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A Refreshing Drink
Kimberly Gee; Illustrated by Kimberly Gee
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When Alice gets worn out while painting her house, Arlo offers to
make her a cool, refreshing drink. But agreeing on what to serve is
harder than it sounds. Can Arlo and his friends come up with a
delightful drink to put the spring back in Alice’s step? Find out
in this early graphic novel that will warm young readers’ hearts
with a perfect recipe for friendship and fun.
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Today's Special
Kimberly Gee; Illustrated by Kimberly Gee
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R221
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While cleaning the garden, Arlo and his friends look for something
special to inspire a new recipe. At first, they come up
empty-handed. But after searching high and low, they make a
delicious discovery. Can Arlo use what they’ve found to cook up
today’s special? Find out in this early graphic novel that will
warm young readers’ hearts with a perfect recipe for friendship
and fun.
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Happy Pudding
Kimberly Gee; Illustrated by Kimberly Gee
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R221
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After a long storm, Arlo is excited to invite his friends over for
a little get-together. But Alice, Slide and Spike are each feeling
out of sorts after being cooped up too long. Will Arlo’s happy
pudding cheer them up? Find out in this early graphic novel that
will warm young readers’ hearts with a perfect recipe for
friendship and fun.
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Miserable Stew
Kimberly Gee; Illustrated by Kimberly Gee
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Arlo’s day goes from bad to worse when his cozy stew doesn’t
turn out right. Luckily, Alice, Slide and Spike quickly realize
their kind-hearted friend could use a dash of kindness from them.
Can Arlo’s friends find a way to help Arlo feel better about his
miserable stew? Find out in this early graphic novel that will warm
young readers’ hearts with a perfect recipe for friendship and
fun.
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Frida Kahlo, Volume 2 (Hardcover)
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara; Illustrated by Gee Fan Eng
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In this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed
Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Frida Kahlo,
the world-renowned painter. When Frida was a teenager, a terrible
road accident changed her life forever. Unable to walk, she began
painting from her bed. Her self-portraits, which show her pain and
grief, but also her passion for life and instinct for survival,
have made her one of the most famous artists of the twentieth
century. This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations
and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with
historical photos and a detailed profile of the artist's life.
Little People, BIG DREAMS is a bestselling series of books and
educational games that explore the lives of outstanding people,
from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them
achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a
dream. This empowering series offers inspiring messages to children
of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in
simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers.
The hardback versions present expanded stories for beginning
readers. Boxed gift sets allow you to collect a selection of the
books by theme. Paper dolls, learning cards, matching games and
other fun learning tools provide even more ways to make the lives
of these role models accessible to children. Inspire the next
generation of outstanding people who will change the world with
Little People, BIG DREAMS!
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Today's Special
Kimberly Gee; Illustrated by Kimberly Gee
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R208
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Happy Pudding
Kimberly Gee; Illustrated by Kimberly Gee
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R208
R178
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A Peppy Drink
Kimberly Gee; Illustrated by Kimberly Gee
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R208
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Exam board: ISEB Level: 13+ CE and KS3 Subject: English First
exams: November 2022 Improve exam technique and build confidence to
ensure success in the CE 13+ English exams with these practice
papers in the style of the ISEB exams. * Prepare for all papers:
questions cover all areas of the ISEB specification for all levels,
with exam advice. * Guidance on the exam: practice in answering
multiple choice questions, extended response questions, and
planning and writing the written tasks. * Identify gaps in skills:
answers with guidance included to help pinpoint areas for
improvement. Pair with Common Entrance 13+ English Revision Guide
for comprehensive exam preparation (ISBN: 9781398340909).
This board book version of Frida Kahlo - an international
bestseller in the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS
series - introduces the youngest dreamers to this world-renowned
painter. When Frida was a teenager, a terrible road accident
changed her life forever. Unable to walk, she began painting from
her bed. Her self-portraits, which show her pain and grief, but
also her passion for life and instinct for survival, have made her
one of the most famous artists of the twentieth century. Babies and
toddlers will love to snuggle as you read to them the engaging
story of this fascinating painter, and will also enjoy exploring
the stylish and quirky illustrations of this sturdy board book on
their own. Little People, BIG DREAMS is a bestselling series of
books and educational games that explore the lives of outstanding
people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All
of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child
with a dream. This empowering series offers inspiring messages to
children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are
told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and
toddlers. The hardback versions present expanded stories for
beginning readers. Boxed gift sets allow you to collect a selection
of the books by theme. Paper dolls, learning cards, matching games
and other fun learning tools provide even more ways to make the
lives of these role models accessible to children. Inspire the next
generation of outstanding people who will change the world with
Little People, BIG DREAMS!
