Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0345804465
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Precious wants to be a detective when she grows up. She is always practicing at being a detective by asking questions and finding out about other people’s lives. There are two new students in her class, a girl called Teb and a boy called Pontsho. She learns that they are brother and sister, and—even more exciting—that Pontsho has a clever pet meerkat named Kosi. One day, Teb and Pontsho’s family’s cow disappears. Precious helps them look for clues to find the cow. But getting the cow back home will require some quick thinking and help from an unexpected source.
The Mystery of Meerkat Hill
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0345804473
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Precious wants to be a detective when she grows up. She is always practicing at being a detective by asking questions and finding out about other people’s lives. There are two new students in her class, a girl called Teb and a boy called Pontsho. She learns that they are brother and sister, and—even more exciting—that Pontsho has a clever pet meerkat named Kosi. One day, Teb and Pontsho’s family’s cow disappears. Precious helps them look for clues to find the cow. But getting the cow back home will require some quick thinking and help from an unexpected source.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0345804473
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Precious wants to be a detective when she grows up. She is always practicing at being a detective by asking questions and finding out about other people’s lives. There are two new students in her class, a girl called Teb and a boy called Pontsho. She learns that they are brother and sister, and—even more exciting—that Pontsho has a clever pet meerkat named Kosi. One day, Teb and Pontsho’s family’s cow disappears. Precious helps them look for clues to find the cow. But getting the cow back home will require some quick thinking and help from an unexpected source.
Precious and the Monkeys
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857900684
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Well before Precious Ramotswe founded her Number One Ladies' Detective Agency, as an eight-year-old girl she was already solving mysteries. Here, in this delightful, enchanting tale for children, we find out just who has been stealing her schoolfriends' snacks and how the young Precious became the crafty and intuitive private investigator we all know and love!
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857900684
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Well before Precious Ramotswe founded her Number One Ladies' Detective Agency, as an eight-year-old girl she was already solving mysteries. Here, in this delightful, enchanting tale for children, we find out just who has been stealing her schoolfriends' snacks and how the young Precious became the crafty and intuitive private investigator we all know and love!
The Mystery of the Missing Lion
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0804173273
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
A detective in the wild. Young Precious gets a very special treat. She gets a trip to visit her Aunty Bee at a safari camp. While there she makes a new friend, a boy named Khumo, and meets an actor-lion named Teddy, who is starring in a film. When Teddy disappears, Khumo and Precious will brave hippos and crocodiles as they search for the missing lion. With a Reader's Guide
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0804173273
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
A detective in the wild. Young Precious gets a very special treat. She gets a trip to visit her Aunty Bee at a safari camp. While there she makes a new friend, a boy named Khumo, and meets an actor-lion named Teddy, who is starring in a film. When Teddy disappears, Khumo and Precious will brave hippos and crocodiles as they search for the missing lion. With a Reader's Guide
Akimbo and the Elephants
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1599900319
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
On the African game preserve where his father works, Akimbo devises a dangerous plan to capture a ring of elephant poachers.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1599900319
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
On the African game preserve where his father works, Akimbo devises a dangerous plan to capture a ring of elephant poachers.
The Importance of Being Seven
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 030739963X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 6 The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy—just ask his mother. The great city of Edinburgh is renowned for its impeccable restraint, so how, then, did the extended family of 44 Scotland Street come to be trembling on the brink of reckless self-indulgence? After seven years and five books, Bertie is—finally!—about to turn seven. But one afternoon he mislays his meddling mother Irene, and learns a valuable lesson: wish-fulfillment can be a dangerous business. Angus and Domenica contemplate whether to give in to romance on holiday in Italy, and even usually down-to-earth Big Lou is overheard discussing cosmetic surgery. Funny, warm, and heartfelt as ever, The Importance of Being Seven offers fresh and wise insights into philosophy and fraternity among Edinburgh's most lovable residents.
