Download or read book Troll Swap written by Leigh Hodgkinson and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in Great Britain by Nosy Crow in 2013.
Download or read book A to Zoo written by Rebecca L. Thomas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 1657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.
Download or read book Spy Swap written by Nigel West and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Monday, 4 March 2019, Sergei Skripal and his 33-year-old daughter Yulia collapsed in the centre of Salisbury in Wiltshire. Both were suffering the effects of A-234, a third-generation Russian-manufactured military grade Novichok nerve agent. As three suspects, all GRU officers, were quickly identified, it was also established that the door handle to the Skripals’ suburban home had been contaminated with the toxin. Whilst the Skripals had lived in the cathedral city for the past seven years, what Sergei’s neighbours did not know was that he had once been a colonel in the Russian Federation’s military intelligence service. Back in July 1996, he had been posted under diplomatic cover to Madrid where he was subsequently cultivated by Pablo Miller, an MI6 officer operating as a businessman under the alias Antonio Alvares de Idalgo. Sergei’s recruitment by Miller was one of many successes achieved by Western agencies following the collapse of the Soviet Bloc. These counter-intelligence triumphs had their origins in a joint FBI/CIA project codenamed COURTSHIP which was based on the rather risky tactic of making an approach to almost any identified KGB or GRU officer, in almost any environment – a technique known as a ‘cold pitch’. It soon yielded results; within five years COURTSHIP had netted about twenty assets. Codenamed FORTHWITH, Sergei was betrayed in December 2001. Arrested in 2004, he was convicted of high treason in Russia, but was subsequently included in a prisoner swap in July 2010 and brought to the UK. The journey to the attempt on his life had begun. The Vienna spy swap was the culmination of a CIA plan to free a specific individual, Gennadi Vasilenko, who had been the Agency’s key mole inside the KGB since March 1979. To acquire the necessary leverage, the FBI swooped on a large network in the United States, bringing to an end a surveillance operation, codenamed GHOST STORIES, that lasted ten years. Anxious to avoid further embarrassment over the arrests, Vladimir Putin personally authorised an exchange, unaware of Vasilenko’s true status. It was only after the transaction had been completed, and two further Russian spies were exfiltrated from Moscow, that the Kremlin learned of Vasilenko’s value, and the scale of the deception. For the very first time, a Russian government had been persuaded to release four traitors and send them to the West. The humiliation was complete. As Spy Swap reveals, Putin’s retribution would manifest itself in a quiet Wiltshire market town.
Download or read book A Perfect Shot written by Robin Yocum and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A local basketball star in a small Ohio town tries to remake his life in middle age, but instead must confront a murderer and the prospect of leaving his hometown and giving up everything that once gave his life meaning. Nicholas "Duke" Ducheski is the most important man in the eastern Ohio steel town of Mingo Junction. Nearly two decades after he made the winning shot in the state championship basketball game, he remains much adored and the focal point of community pride. Hardly a day passes when someone doesn't want to talk about "the game." Now approaching forty, Duke no longer wants to be defined solely by something he did when he was eighteen. So he decides to parlay his local popularity into a successful restaurant--"Duke's Place." But no sooner does he get his restaurant up and running than disaster strikes. One day, "Little Tony" DeMarco, his brother-in-law and a known mob enforcer, comes into the restaurant and murders Duke's oldest friend. Now Duke faces the hardest decision of his life. DeMarco thinks he's untouchable, but Duke discovers a way to take him down, along with his mob superiors. To do so, however, means leaving Mingo Junction and sacrificing his treasured identity as the town legend. And if he follows through, what will remain of his life?
Download or read book A Journey with Gnome written by Joan Shortridge and published by JoanShortridge. This book was released on 2015-06-07 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four children and a dog travel with a mischievous gnome through the underworld. In the underworld, one of the children is captured by a troll, and Gnome is injected with a poison. The children must carry an ailing gnome and search for the antidote to the poison before it is too late. They travel through dangerous worlds, and meet evil characters who try to harm them. They journey onward despite this roadblocks, and eventually find the cure for Gnome in a very heavenly place. The book is comical, and has religious overtones.
