Jo-Jo is a very unhappy donkey who carries melons to the markets of Venice, Italy, every day, until his friendship with the daughter of the Doge leads him to become a hero.
Jo-Jo is a very unhappy donkey who carries melons to the markets of Venice, Italy, every day, until his friendship with the daughter of the Doge leads him to become a hero.
In these stories, a donkey discovers that it's up to him to save Venice from the sea, a boy searching for conkers tries to rescue a half-starved dog, and the demolition of an old barn shows that the birds who nested there were wiser than anyone had imagined.
How does a very small girl hide a very large lion? It's not easy, but Iris has to do her best, because mums and dads can be funny about having a lion in the house. Luckily, there are lots of good places to hide a lion - behind the shower curtain, in your bed, and even up a tree. A funny, heart-warming story about a very special friendship.
"The Man Book" is an essential life-skills handbook--a manual for everything a modern man needs to know, such as Things Never to Say During Sex, Hottest Animated Women, Fly Fishing, and much more.
Jim lives in a fishing village - but no-one goes fishing any more as all the fish have gone. One day, Jim spots a dolphin beached on the sand. He runs to get help, and everyone works together to return the dolphin to the water. Afterwards, the dolphin stays in the harbour, playing with the swimmers - and he even carries Jim on his back! Then the dolphin disappears, and everyone is so sorrowful they take out a boat to find him. Suddenly the sea is boiling with dolphins leaping out of the sea! They have come to stay - and the village comes to life with tourists, mended boats, and dolphins!
Meet Betsy, a lovable little girl who is about to have some very big adventures.Betsy has a sore ear, but when Mummy takes her to the doctor's office for the first time, she's a bit worried. Luckily, Betsy finds a friend in the waiting room.Each book focuses on a different first experience in this heart-warming and reassuring series from award-winning author and illustrator, Helen Stephens.
Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 2013. New York. Today. Corporate lawyer Amir Kapoor is happy, in love, and about to land the biggest career promotion of his life. But beneath the veneer, success has come at a price. When Amir and his artist wife, Emily, host an intimate dinner party at their Upper East Side apartment, what starts out as a friendly conversation soon escalates into something far more damaging. After taking US audiences by storm in a sold out run in New York, Disgraced transferred to the Bush Theatre in London in 2013.