Christmas is coming and Ted is SO excited, he's just about ready to pop! "Is it Christmas yet?" he cries. "Is it Christmas yet?" Poor Ted – will it EVER be Christmas?By the award-winning Jane Chapman (Together, The Snowiest Christmas Ever, With Your Paw in Mine), Is it Christmas Yet? is the perfect festive gift for little ones with the Christmas jitters! Beautiful illustrations and a vibrant, funny text make this an ideal book to read with your little one on Christmas Eve.

First published in 1985, Asia’s New Industrial World assesses the power and influence of four key corners of the Far East—Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Indonesia.Michael Smith visited Japan, the Far East’s most potent economic force; Jane McLoughlin went to Korea to see a country in transition from deep dependence on traditional heavy industries; Peter Large flew to Singapore, where he found a small nation preparing for a major onslaught into the ‘brain’ industries of...