Decker visits Mandy's Pet Shop and finds that not everything is what it seems. Instead of cats and dogs, Mandy's Pet Shop is full of monsters! Mandy, the fun and zany pet shop owner, introduces Decker to a cast of whacky and adorable monsters, helping him find the perfect pet. She also teaches him the importance of not judging a book by its cover.
On one very special day, Mandy Sue, a young blind girl, is free from her chores around the farm and can do anything she wants, and chooses to spend her day with her horse, Ben. Reprint.
"Target training" rewards your dog for touching your hand, a target stick or just about any object you choose to help shape the behavior you want. A fun and useful skill for the family dog or dog sport competitor.
Clicker training for dogs is becoming more popular with both dog trainers and pet dog owners. But sometimes the science behind this very effective training method gets in the way of what the owner really wants to teach their dogs lots of fun and useful behaviors. Authors Cheryl Smith and Mandy Book have a written step-by-step training manual to help you apply clicker training to a wide range of basic and fun dog behaviors no matter what your experience level. The focus is on getting results to get you and your dog clicking!
Terri Davis has always known that she will not live longer than many of us; Terris motto in life is to live each day as if it is the last one. This will prove to be true, when Terri, a young firefighter is injured on a call to a London Kings Cross underground fire. The twenty-three year old mother of two is faced with a life confined in a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Terri may have lost her mobility, but her spirit and feistiness will give her and her husband the Will to go on and expect... Ambition and romance, the Will is a novel of heart stopping suspense and transcendent the beauty of love, how evil can destroy us and love can redeem us. - Laurie Gordon, editor of Eye for talent. Imagination in which the spell of sublime storytelling triumphs throughout. - Nana Akoto Darkwah, Publisher of Voice of Ghanaians Canada. The Will is a page turning novel which richly reveals about same sex abusive relationship. -Elaine Dunn, editor of Web TV
The nightmares associated with the pet shop operated by Count D. in Los Angeles have ceased in the several years since he left town, but someone by the same name just opened a new exotic pet shop in Tokyo.
LABRADOR ON THE LAWN: Mandy and James are staying with her parents at a holiday cottage in the Lake District when they spot a mischievous Labrador on their lawn. James's dog Blackie is delighted to have found a friend, but with no identification or collar, how will the Hopes find her owner? And why does she seem so at home in the cottage? DALMATIAN IN THE DALES: On their way to investigate deer poachers operating nearby, Mandy and James discover a confused and footsore Dalmatian named Echo. Now it isn't just the deer that are in trouble. Can Mandy help Echo's owners to work out why their dog has suddenly started running away?
A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year! “Lester’s first-person narrative is honest and pure.” —Kirkus (starred review) Perfect for fans of Fish in a Tree and Wonder, this uplifting debut novel from Mandy Davis follows space-obsessed Lester Musselbaum as he experiences the challenges of his first days of public school: making friends, facing bullies, finding his "thing," and accidentally learning of his autism-spectrum diagnosis. Lester’s first days as a fifth grader at Quarry Elementary School are not even a little bit like he thought they would be—the cafeteria is too loud for Lester's ears, there are too many kids, and then there's the bully. Lester was always home-schooled, and now he’s shocked to be stuck in a school where everything just seems wrong. That's until he hears about the science fair, which goes really well for Lester! This is it. The moment where I find out for 100 percent sure that I won. But then things go a bit sideways, and Lester has to find his way back. A touching peek into the life of a sensitive autism-spectrum boy facing the everydayness of elementary school, Superstar testifies that what you can do isn’t nearly as important as who you are. “A lovely, heartfelt narrative about the things we’ve lost, and the things we’ve found again.” —Gary D. Schmidt, Newbery Honor winner for The Wednesday Wars “I LOVE LESTER.” —Linda Urban, author of Milo Speck, Accidental Agent and A Crooked Kind of Perfect