'Exhilaratingly whizzes through billions of years . . . Gee is a
marvellously engaging writer, juggling humour, precision, polemic
and poetry to enrich his impossibly telescoped account . . .
[making] clear sense out of very complex narratives' - The Times
'Henry Gee makes the kaleidoscopically changing canvas of life
understandable and exciting. Who will enjoy reading this book? -
Everybody!' Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel For
billions of years, Earth was an inhospitably alien place - covered
with churning seas, slowly crafting its landscape by way of
incessant volcanic eruptions, the atmosphere in a constant state of
chemical flux. And yet, despite facing literally every conceivable
setback that living organisms could encounter, life has been
extinguished and picked itself up to evolve again. Life has learned
and adapted and continued through the billions of years that
followed. It has weathered fire and ice. Slimes begat sponges, who
through billions of years of complex evolution and adaptation grew
a backbone, braved the unknown of pitiless shores, and sought an
existence beyond the sea. From that first foray to the spread of
early hominids who later became Homo sapiens, life has persisted,
undaunted. A (Very) Short History of Life is an enlightening story
of survival, of persistence, illuminating the delicate balance
within which life has always existed, and continues to exist today.
It is our planet like you've never seen it before. Life teems
through Henry Gee's lyrical prose - colossal supercontinents drift,
collide, and coalesce, fashioning the face of the planet as we know
it today. Creatures are engagingly personified, from 'gregarious'
bacteria populating the seas to duelling dinosaurs in the Triassic
period to magnificent mammals with the future in their (newly
evolved) grasp. Those long extinct, almost alien early life forms
are resurrected in evocative detail. Life's evolutionary steps -
from the development of a digestive system to the awe of creatures
taking to the skies in flight - are conveyed with an alluring,
up-close intimacy.
In Deep Time, Henry Gee, assistant editor of Nature, shows us that
everything we think we know about evolution is wrong. For a long
time, popular scientists have told us that by looking at a
fossilised bone we could tell whether it belonged to our ancestors
or not. This is not true. In Deep Time, Henry Gee, introduces for
the first time in the popular science market a new way of thinking
that has revolutionised the way that scientists are approaching the
past - Cladistics. Cladistics ignores story-telling and authority
and proposes a method based on shared characteristics, rather than
ancestry and descent. As a result of using this new method Henry
Gee is able to show us the wealth of new ideas that is radically
altering our notions of the past: Dinosaurs with feathers; why fish
developed fingers; what it means to be human.
WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2022 'Exhilaratingly
whizzes through billions of years . . . Gee is a marvellously
engaging writer, juggling humour, precision, polemic and poetry to
enrich his impossibly telescoped account . . . [making] clear sense
out of very complex narratives' - The Times 'Henry Gee makes the
kaleidoscopically changing canvas of life understandable and
exciting. Who will enjoy reading this book? - Everybody!' Jared
Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel For billions of years,
Earth was an inhospitably alien place - covered with churning seas,
slowly crafting its landscape by way of incessant volcanic
eruptions, the atmosphere in a constant state of chemical flux. And
yet, despite facing literally every conceivable setback that living
organisms could encounter, life has been extinguished and picked
itself up to evolve again. Life has learned and adapted and
continued through the billions of years that followed. It has
weathered fire and ice. Slimes begat sponges, who through billions
of years of complex evolution and adaptation grew a backbone,
braved the unknown of pitiless shores, and sought an existence
beyond the sea. From that first foray to the spread of early
hominids who later became Homo sapiens, life has persisted,
undaunted. A (Very) Short History of Life is an enlightening story
of survival, of persistence, illuminating the delicate balance
within which life has always existed, and continues to exist today.
It is our planet like you've never seen it before. Life teems
through Henry Gee's words - colossal supercontinents drift,
collide, and coalesce, fashioning the face of the planet as we know
it today. Creatures are engagingly personified, from 'gregarious'
bacteria populating the seas to duelling dinosaurs in the Triassic
period to magnificent mammals with the future in their (newly
evolved) grasp. Those long extinct, almost alien early life forms
are resurrected in evocative detail. Life's evolutionary steps -
from the development of a digestive system to the awe of creatures
taking to the skies in flight - are conveyed with an alluring,
up-close intimacy.
