Amy's mum is fed up with dirty footprints on the carpet, but Amy says that she can't find her slippers. Now, if only she had some magic ones - wouldn't that be great? Guess what is waiting for her when she gets home from school?
Quick to make, simple to construct, and fun to give, the soft slippers that crafters can make in this book come in an array of sizes and styles for both children and adults. Using only one skein of chunky weight yarn, most of the projects in this collection can be finished by intermediate-skilled knitters in a single afternoon. Patterns include Mary Janes, Ballet Flats, Lacy Toe-up Slipper Socks, Mitered Square Cuff socks, and more.
2018 Foreword Indie Awards Winner Going to Japan? This unfussy modern guide guarantees you keep it polite and get it right! This guide to common courtesy, acceptable behavior, and manners is essential for any visitor to Japan. Japanese are unfailingly polite and will never tell you if you've crossed the line. But by knowing how to act in every situation you'll gain the respect of your hosts and in the end get even better service and enjoyment during your travels. Covered here are all the essentials—like travel, greetings, dining—plus subtle niceties like tone of voice, body language, cell phone usage, city vs. country styles, and attire (and what to do about your tattoos!). The author, a 25-year resident of Japan and tourist adviser who lives on the fabled Inland Sea, knows just what foreign visitors need and delivers it in a smart, compact, and delightfully illustrated package for quick use and reference.
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2013Dorothy Forrest is immersed in the sensory world around her; she lives in the flickering moment. From the age of seven, when her odd, disenfranchised family moves from New York City to the wide skies of Auckland, to the very end of her life, this is her great gift and possible misfortune.Through the wilderness of a commune, to falling in love, to early marriage and motherhood, from the glorious anguish of parenting to the loss of everything worked for and the unexpected return of love, Dorothy is swept along by time. Her family looms and recedes; revelations come to light; death changes everything, but somehow life remains as potent as it ever was, and the joy in just being won't let her go.In a narrative that shifts and moves, growing as wild as the characters, The Forrests is an extraordinary literary achievement. A novel that sings with colour and memory, it speaks of family and time, dysfunction, ageing and loneliness, about heat, youth, and how life can change if 'you're lucky enough to be around for it'.
A flamingo stands in the middle of the lake, on one leg so she won't forget. But, oh dear, she's forgotten what she shouldn't forget. Is it bath day that she's forgotten? Nest-building day? Then along comes another flamingo with something to jog her memory.
Sophie's Aunt Rose comes to visit and gives Sophie a family heirloom - her Great Great Grandfather's timepiece. The timepiece looks a bit dull to Sophie, but when it takes her on an exciting adventure back to the time of the Romans, she realises it is no ordinary watch after all!.
When Anil hears about a big wedding in the village, he decides to make twelve kites to fly in honour of the bride. But Anil's mother is making clothes for the special day and she needs Anil's help, and all of his ribbons and sequins too. How can there be a wedding without kites?
Noah's friend, Sammy, has a budgie that can talk. Noah tries hard to teach his dog, Happy, to talk too, but it just doesn't seem to work. Whoever heard of a dog that can talk, anyway? But sometimes the strangest things can happen ...