Author: Gordon Bickerstaff
Publisher: Gordon Bickerstaff
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Alexa Sommer had it all - stellar career, beautiful home, successful children, and a devoted husband. Then came meltdown and divorce. Her children's love turned to hate. She is forced out of the job she loved. Desperately, she tries to rebuild her life around a new job, but her work is controversial. Her enemies want her work stopped, and a few of them prepare to take their protest to the ultimate level. A handful of Alexa's new colleagues have a compelling reason to want her sacked. Only one colleague can help her. Gavin Shawlens has nothing to lose - his train has already crashed, and his career is finished. He is all Alexa has on her side as a perfect storm of dreadful nightmares bear down on her. 'Come on Alexa, don't give in - fight back.'
Toxic Minds
Author: Gordon Bickerstaff
Publisher: Gordon Bickerstaff
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Alexa Sommer had it all - stellar career, beautiful home, successful children, and a devoted husband. Then came meltdown and divorce. Her children's love turned to hate. She is forced out of the job she loved. Desperately, she tries to rebuild her life around a new job, but her work is controversial. Her enemies want her work stopped, and a few of them prepare to take their protest to the ultimate level. A handful of Alexa's new colleagues have a compelling reason to want her sacked. Only one colleague can help her. Gavin Shawlens has nothing to lose - his train has already crashed, and his career is finished. He is all Alexa has on her side as a perfect storm of dreadful nightmares bear down on her. 'Come on Alexa, don't give in - fight back.'
Publisher: Gordon Bickerstaff
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Alexa Sommer had it all - stellar career, beautiful home, successful children, and a devoted husband. Then came meltdown and divorce. Her children's love turned to hate. She is forced out of the job she loved. Desperately, she tries to rebuild her life around a new job, but her work is controversial. Her enemies want her work stopped, and a few of them prepare to take their protest to the ultimate level. A handful of Alexa's new colleagues have a compelling reason to want her sacked. Only one colleague can help her. Gavin Shawlens has nothing to lose - his train has already crashed, and his career is finished. He is all Alexa has on her side as a perfect storm of dreadful nightmares bear down on her. 'Come on Alexa, don't give in - fight back.'
The Hairy Toe
Author: Daniel Postgate
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406322521
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this spine-tickling traditional tale, an old woman finds a hairy toe - and soon the owner comes looking for it!While out picking beans an old woman finds a hairy toe - and soon wishes she hadn't - especially when its owner comes looking for it... Humorously illustrated by Daniel Postgate this spine-tickling traditional tale is perfect for halloween and shouts to be read out loud!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406322521
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this spine-tickling traditional tale, an old woman finds a hairy toe - and soon the owner comes looking for it!While out picking beans an old woman finds a hairy toe - and soon wishes she hadn't - especially when its owner comes looking for it... Humorously illustrated by Daniel Postgate this spine-tickling traditional tale is perfect for halloween and shouts to be read out loud!
Monster School
Author: Kate Coombs
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 145215757X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Twilight's here. The death bell rings. Everyone knows what the death bell brings—it's time for class! You're in the place where goblins wail and zombies drool. (That's because they're kindergartners.) Welcome to Monster School. In this entertaining collection of poems, award-winning poet Kate Coombs and debut artist Lee Gatlin bring to vivid life a wide and playful cast of characters (outgoing, shy, friendly, funny, prickly, proud) that may seem surprisingly like the kids you know . . . even if these kids are technically monsters.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 145215757X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Twilight's here. The death bell rings. Everyone knows what the death bell brings—it's time for class! You're in the place where goblins wail and zombies drool. (That's because they're kindergartners.) Welcome to Monster School. In this entertaining collection of poems, award-winning poet Kate Coombs and debut artist Lee Gatlin bring to vivid life a wide and playful cast of characters (outgoing, shy, friendly, funny, prickly, proud) that may seem surprisingly like the kids you know . . . even if these kids are technically monsters.
The Hairy-scary Monster
Author: Cynthia Rider
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198468950
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Read at Home is designed for young, beginner readers. It features all the popular Oxford Reading Tree characters in exciting stories specially written for parents to support their children's reading at home. These entertaining stories, with real life and fantasy adventures, are carefullygraded across 5 levels, and contain vocabulary repetition and gradual progression within each level, from Book A to Book C.These Level 5 stories are for children Reading with Confidence - those children who can recognize 75+ words by sight, can read with less support and who can read silently and read ahead. The story has 4-6 sentences per page. The accompanying CD has the audio of the story for children to read alongwith and enjoy.Approx ORT level: Stage 6-7Highly successful, high profile author and illustrator team:* Roderick Hunt, author of the original Oxford Reading Tree stories, and Cynthia Rider are superb storytellers with over 50 years educational experience between them.* Alex Brychta's humorous and detailed illustrations bring the stories alive and are known to and loved by millions of Oxford Reading Tree readers
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198468950
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Read at Home is designed for young, beginner readers. It features all the popular Oxford Reading Tree characters in exciting stories specially written for parents to support their children's reading at home. These entertaining stories, with real life and fantasy adventures, are carefullygraded across 5 levels, and contain vocabulary repetition and gradual progression within each level, from Book A to Book C.These Level 5 stories are for children Reading with Confidence - those children who can recognize 75+ words by sight, can read with less support and who can read silently and read ahead. The story has 4-6 sentences per page. The accompanying CD has the audio of the story for children to read alongwith and enjoy.Approx ORT level: Stage 6-7Highly successful, high profile author and illustrator team:* Roderick Hunt, author of the original Oxford Reading Tree stories, and Cynthia Rider are superb storytellers with over 50 years educational experience between them.* Alex Brychta's humorous and detailed illustrations bring the stories alive and are known to and loved by millions of Oxford Reading Tree readers
Pip and Posy
Author: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763659185
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
As Posy is baking cupcakes one rainy day, a big furry hand taps on her window, then a growl and a knock bring her to her door, where a scary--but somewhat familiar--monster waits.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763659185
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
As Posy is baking cupcakes one rainy day, a big furry hand taps on her window, then a growl and a knock bring her to her door, where a scary--but somewhat familiar--monster waits.
