from the back cover: Arnold Bennett is famous for his stories about the Five Towns and the people who live there. They look and sound just like other people, and, like all of us, sometimes they do some very strange things. There's Sir Jee, who is a rich businessman. So why is he making a plan with a burglar? Then there is a Toby Hall. Why does he find there? And there are the Hessian brothers …
Tumtum and Nutmeg just want to live out their comfy lives in peace, unbothered by anything as distracting as an adventure. But the holidays are upon them, and it seems to be the time of year when Arthur and Lucy, the disheveled human children of Rose Cottage, and bumbling veteran hero General Marchmouse are most likely to get into trouble. Tumtum and Nutmeg want to make things right, but first …
Ideal for students in the upper grades of elementary school, 100 Words Every Fourth Grader Should Know is the latest book in the popular 100 Words series from the American Heritage® Dictionaries. This book includes one hundred words of varying degrees of difficulty, representing the kind of vocabulary students often encounter in their classes and in their reading. From accommodate to zest, wit…
Not every book is quite the same, and this one here is more a game. A picture hunt that's lots of fun, a game that's great for everyone. The pictures are of different kinds, and full of many things to find. You start the search with a clue but after that it's up to you. There's a challenge here for everyone, when finished you have just begun; as once you're through and found the lot, you can st…
Within these pages you will find, many things of a different kind. Test your skill at spotting what, you have to spot to find the lot. But when you make it to the end, that may seem all but no my friend. For once you're done and found the lot, you can start again to play Spot What! Spot What! will challenge your mind, with hidden things for you to find! Follow the clues in the poems to find all…
The lights go dim, the curtain raised, an eager hush across the stage. A magical place for everyone, time for more Spot What fun! Picture hunting page by page, a challenge here for every age. And when you think you've found the lot, you can start again to play Spot What! Spot What! will challenge your mind, with hidden things for you to find! Follow the clues in the poems to find all the hidden…
It has been said, you may have heard, a picture tells a thousand words. Picture riddles fill this book, see for yourself and take a look. Turn each page right to the end, you think you're done, but think again. Once you're through and found the lot, start again to play Spot What! Spot What! will challenge your mind, with hidden things for you to find! Follow the clues in the poems to find all t…
Spot What! Metropolis is fun, original, exciting and educational all at the same time! It will keep you guessing as you navigate the crazy car park, venture into the grimy underground, shop at the bazaar and tour the city to find all sorts of interesting and humorous items. Each spread contains clever and humorous rhyming clues that we've grown to know and love from our previous Spot What! titl…
The ladies of Iceland have a problem: the birds lay their eggs in nooks on the sides of steep cliffs, so the ladies have a very difficult time getting any of the eggs for baking. They go to town to buy chickens to lay eggs for them instead. For a while, everyone is happy: there are plenty of eggs to bake plenty of yummy things. But the ladies' problems are far from solved, for the more time the…