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Miss Lila Greer thinks it’s time for Grade Two to get a class pet, and she wants the kids to participate in choosing the pet. After all, they will all have to share the responsibility of caring for it. There are seventeen kids in the class. She gets seventeen different suggestions―including one for the Chrysler Building. (Guess who!) The class has to hold a primary election to get down to two options; campaign for the two candidates; and then, it’s time for the election of the class pet. But when the votes are counted, there is a tie, eight to eight. Where is the seventeenth vote to break the tie? The vote has vanished, and it’s up to Sofia Valdez and the Questioneers to figure out what happens next! Sofia Valdez and the Vanishing Vote is the fourth book in a unique and exciting series of chapter books for children, parents, and teachers who want to make STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fun.
Wrede kewermodebaas Lucretia Cutter het ’n plan om die wêreld voor haar kewerkloue te laat buig. Hierdie keer behels dit ’n besoek aan die jaarlikse Filmtoekennings in Los Angeles, ’n stel pragtige maar gevaarlike kewerrokke vir bekende aktrises en ’n weermag van bose lieweheersbesies. Darkus, Virginia en Bertold is vasbeslote om ’n stokkie voor haar planne te steek, maar Darkus se pa het hom verbied om verder ondersoek in te stel, die gruwelike skelms, Humphrey en Pickering is weer uit die tronk en die kewers van Kewerberg se lewens word ernstig bedreig.
It was a very fine day, until something tried to eat him. A boy
called Christopher is visiting his reclusive grandfather when he
witnesses an avalanche of mythical creatures come tearing down the
hill. This is how Christopher learns that his grandfather is the
guardian of one of the ways between the non-magical world and a
place called the Archipelago, a cluster of magical islands where
all the creatures we tell of in myth live and breed and thrive
alongside humans. They have been protected from being discovered
for thousands of years; now, terrifyingly, the protection has worn
thin, and creatures are breaking through. Then a girl, Mal, appears
in Christopher’s world. She is in possession of a flying coat, is
being pursued by a killer and is herself in pursuit of a baby
griffin. Mal, Christopher and the griffin embark on an urgent quest
across the wild splendour of the Archipelago, where sphinxes hold
secrets and centaurs do murder, to find the truth – with
unimaginable consequences for both their worlds. Together the two
must face the problem of power, and of knowledge, and of what love
demands of us.
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitols is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and once girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.
Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before--and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender.
But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weight survival against humanity and life against love.
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Flat Stanley
(Paperback)
Jeff Brown; Illustrated by Rob Biddulph
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The magical and brilliantly funny adventures of everyone's
favourite flat boy - Flat Stanley. With wonderful new illustrations
by the award-winning author/illustrator and star of Lockdown viral
sensation #DrawwithRob, Rob Biddulph . Stanley Lambchop was just an
ordinary boy - until a noticeboard fell on him. Now he's flat as a
pancake! Being flat is fantastic - he can be rolled up, sent in the
post and even fly like a kite. But it's not all fun and games ...
there are thieves in town. Can the flattest boy in the world be its
biggest hero? Jeff Brown's world-famous character Flat Stanley
continues to charm half a century after he first found his way into
print. Jeff Brown was a story editor and assistant film producer in
Hollywood. He worked on the at The New Yorker and the Saturday
Evening Post, and his stories appeared in these magazines and many
others. Jeff created the classic character Flat Stanley, whose
adventures have been beloved by children around the world for more
than 50 years. He died in Manhattan in 2003. Rob Biddulph is a
bestselling and award-winning children's book author and
illustrator. He is the start of the viral Lockdown sensation
#DrawwithRob. He won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for
Blown Away and was nominated for the Kate Greenaway medal for
GRRRRR! His other books include Odd Dog Out (Aug 2016) and Sunk!
(March 2017).
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Swamped!
(Hardcover)
Ken Wells, Hillary Wells
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Hierdie storie gaan oor ’n jong towenaarseun en ’n jong krygermeisie wat van geboorte af geleer is om mekaar soos gif te haat.
Die storie begin met die ontdekking van 'n reusagtige swart veer.
Is die towenaars en krygers dalk so besig om teen mekaar te baklei dat hulle nie agterkom dat ’n oeroue bose mag teruggekeer het nie? Is daardie veer dalk regtig ’n hekseveer?
Buried amongst the treasures in Professor Brownstone's vaults lies
a humble collection of books. Filled with legendary stories from
his ancestors, they tell of fearless fighters and unlikely heroes.
Venturing into Greek mythology, this is the fourth title in the
Brownstone's Mythical Collection. Full of dangerous challenges,
cunning monsters and godly heroes, this title is sure to be a hit
with fans of the series and anyone interested in the fascinating
tales of Greek mythology.
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