Download or read book Come Away from the Water Shirley written by John Burningham and published by Random House. This book was released on 1992 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SUMMARY: Shirley's adventures at the beach are interspersed with familiar parental warnings.
Download or read book Come Away from the Water Shirley written by John Burningham and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1977 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shirley's adventures at the beach are interspersed with familiar parental warnings.
Download or read book The Girl and the Dinosaur written by Hollie Hughes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This evocative, beautifully illustrated picture book celebrates one girl's limitless imagination, perfect for fans of the Fan Brothers. Anything is possible and nothing's as it seems . . . In a town by the seaside, Marianne is often seen digging for buried treasure on the beach. One day, she finds the most wonderful treasure of all--a dinosaur skeleton! That night, Marianne makes a wish upon a star that her dinosaur will come to life. She wishes it with all her heart--and it comes true. Together, Marianne's adventures with her new friend are limited only by their imagination. This enchanting picture book will take you on a magical journey far beyond the page.
Download or read book Time to Get Out of the Bath Shirley written by John Burningham and published by Random House. This book was released on 1994 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While her mother chats away, Shirley is busy escaping into a world of adventure, bold knights, green forests - and plastic ducks.
Download or read book Everyday Magic written by Jess Kidd and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Had me giggling all the way through . . . I loved it!' Jasbinder Bilan 'Action-packed and bursting with fun' Sinéad O'Hart Welcome to Little Snoddington, where nothing is normal and every day is magic . . . Nine-year-old Alfie Blackstack’s parents have met a very unfortunate end. Now he’s living in the SUPER CREEPY Switherbroom Hall with his mad-haired Aunt Gertie and warty Aunt Zita. The thing is, Alfie's aunts aren't just weird – they’re WITCHES! When the circus arrives in town Alfie makes his first ever friend, the FEARLESS Calypso Fagan. But when Calypso's little sister Nova disappears, they must face the TERRIFYING Head Witch in a race to find Nova and stop the next Witch War.
Download or read book Mr Gumpy s Outing written by John Burningham and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-05 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Gumpy accepts more and more riders on his boat until the inevitable occurs.
Download or read book Dinosaur Farm written by Frann Preston-Gannon and published by Union Square Kids. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's hard being a farmer. Explore a normal day on a farm.
Download or read book We Have Always Lived in the Castle written by Shirley Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate.
Download or read book Grimpow written by Rafael Ábalos and published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grimpow finds a stone on a dead knight and begins a quest that will change his life forever.
Download or read book Out on a Limb written by Shirley MacLaine and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2011-07-27 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MORE THAN 3 MILLION COPIES IN PRINT • “A stunningly honest, engrossing account . . . Shirley MacLaine’s discovery of a new sense of purpose, joy, energy, and love will touch and astonish you.”—Literary Guild Magazine An outspoken thinker, a celebrated actress, a truly independent woman, Shirley MacLaine takes us on an intimate yet powerful journey into her personal life and inner self. An intense, clandestine love affair with a prominent politician sparks Shirley’s quest of self-discovery. From Stockholm to Hawaii to the mountain vastness of Peru, from disbelief to radiant affirmation, she at last discovers the roots of her very existence . . . and the infinite possibilities of life. Shirley opens her heart to explore the meaning of a great and enduring passion with her lover Gerry; the mystery of her soul’s connection with her best friend David; the tantalizing secrets behind a great actor’s inspiration with the late Peter Sellers. And through it all, Shirley’s courage and candor opens new doors, new insights, new revelations—and a luminous new world she invites us all to share.
Download or read book Crawlers written by John Shirley and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a secret government lab somewhere in Nevada, a young scientist cowers in darkness–waiting, listening, and calculating his chances of surviving the unspeakable carnage that has left him trapped and alone. Or almost alone. Soon after, a covert military operation “cleanses” all traces of a top-secret project gone horrifically wrong. Three years later, it begins again–when the quiet of a warm autumn night in a sleepy California town is shattered by a streak of light across the sky, the thunder of impact, and the unleashing of something insidious. Spreading, multiplying, and transforming everything in its path, this diabolical intelligence will not be denied until the townsfolk–and eventually, all living things–are conquered. Until they are all crawling. . . .
Download or read book Life Among the Savages written by Shirley Jackson and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a hilariously charming domestic memoir, America’s celebrated master of terror turns to a different kind of fright: raising children In her celebrated fiction, Shirley Jackson explored the darkness lurking beneath the surface of small-town America. But in Life Among the Savages, she takes on the lighter side of small-town life. In this witty and warm memoir of her family’s life in rural Vermont, she delightfully exposes a domestic side in cheerful contrast to her quietly terrifying fiction. With a novelist’s gift for character, an unfailing maternal instinct, and her signature humor, Jackson turns everyday family experiences into brilliant adventures. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.
Download or read book Sun written by Sam Usher and published by Templar Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the hottest day of the year, hotter than broccoli soup, hotter than the Atacama Desert, hotter than the surface of the sun. It's just the right kind of day for a boy and his grandad to go for a picnic. But as the sun beats down, Grandad keeps having to stop for a rest, and by the time they find the perfect picnic spot, some pirates have beaten them to it. Good job they have enough food to share... Sun is the third title in Sam Usher's acclaimed seasonal series, following on from Snow and Rain. Combined sales of Snow and Rain total over 70,000 copies.
Download or read book The Sundial written by Shirley Jackson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before there was Hill House, there was the Halloran mansion of Jackson’s stunningly creepy fourth novel, The Sundial When the Halloran clan gathers at the family home for a funeral, no one is surprised when the somewhat peculiar Aunt Fanny wanders off into the secret garden. But then she returns to report an astonishing vision of an apocalypse from which only the Hallorans and their hangers-on will be spared, and the family finds itself engulfed in growing madness, fear, and violence as they prepare for a terrible new world. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Download or read book Where s Julius written by John Burningham and published by Red Fox. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julius is always too busy to come to meals - he's riding Egyptian camels, cooling hippos in the Lombo Bombo river or doing any number of important and daring activities which make it difficult to get to the table.
Download or read book Water Can Be written by Laura Purdie Salas and published by Millbrook Press ™. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water can be a . . . • Thirst quencher • Kid drencher • Cloud fluffer • Fire snuffer Find out about the many roles water plays in this poetic exploration of water throughout the year.
Download or read book Borka The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers written by John Burningham and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time there were two geese called Mr and Mrs Plumpster. Each Spring they returned to the marshes of their ancestors, and Mrs Plumpster laid her eggs. Soon six fine young Plumpsters hatched: Archie, Freda, Jennifer, Oswald, Timothy and Borka. But Borka was different. Borka had no feathers and could not fly. When winter came the other geese flew off in search of warmer climates, leaving Borka all alone. But her adventure was only just beginning . . .