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 030739963X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 6 The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy—just ask his mother. The great city of Edinburgh is renowned for its impeccable restraint, so how, then, did the extended family of 44 Scotland Street come to be trembling on the brink of reckless self-indulgence? After seven years and five books, Bertie is—finally!—about to turn seven. But one afternoon he mislays his meddling mother Irene, and learns a valuable lesson: wish-fulfillment can be a dangerous business. Angus and Domenica contemplate whether to give in to romance on holiday in Italy, and even usually down-to-earth Big Lou is overheard discussing cosmetic surgery. Funny, warm, and heartfelt as ever, The Importance of Being Seven offers fresh and wise insights into philosophy and fraternity among Edinburgh's most lovable residents.
The Great Cake Mystery
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307949443
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Before becoming the first female private investigator in Botswana, eight-year-old Precious Ramotswe tracks down a thief who has been stealing her classmates' snacks.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307949443
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Before becoming the first female private investigator in Botswana, eight-year-old Precious Ramotswe tracks down a thief who has been stealing her classmates' snacks.
The No 1 Car Spotter
Author: Atinuke
Publisher: Kane/Miller Book Publishers
ISBN: 9781610670517
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Oluwalase Babatunde Benson is Number 1. He's the Number 1 car spotter in his village.The Number 1 car spotter in the world! The start of an exciting new series about the irresistible Number 1, whose hobby is car spotting, but who is good at solving all sorts of problems for his village.
Publisher: Kane/Miller Book Publishers
ISBN: 9781610670517
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Oluwalase Babatunde Benson is Number 1. He's the Number 1 car spotter in his village.The Number 1 car spotter in the world! The start of an exciting new series about the irresistible Number 1, whose hobby is car spotting, but who is good at solving all sorts of problems for his village.
Mystery of Meerkat Hill
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0345804465
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Precious wants to be a detective when she grows up. She is always practicing at being a detective by asking questions and finding out about other people’s lives. There are two new students in her class, a girl called Teb and a boy called Pontsho. She learns that they are brother and sister, and—even more exciting—that Pontsho has a clever pet meerkat named Kosi. One day, Teb and Pontsho’s family’s cow disappears. Precious helps them look for clues to find the cow. But getting the cow back home will require some quick thinking and help from an unexpected source.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0345804465
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Precious wants to be a detective when she grows up. She is always practicing at being a detective by asking questions and finding out about other people’s lives. There are two new students in her class, a girl called Teb and a boy called Pontsho. She learns that they are brother and sister, and—even more exciting—that Pontsho has a clever pet meerkat named Kosi. One day, Teb and Pontsho’s family’s cow disappears. Precious helps them look for clues to find the cow. But getting the cow back home will require some quick thinking and help from an unexpected source.
Precious and the Zebra Necklace
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857908065
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
A photograph, a necklace and a missing family . . . A new pupil, Nancy, arrives at Precious Ramotswe's school, and the two girls soon become firm friends. When Precious finds out that all Nancy has to remind her of her missing parents is a photograph and a necklace of beautifully carved zebras, she offers to help find them. This is the start of an exciting adventure that leads the two girls deep into the remotest parts of Botswana, where they meet an old lady who recognises the necklace and has some extraordinary news for Nancy. Find out what it is in the latest book to feature the girl who grew up to become one of the most famous detectives in the world: Precious Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857908065
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
A photograph, a necklace and a missing family . . . A new pupil, Nancy, arrives at Precious Ramotswe's school, and the two girls soon become firm friends. When Precious finds out that all Nancy has to remind her of her missing parents is a photograph and a necklace of beautifully carved zebras, she offers to help find them. This is the start of an exciting adventure that leads the two girls deep into the remotest parts of Botswana, where they meet an old lady who recognises the necklace and has some extraordinary news for Nancy. Find out what it is in the latest book to feature the girl who grew up to become one of the most famous detectives in the world: Precious Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
The Mystery of Meerkat Hill
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781484405604
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Precious has three new friends at school: Teb, Teb's younger brother, Pontsho, and Kosi, Pontsho's mischievous pet meerkat. One day, their family's cow wanders off, and Precious offers to help find her. Kosi the meerkat helps as well and ultimately s
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781484405604
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Precious has three new friends at school: Teb, Teb's younger brother, Pontsho, and Kosi, Pontsho's mischievous pet meerkat. One day, their family's cow wanders off, and Precious offers to help find her. Kosi the meerkat helps as well and ultimately s