Frankie Fish and the Sonic Suitcase


Peter Helliar - 2017
    Grandad Fish is cranky, and yells a lot, and has a creepy hook for a hand – plus he NEVER lets Frankie go inside his shed. But after a teensy tiny prank goes wrong at school, Frankie is packed off to Old-People Jail for the whole holidays. What Frankie doesn’t know is that Grandad has been building a home-made TIME MACHINE in the Forbidden Shed, and the old man has big plans to get his missing hand back. But when Grandad goes back in time, he changes history and accidentally wipes out Frankie’s entire family – Nanna, Mum, Dad, even his annoying sister Saint Lou. Somehow, everyone is gone but Frankie and Grandad! And it’s only a matter of time until Frankie disappears too...

Treasure in an Oatmeal Box: The Story of a Special Boy and the People Who Loved Him


Ken Gire - 1990
    This tender tale by award-winning author, Ken Gire, reminds kids that all life is a gift from God, and that we should be kind and compassionate to those who are somehow different from us.

Fifty-Five Fathers


Robert Frankenberg - 1970
    Retells the story of the Philadelphia convention in 1787 drawing on the original notes of James Madison and on the diary of William Pierce.

Overcoming the Achievement Gap Trap: Liberating Mindsets to Effective Change


Anthony Muhammad - 2015
    Investigate previous and current policies designed to help close the achievement gap. Examine predominant mindsets that contradict school missions to promote equal academic opportunities, and consider the psychological impact this has on students. Explore strategies for adopting a new mindset that frees educators and students from negative academic performance expectations.

Level 1 - Lesson Book: Piano Adventures


Nancy Faber - 1996
    Students play in varied positions, reinforcing reading skills and recognizing intervals through the 5th. Musicianship is built with the introduction of legato and staccato touches. This level continues the interval orientation to reading across the full range of the Grand Staff. The 5-finger approach is presented here in a fresh, musically appealing way. Boy On A Bicycle C Chord March Classic Dance Dinosaur Stomp Firefly Ferris Wheel Forest Drums Girl On A Bicycle Grumpy Old Troll Half-Time Show Jazzy Joe Jumbo's Lullaby Kite In The Sky Lightly Row Legato Skips Legato Steps Li'l Liza Jane My Pony Magnetic March Merlin The Wizard Mexican Jumping Beans No Moon Tonight Paper Airplane Party Song Piano Adventures Lesson Book Level 1 Playful Porpoise Rain Forest Row, Row, Row Your Boat Runaway Rabbit Russian Sailor Dance Scarf Dance Sailing In The Sun Shepherd's Song (From The Sixth Symphony) Skipping In Space Sneaking Past The Sleeping Dog Soaring Eagle Song For A Scarecrow The Juggler Tap Dancing The Bubble The Haunted Mouse The Lonely Pine The Super Secret Agent The Talking Tuba Two-Note March When The Saints Go Marching In Warm-Up In G Young Hunter

Give Me Four Reasons


Lizzie Wilcock - 2011
    Quiet, shy Paige has been best friends with Elfi and Rochelle for years. Together with their mate Jed, the gang vows on the last day of school to stay friends forever. But when Paige discovers no one has written in her yearbook, she starts to feel invisible. When Paige gets back to school after the summer, she accidentally falls in with the popular crowd and her world turns upside down. Can Paige find a way to stay true to herself when everything around her is changing? Give Me Four Reasons is a coming-of-age book for girls, leaving behind the comfort of primary school and embarking on the adventure of secondary school!

An Endless Serenade


Jordan Lynde
    Cute teachers. A delinquent. And rich bitches. What exactly has Allie Heywood gotten herself into?Allie Heywood loves to play piano. Ever since she was a child, she's dreamed of being a pianist. In order to go the best music school in her state, she moves in with a family friend-- a young man who also happens to teach at the school.

Cambridge International AS Level and A Level Physics Coursebook with CD-ROM (Cambridge International Examinations)


David Sang - 2010
    Cambridge International AS and A Level Physics covers all the material required for the Cambridge syllabus. The accompanying Student's CD-ROM includes many more questions linked to each chapter, including multiple choice, how to tackle the examinations, and animations, a glossary and summaries. A Teacher's Resource CD-ROM is also available and includes answers to all questions in the Coursebook, together with worksheets describing practical work linked to each chapter in the book.

