Download or read book Glimmerfin written by Kingsley Pilgrim and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-06 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six years after his game show destroyed most of the city of Olympia, disgraced TV boss Big Man has gone into hiding. Then a highly contagious virus is released into the public, it reduces most of the population into enraged killers. A handful of survivors have taken refuge beneath the city. Realizing that his two daughters are still trapped in the city, Big Man must leave his safe haven for the first time in years and venture outside to a new horror to find his loved ones before it's too late.
Download or read book Daft Bliss written by James Corning and published by James Corning. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome back to the enchanting world of Daft, the small frog with golden skin and eyes that sparkle with curiosity! In this eagerly anticipated sequel, Daft continues to captivate readers with his boundless imagination and whimsical short story adventures that is captured in unique and amazing artwork used to illustrate scenes from his imagination.
Download or read book Boomerang written by Neville Bagnall and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-20 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven-year-old KATTY and her younger brother JAKE come together to form the 'Enviro Kids', but they still play, bicker, and fight. MUM and DAD do their parenting duties but only when they are not bickering themselves over the chocolate brownies. Mum is going to miss her chocolate brownies. So too is Dad! SERGIO complains about chopped down trees and burning fires of destruction of the forest. Animals perish in the fires; animals are orphaned in the chaos and destruction. Soot clings to everything; trees die forever. The rainforest is disappearing - the lungs of the Earth are wheezing. This is everybody's environment and everybody's planet. Katty and Jake are on a mission, and the battle is on against the filthy pollutants. With the help of their school science teacher, MISS VIOLET, things were going to change before it was too late. Miss Violet conducts pollution experiments, and they begin a crusade to help the Amazon rainforest and to start their tree planting campaign. Katty is one small girl in a very big world who witnesses deforestation. There are a handful of suspects and a lot more baddies.The rainforest is filled with eerie chitter-chatter whispers. All aboard the journey of discovery, where nothing is as it seems! Everything is burning out of control. Time is running out. Seriously! The trees are burning; the forest is disappearing. A mystery story that is not actually a mystery! Get it? Oh, you defo will get it. Boomerang! is a children's story detailing the adventures of Katty, her brother Jake and their parents as they travel to the Amazon rainforest. Amongst other things, they discover magical trees called the Mystrees, come face to face with a caiman crocodile and meet a talking owl. With these mystical elements, the story has many aspects that are enjoyed in children's stories in the current market. But what is unique here is the way the author delicately, but with conviction, addresses the issues of climate change in a way that children will understand. This is the biggest strength of the story. The writing goes up a gear when the animals, the pollutants and Katty talk about the environmental issues and so it's clear that this is something the author is passionate about. Overall, it's a fun story about family but also about standing up for the environmental issues you believe in.
Download or read book Between the Trees written by Ayn O'Reilly Walters and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve year old Isabel Pritchard lives with her sixteen year old brother, William, and their mother. Behind Isabel's home is a small park and when Isabel finds herself late home from school one afternoon she decides to take a short cut through the park, knowing that her mother has forbidden her to enter the park. It's a decision that changes her life as she uncovers family secrets that go back five hundred years, all the way to the birth of Queen Elizabeth the First.
Download or read book The Official Gang written by Chikamso Kanu and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-14 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE OFFICIAL GANG is set in an imaginary world of intriguing characters making up a gang. This epic tale is full of fun and humour as well as serious subjects such as bullies, jealousy, fighting and health.
Download or read book The Makers of Magic The Four Winds written by A.M. Burn and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-21 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Taylor feels like a total school failure and misfit. That is, until his life is turned around when he receives an invitation from his favourite teacher to enter the hidden Thomon world and join Belbury Academy. Here he is not perceived as a school failure but a highly gifted individual. William embraces this thrilling and advanced world, where he learns to use an object-altering, imagination controlled device called a Hadron-Tool. However this exciting adventure soon turns dangerous when he uncovers a plot by Krevak Ragwort to control world-altering technology, and must be stopped at all costs.
Download or read book A Wish Upon a Negai written by Gigi Hills and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Wish Upon a Negai is about a girl named Khloe and her connection with a mythical creature called a Negai. Khloe had grown up listening to tales, told by her grandma, about Negais, magical creatures that will grant wishes to those who are pure of heart. Negais are majestical big cats with creamy fur that is cooler than ice, and only those who are pure of heart see their big cat form. Khloe finds joy in her conversations with her grandma because it comforts her in times of mourning as her mum is terminally sick and her brother and father are at war. Fast forward to a stark, doleful day, Khloe is 15 years old and at her grandmother's funeral. On her way back from it, she collapses from exhaustion and awakens at a stranger's house. After talking to the stranger, whose name is Noah, she realizes that he is going to Antarctica - where the Negais reside - soon. In desperation, Khloe begs Noah to let her come with him. Dubiously, Noah agrees. Khloe is delighted, but one question remains: Will Khloe find happiness during her dreadful times through wishes granted by the Negai? Or will she be shunned away if she isn't pure of heart?
Download or read book Lottie Lostalot written by Pj Sandz and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08-24 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lottie is a little girl who is always getting lost! Because of this, her family affectionaly call her Lottie Lostalot. When the family go on holiday, Lottie of course gets lost, and this leads to an amazing, magical, exciting, adventure with a magnificent Owl called Mowk. Kahrn Prince of Owls has been captured by Rheena the Rat Queen, and taken down into the Rat Underworld. Lottie and Mowk must come up with a plan to defeat Rheena and rescue Kahrn. Will they be able to do it?
