Major and Mynah: Tarantula Terror

Major and Mynah: Tarantula Terror
Author: Karen Owen
Publisher: Firefly Press
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2024-02-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1915444446

SPUD – the Super Perceptive Undercover Detectives are back and they have another mystery to solve. When Callie, Grace and Bo discover that a tarantula has escaped from the wildlife park, they must find the spider and reunite her with her spiderlings, before she dies from the cold. Can Callie's magical hearing aids and mynah bird Bo – the SPUD team's Spy in the Sky – help to find the missing creature before it's too late?

Major and Mynah: Tarantula Terror

Major and Mynah: Tarantula Terror
Author: Karen Owen
Publisher: Major and Mynah
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-02-15
Genre: Birds
ISBN: 9781915444431

"SPUD – the Super Perceptive Undercover Detectives are back and they have another mystery to solve. When Callie, Grace and Bo discover that a tarantula has escaped from the wildlife park, they must find the spider and reunite her with her spiderlings, before she dies from the cold. Can Callie's magical hearing aids and mynah bird Bo – the SPUD team's Spy in the Sky – help to find the missing creature before it's too late?"--Amazon.com.

The Doll Twin

The Doll Twin
Author: Janine Beacham
Publisher: Firefly Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2024-04-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1915444489

na Wexford is thrilled to be adopted after the Great War, but an eerie secret lurks in her new home; the doll twin, a life-sized, animated copy of herself. Is "Ani" as innocent as she seems, or does she want to steal Unaʼs life?

Noah Frye Gets Crushed

Noah Frye Gets Crushed
Author: Maggie Horne
Publisher: Firefly Press
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2024-05-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1915444543

Best friends Luna and Zoey can't stop talking about boys and kissing, but Noah just wants everything to go back to the way it was. To fit in, Noah pretends that she likes Archie, a boy from school, even though she's not quite sure. When new girl Jessa joins their group things get even more confusing. Can Noah admit to herself who she really likes, not who she thinks she should?

I Could Be, You Could Be

I Could Be, You Could Be
Author: Karen Owen
Publisher: Barefoot Books
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2019-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1782856773

Join a young boy and girl on thrilling adventures as they imagine themselves as space-traveling astronauts, ferocious dragons, jungledwelling monkeys and more. The fine line between children's make-believe and the fantastic worlds they create is cleverly portrayed through Barroux’s bright landscapes.

As Quiet as a Mouse

As Quiet as a Mouse
Author: Karen Owen
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2019-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1541567862

Edgar keeps waking up his new baby sister, but he can't help being noisy. Luckily, his friend Ruby has an idea! Can Edgar learn to be as quiet as a mouse? This story about Edgar the elephant trying to be quiet for his baby sister uses carefully leveled text and full-color illustrations to introduce young children to reading.

Where She Went

Where She Went
Author: Gayle Forman
Publisher: Speak
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2012-04-17
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0142420891

Adam, now a rising rock star, and Mia, a successful cellist, reunite in New York and reconnect after the horrific events that tore them apart when Mia almost died in a car accident three years earlier.

Major and Mynah

Major and Mynah
Author: Karen Owen
Publisher: Firefly Press
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2022-05-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1913102750

Join SPUD, the Super Perceptive Undercover Detectives, on their first fast-paced detective adventure. Getting your first hearing aids can be nerve-wracking; especially when you have to wear them to school. When Callie realises her new hearing aids - 'the Slugs' - give her the unique ability to communicate with Bo the Mynah bird, some of her worries are lifted. In fact, having a pair of eyes in the sky might come in handy... The duo team up with Callie's best friend, Grace, as they set out to catch a local thief who has been causing trouble all over town. Includes high-speed chases, a very peckish bird and purple POO! A new mystery series, illustrated by Louise Forshaw and perfect for reluctant readers.

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.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns
Author: Khaled Hosseini
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2008-09-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 074758589X

A riveting and powerful story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship and an indestructible love