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Discover the extraordinary life of King Charles III, from his birth through the historic celebrations of his coronation. Lively and easy-to-read text make this the perfect introduction for children, along with beautiful colour photographs and fascinating facts and insights. Written with expert advice from writer and broadcaster, Hugo Vickers. Perfect for older fans of Little People, BIG DREAMS
The first laugh-out loud adventure in the Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder series from Jo Nesbo, the most successful Norwegian author of all time. Also a major motion picture. Doctor Proctor has finally created something to help him fulfil his dream of becoming a famous inventor - a super-strength fart powder that can propel people into outer space! And with the help of his new neighbour Nilly, and Nilly's friend Lisa, Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder is ready to go worldwide! But ruthless twins Truls and Trym are determined to get hold of the powder for themselves. Their plot to spoil the Doctor's plans sparks a fart-filled adventure involving a firework extravaganza, a trip to prison and an escaped anaconda. In the spirit of Roald Dahl and Lemony Snicket, Doctor Proctor offers a winning combination of humor, adventure, and absurdity that kids (of all ages) will love! PRAISE for the Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder series: 'This terrific book will make you laugh, and cherish your friends' - James Patterson 'plenty of toilet humour, and general silliness that kids love' - The Bookseller 'wickedly entertaining' - The Big Issue 'Lashings of silliness, quirkiness, self-deprecating humour, and a rollicking plot...' - TheBookbag.co.uk 'Fuelled by farts, this is fast-paced and a delightfully ridiculous adventure' - Julia Eccleshare review on lovereading4kids.co.uk 'A superb mix of bizarre and wacky with a little bit of off-beat thrown in. Reminiscent of Roald Dahl it has all the elements to keep children hooked...' - Waterstones
A hilarious Christmas story, Fly, Fly, Fly Your Sleigh is full of funny rhymes, inspired by the much-loved song Row, Row, Row Your Boat. From John Hay and Garry Parsons, illustrator of the bestselling Dinosaur That Pooped series. With a shiny gold cover to add some Christmas bling! Perfect for sharing at Christmas, young children will love joining in and singing along. They can even make up their own funny and cheeky Christmas rhymes! It's Christmas Eve, and in Santa's workshop all is not well. The elves are hard at work but oh no! - this year Santa's feeling fed up and he doesn't want to deliver the presents. The elves are determined to cheer Santa up with some funny songs. Starting with Row, Row, Row Your Boat... and moving on to verses such as Hang, Hang, Hang Your Socks... (but please wash them first as they are stinky!), and Peel, Peel, Peel the Sprouts...(but please control your bum after eating them!) Can they get Santa laughing, and onto his sleigh in time?
Lotta se beste vriendin Chantelle het ’n nuwe boetie gekry en hy is so oulik! Rocco het ’n paar tandjies en kan al loop, maar hy is nog steeds so liefies soos ’n katjie! Lotta en Chantelle dink hulle is die beste kinderoppassers as dit by boeties kom. Maar Rocco is ’n handvol. Lotta probeer hom met haar blokfluit hipnotiseer, maar ongelukkig het haar fluit verdwyn. Dis sekerlik haar twee raasbekboeties se werk.
'An unbelievable talent' - David Walliams From multi-million bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson and inspired by E. Nesbit's timeless classic, The Primrose Railway Children is a gorgeous, heartwarming story of family secrets and new adventures. Sit back and enjoy the journey! Phoebe Robinson loves making up stories - just like her wonderful, imaginative Dad. When he mysteriously disappears, Phoebe, Perry, Becks and their mum must leave everything behind and move to a small cottage in the middle of nowhere. Struggling to feel at home and missing her Dad terribly, Phoebe's only distraction is her guinea pig Daisy. Until the family discover the thrilling steam trains at the railway station and suddenly, every day is filled with adventure. But Phoebe still can't help wondering, what is Mum hiding and more worryingly is Dad okay?
Being wanted isn't always a good thing. For three long years, Hanna, Spencer, Aria, and Emily wondered what happened the night their best friend Alison disappeared. Now that all their questions have finally been answered, they can put this awful chapter of their lives behind them. Or so they think. Not every story has a happy ending, especially when four pretty little liars have done so many wicked things. Will the girls get everything they've ever wanted? Not if I have anything to say about it.
It's a big week for Azaleah Lane. The head teacher, Ms Li, is choosing a student to be the STEM lab monitor, and Azaleah's name is the one picked! But the week doesn't go quite as planned. First Azaleah gets paired up with a bossy classmate for a group project. Then the STEM lab guinea pig goes missing - on Azaleah's watch! Can she use her scientific thinking and detective skills to get to the bottom of things before it's too late? Or will Azaleah Lane go down as the worst STEM lab monitor ever?
At Mt. Douglas (a.k.a. Mt. Drug) High, all the girls have feathered hair, and the sweet scent of Love's Baby Soft can't hide the musk of raw teenage anger, apathy, and desire. Sara Shaw is a girl full of fever and longing, a girl looking for something risky, something real. Her only possible salvation comes in the willowy form of the mysterious Justine, the outlaw girl in the torn skirt. The search for Justine will lead Sara on a daring odyssey into an underworld of hookers and johns, junkies and thieves, runaway girls and skater boys, and, ultimately, into a violent tragedy.
