Download or read book The Empty Stocking written by Richard Curtis and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-10-03 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Empty Stocking is a brilliantly funny Christmas story by Richard Curtis and Rebecca Cobb. In this fantastically funny and heartwarming story by Richard Curtis, scriptwriter of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Love Actually, it's Christmas Eve and there's one very important question on everyone's mind - have YOU been good this year? For twins Sam and Charlie this is a big worry. Charlie has been especially naughty and everyone is sure that she won't get any presents AT ALL. But when Santa makes a mistake, it's up to Charlie to put things right... Richard Curtis is an award-winning and international film-director and scriptwriter, and the creator of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually, Notting Hill and Mr Bean. Rebecca Cobb graduated from Falmouth College of Arts in 2004. She has collaborated with the Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson and Orange-Prize-winner Helen Dunmore. Rebecca has been shortlisted for the 2013 Waterstones Prize and the prestigious Kate Greenaway Award.
Download or read book That Christmas written by Richard Curtis and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From international film phenomenon, Richard Curtis, and awardwinnning illustrator, Rebecca Cobb, comes a heartwarming tale of a magical, unconventional Christmas. Christmas is the same every year, isn't it? Same food, same routine, same visiting the neighbours and going for a walk. Except for the year of That Christmas... Find out what happens when traditions are upturned, when chaos reigns, and what's really important when people come together... Richard Curtis is an award-winning and international film-director and script writer, and the creator of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually, Notting Hill, Yesterday and Mr Bean. Rebecca Cobb has collaborated with the Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson and Orange-Prize-winner Helen Dunmore, has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Prize and the prestigious Kate Greenaway Award multiple times.
Download or read book Odd Boy Out written by Don Brown and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008-06-16 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When he was born, Albert was a peculiar, fat baby with an unusually big and misshaped head. When he was older, he hit his sister, bothered his teachers, and didn’t have many friends. But in the midst of all of this, Albert was fascinated with solving puzzles and fixing scientific problems. The ideas Albert Einstein came up with during his childhood as an odd boy out were destined to change the way we know and understand the world around us . . .
Download or read book Naughty Naughty Monster written by Kaye Umansky and published by Templar Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I'M A NAUGHTY NAUGHTY MONSTER! ARE YOU READY? HERE I COME! I AM HUNGRY FOR MY DINNER AND I WANT YOU IN MY TUM! The Naughty Naughty Monster is looking for for a tasty meal to fill his monstrous belly. He rampages through woodland, farm and town, scaring all of the happy little animals that he thinks could make a good snack, but he runs into a fairy who is NOT happy with him at all! Will Naughty Naughty Monster learn his lesson and change his naughty ways? Kaye Umansky has written over 130 books for children and her work ranges from picture books to novels. She is best known for the Pongwiffy series. Greg Abbott is a talented new illustrator. Naughty, Naughty Monster is his first picture book.
Download or read book The Legend of the Christmas Stocking written by Rick Osborne and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-05-07 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wonderful Christmas tale, set in the late 1800s, shares the touching story of a young boy named Peter. He sells newspapers to help his family while his father is away at sea, and he's been saving a bit of his earnings to buy a model schooner in the woodworker's shop. But after Uncle Jim, the woodworker, tells him the story of St. Nicholas, Peter discovers the meaning behind the hanging and filling of Christmas stockings and learns a heartfelt lesson in kindness and generosity. Filled with the rich, realistic illustrations of Jim Griffin, children ages 4 to 8 will discover the depth of God's love shown through others as they learn the Christian meaning revealed in The Legend of the Christmas Stocking. Through imaginative and innovative products, Zonderkidz is feeding young souls.
Download or read book I m the King of the Mountain written by Joy Cowley and published by Learning Media Ltd. This book was released on 1984 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A flea proves who is really king of the mountain.
Download or read book A Pair of Silk Stockings written by Cyril Harcourt and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Snow Day written by Richard Curtis and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A snowy day, a deserted school and the teacher you least want to see. Welcome to Snow Day, the most magical day of the year . . . When Danny goes to school one quiet, snowy morning, the last thing he expects to find is a deserted school and his least favourite teacher. But that's exactly what he does find. And what starts as the worst day imaginable, ends as the most life-affirming and magical day of the year. An incredibly moving story about finding friendship in the most unexpected of places.
Download or read book The Old Nurse s Stocking Basket written by Eleanor Farjeon and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Old Nurse's Stocking-Basket" by Eleanor Farjeon. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Stocking Up written by Carol Hupping and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1990-06-15 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Rodale, America's premier authority on natural foods, comes the most comprehensive, up-to-date resource for putting up foods of all kinds. 101 line drawings.
Download or read book A Glass Half Empty Or Half Full written by Dan Schuck and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2018-05-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of Pessimism vs. Optimism is often misunderstood, or worse yet, misinterpreted. But by taking a childlike and playful approach, we can explore one of humankind's most ancient riddles and learn some of the deeper lessons that The Question can teach each of us.The Question exists, in some form, in every language across the globe, and its origins are as ancient as the human spirit. But does this simple question really tell us if one is a Pessimist or an Optimist? Can we use The Question to help us with finding balance, managing stress, and enjoying life? Using humor and innocence, this book provides us the opportunity to determine the fullness of our own glass, and how to apply it to our daily lives.
Download or read book I Will Not Leave You Comfortless written by Jeremy Jackson and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2012 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A coming-of-age story chronicles the author's life at eleven years old in rural Missouri, a year in which he fell in love for the first time, his sister left for college, and his grandmother died.
Download or read book Weasels written by Elys Dolan and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a group of weasels plot to take over the world, they encounter some technical difficulties.
Download or read book The Boy who was Followed Home written by Margaret Mahy and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a hippo follows him home, Robert is pleased - but his parents are not! As more and more hippos crowd into the garden they turn to a witch for help. Detailed line and pastel drawings and a deliciously understated text combine in a very funny picture book.
Download or read book Christmas in Exeter Street written by Diana Hendry and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This atmospheric picture book about a house packed full of guests over Christmas captures the sense of excitement and sharing that embodies the Christmas spirit.
Download or read book The Empty Bottle Chicago written by John E. Dugan and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories, photos, and ephemera contributed by the Empty Bottle's community of fans, performers, and staff over it's 20+ year history.
Download or read book Mile high Apple Pie written by Laura Langston and published by Bodley Head Childrens. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grandma's not the wrinkled kind, she's the special kind instead. She wears trainers with yellow laces and she laughs very loud. She remembers lots of things like milk carts and special songs. But some days, her remembering is not so good. This is a moving account of a girl's relationship with her grandmother.
