Bella and Monty

Bella and Monty
Author: Alex T. Smith
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Best friends
ISBN: 9780340959848

First published in the UK in 2009 by Hodder Children's Books.

Bella and Monty: A Hairy Scary Night

Bella and Monty: A Hairy Scary Night
Author: Alex T. Smith
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2014-04-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1444921975

Bella and Monty are best friends. They love doing everything together. Unfortunately, Monty is petrified of absolutely everything, but thankfully Bella is as brave as brave can be and will help her friend overcome his fears. 'A reassuring tale to help children conquer their fears.' - Nursery World Alex T Smith is the World Book Day illustrator for 2014 and also the author of the internationally bestselling fiction series Claude, which was shortlisted for the Waterstone's prize and was part of the Richard and Judy Book Club. Follow Alex at http://alextsmith.blogspot.co.uk and https://twitter.com/Alex_T_Smith

A Very Hairy Scary Story

A Very Hairy Scary Story
Author: Rick Walton
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780399238581

Upon realizing that she has stayed at her friend's house longer than she should have, Sarah decides to sneak home rather than call her father and finds herself in a night filled with hairy, scary animals.

Claude at the Palace

Claude at the Palace
Author: Alex T. Smith
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2020-10-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1444932020

Come with Claude on a smashing adventure! These waggy tales are perfect for new readers, with illustrations on every page. As seen on TV - Claude is the star of his very own TV show! 'Illustrated with humour and elegance ...' The Sunday Times Claude and Sir Bobblysock just happen to wander accidentally into the royal palace on a very special day indeed - the Queen's birthday! Unfortunately the royal nanny, Nanny Stern-Bloomers, has had to take herself off for a lie-down and there's no one to make sure the royal children stay neat and tidy for the big party. But . . . Claude and Sir Bobblysock could step in to babysit, couldn't they? After all, princes and princesses are always on their best behaviour . . . 'For emerging readers I recommend the Claude books' Irish Sunday Independent Catch up with ten terrific years of Claude! Read on with: Claude on Holiday Claude in the City Claude at the Circus Claude in the Country Claude in the Spotlight Claude on the Slopes Claude Lights! Camera! Action! Claude Going for Gold Santa Claude Claude Adventures Claude All At Sea Claude at the Palace Claude Doodle Book Claude: All About Keith Claude Snazzy Dress-Up Sticker Book Claude: Anyone for Strawberries? Claude Ever-So-Summery Sticker Book

Just Like Tonight

Just Like Tonight
Author: Amber Stewart
Publisher: Oxford University Press - Children
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2014-03-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0192738801

Button has had a busy day playing with his older sisters and now it's time for Mummy and Daddy to put him to bed. Just as they pad quietly away, Button remembers the fallen log he clambered over during the afternoon. It looked a bit like a big bear asleep in the grass and now Button is worried that the tree-bear might lumber into his dreams and turn them into scary ones. He calls out and Daddy comes back to comfort Button. Daddy always knows what to do in these situations - he tells Button the lovely, familiar story of the day he was born. Daddy remembers fondly all the happy details of the day that Button came into the world and these always do just the trick in helping Button to forget about anything that might be making him anxious at bedtime. The illustrations from Layn Marlow are beautiful - Button is the most adorable chocolate-brown bear cub you are ever likely to meet - and the softness of the illustrations perfectly captures the mood of this gentle bedtime story.

The Language Instinct

The Language Instinct
Author: Steven Pinker
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 578
Release: 2010-12-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0062032526

"A brilliant, witty, and altogether satisfying book." — New York Times Book Review The classic work on the development of human language by the world’s leading expert on language and the mind In The Language Instinct, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution. The Language Instinct received the William James Book Prize from the American Psychological Association and the Public Interest Award from the Linguistics Society of America. This edition includes an update on advances in the science of language since The Language Instinct was first published.

The Wonky Donkey

The Wonky Donkey
Author: Craig Smith
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0545261244

Kids will love this cumulative and hysterical read-aloud that features a free downloadable song "I was walking down the road and I saw... a donkey, Hee Haw And he only had three legs He was a wonky donkey." Children will be in fits of laughter with this perfect read-aloud tale of an endearing donkey. By the book's final page, readers end up with a spunky hanky-panky cranky stinky-dinky lanky honky-tonky winky wonky donkey Download the free song at www.scholastic.com/wonkydonkey.

How Do I Feel?

How Do I Feel?
Author: Rebekah Lipp
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2024-10-29
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1761442740

An essential emotional literacy tool for children with 60+ definitions inside! Join Aroha and her friends as they share how different emotions feel in the body and find the words for how they truly feel! A useful resource for parents, carers and educators to help children recognise, label and understand their many emotions. Notable Book in the Storylines Children's Literature Trust of NZ Book Awards 2021 Finalist in the 2022 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults (Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction) ‘This book is a much-needed tool for children and those caring for them. By showing that a wide range of emotions each have their own unique value and purposes, this book helps to both normalise and encourage understanding towards the big emotions and feelings that, although sometimes demonised, are experienced by each and every one of us at some point in our lives.’ — DANIELLE WHITBURN, Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand

The Magicians Trilogy Books 1-3

The Magicians Trilogy Books 1-3
Author: Lev Grossman
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 1415
Release: 2015-06-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101664908

The entire #1 New York Times bestselling Magicians trilogy, including The Magicians, The Magician King, and The Magician's Land, now available in one ebook bundle The Magicians Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A high school math genius, he’s secretly fascinated with a series of children’s fantasy novels set in a magical land called Fillory, and real life is disappointing by comparison. When Quentin is unexpectedly admitted to an elite, secret college of magic, it looks like his wildest dreams may have come true. But his newfound powers lead him down a rabbit hole of hedonism and disillusionment, and ultimately to the dark secret behind the story of Fillory. The land of his childhood fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he ever could have imagined . . . The Magicians is one of the most daring and inventive works of literary fantasy in years. No one who has escaped into the worlds of Narnia and Harry Potter should miss this breathtaking return to the landscape of the imagination. The Magician King Quentin Coldwater should be happy. He escaped a miserable Brooklyn childhood, matriculated at a secret college for magic, and graduated to discover that Fillory—a fictional utopia—was actually real. But even as a Fillorian king, Quentin finds little peace. His old restlessness returns, and he longs for the thrills a heroic quest can bring. Accompanied by his oldest friend, Julia, Quentin sets off—only to somehow wind up back in the real-world and not in Fillory, as they’d hoped. As the pair struggle to find their way back to their lost kingdom, Quentin is forced to rely on Julia’s illicitly learned sorcery as they face a sinister threat in a world very far from the beloved fantasy novels of their youth. The Magician's Land Quentin Coldwater has lost everything. He has been cast out of Fillory, the secret magical world of his childhood dreams that he once ruled. With nothing left to lose he returns to where his story began, the Brakebills Preparatory College of Magic. But he can’t hide from his past, and it’s not long before it comes looking for him. Meanwhile, the magical barriers that keep Fillory safe are failing, and barbarians from the north have invaded. Eliot and Janet, the rulers of Fillory, embark on a final quest to save their beloved world, only to discover a situation far more complex—and far more dire—than anyone had envisioned. Along with Plum, a brilliant young magician with a dark secret of her own, Quentin sets out on a crooked path through a magical demimonde of gray magic and desperate characters. His new life takes him back to old haunts, like Antarctica and the Neitherlands, and old friends he thought were lost forever. The Magician’s Land is an intricate and fantastical thriller, and an epic of love and redemption that brings the Magicians trilogy to a magnificent conclusion, confirming it as one of the great achievements in modern fantasy.