle and beautiful. Our Tom presents himself in a stoic, almost regal display. ![]() We hold our turkeys in very high regard here at Iron Oak Farm. ![]() ![]() What followed was a year of political crises and fierce battles that would transform Obama and profoundly shape the terrain for the next election. ![]() The veteran political journalist and New York Times best-selling author goes behind the scenes at the White House to recount the dramatic tale of a pivotal period in the Obama presidency, from the game-changing 2010 midterm elections to the beginning of the critical 2012 campaign season - a tumultuous time that tested the president as never before and set the stage for a titanic clash over the future of the nation.Īfter Barack Obama's first two years as president - during which he navigated the United States through its severest economic crisis since the Great Depression while managing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq - he was faced with a bitterly divided nation and an emboldened political opposition dedicated to impeding his presidency. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cara spends years trying to fit in better in Wiley City, visiting her family in the wastes but feeling more and more out of place there as well, and flirting with her handler, Dell, who studiously remains as distant as ever. ![]() So, she’s temporarily escaped her life in the wastelands and is living within the walls of the Wiley City. Since a person cannot traverse to another world where they are still alive, the fact that Cara has died on 372 other worlds, but not in this world, makes her an ideal candidate. I’ve been a monster all along.”Ĭara is a traverser, able to travel between worlds because she has a unique characteristic that very few other share: she has died so many times. Sometimes to kill a dragon, you have to remember that you breathe fire too. “They say hunting monsters will turn you into one. ![]() |