from the back cover: Los Angeles is a place of movie stars and fast cars and people who are too rich and people who are too poor. An area of freeway chases and drive-bys and death. But there's another L.A., one where warmth and humor and humanity pervade. Where a tacqueria sign declares: "One cause, one people, one taco."
Hen has lost her egg. Where could it be? Lift the flaps and see if you can help her find it!
Climb aboard a tractor with a trio of friendly farmers in this playful picture book. Covering everything from planting seeds and ploughing to harvesting crops, this jolly book provides a fun introduction to farm vehicles - always a favourite theme for pre-schoolers. An audio CD attached to the inside back cover allows children to listen to the story and follow along with page turn cues. This po…
Derek can't claim to be a normal fourteen-year-old anymore. Not after what he discovered at the Red House. His role in the war against the dead is more pivotal --- and more terrifying --- than he could have imagined. And so it all comes down to this. The Rift between the worlds of the living and the dead has to be closed . . . forever. It seems like an impossible task. And it rests squarely on …
From this moment on, life is never quite the same for Tom and his seventh-grade classmate. Despite Jessica's shocking appearance and the fear she evokes in him and most of the class, Tom slowly develops a tentative friendship with Jessica that changes his life. Firegirl is a powerful book that shows readers that even the smallest of gestures can have a profound impact on someone's life.