If parents, teachers want to let there children know that you care give then this book, share this book with a group, even your church will approve of what's being taught, and how! Children love the book, and they love to learn, and now they can have them both, and have lots of fun doing it!
No screaming, hitting, throwing things, or taking up two seats. The driver watches
us all of the time so that we don't get hurt.” His little brother said, “Wow! Do you
like school?” Snowball replied, “A lot. I like to read, draw, and color. I also do ...
The Story of the Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life As We Know It
Did the Earth once undergo a super ice age, one that froze the entire planet? A global adventure story and a fascinating account of scientist Paul Hoffman's quest to prove his maverick 'Snowball Earth' theory, this is science writing at its most gripping. In SNOWBALL EARTH, Gabrielle Walker takes us on a thrilling natural history expedition in search of supporting evidence for the audacious theory which argues that the Earth experienced a climatic cataclysm 600 million years ago that froze the entire planet from the poles to the equator. Because the global snowball happened so long ago the ice has now long gone - but it left its traces in rocks around the world and in order to see the evidence, Walker visited such places as Australia, Namibia, South Africa and Death Valley, USA. Part adventure story and part travel book, it's a tale of the ultimate human endeavour to understand our origins.
A global adventure story and a fascinating account of scientist Paul Hoffman's quest to prove his maverick 'Snowball Earth' theory, this is science writing at its most gripping.
Can the baby Bigfoot, Snowball, be reunited with his family? At the Secret Animal Society Sanctuary, hidden away in a remote corner of the country, Christmas is approaching. There's lots to organise with the winter weather drawing in, and all the endangered and rare animals to care for. Even fire-breathing dragons need food and shelter! When twins Eddie and Izzie and their family are awakened by two yetis just before the schools break up for Xmas, they realise through sign language that a baby Bigfoot has gone missing. It is starting to snow again - finding a baby animal with white fur is going to be difficult. Eddie, Izzie and their little brother Toby all have to get to school for the end of term costume party so reluctantly they head out and the search continues without them. At school, Toby discovers one of the children crying outside wearing a snowman costume. When the little boy doesn't talk Toby names him Snowball and tries to look after him. It's not long before the teacher realises what's happening and that it's not a child in costume after all! Snowball is taken to the zoo and it's up to Izzie and Eddie, with the help of Beth from the sanctuary, to sort out some quick costume changes and a rescue plan involving a sleigh powered by Cornflake the dragon. . .
Struggling with the sudden, nagging notion that his mother once assassinated a prominent neo-Nazi leader, Ben--a performance artist, about to turn 40--doesn't know where to turn. His parents are both dead and his brother, having previously been institutionalized, is a lousy source of information. In a non-chronological montage of memories, this inventive tale blends suburban realism with out-of-body surrealism as Ben travels back and forth through life events, attempting to put the pieces of the puzzle together.
In a non-chronological montage of memories, this inventive tale blends suburban realism with out-of-body surrealism as Ben travels back and forth through life events, attempting to put the pieces of the puzzle together.
I stopped off at the Peace Gardens - a memorial straddling the US-Canadian border commemorating 'Lasting Peace Between America and Canada', as if there had ever been a problem. Show me a garden commemorating Peace Between America and, say, Iraq and I'll be impressed. America is like a beauty contestant. It's gorgeous, until it opens its mouth.' From the similarities between US gun laws and British drinking hours, to what cryptic crosswords really tell us about the British psyche, American in London Rich Hall casts a keen eye on the lunatic contradictions and weird marvels of his native and adoptive homelands. 'Full of acute left-field reflections on America and Americans, plus some marvellously irreverent sketches ...wise, witty and strangely true' GUARDIAN
' From the similarities between US gun laws and British drinking hours, to what cryptic crosswords really tell us about the British psyche, American in London Rich Hall casts a keen eye on the lunatic contradictions and weird marvels of his ...
Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Prize 2008 The Snowball is the first and will be the only biography of the world's richest man, Warren Buffett, written with his full cooperation and collaboration. Combining a unique blend of "The Sage of Omaha's" business savvy, life story and philosophy, The Snowball is essential reading for anyone wishing to discover and replicate the secrets of his business and life success. Warren Buffett is arguably the world's greatest investor. Even as a child he was fascinated by the concept of risk and probability, setting up his first business at the age of six. In 1964 he bought struggling Massachusetts textile firm Berkshire Hathaway and grew it to be the 12th largest corporation in the US purely through the exercise of sound investing principles - a feat never equalled in the annals of business. Despite an estimated net worth of around US$62 billion, Buffett leads an intriguingly frugal life taking home a salary of only £50,000 a year. His only indulgence is a private jet, an extravagance he wryly acknowledges by calling it "The Indefensible". In 2006, he made the largest charitable donation on record, with most of it going to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Snowball provides a comprehensive, richly detailed insight one of the world's most extraordinary and much loved public figures.
This is an informative and educational book about the appreciation and understanding of animals and their individual characteristics and personalities. It’s about an animated animal dialogue between a cat and a dog who have a love, hate relationship between each other. It is said that a dog is a man’s best friend and of course a cat is more self governing and has a different character. Well when the cat. Snowbell’s best friend Jack the dog passes away and has gone to animal kingdom, Snowbell feels a great loss and very sad, I guess an empty feeling; - Dedication and Loyalty are families who have lost their best friend – the family pet - Perseverance are families who wanted to have a family pet as a – best friend - Devotion and admiration who are willing to care for their pet and love their – best friend Some passages also relate to the human side of Hate and Love Relationships. – Animals such as these two or more personalities. In this book have a rare Love Hate Relationship, they are full of fun and yet at the same time spiteful in their own distinctive animal worlds. It’s a book I hope you will enjoy and keep you amused – however/ sometimes there are heartbreaking moments. The animated animal characteristics in this book are based on factual real incidents but the breed of these animal characters are fabricated and diverse. The period takes time over two years when two diverse characters - Snowbell the cat meets Daisy the puppy. Research has been conducted in learning about the different animals such as cats and dogs, and of course the author has had the opportunity and experience in owning her lovely dedicated dog called Pipa – her best friend. I hope you will enjoy the dialogue of all these characters.
Once she was playing with a dead rat and thought it was just a toy, throwing it up
in the air and swinging it around in her mouth. After a while I think she realized
that this was not a toy and left it alone for the family to bury it in the garden ...
While visiting an out of state friend, a snobbish teen decides to show up the locals by disproving their cherished ghost stories. However, her calculated prank becomes a terrifying night in a dilapidated mansion and a desperate wish that the legends were true.
It's Tilly's first day at school and she's come across a bully called Snowbell who wants to steal her lunch, but Tilly's found a new friend called Lizzy. Join them as they find ways to outsmart Snowbell and see how they get on in life after they've left school. A masterfully written book with engaging dialogue and beautifully illustrated throughout with charming characters that come to life for every child by Aaron Pocock.
It's Tilly's first day at school and she's come across a bully called Snowbell who wants to steal her lunch, but Tilly's found a new friend called Lizzy.