Download or read book The Turtle Moves written by Lawrence Watt-Evans and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After growing from humble beginnings as a Sword & Sorcery parody to more than 30 volumes of wit, wisdom, and whimsy, the Discworld series has become a phenomenon unlike any other. Now, in The Turtle Moves!, Lawrence Watt-Evans presents a story-by-story history of Discworld's evolution as well as essays on Pratchett's place in literary canon, the nature of the Disc itself, and the causes and results of the Discworld phenomenon, all refreshingly free of literary jargon littered with informative footnotes. Part breezy reference guide, part droll commentary, The Turtle Moves! will enlighten and entertain every Pratchett reader, from the casual browser to the most devout of Discworld's fans.
Download or read book Trolls written by Alicia Z. Klepeis and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, the myths of trolls have fascinated and frightened people young and old. Originating in the time of the Vikings, trolls have been constant figures of mythology since the very first troll story. Their lore has evolved and developed over time, but their representations, especially across Scandinavian culture, have lasted to the present day. This book explains the history of troll lore throughout the ages, examines other troll folktales from around the world, and even explores how the troll persists in todays society.
Download or read book Holiday in Harmony DreamWorks Trolls written by Golden Books and published by Golden Books. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the season with this beautifully illustrated DreamWorks Trolls Holiday in Harmony Little Golden Book. Boys and girls ages 2 to 5 and fans of all ages will love to read all about Poppy, Branch, and all their favorite Trolls in this brand-new beautifully illustrated DreamWorks Trolls Holiday in Harmony Little Golden Book!
Download or read book Trolls on Hols written by Alan MacDonald and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's summer and all of Ulrik's school friends seem to be going on something called 'holiday'. Mr and Mrs Troll investigate. Their neighbours, the Priddles have just bought a caravan, and after a muddled conversation, it seems the troll family have been invited to join them. But when they arrive at the campsite in Wales and the Priddles open the caravan to discover it full of trolls they don't seem very pleased. But this is the least of their worries, as stories of a wild Beast living on the moor nearby start to surface, and Ulrik finds himself helping to solve a hairy, scary local mystery. A very funny and brilliantly observed holiday mystery with the lovable Troll family and suffering Priddles.
Download or read book Troll Mountain Episode III written by Matthew Reilly and published by Momentum. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Australia's favourite novelist, author of the Scarecrow series and the Jack West Jr series with new novel The One Impossible Labyrinth out now. A dauntless young hero. An army of brutal monsters. An impossible quest. Journey to the mountain ... Raf's mission to Troll Mountain is in ruins. Having penetrated the mountain, only to be caught in the act of stealing the fabled elixir, Raf must now face the trolls' champion in a fight to the death. As the trolls gather to watch the fight, Raf watches them closely. If he can somehow survive this fight, his mission may not be over. The final battle for Troll Mountain is about to begin. IN THIS, THE LAST OF THREE SERIALIZED EPISODES, MATTHEW REILLY TAKES YOU ON HIS WILDEST RIDE YET: A HEADLONG QUEST TO THE DARK HEART OF THE KINGDOM OF THE TROLLS.
Download or read book Troll Mountain The Complete Novel written by Matthew Reilly and published by Momentum. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Australia's favourite novelist, author of the Scarecrow series and the Jack West Jr series with new novel The One Impossible Labyrinth out now. A dauntless young hero. An army of brutal monsters. An impossible quest. Journey to the mountain ... In an isolated valley, a small tribe of humans is dying from a terrible illness. There are rumors, however, that the trolls of Troll Mountain, the valley's fearsome overlords, have found a cure for the illness: a fabulous elixir. When his sister is struck down by the disease and his tribal leaders refuse to help him, an intrepid youth named Raf decides to defy his tribe and do the unthinkable: he will journey alone to Troll Mountain and steal the elixir from the dreaded trolls. But to get to Troll Mountain, Raf will have to pass through dangerous swamps and haunting forests filled with wolves, hobgoblins and, worst of all, the ever-present danger of rogue trolls ... The journey to the mountain has begun. IN THIS NOVEL MATTHEW REILLY TAKES YOU ON HIS WILDEST RIDE YET: A HEADLONG QUEST TO THE DARK HEART OF THE KINGDOM OF THE TROLLS.
