Welcome to the Wonderful World of 'The Scribblers' and the Joyful World of Doodle! Discover and Encourage your Child's Individual Skills and Talents through Reading and Understanding their Love of Drawing and Doodling with our Wonderful Character Doodle! If your Child Loves Drawing, Sketching and Creating, this Humorous Characterisations of your Child's Talents and Joy of Art can Develop into something Wonderful and Creative. Updated with new additions for 2024!

Welcome to the wonderful world of 'The Scribblers' and the joyful world of Splat! Discover and encourage your Child's individual skills and talents through reading and understanding their love of self expression with our wonderful character Splat! If your child love's splashing, splattering and spraying enjoy this humorous characterisations of your Childs behaviour and how self expression can develop into something wonderful and creative. Why not discover if you may have your own little Do...

Welcome to the wonderful world of 'The Scribblers' and the joyful world of Digit! Discover and encourage your Child's individual skills and talents through numbers and understanding their love of counting and numeracy with our wonderful character Digit! Updated with new additions for 2024!If your child love's numbers, counting and arithmetic this humorous characterisations of your Child's talents and joy of numbers can develop into something wonderful and creat...

In Veridia, a city choked by concrete and silenced by the iron fist of the Ministry of Narrative Control, storytelling is treason. Imagination is a dangerous weapon, and words, the deadliest ammunition. But in the hushed corners and forgotten subway stations, a secret society known as The Scribblers keeps the flame of rebellion flickering, whispering forbidden tales and hoarding outlawed books. For them, words are currency, stories their contraband.Elara Vance, haunted by dreams of...

Canada's former poet laureate looks back at a life lived in literature and hockey fandom Hockey forms the backdrop of our lives. For many Canadians, the big moments - births, deaths, marriages, moves - are all mixed up with the wins and losses of our teams. The voices of Hockey Night in Canada sportscasters are our soundtrack, and visions of skates scraping across the ice lull us to sleep. George Bowering, Canada's former poet laureate, is no different. Growing up in Oliver, BC, Bowering w...

A fantastic collection of ideas from the imagination of over 200 children from Hazel Grove Primary School (HGPS). Short stories, narratives, poems, recounts, letters, recipes and much much more. Delve into wonderful worlds of mysterious railroads, oddly behaved people, and weird creatures. Live out the experiences of orphaned children in Australia, WWII evacuees and children who meet giants. “Imagination and a flair for creative writing is all here in one book. The children of HGPS have ex...

Neil Hickey was a twenty-four year old job seeker when he heard the editor of a major magazine call journalism the most fun you can have, standing up.The young reporter had already come to that conclusion independently after working his way through college as a Baltimore newspaperman. Hed go on to spend more than a half century meeting movie stars, musicians, and some of the most powerful people in Washington as he honed his craft.Now an adjunct professor at the Columbia Un...

It's winter time, and Jolly Tall has been gazing out of the window for days, but there's no snow. Then Little Bear has a brilliant idea – why not make their own? A beautiful brand new edition of Jane Hissey's classic playroom adventure, Jolly Snow. "There is humour in some of the shenanigans the cuddly friends get into, but their teamwork and persistence are endearing. The illustrations are soft and muted, giving a cozy, friendly tone to the story. VERDICT: A jolly seasonal selection, espe...

In the world of the future, society is divided into Gobblers, the ordinary, oxygen-addled and fame-addicted citizens, and the Sharps, the ruling elite who live in an enclosed, secret city called the Bastion, where they imbibe a high carbon dioxide atmosphere.The Gobblers are only required to work 15 hours per week, mostly in surveillance, and they spend their spare time watching and interacting with YouStar in their Cocoons. This is a continuous program in which ten people are sele...

The annual Easter egg hunt was every pupils chance to win a visit to the county fair. It was a trip that everyone at Buttercup Academy dreamed about.Whichever of the student houses, Buttercup, Knotweed, Forget-Me-Nots, Tumbleweed and Foxglove, collects the most eggs is declared the winner and earns the prize.At the beginning of the hunt, eggs were found to have already been eaten and the clues to finding them scribbled over.Birdy and the BADASS gang take on the case...

Nightmare in Paradise: The Mecklenburg MurdersA luxury island. A powerful family. A killer hiding in plain sight.Behind the gates of Arcadia Cay, wealth buys privacy, power buys silence, and secrets never stay buried.When a series of brutal murders shatters the illusion of paradise, the elite Mecklenburg family finds itself trapped in a deadly game of deception. What begins as simmering tension among trusted insiders quickly escalates into a chillin...

Taking a ride through 'The Surfer Alone' is like going surfing - you never know what's going to happen next. These surfing yarns can be funny, heavy, adventurous, thought-provoking, silly and sometimes even a little deep. Some are even true.If you love waves, the taste of salt and the surfing lifestyle, add 'The Surfer Alone' to your quiver for a little flat day fun. Like epic swells and great days, these tales were meant to be shared.This edition updated with new stories a...