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary
Author: Brian P. Cleary
Publisher: Lerner Digital ™
ISBN: 1512479594
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Adjectives are words like hairy, scary, cool, and ordinary. Simple, rhyming text and colorful cartoon cats help children expand their vocabularies and gain an appreciation for the rhythm of language in this lighthearted book of rhyming verse. Adjectives like frilly, silly, polka-dotted, fizzy, and spunky are printed in color, and all the words will tickle you pink!
Publisher: Lerner Digital ™
ISBN: 1512479594
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Adjectives are words like hairy, scary, cool, and ordinary. Simple, rhyming text and colorful cartoon cats help children expand their vocabularies and gain an appreciation for the rhythm of language in this lighthearted book of rhyming verse. Adjectives like frilly, silly, polka-dotted, fizzy, and spunky are printed in color, and all the words will tickle you pink!
The Monster Who Lost His Mean
Author: Tiffany Strelitz Haber
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1466816813
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Everyone knows that the M in "monster" stands for MEAN. But what happens when a monster can't be mean any more? Is he still a monster at all? One young monster's attempts to live up to his name go hilariously awry as he discovers—with a little help from new friends—that it's not what you're called but who you are that counts.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1466816813
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Everyone knows that the M in "monster" stands for MEAN. But what happens when a monster can't be mean any more? Is he still a monster at all? One young monster's attempts to live up to his name go hilariously awry as he discovers—with a little help from new friends—that it's not what you're called but who you are that counts.
Oxford Reading Tree Read With Biff, Chip, and Kipper: Hairy-scary Monster & Other Stories
Author: Roderick Hunt
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780192734372
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This Read with Biff, Chip & Kipper Collection contains 4 fun storybooks which have been carefully levelled for children who are gaining confidence as readers. It includes two Level 6 Phonics books which practise sounds and letters, and two Level 6 First Stories to introduce new words and develop reading skills.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780192734372
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This Read with Biff, Chip & Kipper Collection contains 4 fun storybooks which have been carefully levelled for children who are gaining confidence as readers. It includes two Level 6 Phonics books which practise sounds and letters, and two Level 6 First Stories to introduce new words and develop reading skills.
Beanstalker and Other Hilarious Scarytales
Author: Kiersten White
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545945860
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Kiersten White, the author of the NYT bestselling Paranormalcy trilogy, is ready to make her middle grade debut! Once upon a time, a girl skipped into the forest and became a zombie.Wait, no, that's not how this story is supposed to go. Let's try again.Once upon a time, a boy did a horrible job as a sheep-sitter and burned his tongue on stolen pie.No, children in these stories are always good and virtuous. From the top.Once upon a time, a king and queen tried to find a princess for their son to marry, and he wound up fleeing from a group of very hairy vampires.Hmmm...What about, once upon a time, a bunch of fairy tales got twisted around to be completely hilarious, a tiny bit icky, and delightfully spooky scarytales... in other words, exactly what fairy tales were meant to be. Grab some flaming torches, maybe don't accept that bowl of pease porridge, and get ready for a wickedly fun ride with acclaimed author Kiersten White and fairy tales like you've never heard them before.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545945860
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Kiersten White, the author of the NYT bestselling Paranormalcy trilogy, is ready to make her middle grade debut! Once upon a time, a girl skipped into the forest and became a zombie.Wait, no, that's not how this story is supposed to go. Let's try again.Once upon a time, a boy did a horrible job as a sheep-sitter and burned his tongue on stolen pie.No, children in these stories are always good and virtuous. From the top.Once upon a time, a king and queen tried to find a princess for their son to marry, and he wound up fleeing from a group of very hairy vampires.Hmmm...What about, once upon a time, a bunch of fairy tales got twisted around to be completely hilarious, a tiny bit icky, and delightfully spooky scarytales... in other words, exactly what fairy tales were meant to be. Grab some flaming torches, maybe don't accept that bowl of pease porridge, and get ready for a wickedly fun ride with acclaimed author Kiersten White and fairy tales like you've never heard them before.
3 Dead Princes
Author: Danbert Nobacon
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1458721299
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Princess Stormy lives in a semi-detached castle with her family and a Fool. When an unhappy neighboring kingdom decides to invade, Stormy must go on her quest, meeting giant Cats, Mermangels, Giggle Monkeys, a Gricklegrack, and Flying Lizards on the way. Oh, and she kills three princes. But that's by accident, and anyway it's their own fault . . .Danbert Nobacon, singer, songwriter, comedian, and freak music legend, was a founding member of the anarchist punk rock band Chumbawamba. He loves children and animals. This is his first book. Alex Cox is better known for his filmmaking skills. He loves monsters.
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1458721299
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Princess Stormy lives in a semi-detached castle with her family and a Fool. When an unhappy neighboring kingdom decides to invade, Stormy must go on her quest, meeting giant Cats, Mermangels, Giggle Monkeys, a Gricklegrack, and Flying Lizards on the way. Oh, and she kills three princes. But that's by accident, and anyway it's their own fault . . .Danbert Nobacon, singer, songwriter, comedian, and freak music legend, was a founding member of the anarchist punk rock band Chumbawamba. He loves children and animals. This is his first book. Alex Cox is better known for his filmmaking skills. He loves monsters.