What do you say when:- you bump into a crocodile on a crowded city street?- a nice gentleman introduces you to a baby elephant?- the Queen feeds you so much spaghetti that you don't fit in your chair anymore?This is the funniest book of manners you'll ever read!

    Probably in deference to the color of Prince Tom's coloration.

    Carol is apparently recovering from polio. Her legs are not strong. The doctor recommends ballet, and she begins to become a little ballerina.

    Meanwhile, the next best thing was crewing for Bruce Canning whenever there was a race.It seemed, then, like a miracle to Luke to discover a Comet half buried in the muck of a South Jersey inlet where a raging northeaster had flung it. With eager hands, ingenuity, and backbreaking work, he succeeded in restoring the battered craft—abandoned as a loss by its owner—to its former beauty.The starting gun of the Memorial Day races signaled the beginning also of Luke’s battle for the championship of the yacht-club fleet that summer. Each succeeding race and regatta sharpened Luke’s wits and his timing. But could he successfully pit his hard-won knowledge against the skill of more experienced sailors for the greatest win of all, the Commodore’s Cup?Stephen W. Meader, recognized as one of the top-flight authors of books for teenagers has for many years lived on the Jersey coast and sailed its waters. It is with a sure knowledge and genuine love of sailing that he has written this fast, salty story that readers will enjoy, whether or not they have ever sailed a boat.

    Dawson confront the professor inside London's Big Ben clock tower.