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A series of small short stories that are a collaboration of sorts. One has to do with a young girl who lives with her mother in poverty and discovers a large subflower seed.
Six friends go for a ride to see what they can … sea! Oliver Possum didn’t mind a good bicycle ride—but this was a great one! He and his friends ride across the great wide world to have a fun afternoon at the seaside. What could possibly go wrong? Well, as you know, it’s not much of an adventure until something does. If it all goes right, it’s just a trip. And who wants to read about that?Ver livro
Billboard magazine had this to say about The World’s Shortest Stories Vol. 1, “What is most impressive in this collection of great stories is the sheer variety. Let’s hope a second volume of these tiny gems will not be long in coming!”Well, here it is!Love and death, and all of the horror in between. A second helping of the most amazing short stories ever written—each one just 55 words long! Imagine O. Henry's tales if he'd only had the back of a business card to write upon. Includes stories from Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, Barnaby Conrad, Neil Steinberg, Herbert Gold, Norman Lear, Larry Niven and more…Ver livro
Read by the author, Pam Ayres.Join Hattie the playful Brown Hare as she leaps from meadow to farm to heath, in this heartwarming tale written in rhyme by the much-loved poet Pam Ayres, author of The Last Hedgehog.We didn’t always live here, once we had a sunny home,We came here with centurions, all the way from Rome . . .From grape green meadows to old-fashioned farms, hares travelled thousands of miles to find a home in the British countryside. What do they eat? What's their perfect habitat? Can you tell them apart from rabbits?Wonderfully read by the author, I Am Hattie the Hare is a follow-up to the bestselling I Am Oliver the Otter, bursting with natural and historical facts interwoven throughout the story.Ver livro
A fabulously funny take on a classic story from two giants of children’s books! Goldilocks and her little dog are off on an adventure, looking for that house again – the one with the chairs, the porridge and beds. The sound of the sea calls to them and before they know it, they have found quite a different sort of a house . . . there are bowls, and chairs and sort-of beds . . . plus some rather unexpected and hilarious inhabitants! From Michael Rosen, the highly regarded author of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, comes this wonderful new take on the famous nursery rhyme, brilliantly brought to life by David Melling, the creator of Hugless Douglas. This humorous tale, penned by the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author, Michael Rosen, is a top pick for children's fiction. With its unique blend of animals, family themes, and short, engaging stories, it's no wonder this book is a bestseller. For fans of Ezra Jack Keats (The Snowy Day), Bruce Degen (The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System), Bill Martin Jr (Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are You Going to School?), Eric Carle (The Very Hungry Caterpillar), and Robert Mccloskey (Time of Wonder). HarperCollins Children's 2022Ver livro
The original eight books from Australian’s favourite and award-winning children’s series all together in one laugh-out-loud collection. Now also a global hit TV series on Netflix and ABC Me Meet Manny, Max and Elsa, Melanie Applebum, Rory, Atticus Busby, Battie, Amba, Debra Jo-Woo, Tamara Noodle and Mrs Gonsha as they get up to all sorts of shenanigans during Little Lunch. Follow the crew as they invent a new ball game, eat BAD birthday Pavlova, have a Disgusting Joke Competition, play Chinese Whispers, fight over what kind of sandwich Manny was eating, squeeze through the portable classroom and the fence, bring in exactly 100 things from home, find something GROSS in the sandpit, and more… What else can happen in fifteen minutes? This collection includes all 24 stories from the Little Lunch titles: The Slide Monkey Bars The Bubblers The School Gate Old Climbing Tree Off Limits Fence Block B Roof The Bin ShedVer livro
When Antonio first hears the members of the Mariachi band play, he wants nothing more than a guitar of his own. But guitars cost money, explains his father, who hands Antonio a stick instead. Confused and upset, Antonio resentfully accepts his father's gift. He heads off, unknowingly starting a chain of exchanges that may, miraculously, earn him what he wants most. Filled with plenty of Spanish vocabulary for young readers, Papa Gave Me a Stick is a vibrant story about the virtues and rewards of kindness.Ver livro
