Ponk! Ponk!

Ponk! Ponk!
Author: Andrew Davenport
Publisher: BBC Children's Books
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2010
Genre: Board books
ISBN: 9781405906777

The Tombliboos decide to ride in the Pinky Ponk, but it keeps landing to allow someone else on board. Clues in the artwork help children to guess who's next and the text encourages the reader to press the squeaker to let the next friend on board. This multi-layered novelty book offers story, picture clues, pretend play and encourages hand-eye coordination to press the Pinky Ponk squeaker.

In the Night Garden--

In the Night Garden--
Author: Andrew Davenport
Publisher: BBC Children's Books
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2011
Genre: Noise
ISBN: 9781405908214

Pip-pip! Onk-onk! Journey into the Night Garden through this charming sound book featuring all the funny noises from the TV show. Press the buttons to hear the sounds as you read the story and have fun with your favourite Night Garden characters.

In the Night Garden: Everybody Loves the Pinky Ponk!

In the Night Garden: Everybody Loves the Pinky Ponk!
Author: Andrew Davenport
Publisher: BBC Children's Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Airships
ISBN: 9781405918480

Take a flight on the Pinky Ponk with the Night Garden friends. Use the big tabs to turn the pages and press the sound buttons to hear all the funny noises.

Happy Friends!

Happy Friends!
Author: BBC Children's Books
Publisher: BBC Children's Books
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2008-02-28
Genre: Coloring books
ISBN: 9781405904117

Masses of drawing and colouring fun for fans of In the Night Garden. Colour in all your favourite friends from Igglepiggle to Makka Pakka and even the Tomliboos. Little fans can follow dotted lines to create drawings of their favourite characters. Flexible and creative play for preschoolers. Visit penguin.com.au/inthenightgarden for more

How Toddlers Learn the Secret Language of Movies

How Toddlers Learn the Secret Language of Movies
Author: Cary Bazalgette
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2022-05-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3030974685

This book takes a radically new approach to the well-worn topic of children's relationship with the media, avoiding the "risks and benefits" paradigm while examining very young children's interactions with film and television. Bazalgette proposes a refocus on the learning processes that children must go through in order to understand what they are watching on televisions, phones, or iPads. To demonstrate this, she offers unique insight from research done with her twin grandchildren starting from just before they were two years old, with analysis drawn from the field of embodied cognition to help identify minute behaviours and expressions as signals of emotions and thought processes. The book makes the case that all inquiry into early childhood movie-viewing should be based on the premise that learning–usually self-driven–is taking place throughout.

Bits of Practical Wisdom

Bits of Practical Wisdom
Author: Vernon Gilbert
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 487
Release: 2015-01-21
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1496959450

God gave man dominion over the earth, and the practical wisdom to use it for his good and His glory God placed the treasures of the earth for mans benefit. Political correctness denies Gods goodness, while practical wisdom directs thankful use of His bounty. We were told we could not drill our way out of our problems while practical thinking doers were proving the stupidity of the statement. Ivory tower thinking is of little use to our progress while practical planning is our salvation from crisis. Dishonest charlatans pursue politically correct ideologies, while wise people use practical solutions. Practical plans always trump divisive dreams. Practical planning and hard work built our great nation political correctness and sloth are destroying it. Practical truthfulness applied to our many problems can, in Gods will, overcome the evil plans of our dishonest, lying oppressors. The Golden Rule Jesus gave us is the epitome of practical consideration of others. The Marshall plan after WW II was practical wisdom applied pacification of Islam before WW III is ideological suicide. Practical plans and hard work built this great nation - ivory tower thinking and slothfulness is its doom. Practical workers build houses on rock foundations Foolish men build on sand, and great is their fall. See Matthew 7: 24-27. A practical man planning to build a tower, sits down first and counts the cost. See Luke 14:28. Practical people energetically earn their keep and support others lazy dreamers feel entitled to exist on the fruits of others efforts. Practical politicians endorse responsible, truthful fiscal policies dishonest liars waste our resources and leave the pitiful mess for our grandchildren to suffer under. Impractical charlatans promise anything to gain power practical planners tell the truth, even when it is unpopular. The lies of evil leaders imprison the souls of the masses the truth shall make us free. See John 8:32. Peace and joy come to practical people. Dishonest dreamers exist in turmoil and fear. One practical person benefits the community more than a score of entitled lay-abouts.

Alien: Colony War

Alien: Colony War
Author: David Barnett
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2022-04-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1789098904

Political conflicts on Earth erupt into open hostilities between their colonies in space, with Xenomorphs as the ultimate weapon. On Earth, political tensions boil over between the United Americas, Union of Progressive Peoples, and Three World Empire. Conflict spreads to the outer fringes, and the UK colony of New Albion breaks with the Three World empire. This could lead to a... Colony War. Trapped in the middle are journalist Cher Hunt, scientist Chad McLaren, and the synthetic Davis. Seeking to discover who caused the death of her sister, Shy Hunt, Cher uncovers a far bigger story. McLaren's mission, fought alongside his wife Amanda Ripley, is to stop the militarization of the deadliest weapon of all—the Xenomorph. Their trail leads to a drilling facility on LV-187. Someone or something has destroyed it, killing the personnel, and the British are blamed. Colonial forces arrive, combat erupts, then both groups are overwhelmed by an alien swarm. Their only hope may lie with the Royal Marines unit known as "God's Hammer." Bonus Feature: An exclusive new game scenario based on the massively popular, award-winning Alien RPG from Free League Publishing!

Have I Got News For You: The Quiz of 2022

Have I Got News For You: The Quiz of 2022
Author: Have I Got News For You
Publisher: Sphere
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2022-11-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1408727099

Whatever word you'd care to apply to 2022, no one can deny it's been eventful. Russia invaded Ukraine, Boris Johnson resigned, the Queen passed the baton to Charles after a 70-year reign, heat records were broken, food and energy bills went through the roof, fading celebrities discovered that libel laws are a great way to generate publicity, Liz Truss spent more money in her first week as PM than anyone since the war, and - as usual - most of the biggest stories broke while HIGNFY was off the air. What better way, then, to commemorate a year most of us probably want to forget than with over 1,000 quiz questions about it? There's the Missing Words Round, the Odd One Out Round, loads of rounds that we've nicked from other puzzle books, and for any insomniacs out there, there's even one on the Labour Party. With questions on everything from politics to pop culture, and Paul Merton and Ian Hislop's predictions for 2023, Have I Got News For You: The Quiz of 2022 promises hours of entertainment (albeit probably by candlelight) and will serve as the ultimate souvenir of a rollercoaster year.