"Weather" takes children through the seasonal changes in a backyard, allowing them to see how the yard changes throughout the year: on a summer day the flowers are bright and a puppy plays on the green lawn; on a snowy day we see the same yard blanketed with snow; on a windy day the clothesline flaps in the breeze.
When three guinea pigs from the local pet shop make a great escape, Stink Moody and his friends Webster and Sophie fly into action. Ta-da! The Fantastic Three round up the loose fur balls and bring them safely back to Mrs. Birdwistle's shop, where they discover - ooh-la-la! - Guinea pig pandemonium! But the rescuing is far from over, so Stink and company hit the road in a crazy quest to find go…
Some volunteered. Others were forced to serve. But each of these young people sailed with the world's most feared pirates - from the notorious Blackbeard and Captain Kidd to Sir Henry Morgan and others.
from the back cover: Everybody has bad dreams. Horrible things move towards you in the dark, things you can hear but not see. Then you wake up, in your own warm bed, and turn over to go back to sleep. But imagine that you wake up on a hard floor, in a darkness blacker than the blackest night. You listen to the silence, and smell a wet dead smell. Death is all around you, waiting . . . In th…