Download or read book Thorfinn and the Awful Invasion written by David MacPhail and published by Floris Books. This book was released on 2015-08-21 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare yourself for the wrath of the Norsemen! That is, if you don't mind and it's not too inconvenient... Everyone knows Vikings are ruthless barbarians whose idea of a good time involves pillaging, plundering and feasting. But Thorfinn isn't an ordinary Viking! He is always polite and happily offers to wash the dirty dishes. Too bad his dad is Harald the Skull-Splitter, Village Chief and the roughest and toughest Viking of them all. Tired of Thorfinn and his too-nice ways getting them into trouble, his dad decides it's time for Thorfinn to earn his gruesome Viking name. Stuck on a longboat with a ragtag bunch of adventurers who'd like to throw him overboard, how will the Nicest Viking cope with a dangerous voyage to Scotland? Thorfinn the Nicest Viking is a funny, illustrated, action-packed new series for young readers who love Horrid Henry and Diary of a Wimpy Kid, set in a world where manners mean nothing and politeness is pointless!
Download or read book Thorfinn and the Disgusting Feast written by David MacPhail and published by Floris Books. This book was released on 2016-02-18 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare yourself for the wrath of the Norsemen! That is, if you don't mind and it's not too inconvenient... Everyone knows Vikings are ruthless barbarians whose idea of a good time involves pillaging, plundering and feasting. But Thorfinn is no ordinary Viking! He is always polite and happily offers to wash the dirty dishes. Too bad his dad is Harald the Skull-Splitter, Village Chief and the roughest and toughest Viking of them all. The king of Norway is coming to visit Indgar village and Thorfinn is named Head Chef for the greatest feast the village has ever seen. Apparently the king has a taste for exotic fish, but he's also been known to catapult chefs who displease him into the sea! Thorfinn sets sail for Orkney with a ragtag crew to visit his Uncle Rolf and learn how to cook and catch fish. But it seems a poisoner is at large and he has his eyes on the poisson... Thorfinn the Nicest Viking is a funny, illustrated, action-packed new series for young readers who love Horrid Henry and Diary of a Wimpy Kid, set in a world where manners mean nothing and politeness is pointless!
Download or read book The Giant Rumble written by Jim Eldridge and published by Hot Key Books. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third slam-down book in the hilarious WRESTLING TROLLS series Waldo's Wrestling Trolls are back, and they're ready to rumble! But the villainous Lord Veto has other plans. Challenged to a Giant Rumble but suffering from a shortfall of wrestlers, Jack and his friends set out to find more participants for their great battle. But what starts as a fun-filled road trip in their trusty caravan soon becomes an action-packed adventure filled with dangers such as farting Billy Goats, poisonous spiders and evil servants of the wicked King Nugget. With their new taco-eating, super-bendy and even transfigurative friends at hand, will the Wrestling Trolls make it back alive - or better yet, to the match? This WRESTLING TROLLS story was created on The Story Adventure, where week by week Jim wrote a new chapter using ideas from school children - characters, locations and plot twists. See if you can spot them!
Download or read book Horrid Henry Robs the Bank written by Francesca Simon and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four brand new stories in which Horrid Henry helps himself to all the money he needs to win his favorite board game, comes up with another spectacular money-making scheme for launching a newspaper with all the school gossip, vows vengeance on Perfect Peter when Peter steals his birthday party theme and has his own Pirate Party—and gets his revenge by taking over as head teacher when Peter plays school with his goody-goody friends.
Download or read book Natural History of Intellect written by Ralph Waldo Emerson and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Top Secret Grandad and Me Death by Tumble Dryer written by David MacPhail and published by Floris Books. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You'd think a ghost grandad would be a great sidekick for a wannabe detective. Unfortunately, if there was a 'being a good ghost' exam, Jay’s grandad would fail spectacularly -- he hates walking through walls, he can't touch anything and he's rubbish at haunting. Since his dad literally did a vanishing act (he's a magician), Jay Patel has turned detective, and now, with the help of his granddad, he’s on the case of a dead body that vanished from the library of his Glasgow primary school. But what do diamonds, blackmail and dodgy launderettes have to do with it? David Walliams meets Agatha Christie in the first book of a new laugh-out-loud, weird-and-wacky mystery series for younger readers by the author of Thorfinn the Nicest Viking.
Download or read book Thorfinn and the Rotten Scots written by David MacPhail and published by Kelpies. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A funny illustrated early-reader chapter book series about a polite young Viking who only wants to do the right thing
Download or read book The Jolley Rogers and the Ghostly Galleon written by Jonny Duddle and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ahoy, me hearties! Matilda and the Pirates Next Door return in a series of illustrated stories for young readers. Every full moon, a mysterious ship is seen off the coast of Dull-on-Sea. Then, the next day, gold and jewelry are missing from homes, shops, and museums all over town. Matilda needs the Jolley-Rogers' help to investigate. Can Matilda and Jim Lad retrieve the stolen booty from the mysterious ship before the moon fades? Or will they end up stuck on board with a crew of ghostly pirates forever?
Download or read book Thorstein of the Mere written by W G Collingwood and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1895 Edition.
Download or read book The Norwegian Invasion of Scotland in 1263 written by Peter Andreas Munch and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Witnesses to History written by Lyndel V. Prott and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Compendium gives an outline of the historical, philosophical and ethical aspects of the return of cultural objects (e.g. cultural objects displaced during war or in colonial contexts), cites past and present cases (Maya Temple Facade, Nigerian Bronzes, United States of America v. Schultz, Parthenon Marbles and many more) and analyses legal issues (bona fide, relevant UNESCO and UNIDROIT Conventions, Supreme Court Decisions, procedure for requests etc.). It is a landmark publication that bears testament to the ways in which peoples have lost their entire cultural heritage and analyses the issue of its return and restitution by providing a wide range of perspectives on this subject. Essential reading for students, specialists, scholars and decision-makers as well as those interested in these topics.
Download or read book A History of the Character and Achievements of the So called Christopher Columbus written by Aaron Goodrich and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Chase In Time written by Sally Nicholls and published by Nosy Crow. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fast-paced adventure full of car chases, arson and cake! The old gilt-edged mirror has hung in Alex's aunt's house for as long as he can remember. Alex hardly notices it, until the day he and his sister are pulled through the mirror, back into 1912. It's the same house, but a very different place to live, and the people they meet need their help. Soon they're caught up in car chases and treasure hunts as they race to find a priceless golden cup - but will they ever be able to return to their own time? From multi-award-winning author Sally Nicholls, A Chase In Time is the first in a brilliant time-slip adventure series for 7+ readers, beautifully illustrated inside by Rachael Dean, with cover illustrations by Isabelle Follath.
Download or read book An Amazing Illustrated Atlas of Scotland written by David MacPhail; Anders Frang and published by Kelpies. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Leif the Lucky written by Ingri D'Aulaire and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originally published in 1941 by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc."
Download or read book The Girl with No Nose written by Georgia Byng and published by . This book was released on 2016-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorgeous, fully-illustrated novella about a girl in Victorian times who was born with no nose and how she learns to accept herself.
Download or read book The Castle in the Field written by Michael Morpurgo and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris, Lisa and Tom love their hide-out - but it has to stay a secret A great countryside tale from the multi award-winning master storyteller.
