FERGUS CRANE! YOU ARE IN GREAT DANGER! I AM SENDING HELP. Signed T. C., your long-lost Uncle Theo Fergus Crane has an almost ordinary life - having lessons taught by rather odd teachers on the school ship Betty Jeanne, helping his mother in the bakery. But then a mysterious flying box appears at the window of his waterfront home - and Fergus is plunged headlong into an exciting adventure! The box is followed by a winged mechanical horse that whisks him off to meet his long-lost uncle and his penguin helpers, Finn, Bill and Jackson. Fergus finds out that his teachers are not quite what they seem - they're actually pirates! Can Fergus and his winged horse save his schoolmates from the far-off Fire Island? And who else will he find there...?
A nostalgic and powerfully honest memoir of growing up in eastern Turkey tells of a young boy's transforming encounter with a remarkable woman, left alone with her goats after her husband and sons are killed in a vendetta.
The true and hilarious story of how Gerald Durrell and his wife set up their own zoo. Journeying to the Cameroons, he and his wife, helped by the renowned Fon of Bafut, managed to collect 'plenty beef.' Their difficulties began when they found themselves back at home, with Cholmondely the chimpanzee, Bug-Eye the bush-baby, and other founder members...
My best friend is called angela mitchell and she lives in the house next door.
When she was three years old Angela painted the cat green. She wanted to make it look pretty, only after a few days all the cat's fur ..
Hilarious, lyrical, outrageous and serious poems all rub shoulders in this collection. Naughty children with nasty habits, cartoon heroes that come to life, lonely caretakers, unhappy ghosts, fantastical creatures with crazy names, giants, goblins, vampires, mermaids ...there's never a dull moment in this marvelously quirky and refreshing brew.
The ghost of a seventeenth-century sorcerer emerges as a poltergeist and attempts to make young James his apprentice.
Hurrah! It's holiday time, and the Famous Five are spending it at Billycock Hill. Most excitng of all, they've made a new friend - a real pilot! But now he has disappeared, with top secret equipment . . . The Five are puzzled, and concerned, too. Could their new friend by a spy - a traitor!.
So, Mr. Mack loved his job. It was his job to make sure that the biscuits had the right amount of chocolate, if they were supposed to have chocolate. and he measured them to make sure that they were exactly square,
So, Mr. Mack loved his job. It was his job to make sure that the biscuits had the right amount of chocolate, if they were supposed to have chocolate. and he measured them to make sure that they were exactly square,
Lots of the kids in Mr Speed's class have something to worry about. From a new stepmum to coping with Maths, everyone has their own private concerns and it's sometimes difficult to discuss them - even when you need advice. So Mr Speed sets up the Worry Website on the classroom computer. Anybody in the class can anonymously enter their worry and anyone else can type in advice to help out. A unique production for Jacqueline Wilson, coming from a story originally published in electronic form on the Internet, and also containing a brilliant story by a 12-year-old fan, who entered a competition to write a companion story to Jacqueline's.
Ruby and Garnet are ten-year-old twins. Identical. They do everything together, especially since their mother died three years earlier. But can being a double act work forever? When so much around them is changing...
When Rosie, who was only eight anyway, beat him doing ten lengths of the pool, it was the last straw. He didn't show he cared. He made such a point of sauntering carelessly to the dressing-room that he skidded and went flat and everybody laughed. He forced himself to laugh as well, and only found the grazes on his elbows when he was towelling himself. “I got born in the wrong family,' he thought, as he trudged back home alone over the fields. The others were still in the water, getting their money's worth. ‘Ordinary Jack, that's me. It's what they should've christened me – Ordinary Jack Matthew Bagthorpe – with an e.' There were four Bagthorpe children, and the other three were always winning prizes and medals, and William, the eldest, had got to the point where he was winning cups, silver ones, for the sideboard, and little shields with his name engraved on them. ‘You're immortal if your name gets put on cups and shields, thought Jack moodily.
Brian Patten was born in Liverpool. His poetry for adults has been translated into many languages, and his collections include Love Poems, Storm Damage, Grinning Jack and Armada. His verse for children includes Gargling with Jelly, Thawing Frozen Frogs and The Utter Nutters. Brian Patten is a popular performer of his work, and he has also written children's plays as well as editing The Puffin Book of 20th Century Children's Verse.
These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr Bucket. Their names are Grandpa Joe and Grandma Josephine.
When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident. I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior, said it started long before that. He said it began the summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out. I said if he wanted to take a broad view of the thing, it really began with Andrew Jackson. If General Jackson hadn't run the Creeks up the creek, Simon Finch would never have paddled up the Alabama, and where would we be if he hadn't? We were far too old to settle an argument with a fist-fight, so we consulted Atticus. Our father said we were both right. Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of the Battle of Hastings. All we had was Simon Finch, a fur-trapping apothecary from Cornwall whose piety was exceeded only by his stinginess. In England, Simon was irritated by the persecution of those who called themselves Methodists at the hands of their more liberal brethren, and as Simon called himself a Methodist, he worked his way across the Atlantic to Philadelphia, thence to Jamaica, thence to Mobile, and up the Saint Stephens. Mindful of John Wesley's strictures on the use of many words in buying and selling, Simon made a pile practising medicine,
One day Antonio goes to visit Alonso, the King of Naples, Alonso says to him. 'I don't like Prospero. Open the gates of Milan to me, and I can attack him.
