Publisher: Firefly Press Ltd
The travelling school arrives in New York, and Libby and her friends find themselves organising a charity auction alongside Hollywood star Eloise Fitzwilliam. But something isn't right. Why is Eloise's friend Count Alvarez acting so strangely and can a face from the past really have followed the school all the way to New York?
From the 2015 winner of the ALA William C. Morris Award comes a humorous chapter book series about a not-so-attractive cat and his well-dressed mouse friend.Ugly Cat is dying for a paleta, or ice pop, and his friend Pablo is determined to help him get one by scaring a little girl who is enjoying a coconut paleta in the park. Things go horribly wrong when, instead of being scared, the little girl picks Pablo up and declares that he would make a great snack for her pet snake. Oh and there's also the small problem that Ugly Cat may have inadvertently swallowed Pablo in all of the commotion! Ugly Cat and his impeccably dressed mouse friend, Pablo, are an unlikely and dynamic duo who will win young readers over with their ridiculously silly antics and their search for tasty treats.Show book
Chicago changes when the sun goes down. The offices empty. The neon burns harder. The streets narrow into corridors of snow and shadow. For columnist Nick Golata, that transformation is a gift. He lives for the night shift, for the small tragedies and strange encounters that fill his column. He knows the captains, the patrolmen, the lonely souls who move through the Loop after midnight. He believes he has seen everything the city can offer. Then a young woman is found dead in a recessed doorway downtown, her throat torn in a way that leaves even seasoned detectives uneasy. Footprints in fresh snow lead from the curb… and then change into something else entirely. The evidence refuses to behave. A colleague hints at old legends wearing modern clothes. Nick laughs it off. Chicago is a practical city. Superstition belongs in confession magazines and penny dreadfuls. But as the night deepens and coffee grows bitter in a cramped apartment, speculation becomes uncomfortable. The city is vast. People disappear every day. Some leave behind nothing but a rented room and a half-empty jar on a shelf. Nick has always written about the darkness from a safe distance. Now the investigation presses closer. The question is no longer whether monsters exist. It is who controls the streets when everyone else is asleep. Frank M. Robinson built his reputation on sharp, ironic science fiction that blends everyday settings with unsettling reversals. His later novels include The Power, a chilling study of political influence that was adapted for film, and he became a respected historian of the genre with works such as Science Fiction of the 20th Century. In the early part of his career, Robinson published stories in magazines like Fantasy Magazine and other pulp-era venues, developing the crisp dialogue and quiet sting that define “The Night Shift.”Show book
Tanaji loved the tale of a loving, caring, and helpful monster called Toothy Monster. But what he didn't like was brushing his teeth twice a day. Then one day one of his teeth fell and he panicked! But then he received a letter from Toothy Monster which changed his life! Want to know what happened next- find out in this story!Show book
Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of fireflies. Includes life cycle and activity.Show book
Newbery Honor-winning author Gail Carson Levine shares a story of family, prejudice, faith, and unlikely friendship in medieval England, for every child who is more perceptive than they seem, and braver than they know. Chera, Lummie, and Joan are unusual in medieval Winchester, England. Two girls and a boy, and two Jews and a Christian are not supposed to be friends. Most days, after their studies with Rabbi Baruch, they enjoy scaring themselves in the greatly feared nearby forest, home to ne’er-do-wells and sprites, where they make another unusual friend, a starving outlaw. But the trio’s fun is shattered when Chera’s grandmother, a wealthy widow, and Joan’s mother, her maid, are murdered. Jurors name a suspect, who flees the city, and he may not have killed them anyway. Almost anyone could have, so just investigating isn’t enough. What’s more, the Unusuals are sure Lummie’s grandmother will be the next to die. They concoct a perilous plan, which needs allies to succeed, but everyone else thinks their idea is dizzy—crazy. With lives in the balance, this trio of friends must band together against the odds and call on their unusual bonds to help seek justice.Show book
Uses a field trip to a bakery to introduce the process by which baked treats are made. Learn about using flour and yeast to make bread.Show book