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Happy Pudding
Kimberly Gee; Illustrated by Kimberly Gee
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R624
R507
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Miserable Stew
Kimberly Gee; Illustrated by Kimberly Gee
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R208
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'A dazzling, beguiling story . . . told at an exhilarating pace'
Literary Review 'Henry Gee makes the kaleidoscopically changing
canvas of life understandable and exciting. Who will enjoy reading
this book? - Everybody!' Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and
Steel For billions of years, Earth was an inhospitably alien place
- covered with churning seas, slowly crafting its landscape by way
of incessant volcanic eruptions, the atmosphere in a constant state
of chemical flux. And yet, despite facing literally every
conceivable setback that living organisms could encounter, life has
been extinguished and picked itself up to evolve again. Life has
learned and adapted and continued through the billions of years
that followed. It has weathered fire and ice. Slimes begat sponges,
who through billions of years of complex evolution and adaptation
grew a backbone, braved the unknown of pitiless shores, and sought
an existence beyond the sea. From that first foray to the spread of
early hominids who later became Homo sapiens, life has persisted,
undaunted. A (Very) Short History of Life is an enlightening story
of survival, of persistence, illuminating the delicate balance
within which life has always existed, and continues to exist today.
It is our planet like you've never seen it before. Life teems
through Henry Gee's lyrical prose - colossal supercontinents drift,
collide, and coalesce, fashioning the face of the planet as we know
it today. Creatures are engagingly personified, from 'gregarious'
bacteria populating the seas to duelling dinosaurs in the Triassic
period to magnificent mammals with the future in their (newly
evolved) grasp. Those long extinct, almost alien early life forms
are resurrected in evocative detail. Life's evolutionary steps -
from the development of a digestive system to the awe of creatures
taking to the skies in flight - are conveyed with an alluring,
up-close intimacy.
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Today's Special
Kimberly Gee; Illustrated by Kimberly Gee
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R624
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For fans of Children of Men, Years and Years & Station Eleven,
a postcard from a future Britain that's closer than we think. 'A
beautiful book: thought-provoking, eerily prescient and very
witty.' Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half 'Water courses
through its pages, as rising sea levels heighten inequalities, buoy
populist politicians and wash away every certainty of civilisation.
But there's also the novel's prose - its liquid grace and glinting
sparkle - and the sheer irresistibility of a narrative that sweeps
along with a force that feels tidal in its pull.' The Observer
''You said that you would come back. You looked me in the eye and
said that. Well, if you had, this is what you would have seen: soft
wood, black cracks, fridges in the road. The broken spines of old
rides at Dreamland.' In the coastal resort of Margate, hotels lie
empty and sun-faded 'For Sale' signs line the streets. The sea is
higher - it's higher everywhere - and those who can are moving
inland. A young girl called Chance, however, is just arriving.
Chance's family is one of many offered a cash grant to move out of
London - and so she, her mother Jas and brother JD relocate to the
seaside, just as the country edges towards vertiginous change. In
their new home, they find space and wide skies, a world away from
the cramped bedsits they've lived in up until now. But challenges
swiftly mount. JD's business partner, Kole, has a violent,
charismatic energy that whirlpools around him and threatens to draw
in the whole family. And when Chance comes across Franky, a girl
her age she has never seen before - well-spoken and wearing
sunscreen - something catches in the air between them. Their fates
are bound: a connection that is immediate, unshakeable, and, in a
time when social divides have never cut sharper, dangerous. Set in
a future unsettlingly close to home, against a backdrop of soaring
inequality and creeping political extremism, Rankin-Gee
demonstrates, with cinematic pace and deep humanity, the enduring
power of love and hope in a world spinning out of control. 'She
vividly captures the balance between ferocity and vulnerability as
the two girls explore their burgeoning desire; one minute they're
greedy for each other, the next they're proceeding more gingerly.
Theirs is a great first love, blazing bright and furious amid the
poverty and the pain, the perfect counterweight that's needed to
make the novel sing. Dreamland brings us face-to-face with much of
what we're on the threshold of losing; nevertheless, it manages to
convince us that its characters have everything still to live for.'
Guardian 'A great coming-of-age story, and a warning.' Evening
Standard 'This brutal read has moments of hope and love but also
serves as a hideous warning to fight for what's right' Daily Mail
'Brilliantly bleak... this compelling novel is horribly plausible,
chilling and feels like a warning that's come too late.' Daily
Mirror 'Chance's life is filled with poverty, crime, drugs and fear
- until she meets Franky, a girl unlike anyone else she knows.
