Fourteen-year-old Jimmy Kelly is Fat Boy Fat, the largest kid in his Scottish community, who’s made to feel useless at everything. Only his family knows he’s a whiz in the kitchen, and Jimmy is determined to keep it that way. So when GI Joe, the toughest coach at school, finds out his secret, Jimmy is sure he’s doomed. But Coach proposes a deal: If Jimmy helps him, Coach will help Jimmy …
In kitchens and living rooms, in garages and labs and basements, even in converted chicken coops, women and girls have invented ingenious innovations that have made our lives simpler and better. Their creations are some of the most enduring (the windshield wiper) and best loved (the chocolate chip cookie). What inspired these women, and just how did they turn their ideas into realities?
Will the ship sink? Can daddy pig get fit?
Hranny pig and Grandpa pig babysit. It is recycling day!
Digby David wants a pet, but not just any pet - it has to be TWICE as big as Reuben's guinea pig and even better than Lily Jean's cat. Digby David's Daddy does what he's told, and soon Digby has a guinea pig, which he loves with all his heart... for half a day. Digby demands bigger and better, Daddy's hair gets greyer and greyer, and when Digby's dog gets boring too, he insists Daddy buy him...…
When Buster was little more than a puppy, he was abandoned by his heartless familym just before Christmas and left to wander the snowy streets. The poor little dog felt that no one would ever want him again, but at last he was taken in by Mr Merrydew, and given a loving home. Buster was happy at last, and he hoped that he would live with Mr Merrydew for ever -- but on a cold blustery autumn day…