"I'll get it!" David shouted. He caught the phone on the second ring. “David? It's Ellie,” said the voice at the other end. “Hi, Ellie! What's up?". Ellie Bell was David's best friend. She lived right next door. David and Ellie went to Rountree School together. They were both in Mr. Crane's third-grade class. "Can you come over?” Ellie asked. “Mary and Pat are here. We're playing Nutcracker ballet.”
The boy and the girl in the shop are our friends Peter and Jane. They have come to buy some toys. There are many toys in the shop. and the children take some time to find what they want. The man in the shop helps them. He linds a skipping rope for June and another long rope for Peter Then Peter tells him that he wants a gun. As the man goes to get a gun, Peter and his sister Took at the balloons. Jane takes red, white yellow and green balloons from the box "We will have all these." she says. They look at the books next Peter has a book about trains, and Jane finds the scrapbooks she wants. They are big scrapbooks. The man comes back. He has found a gun. Thank you." says Peter. as he gives the man his money, The children go home with their toys. Jane has the balloons, the skipping rope and the scrapbooks. Peter hits his long rope, his book and the gun.
একসময়ে একদেশে এক সম্রাট ছিলেন। সম্রাটের একমাত্র শখ নিত্যনতুন পােষাক পরা। রাজ্যের প্রজা-সৈন্য-সামন্ত এমনকি তার নিজের পরিবারের থেকেও সম্রাট পােষাকের প্রতি বেশি যত্নবান ছিলেন। কিছুদিনের মধ্যেই রাজ্যের বাৎসরিক উৎসবের দিন এসে গেল। সম্রাট ভাবলেন, এই উৎসব উপলক্ষ্যে এমন এক নতুন পােষাক পরবেন যা পৃথিবীর আর কারাের কাছে নেই। তিনি ঘােষণা করলেন, এমন পােষাক তার চাই যা পৃথিবীর মধ্যে হবে সবথেকে.....
Beneath the sea, all the sea creatures were swimming towards King Triton's magnificent palace. There was a concert and King Triton had invited everyone to attend it. His mermaid daughters danced while Sebastian, the crab - conducted the undersea orchestra.
Once upon a time, in a far away land, lived a young prince in a beautiful castle. Although he had everything he could want, he was proud and greedy. On a cold winter night an oid beggar lady came and asked the prince for shelter for the night and offered him a rose in return. But the stonehearted prince turned her away. To his astonishment, at that moment, the old beggar lady turned into a beautiful fairy. before his very own eyes. The prince wanted to ask for forgiveness, but it was too late. The fairy had realised that there was no love in the prince's heart. As a punishment for his cruel heart, she turned him into a horrible beast. Then she cast a spell on everything in the castle including the servants.
One day, the Jungle Cubs started arguing about who was the fastest animal in the jungle. T'm a panther," Bagheera said. "That means I'm the swiftest animal here." Shere Khan then growled, "Tigers can run faster than panthers." Kaa slithered to the top of a rock. "And s-ssnakes can s-sslither faster than any furry beast around." he boasted.
Summary Of The Book The Hobbit is a fantasy novel that begins with introducing the readers to Gandalf, who is successful in tricking Bilbo into having a party. This party is intended for Thorin, and his gang of dwarves. This merry group of beings then begins to sing of gaining victory over the famed Lonely Mountain, its treasure, which is currently in the control of a dragon named Smaug. As the music slowly starts to fade, we come to know of a mysterious map, possessed by Gandalf, which can help them gain access into the Lonely Mountain. Gandalf then suggests that Bilbo be made to carry out this expedition, and after a while Bilbo is persuaded to do so. What follows is their encounter with trolls who seek to devour them. Gandalf is however, successful in saving the dwarves from doom. Bilbo then finds himself separated from the rest of the dwarves. As he fumbles around in that territory, he comes across a ring that seems rather mysterious, and this leads to the occurrence of various other events that keep the readers glued to the end. This novel has been greatly appreciated by its readers, being labeled as the most important book of the 20th century by the Children’s Books Of The Century poll, published in Books For Keeps. Although the exact number is not known, there have been 35-100 million copies of The Hobbit sold, till date, since it’s publishing in the year 1937. The Hobbit has also been adapted into a movie, whose first part, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey released in the United States on the 14th of December 2012. This movie was directed by Peter Jackson, and the second, and third parts are scheduled to release in 2013, and 2014. About J. R. R. Tolkien J. R. R. Tolkien was a renowned poet, professor, author, and philologist. Apart from this book, Tolkien had written a number of other books, and some of them include The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring , The Road Goes Ever On , The Lay Of Aotrou And Itroun, and The Adventures Of Tom Bombadi . Tolkien was born on the 3rd of January, 1892, in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. He completed his schooling from King Edward’s School, Birmingham, and finished his degree from Exeter College, Oxford, studying English Language, and Literature, graduating with a first-class honours. In the year 1920, Tolkien was taken on as a Reader at the University Of Leeds, being the youngest professor among the faculty. He also worked at Pembroke College, Oxford, holding the position of the Rawlinson And Bosworth Professor Of Anglo-Saxon. In the year 2008, he was listed among the “The 50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945”, by The Times. Tolkien passed away on the 2nd of September, 1973, in Bournemouth, England.