Gideonette onthou alles van die dag toe sy gebore is tot in die fynste besonderhede. Hoe almal gesę het hulle het nie hoop vir hierdie bondeltjie sprinkaanbene nie. En hoe sy besluit het sy WIL LEWE en hulle almal verkeerd bewys het. Dit is dan ook die eienskap wat haar deur haar kinderjare en grootwordjare kenmerk: haar veggees. Selfs wanneer rampe die gesin tref en die mense van die omgewing weer onder mekaar begin fluister van die vloek wat op die familie rus. Deur alles heen veg sy voort vir 'n beter lewe, en op die ou einde is die leser saam met haar bly wanneer dit duidelik word dat die lewe vorentoe vir haar gaan glimlag. 'n Buitengewone boek propvol lewe en vitaliteit. ATKV-kinderboekprys vir 10-12 jaar (2003)
Jana is net drie jaar oud toe haar ma tydens ’n besoek aan Ierland spoorloos verdwyn. Op die Bolandse wynplaas Stormkloof treur KleinStorm oor sy pragtige vrou wat hom met haar fluitmusiek betower het. Jana verlang ook na haar ma. Snags roep die wind haar buitentoe, dieselfde wind wat ’n hele huis kan optel en anderkant die berge kan neersit. Maar Jana is nie bang vir die storm nie. As sy mooi na die wind luister, hoor sy die soet, hoë note van haar ma se fluit. Een so ’n stormnag ontmoet Jana vir !X’uri − ’n klein dogtertjie, bruin soos klip, met net ’n velletjie om haar heupe en ’n wit stringetjie krale om haar nek. !X’uri kom uit ’n gat in die grond waar die groot olienhoutboom se wortels eens was. !X’uri het gekom omdat dit tyd is om Jana se ma te soek. Stormkind is ’n betowerende, liriese verhaal oor verlies, vergifnis en die kulturele erfenis van die Boesmans.
Lula and Lenka are best friends and total opposites - Lula is a Dog Person and Lenka is a Cat Person; Lula is super messy and Lenka is neat and tidy; Lula likes talking to people and Lenka likes watching people - but together they make the perfect pair. Until The Day that Everything Goes Wrong ... and suddenly the girls are no longer friends. What started as a day like any other ends with Lula and Lenka ignoring each other and sitting on opposite sides of the classroom. As the days go by Lula makes a new friend who talks almost as much as she does, while Lenka just plays on her own. In spite of feeling lonely, neither one is prepared to listen or forgive ... or to say sorry. Will it be this way forever? A thoughtful story exploring friendship and the importance of listening and keeping an open mind.
Meet Isadora Moon's mermaid friend, Emerald! Emerald is learning how to be a mermaid princess, but there are just so many rules! She loves having fun with her friends and exploring her underwater world with her pet octopus, Inkibelle, she doesn't want to be stuck in the palace with everyone looking at her and checking that she's doing things the proper, royal way. When Emerald and her stepsister, Delphina, sneak out of the palace in search of sea sprites they know it isn't strictly 'perfect mermaid princess' behaviour, but they can't resist! Far from Scallop City they discover a glimmering coral reef. And nestled in the reef are three little shimmering sea sprites . . . Emerald and Delphina are about to learn that being a mermaid princess is about more than just following the rules - it's also about following your heart.
Hierdie bundel is die opvolger van die baie suksesvolle Rympies vir Pikkies en Peuters wat in 2015 verskyn het. Met sy prettige volkleur-illustrasies bied dit ’n keurversameling verse spesiaal saamgestel vir drie- tot vyfjariges. Digby 400 rympies deur meer as 100 skrywers dek al die onderwerpe wat deel is van klein kinders se leefwęreld – in heerlike, maklike, sprankelende Afrikaans. Aangesien die bundel sorgvuldig beplan is om aan nasionale opvoedkundige vereistes te voldoen, vorm dit ’n onmisbare hulpmiddel vir opvoeders en versorgers in speelskole, met ’n nuttige gebruiksgids agter ingesluit. Rympies vir Kleintjies en Kleuters sal egter ook tuis wees in elke huis – om nie te praat van kuiertyd by Ouma en Oupa nie!
The Girl Who Loves Bugs is a hilarious and heart-warming story empowering young girls to always be curious, from superstar writer Lily Murray and Waterstones Prize-winning illustrator, Jenny Løvlie. Evie loves bugs. And she's fed up of having to keep up with her mums and brother on walks when she'd rather be peering under logs and examining snails. So, one day, she decides to bring the bugs inside, so she can be with them all the time. The problem is, the family is coming to stay, even fearsome Great Gran, who doesn't stand for any nonsense. And on the day of their arrival, Evie wakes up to find her bugs have escaped . . . all over the house! What is Great Gran going to say? A beautiful, bug-filled story about following your dreams, and the unconditional love of family. With ideas and tips at the back for looking after some of your own bugs (outside!).
Mum and Dad are heading out of town, which means Azaleah and her sisters get to spend the weekend at Auntie Sam's. The girls can't wait for their special weekend! Azaleah even decides to bake cookies to surprise her parents when they return. After all, as Mum says, "Cooking for someone is like giving them a gift." But the cookies are a disaster! Azaleah is stumped. She's sure she did everything right. Can Azaleah get to the bottom of the cookie catastrophe before Mum and Dad get back?
Buskruit, Brom en Breker Botha is boosaardige lummels - manlik, moeilik en moorddadig. En hulle is oortuig daar's iets fout met hulle jongste broer, Bulelani, want hy's glads te maer en skraal. Hy lees te veel boeke, en al waarmee hy ooit 'n dier sal skiet, is met 'n kamera. Bulelani is klein, maar as jy nie sterk is nie, moet jy slim wees. Veral as jy drie boosaardige broers 'n paar lewenslesse wil leer!
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