Age range 6 to 10 Hi. My name is Valdur and I'm a Viking. We'll, I hope to be a real Viking one day. I'm still a child actually. But I do get to roam the seas on my father's ship. Until, that is, he was kidnapped by his arch-enemy, the Goth pirate Germanicus Bottom. So now, by Odin's smelly socks, I have to fight Romans, sea monsters and the Pirate Goths to rescue him. Luckily I have my dragon-dog Ragna with me though. And we are all ghosts. Did I mention that?
When Butterfly joins a family of dachshunds, she doesn't realise how different she looks ... until she unexpectedly sees herself in a mirror. It takes Oscar, her best friend, to convince her that the other dogs love her for herself. Being different doesn't mean being an outsider or being seen as ugly.
Imagine that you had a unique set of genes that allowed you to travel to alternative worlds safely-when nobody else could. And imagine that somebody had opened a hole between our world and a very similar world, causing time to have changed. You would be recruited to join a secret agency to travel to their worlds and repair the changes. But would you be prepared for all the things that could cause even bigger changes to our world? And who exactly are the Time Vandals who are changing times? Join Jack and Mei-the Time Warp Rangers-on their first action-filled adventure.
My dad says I can choose a pet, but Im not sure which pet to get. A dog, a cat, a fish, a rat? How can Piper pick the perfect pet when there are so many appealing possibilities?
Age range 6+ Here were plants they had never imagined; from places they would never visit. When you peel a banana, or bite into a pear, when you smell a rose, pop a fuchsia bud or scrape your knee climbing an old pine tree, do you ever wonder how those plants came to this country? Let me tell you of the amazing case of Dr Ward.
This book is the first comprehensive overview and evaluation of the origins, history and current size and condition of all of Iceland's major glaciers (including Vatnajökull, the largest in Europe) at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It is not only illustrated with many beautiful photographs and graphs of recent statistics and scientific data, but is also a collection of historical writings and drawings from annals, sagas, folk tales, diaries, reports, stories and poems, as it presents a unique approach to the study of glaciers on an island in the North Atlantic. Balancing and comparing the world of man with the world of nature, the perceptions of art and culture with the systematic and pragmatic analyses of science, The Glaciers of Iceland present a wide spectrum of readers with a new and stimulating view of the origins, development and possible future of these massive natural phenomena, as well as the study and role of glaciology, within specific time lines and geographical locations. Icelandic glaciers the author argues could prove essential for understanding the current unsettling progress of global warming. The glaciers of Iceland, therefore, aims at presenting to a wide readership an original, historical, cultural and scientific overview of these geophysical features in Iceland while also suggesting increasingly important lessons and models for man's future interaction with the world's glaciers as a whole.
'Bananas, bananas, bananas on my head, Bananas, bananas, if you're hungry you'll be fed, Bananas, bananas, bananas on my head!' Gezani sings as he takes a bunch of bananas to his cousins on the hill. But that tricky Baboon has other ideas - he wants those bananas all for himself! Boldly illustrated by Sally Rippin, Gezani and the Tricky Baboon brings to life the stories of Valanga Khoza's childhood. More reviews: Sally Rippin's illustrations are splendid. designed by Monkeyfish. This winning team has once again distinguished a book' Melbourne's Child
Ages 3 to 9 years. In the Dingle Dangle Jungle you will find monkeys, rats and shrews... Pumas, sloths and marmosets. Which ones would you choose? The Dingle Dangle Jungle is a rollicking romp through the jungle.
A famous pirate and a treasure map in a cereal box, Toocool's latest plan has all the makings of a real pirate adventure. All Toocool and his best friend, Spike, need is a pirate ship and the treasure will be theirs! But Captain Kaos and Captain Purple have their own plan. His name is Toocool, and he's a legend!
When Australia's best-known adventurer moves to Hazard River, Jack, Ben, Mimi and Lachlan want to meet him. But instead of getting to know Just Orsum, the kids end up on his most dangerous and daring mission ever.Where will they end up? And more importantly, how will they ever get back?Toads' Revenge! is adventure, fun and unputdownable action – a page turner from start to finish.