The Black Dog Gang


Robert Newton - 2007
    We'd gone only a few yards when a voice sounded off to our left. 'What 'ave we 'ere, then?' it said. We turned our heads and say Bluey Lonnegan lifting himself up off a sandstone wall. 'You're lookin' at the Black Dog Gang,' said Mickey. 'No doubt ya heard a us?' The gang was Mickey's idea. We'd heard the rumours – rats were coming in off the ships and spreading disease. Then the government started offering tuppence a rat, so we decided to get stuck in. But we hadn't counted on someone getting sick. Or on Mickey's dad finding his rats chaining Mickey up. And what happened next . . . well, it would change things forever . . .

The Train to Impossible Places


P.G. Bell - 2018
    A boy trapped in a snow globe. And a girl who’s about to go on the adventure of a lifetime.The Impossible Postal Express is no ordinary train. It’s a troll-operated delivery service that runs everywhere from ocean-bottom shipwrecks, to Trollville, to space.But when this impossible train comes roaring through Suzy’s living room, her world turns upside down. After sneaking on board, Suzy suddenly finds herself Deputy Post Master aboard the train, and faced with her first delivery―to the evil Lady Crepuscula.Then, the package itself begs Suzy not to deliver him. A talking snow globe, Frederick has information Crepuscula could use to take over the entire Union of Impossible Places. But when protecting Frederick means putting her friends in danger, Suzy has to make a difficult choice―with the fate of the entire Union at stake.

Big Book of AA - Step 1 - Understand and Complete One Step At A Time in Recovery with Alcoholics Anonymous (1 of 12 books)


Anonymous - 2013
    If will power is possible or not. If being "hungry, angry, lonely, or tired" is a signpost of drinking.The 12 Steps of Recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous are responsible for the restoration of families, jobs, homes and relationships. Not to mention the ability for a person with the disease of alcoholism to stay sober.As per the saying The longest journey begins with the first step, this step opens the door to the man or woman looking to begin their journey to freedom. This book will show the full impact behind Step One for the person who has alcoholism. If you enjoy the guide and decide you would like all 12, I have placed all of them in one package at more than 50% off. That way if you bought a few guides and then want them all, you will still be saving money.

The FunJungle Collection: Belly Up; Poached; Big Game


Stuart Gibbs - 2015
    There'd be the occasional elephant stampede and water balloon fight with the chimpanzees, of course, but when Henry the Hippo dies from not-so-natural causes, Teddy suspects foul play. And that was just the beginning. He begins to realize that the zoo is far more exciting than he thought it was, and soon the mysteries at FunJungle are piling up...This collectible boxed set includes hardcover editions of Belly Up, Poached, and Big Game.

A Tugging String: A Novel About Growing Up During the Civil Rights Era


David Greenberg - 2008
    He knows that his father, Jack, is a civil rights lawyer, but Duvy lives worlds away from Dorothy Milton, a black woman struggling to become a registered voter in Selma, Alabama. When Dorothy reaches out to Martin Luther King Jr. for help, she sets in motion a series of events that—with Jack Greenberg’s help—will open Duvy’s eyes to the reality of racial inequality and forever change the course of history. Blending facts, speeches, memories, and conjecture, this novel portrays the emotions and events surrounding the Selma-Montgomery Voting Rights March.

To Kill a Mocking Bird (A BookCaps Study Guide)


BookCaps - 2011
    The perfect companion to Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," this study guide contains a chapter by chapter analysis of the book, a summary of the plot, and a guide to major characters and themes.BookCap Study Guides do not contain text from the actual book, and are not meant to be purchased as alternatives to reading the book.

The Secret Lake


Karen Inglis - 2011
    A page-turning time travel adventure for ages 8-11. UK bestseller now enjoyed by thousands of young readers. When Stella and her younger brother, Tom, move to their new London home, they become mystified by the disappearances of Harry, their elderly neighbour's dog. Where does he go? And why does he keep reappearing wet-through? Their quest to solve the riddle over the summer holidays soon leads to a boat buried under a grassy mound - and a tunnel that takes them to a secret lake. Who is the boy rowing towards them? Why is he so terrified? And whose are those children's voices carried on the wind from beyond the woods? Stella and Tom soon discover that they have travelled back in time to their home and the children living there almost 100 years earlier. Here they make both friends and enemies, and uncover startling connections with the past and present...