Download or read book Lottie Lostalot Saves Christmas written by Pj Sandz and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-26 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the night before Christmas Eve, and Father Christmas is in a terrible pickle. Far from the North Pole, he has lost his Reindeer, and can't get back to Christmas Land. This is a disaster, as without his reindeer, he won't be able to deliver the Christmas Presents to all the children on Christmas Eve. Mowk the Magnificent Owl, enlists the help of Lottie to try and save Christmas. Will they be able to do it?
Download or read book My Name is Gracy written by Lida Basson and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-20 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'My Name is Gracy' is a book that the Lord asked me to write in a dream. As I stepped out into His obedience, He also asked me to paint the cover of the book and showed me exactly how He wanted it to look. Gracy is a wild rabbit from England who shares her true story of how she lost her own family when she was only a baby and how she was rescued by her new mummy when she felt all alone, hungry and scared. From being fed with a little syringe to eating all on her own, Gracy shares how she grew bigger and stronger every day and how she realised it was Jesus who brought her to her new loving family. Gracy also discovers her new mum's love for Jesus and starts seeing how much He really loves and cares for all of us. She loves her new cat brother Simba very much and shares her own photos of her journey to take children a bit deeper into her story of true love and grace. Its a story that will warm any child's heart as they get to know Gracy and learn all about her new life with her new family and how Jesus provides for all their needs.
Download or read book Everyone Needs a Hero written by Linda Lawrence and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-16 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book 'Everyone Needs a Hero' comprises six adventure stories for children. Each story has different characters and a new hero emerges in each one. But the heroes are all brave, resourceful and clever animals. In the first story, we meet Maisie and her friend TimTom and their adventures take them to the National Gallery in London to rescue the head curator who has been kidnapped to force him to steal a painting. Other adventures arise on the way, but the two cats show resourcefulness and bravery on every turn of the page. In the second story, we are introduced to Rosy the Duck who lives a sad life, bullied by other ducks on the lake who make her life a misery. Read how one day Rosy helps a fellow creature and that good turn leads to a complete change in her life. Story three tells us about two green parakeets who take on some vicious thieves and save the life of a policeman, but at no small cost to themselves. Moving on to story four, we meet Reg the tortoise and Pickles the guinea pig. Reg is a bit arrogant and cares for no one but himself and his main thoughts are centred around his next meal, until one day he is dragged into an adventure by Pickles to try and save their family's house from being burgled. In story five, we meet Charlie of no fixed address. He has a solitary life until one day, he rescues some kittens who had been left to die in a bin. In this story, Charlie has to rescue the kittens yet again before his own life changes completely. The last story takes us to a farm to meet twins Peter and Paul Pig and their little brother Frank. They live a wonderful life on the farm until one day, they realise they were about to go to market, so they plan their escape with near disastrous consequences. The stories are packed full of delightful animal adventures with our heroes demonstrating some vital life values such as friendship, teamwork, ingenuity, resourcefulness, bravery and love. The book has 30 delightful colour illustrations to enhance the reader's experience.
Download or read book Humberfield written by Kingsley Pilgrim and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07-23 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humberfield is a quiet village, most people go about their day to day business and getting along with lives. But some residents have secrets, revenge on their minds and a need to set things right in their lives, no matter the cost to others... But sometimes, people are just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Like Melyssa Woodman, she is the woman who has everything, a new boyfriend, lovely job, expensive flat and looking forward to a bright future. Her best friends have gathered on a huge yacht for a weekend of fun and frolics. But there is something else in the water, a gigantic primeval sea creature intent on crashing the party. With the situation becoming more desperate, Melyssa and her friends must try their hardest to survive the night and the aquatic monster. In this collection, there are eight other tales of obsession and injustice, including: The factory worker who has to spend the night searching through a warehouse of fridge freezers to find a terrifying secret inside one of them. And more... From the mind of storyteller Kingsley Pilgrim, 'Humberfield' is a fast paced read. Intriguing and full of suspense and twists. The tales are dark, but not horror, not sci- fi, not supernatural.
Download or read book Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 1 written by Dean Francis Alfar and published by Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A courtesan who secretly controls flame; A baby that eats soil; A professor tasked with proving the masculinity of a national hero; A quest to create a kite that reaches the stars. Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 1 is the first of several anthologies that showcases the rich variety of Philippine literature. Between these covers, you will find magic realism next to science fiction, traditional fantasy beside slipstream, and imaginary worlds rubbing shoulders with alternate Philippine history-demonstrating that the literature of the fantastic is alive and well in the Philippines.
Download or read book Immortopia written by Kingsley Pilgrim and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-26 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of miles above Earth 65, the zoo spaceship Utopia is on its maiden voyage and on board are teachers and students from many of the colleges around the world, sent to experience a once in a lifetime opportunity. Under mysterious circumstances, teachers start to disappear leaving just a handful of students behind. At the same time they discover that an unstoppable force of primeval horror is loose... Far away, on the other side of the galaxy, a young sorceress is forced to flee across the country, hunted by an intergalactic army. The two desperate and frightened worlds collide and together they fight in a race against time to find their way home and defeat the evil that abounds in their worlds.
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Download or read book Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge written by American Philosophical Society and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings American Philosophical Society vol 26 1889 written by and published by American Philosophical Society. This book was released on with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
