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Herbert is a mischievous ape with a taste for sweets. And there’s a tasty cake just for the reader on the last page. Readers will love following Herbert as he overcomes every obstacle put in his way to get to the delicious cake. With comical illustrations and rollicking rhyme, this story will not only keep readers engaged, it’ll involve them in the book in a whole new way as they attempt to keep their cake safe from naughty, yet wildly determined, Herbert.
Little Bird Blue and Little Bird Black refuse to share! Each wants to sit on the wire alone in this funny rhyming story.
Bad Herbert is a naughty ape who'll do anything for a delicious slice of chocolate cake.
ayden James thought his family of five was perfect - until last Wednesday when Mitchell David arrived. The family had to buy a new car, picnics at the park were ruined and Jayden's 'perfect' seemed beyond repair. But when Jayden is kept awake by someone crying, he knows something has to be done - and he's the only one who can do it. Maybe perfect for Jayden is less about what's always been and more about how, and with whom, he can make it.
Will was the World’s Worst Pirate. He didn’t want to be a swashbuckling, treasure hunting buccaneer. He couldn’t even stand on deck without being seasick. But when the ship is attacked by a terrible sea monster, a surprising hero saves the day!
Joey lives on a farm with his mum, his grandad, and his best friend - Riley, a working dog. Joey and Riley are inseparable, sharing adventures all day long. But times are tough, and Joey and his mum have to move to town so that she can find work. Joey misses Riley desperately, relying on his grandad's letters to stay connected to his best mate. Until the day Grandad writes with sad news: Riley has gone missing in a big storm. Joey is devastated - but things might not be as they seem ... Mandy Foot's naturalistic illustrations beautifully capture Australian rural life.
Sid the octopus loves socks, and he has LOTS. Every night he delights in counting his matching sets of eight, hung throughout his house in neat rows. When the socks start disappearing one by one, Sid's life is thrown into turmoil. One missing sock means seven odd socks, and soon the odd socks' box is overflowing. It fills a room and, pretty soon, has straggled out the door. Sid decides to stage a stake out to catch the thieves in the act. He uncovers the stolen stash, secreted away by a troupe of sneaky mice in need of a cosy nest. But the socks are ruined - chewed and smeared with food - and all seems lost. Only when he tips out his odd socks to bid them goodbye, does Sid see his mountains of mismatched treasures in a new light. Odd Sock Sid is a light hearted mystery, rich with colour and pattern, littered with matching and counting fun, and featuring an underlying message of the importance of embracing change.
From the astonishingly talented writer of The Accidental and Hotel World comes Ali Smiths brilliant retelling of Ovids gender-bending myth of Iphis and Ianthe, as seen through the eyes of two Scottish sisters. Girl Meets Boy is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, and the absurdity of consumerism, as well as a story of reversals and revelations that is as sharply witty as it is lyrical. Funny, fresh, poetic, and political, Girl Meets Boy is a myth of metamorphosis for a world made in Madison Avenues image, and the funniest addition to the Myths series from Canongate since Margaret Atwoods The Penelopiad.
Named one of 10 Best New Management Books for 2022 by Thinkers50 A Wall Street Journal Bestseller "...this guide provides readers with much more than just early careers advice; it can help everyone from interns to CEOs." — a Financial Times top title You've landed a job. Now what? No one tells you how to navigate your first day in a new role. No one tells you how to take ownership, manage expectations, or handle workplace politics. No one tells you how to get promoted. The answers to these professional unknowns lie in the unspoken rules—the certain ways of doing things that managers expect but don't explain and that top performers do but don't realize. The problem is, these rules aren't ...