Download or read book Fart Quest The Troll s Toe Cheese written by Aaron Reynolds and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If you love fantasy, funny humor, flatulence, and friends, then Aaron Reynolds has written the perfect book for you!” —DAN SANTAT, author of The Aquanut, Sidekicks, and The Adventures of Beekle Fart Quest: The Troll's Toe Cheese is the fourth book in a hilarious Dungeons & Dragons inspired series by New York Times bestselling author Aaron Reynolds. They've destroyed an evil creature with stink gas, collected barf from a truly hideous monster, and dug through a dragon's dookie for magical treasure. Now, Fart, Pan, Moxie, and TickTock are facing their scariest challenge yet—an angry mom! The Great and Powerful Kevin has promised Pan, who lost her mother when she was a baby, that she could see her mom one last time. But instead, shes sees a distorted spirit of her mother, transformed into an evil creature bent on revenge against those who caused her death. Meanwhile, some new information comes to light, and Fart and friends head out on a rescue mission. Deep within the goblin caves, they search for evidence of their long lost masters, facing goblins, fire rats, floor fiends, and a troll with some seriously disgusting toenails along the way. In this epic addition to the Fart Quest series, our adventurers discover that a true hero is not measured in the sum of their mistakes—but in the difference they make in spite of them.
Download or read book The Great Troll War written by Jasper Fforde and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final instalment of the Last Dragonslayer Chronicles, demonstrating that with a small band of committed followers, a large tin of resolve and steely determination, almost anything can be achieved . . . Sixteen-year-old Jennifer Strange and her sidekick and fellow Orphan Tiger Prawns have been driven to the tip of the UnUnited Kingdoms - Cornwall - by the invasion of the Trolls. Their one defence is a six-foot-wide trench full of buttons, something which the Trolls find unaccountably terrifying (it's their clickiness). Worse than being eaten by Trolls is the prospect of the Mighty Shandar requisitioning the Quarkbeast and using him to achieve supreme power and domination - an ambition that has been four hundred years in the planning and which will ultimately leave the Earth a cold cinder, devoid of all life. Nothing has ever looked so bleak, but Jennifer, assisted by a renegade vegan Troll, a bunch of misfit sorcerers, the Princess (or is she now the ruler?) of the UnUnited (or are they now United?) Kingdoms, and Tiger, must find a way to vanquish the most powerful wizard the world has ever seen, and along the way discover the truth about her parents, herself, and what is in the locked glovebox of her VW Beetle . . .
Download or read book One Big Party DreamWorks Trolls World Tour written by Elle Stephens and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This all-new Step into Reading reader is based on DreamWorks Trolls World Tour--in theaters April 17, 2020! Includes 16-collector cards! Perfect for boys and girls ages 4 to 6, this Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader has over 30 stickers featuring Poppy, Branch, and the other Trolls from DreamWorks Trolls World Tour! In the beginning, it's all glitter and happiness in Troll Village until Queen Poppy and Branch make a surprising discovery--there are other Troll worlds beyond their own, each defined by a different genre of music! When a mysterious threat puts all the Trolls across the land in danger, Poppy, Branch, and their band of friends must embark on an epic quest do the impossible: create harmony among the diverse Trolls to unite them against certain doom. Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. For children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.
Download or read book The Dawn of Hope written by K. E. Biggs and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story is about an elf princess, who gets kidnapped when she is only one year old by an evil sorcerer whose part fairy and part elf, Who seeks power and to put himself on the throne. The princess then gets rescued and later in life about nine years later, she has to find her way home to save the kingdom and to defeat the sorcerer to restore peace to Fernvail Forest and all the creatures that live there. Along the way she meets an elf warrior who helps in her quest to destroy the evil sorcerer. She has to fight four guardians that block her path on her journey to return home to fulfil the prophecy that was prophesised years before her birth.
Download or read book Mystery at the Jellybean Factory written by Fran Sabin and published by Troll Communications. This book was released on 1982 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hoping to join their club, Jane tells the Maple Street Six she has witnessed a robbery, but because it is April Fools' Day, she is not believed.
Download or read book Trolls on Vacation written by Alan MacDonald and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's summer and all of Ulrik's school friends seem to be going on something called "vacation," so Mr. and Mrs. Troll decide to investigate. Their neighbors, the Priddles, have just bought a camper, and it seems the Troll family has been invited to join them. When they arrive at the campsite and the Priddles open the camper to discover it full of trolls, they don't seem very pleased. But this is the least of their worries, as stories of a wild, sheep-devouring Beast on the loose near their campsite start to surface, and Ulrik finds himself helping to solve a hairy, scary local mystery.
