Gister het ek wakker geword met my bababoetie Ben wat in my kamer rondkruip en aan my goed lek ... Toe skree ek: GAAN UIT MY KAMER UIT! en dit was die begin van MY GROOT SKREEDAG! Bella het ’n slegte dag – niks is soos sy dit wil he nie en al wat sy kan doen is skree. Maar slegte dae hou nie vir altyd aan nie, en Bella leer daardie spesiale woord … JAMMER! 'n SKREEUSNAAKSE kinderboek.

In the last decades, the United States Army has often been involved in missions other than conventional warfare. These include low-intensity conflicts, counterinsurgency operations, and nation-building efforts. Although non-conventional warfare represents the majority of missions executed in the past sixty years, the Army still primarily plans, organizes, and trains to fight conventional ground wars. Consequently, in the last ten years, there has been considerable criticism regarding the military s inability to accomplish tasks other than conventional war. Failed states and the threat they represent cannot be ignored or solved with conventional military might. In order to adapt to this new reality, the U.S. Army must innovate. This text examines the conditions that have allowed or prevented the U.S. Army to innovate for nation-building effectively. By doing so, it shows how military leadership and civil-military relations have changed. Nation-building refers to a type of military occupation where the goal is regime change or survival, a large number of ground troops are deployed, and both military and civilian personnel are used in the political administration of an occupied country, with the goals of establishing a productive economy and a stable government. Such tasks have always been a challenge for the U.S. military, which is not normally equipped or trained to undertake them. Using military effectiveness as the measurement of innovative success, the book analyzes several U.S. nation-building cases, including post-War World War II Germany, South Korea from 1945-1950, the Vietnam War, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. By doing so, it reveals the conditions that enabled military innovation in one unique case (Germany) while explaining what prevented it in the others. This variation of effectiveness leads to examine prevailing military innovation theories, threat-based accounts, quality of military organizations, and civil-military relations. This text comes at a critical time as the U.S. military faces dwindling resources and tough choices about its force structure and mission orientation. It will add to the growing debate about the role of civilians, military reformers, and institutional factors in military innovation and effectiveness."

Frankie and her sister are UNICORN MAD! Today, they're playing their favourite unicorn game, but when their bossy friend Ada arrives with her brother to play, she takes over the game - and takes over the wheelchair - putting them all in unicorn prison! After all, they've been bad unicorns, haven't they? Roald Dahl Funny Prize winner Rebecca Patterson deftly handles the subject of childhood play and disability from her own personal experience of growing up with a disabled sister.

WINNER OF THE ROALD DAHL FUNNY PRIZE 2012 "Today I woke up and Bob was crawling around MY ROOM, licking MY JEWELLERY, so I shouted GET OUT OF MY ROOM! and that was the start of MY BIG SHOUTING DAY..." Bella is having one of those days - her biscuit is broken, she has a hurting foot and ballet is TOOOO itchy for words. All she can do is shout! But by the end of the day, when she's all tired out from being shouty, Bella knows there's one magic word and one magic mummy to make things better again...

For any child who is anxious about starting nursery, this fun-filled story, brimming with positivity, is the perfect antidote! It is Monday and Rosa feels very big and very, very grown up. She is going to NURSERY. She paints a beautiful picture, sings the 'Moo Moo' song without any shouting, waits to play with the cars without grabbing or pushing. All day long, she is an absolute angel. She is the BEST at going to nursery. But now it's Tuesday. And it's nursery ... AGAIN?! This brilliantly funny and affirming picture book will get your little one giggling all the way to nursery ... and back again the next day! From Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning author Rebecca Patterson and the bestselling illustrator of Oscar the Hungry Unicorn and You're Called What?, Nikki Dyson.

Lyla and her friends are off to camp on the moon! They're going moon walking, laser archery shooting and low gravity dancing! And Moonite kids at camp are just so stylish and cool. When they suggest sneaking out of camp to visit the city, Lyla and her friends can't resist, but then everything starts to go astronomically wrong . . .

It’s 2099. Lyla lives in a world of robocats, flying sweets and instant snow, but some things never change. Little brothers are still annoying, school teachers make you cringe, and, when your best friend deserts you for the new girl, it still HURTS. Especially when that new girl is from the Moon. But Lyla’s problems lead her into unexpected adventures . . .