Author: Mick Inkpen
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
ISBN: 9781444940107
Category : Black
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Mrs Blackhat the witch likes everything to be black. So what will she do with an GINGER cat? A hilarious rhyming picture book, perfect for Halloween! Meet Mrs Blackhat, a witch who just loves the colour black. Black broom, black boots, black wand, black chair, black crow, black toad, black bat . . . GINGER cat?! What on Earth can Mrs Blackhat do to fix this problem? Find out in this hilarious rhyming story! Mick Inkpen is the creator of the much-loved Kipper series. A true modern classic, Kipper has been delighting families for more than 30 years.
Mrs Blackhat
Author: Mick Inkpen
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
ISBN: 9781444940107
Category : Black
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Mrs Blackhat the witch likes everything to be black. So what will she do with an GINGER cat? A hilarious rhyming picture book, perfect for Halloween! Meet Mrs Blackhat, a witch who just loves the colour black. Black broom, black boots, black wand, black chair, black crow, black toad, black bat . . . GINGER cat?! What on Earth can Mrs Blackhat do to fix this problem? Find out in this hilarious rhyming story! Mick Inkpen is the creator of the much-loved Kipper series. A true modern classic, Kipper has been delighting families for more than 30 years.
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
ISBN: 9781444940107
Category : Black
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Mrs Blackhat the witch likes everything to be black. So what will she do with an GINGER cat? A hilarious rhyming picture book, perfect for Halloween! Meet Mrs Blackhat, a witch who just loves the colour black. Black broom, black boots, black wand, black chair, black crow, black toad, black bat . . . GINGER cat?! What on Earth can Mrs Blackhat do to fix this problem? Find out in this hilarious rhyming story! Mick Inkpen is the creator of the much-loved Kipper series. A true modern classic, Kipper has been delighting families for more than 30 years.
Knight in a Black Hat
Author: Judith B. Glad
Publisher: Uncial Press
ISBN: 1601740131
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Nellie Sanders persuades her uncle, a renowned botanist, to allow her to join an expedition to the Sawtooth Valley in Idaho Territory in 1872. Using an assumed name, infamous shootist Malachi Breedlove contracts to lead the botanical expedition into the wilderness.A crazy old woman steals Nellie, believing her a dead daughter returned to life. As leader of the expedition, Malachi is forced to send others to seek the woman he now realizes he loves. Nellie finally convinces the old woman to take her back, claiming she will die without Malachi.No sooner are Nellie and Malachi reunited than disaster strikes the expedition. Now the lovers must face the dangers of the wilderness, must conquer old weaknesses and discover new strengths. As the summer ends, Nellie faces a choice between academic acclaim and love, while Malachi wonders whether he can hang up his guns and survive. Can they find a compromise that lets them both realize their dreams?
Publisher: Uncial Press
ISBN: 1601740131
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Nellie Sanders persuades her uncle, a renowned botanist, to allow her to join an expedition to the Sawtooth Valley in Idaho Territory in 1872. Using an assumed name, infamous shootist Malachi Breedlove contracts to lead the botanical expedition into the wilderness.A crazy old woman steals Nellie, believing her a dead daughter returned to life. As leader of the expedition, Malachi is forced to send others to seek the woman he now realizes he loves. Nellie finally convinces the old woman to take her back, claiming she will die without Malachi.No sooner are Nellie and Malachi reunited than disaster strikes the expedition. Now the lovers must face the dangers of the wilderness, must conquer old weaknesses and discover new strengths. As the summer ends, Nellie faces a choice between academic acclaim and love, while Malachi wonders whether he can hang up his guns and survive. Can they find a compromise that lets them both realize their dreams?
The Legend of Winstone Blackhat
Author: Tanya Moir
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1775537765
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A powerfully realised novel that weaves the past with the present and the real with the imaginary. In Winstone’s imagination, the Kid and his partner ride through the Wild West on the trail of their quarry. In Winstone’s actual life, he’s had to abandon his 'partner' and is hiding out in the tough landscape of Central Otago. What has this boy run from, and how will the resilient and engaging twelve-year-old survive? This moving, inventive and hard-hitting novel will remain with you long after you have finished the last page. 'Her talent with prose is far reaching; her ability to pluck a clever phrase from a seemingly inexhaustible well of fluid imagination quite stunning.' - Michael Larsen, Weekend Herald Longlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Book Awards: 'An unusually subtle treatment of crime . . . Brilliantly paced and plotted, very seriously discomforting reading. A psychological thriller . . . a ripper.'
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1775537765
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A powerfully realised novel that weaves the past with the present and the real with the imaginary. In Winstone’s imagination, the Kid and his partner ride through the Wild West on the trail of their quarry. In Winstone’s actual life, he’s had to abandon his 'partner' and is hiding out in the tough landscape of Central Otago. What has this boy run from, and how will the resilient and engaging twelve-year-old survive? This moving, inventive and hard-hitting novel will remain with you long after you have finished the last page. 'Her talent with prose is far reaching; her ability to pluck a clever phrase from a seemingly inexhaustible well of fluid imagination quite stunning.' - Michael Larsen, Weekend Herald Longlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Book Awards: 'An unusually subtle treatment of crime . . . Brilliantly paced and plotted, very seriously discomforting reading. A psychological thriller . . . a ripper.'
