2007 Best Children's Book of the Year, Bank Street College Day and night, Callie Cat ice skates on the pond in her backyard. She loves to ice skate, loves it more than chocolate cake, more than going to the mall—more than her friends can understand. That is, until the Honeybrook Ice Rink announces a contest, and everyone thinks it could be Callie's big chance! Now Callie practices day and night. She wants to win the big prize...doesn't she? Sometimes doing something you love is its own reward, as Eileen Spinelli's beautiful story demonstrates.
Aziza's Secret Fairy Door and the Ice Cat Mystery is the second title in a fun and inclusive, young magical adventure series for readers of 6-8 from Lola Morayo. This magical story is inspired by fairies and magical creatures from world mythology and is gorgeously illustrated in black and white throughout by Cory Reid. Aziza can't wait for the Holidays when the flat is filled with pretty tinsel and delicious smells. It's warm and cosy in Aziza's bedroom, so when she notices that her Secret Fairy Door is covered in ice and frost, it's a sure sign that she's about to go on a new adventure. Aziza crosses the threshold and finds Shimmerton covered in ice and snow, even though it is supposed to be high summer there. Everything is muddled up – even the Yule Lads have been spotted causing mischief! Ccoa the Ice Cat has gone missing and Aziza, her fairy friends and even the naughty Gigglers, must team up if they are to track him down and put everything right again. Packed with mischief, friendship and magic, Aziza is perfect for fans of Isadora Moon. Look out for other titles in the series: Aziza's Secret Fairy Door and the Birthday Present Disaster, and Aziza's Secret Fairy Door and the Mermaid's Treasure.
Aziza's Secret Fairy Door is the first title in an inclusive magical adventure series, perfect for readers of 6-8 from debut author Lola Morayo. It is inspired by world mythology and is gorgeously illustrated in black and white throughout by Cory Reid. Open the door to a world of magic and adventure . . . A mysterious gift arrives on Aziza's birthday. It is a secret fairy door that will whisk her away to Shimmerton, a magical world with princesses, naughty fairies, shapeshifters, unicorn shopkeepers and mischief around every corner. But when the precious jewelled doorknob is taken, Aziza is trapped. Will she ever see her home and family again? Maybe her new friends, Peri and Tiko, can help . . . Packed with mischief, friendship and magic, Aziza is perfect for fans of Isadora Moon. Look out for the second title in the series Aziza's Secret Fairy Door and the Ice Cat Mystery coming soon.
One day Tom builds a snowman. Then, beneath his hands, the snowman turns into a snow cat - a frightening animal with glittering eyes, cold and icy and ready to pounce.
Join Splat and his class on a field trip to an ice-cream factory in this delectable I Can Read book from New York Times bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton. Splat can barely sit still during the bus ride. He's imagining the mountain of ice cream he thinks he'll get to eat! But when Splat gets there, that mountain becomes more of an avalanche. It's up to Splat and his classmates to save the day! Beginning readers will practice the –eam sound in this easy-to-read addition to the Splat series. Splat the Cat: I Scream for Ice Cream is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it's perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the short sentences, familiar words, and simple concepts of Level One books support success for children eager to start reading on their own.
We all know Catbug’s got a big sweet tooth for peanut butter squares. But did you know he also loves ICE CREAM? Catbug meets a man named Bilges Smackeroni who makes all his ice creamy dreams comes true! The fifth book in the series, The Ice Cream Man, debuts all new lines written by Bravest Warriors writer, Jason Johnson, and illustrated by Archer artist, Sam Ellis. Find out what over 4 million people who watched the Catbug episode of Bravest Warriors are talking about. Everyone loves Catbug!! brEach of the 10 books in the series will feature hilarious one liners that you can’t stop quoting. With a fresh art style for every book, you’ll want to collect them all!!brbrBravest Warriors is the immensely popular YouTube series, created by Adventure Time’s Pendleton Ward. It features four teenage heroes-for-hire who warp through the universe to save adorable aliens using the power of their emotions. When they aren’t traveling between dimensions, they are goofing around at their invisible hideout and trying not to fall in lurve....br Frederator Loves You!
Apack of adult sabertooth cats could attack and kill a huge bison in minutes. The cats most formidable feature was its terrifying saber-like teeth a pair of curving, seventeen centimetre long upper teeth with serrated inner edges like steak knives. They were as long and as sharp as the teeth of Tyrannosaurus Rex! The sabertooth has intrigued scientists for more than a century. Here is its story in vivid detail what the sabertooth looked and sounded like, how it used its deadly jaws and teeth and what may have caused their extinction!
“A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”—The New York Times Cat’s Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet’s ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat’s Cradle is one of the twentieth century’s most important works—and Vonnegut at his very best. “[Vonnegut is] an unimitative and inimitable social satirist.”—Harper’s Magazine “Our finest black-humorist . . . We laugh in self-defense.”—Atlantic Monthly
“A unique review of the many unusual and nearly worldwide occurrences of sabertooths and their relatives over more than 50 million years.” —Choice With their spectacularly enlarged canines, sabertooth cats are among the most popular of prehistoric animals, yet it is surprising how little information about them is available for the curious layperson. What’s more, there were other sabertooths that were not cats, animals with exotic names like nimravids, barbourofelids, and thylacosmilids. Some were no taller than a domestic cat, others were larger than a lion, and some were as weird as their names suggest. Sabertooths continue to pose questions even for specialists. What did they look like? How did they use their spectacular canine teeth? And why did they finally go extinct? In this visual and intellectual treat of a book, Mauricio Antón tells their story in words and pictures, all scrupulously based on the latest scientific research. The book is a glorious wedding of science and art that celebrates the remarkable diversity of the life of the not-so-distant past. “The best paleomammal artist working today [and] his knowledge of sabertooths and their evolution is second to none.” —Lars Werdelin, Swedish Museum of Natural History “Mauricio Antón is one of the best paleoartists. What sets him apart is the fact that he is a great paleontologist in his own right. Probably no one else has thought more about sabertooth than he has. As a result, his illustrations often demonstrate a particular behavior of the extinct mammal that he has personally researched or display a unique point of view.” —Xiaoming Wang, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