Their relationship brings light and love...' Daily Express
'Rankin-Gee's novel is a triumph, being as much a love letter to
the heady ups and crashing lows of youthful entanglements as it is
a paean to the former grandeur of its stark coastal setting. Read
this now.' GQ 'A writer of a new time... A writer we will all want
to read again and again.' Monique Roffey, author of the Costa Book
of The Year The Mermaid of Black Conch "Dazzling and shattering"
Nell Dunn, author of Up The Junction and Talking to Women 'The
writing clings like sand. Unexpected turns of phrase have burrowed
deep into the recesses of my brain. She has created a vivid,
textural portrait, teeming with life and granular, sensory detail
as well as wisdom. It does what the most haunting of apocalyptic
novels do, which is to shine a light on what is already happening
around us and ask that we wake up.' Olivia Sudjic, author of Asylum
Road 'Entrancing... A dark and devastating funhouse ride through
curtailed innocence and apocalyptic experience. And- most uniquely-
a love letter to the waning magic and melancholy of British seaside
towns. It is its own twist on the lucid dystopias of Diane Cook,
Kirsten Roupenian and Emily St John Mandel. The book is also deeply
cinematic- I was reminded, throughout, of Terry Gilliam's
waterlogged neo-noir fantasy Tideland, as well as the dreamy
realism of the films of Andrea Arnold and Lynne Ramsay.' Sharlene
Teo, author of Ponti 'Rankin-Gee is a visionary empath. Every page
of this book both broke my heart and made me laugh out loud. What a
feat!' Jac Jemc, author of The Grip of It and False Bingo
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The White Family (Paperback)
Maggie Gee; Introduction by Bernardine Evaristo
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Alfred White, a London park-keeper, rules his home with a mixture
of ferocity and tenderness that has estranged his three children.
But family ties are strong, and when Alfred collapses on duty one
day, they rush to be with him. His daughter's partner, Elroy, a
black social worker, is brought face to face with Alfred's younger
son Dirk, who hates and fears all black people. The scene is set
for violence, and Alfred's wife May is forced to choose between
justice and kinship. This ground-breaking novel tackles the taboo
subject of racial hatred, as it looks for the roots of violence
within one British family.
Exploring the current state of relationships between public
universities, government leaders, and the citizens who elect them,
this book offers insight into how to repair the growing rift
between higher education and its public. Higher education gets a
bad rap these days. The public perception is that there is a
growing rift between public universities and the elected officials
who support them. In What's Public about Public Higher Ed?, Stephen
M. Gavazzi and E. Gordon Gee explore the reality of that supposed
divide, offering qualitative and quantitative evidence of why it's
happened and what can be done about it. Critical problems, Gavazzi
and Gee argue, have arisen because higher education leaders often
assumed that what was good for universities was good for the public
at large. For example, many public institutions have placed more
emphasis on research at the expense of teaching, learning, and
outreach. This university-centric viewpoint has contributed
significantly to the disconnect between our nation's public
universities and the representatives of the people they are
supposed to be serving. But this gulf can only be bridged, the
authors insist, if people at the universities take the time to
really listen to what the citizens of their states are asking of
them. Gavazzi and Gee draw on never-before-gathered survey data on
public sentiment regarding higher education. Collected from
citizens residing in the four most populous states-California,
Florida, New York, and Texas-plus Ohio and West Virginia, the
authors' home states, this data reflects critical issues, including
how universities spend taxpayer money, the pursuit of national
rankings, student financial aid, and the interplay of international
activities versus efforts to create "closer to home" impact. An
unflinching, no-holds-barred exploration of what citizens really
think about their public universities, What's Public about Public
Higher Ed? also places special emphasis on the events of
2020-including the COVID-19 pandemic and the worst racial unrest
seen in half a century-as major inflection points for understanding
the implications of the survey's findings.
It's the 2030s in Ramsgate and four people who don't look quite
human are found sitting, naked, in the early spring sunlight on the
quay of a quiet south coast resort. The locals are puzzled - the
newcomers are larger and heavier than them and say they are fleeing
the heat. Soon more arrive; their tall red-haired leader, The
Professor, talks to the universe. The locals talk among themselves.
Red people appear everywhere, making friends, going into the caves,
liked by some but accused of bringing infection by others. Two
rivalrous brothers, Liam and Joe, take different sides as one joins
a notorious hard-right group. Their teacher Monica is the first to
warn there'll be trouble - and she's right, there is, but there is
also a great Midsummer Festival, laughter and love. Set in a world
in crisis, this original, gripping fable about migration and global
warming restores belief in the power of human kindness.
Baby Bear is off exploring on his own. Tok! Now what's this that
just hit his head? Mmmm...it's a delicious red fruit. He must get
more. Up, up, up, to the top of the forest. Hello Caterpillar!
Hello Squirrel! Hello Bees! Now what is that? Why, it's the biggest
red fruit of all! Baby Bear must have it. He leeeaaaps... From
award-winning Korean illustrator Lee Gee Eun comes a gorgeously
illustrated story - delightful at every beat - about first
discoveries and always landing in a safe place.
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A Peppy Drink
Kimberly Gee; Illustrated by Kimberly Gee
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