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Abe Lincoln's Hat
Author: Martha Brenner
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0525647171
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Was Abe Lincoln absent-minded? Indeed! President Lincoln came up with a trick involving his stovepipe hat to nudge his memory! Fascinating anecdotes and historical context enrich this expanded biographical picture book that brings to life one of our nation's most revered presidents. Long before he became the 16th president, Abe Lincoln started out as a frontier lawyer. He resorted to sticking letters and notes deep inside his hat so they stayed handy. Adapted from the Step into Reading leveled reader of the same name, author Martha Brenner has revised and enriched her original text to include more historical material and resources for those who want to explore this captivating figure further. Illustrator Brooke Smart's clever art makes history more appealing than ever. Including both humor and painful, hard-hitting American history, this new edition traces Lincoln's evolution into a compelling commander-in-chief during a contentious time in our nation's history. Young readers will be intrigued!
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0525647171
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Was Abe Lincoln absent-minded? Indeed! President Lincoln came up with a trick involving his stovepipe hat to nudge his memory! Fascinating anecdotes and historical context enrich this expanded biographical picture book that brings to life one of our nation's most revered presidents. Long before he became the 16th president, Abe Lincoln started out as a frontier lawyer. He resorted to sticking letters and notes deep inside his hat so they stayed handy. Adapted from the Step into Reading leveled reader of the same name, author Martha Brenner has revised and enriched her original text to include more historical material and resources for those who want to explore this captivating figure further. Illustrator Brooke Smart's clever art makes history more appealing than ever. Including both humor and painful, hard-hitting American history, this new edition traces Lincoln's evolution into a compelling commander-in-chief during a contentious time in our nation's history. Young readers will be intrigued!
The Death Master Chronicles
Author: R.C. Beale
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 149187368X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
In this, the third book of The Death Master Chronicles, The Supremacy, the focus is on H. E. Rasskes grandson, Hermi. Henri Eduard Rasske Madariaga; schooled and drilled in the expertise of the Death Master regimen since he was eight years of age by his doting grandmother, makes the decision to become an evangelist. Called on at a young age, he tells his grandmother, Sophia Madariaga he will never use the training for its intended purpose. At the urging of his grandmother, he devotes summer school vacation time activity to the study of this expertise, because she feels it will better prepare him for life in the modern world whether he becomes a Death Master or not. Hermi devotes the remainder of his free time to visiting Horse Ranch Mountain. He finds great peace there and forms a tremendous spiritual bond with his grandfather. As he grows to a young adult, he discovers the surprise of his life on one of his visits to the mountain which houses Rasskes cave. After this moving experience, he is confronted with a choice and must make several concessions regarding his schooling and ministerial training.Upon entering the world stage as a minister, he is eventually confronted with another choice. He has grown to a formidable status in the evangelical community at a very young age and discovers he has enemies in that community because of his views and the manner in which he brings the word to his people. In order to protect himself and the love of his life, he finds the Death Master expertise a natural thing to use
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 149187368X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
In this, the third book of The Death Master Chronicles, The Supremacy, the focus is on H. E. Rasskes grandson, Hermi. Henri Eduard Rasske Madariaga; schooled and drilled in the expertise of the Death Master regimen since he was eight years of age by his doting grandmother, makes the decision to become an evangelist. Called on at a young age, he tells his grandmother, Sophia Madariaga he will never use the training for its intended purpose. At the urging of his grandmother, he devotes summer school vacation time activity to the study of this expertise, because she feels it will better prepare him for life in the modern world whether he becomes a Death Master or not. Hermi devotes the remainder of his free time to visiting Horse Ranch Mountain. He finds great peace there and forms a tremendous spiritual bond with his grandfather. As he grows to a young adult, he discovers the surprise of his life on one of his visits to the mountain which houses Rasskes cave. After this moving experience, he is confronted with a choice and must make several concessions regarding his schooling and ministerial training.Upon entering the world stage as a minister, he is eventually confronted with another choice. He has grown to a formidable status in the evangelical community at a very young age and discovers he has enemies in that community because of his views and the manner in which he brings the word to his people. In order to protect himself and the love of his life, he finds the Death Master expertise a natural thing to use
Boston Home Journal
The Japan Daily Mail
Black Hat
Author: DUP John Biggs
Publisher: Apress
ISBN: 1430206926
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
* Accessible to both lay readers and decision-makers * These stories are as exciting, if even more exciting, than even the most fast-paced movie adventure. Hackers strike quickly and with disastrous results. The story and post-mortems are fascinating * Homes are becoming increasingly wired and, thanks to Wi-Fi, unwired. What are the associated risks of fast Internet? * Technology is everywhere. People who subvert and damage technology will soon by enemy #1. * The author is an internationally recognized authority on computer security
Publisher: Apress
ISBN: 1430206926
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
* Accessible to both lay readers and decision-makers * These stories are as exciting, if even more exciting, than even the most fast-paced movie adventure. Hackers strike quickly and with disastrous results. The story and post-mortems are fascinating * Homes are becoming increasingly wired and, thanks to Wi-Fi, unwired. What are the associated risks of fast Internet? * Technology is everywhere. People who subvert and damage technology will soon by enemy #1. * The author is an internationally recognized authority on computer security