A magnificently funny first picture book by Danny Baker, the popular comedy writer, journalist, radio DJ & screenwriter. Illustrated by rising star Pippa Curnick. Lucie Goose lives all alone in a house at the edge of the woods. She has never met or spoken to another animal of any sort until...a wolf, bear & lion turn up on her doorstep & go Rraaaarrrrrr! She should start screaming. She should run away. But Lucie Goose isn`t very good at being scared. What will she do? Introducing a wonderfully charming & funny new picture book from two remarkable talents. ...

Things at the Grace residence are getting completely out of h&. As if being attacked by goblins & almost eaten by a bridge troll wasn`t enough, now the house boggart, Thimbletack, is out to get Jared. Simon has a very hungry griffon recuperating in the carriage house, & Mallory is convinced that the only way to stop the madness is to get rid of the Guide. But fortunately for Jared, it seems that is not an option. With all kinds of creatures after them, the Guide is the only protection the Grace kids have. If only they could work out why the faeries are stalking them? Could it be the Guide that they want? There`s only one person who might know the answer
- their crazy old Aunt Lucinda.
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Liguria is another country. They do things differently there, particularly when it comes to food. Lucio Galletto grew up in Liguria
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We`re having a surprise at dinner tonight...but what could it BE? A joyful slice of family life all about what it really means to be lucky. When Mum announces that we`re having a surprise at dinner tonight, my brother Leo & I can`t help but wonder... What could it BE? Mum says we`ll have to wait & see, but Leo & I have some ideas of our own... The award-winning creator of the Roald Dahl shortlisted Marchall Armstrong is New to Our School delivers a tasty & touching slice of family life, in a story all about the benefits of brothers, & what it really means to be lucky... ...

Solimar Castro-Valdez is 18 & drunk on optimism when she embarks on a perilous journey across the US/ Mexican border. Weeks later she arrives on her cousin`s doorstep in Berkeley, California, dazed by first love, & pregnant. This was not the plan. But amid the uncertainty of new motherhood & her American identity, Soli learns that when you have just one precious possession, you guard it with your life. For Soli, motherhood becomes her dwelling & the boy at her breast becomes her hearth. Kavya Reddy has always followed her heart, much to her parents chagrin. A mostly contented chef at a UC Berkeley sorority house, the unexpected desire to have a child descends like a cyclone in Kavya`s mid-thirties. When she can`t get pregnant, this desire will test her marriage & her sanity. More than that, it will set Kavya & her husband on a collision course with Soli when she is detained & her infant son comes under Kavya`s care. As Kavya learns to be a mother
- the singing, story-telling, inventor-of-the-universe kind of mother she always fantasized about being
- she builds her love on a fault line, her heart wrapped around someone else`s child.LUCKY BOY is an emotional journey that will leave you certain of the redemptive beauty of this world. There are no bad guys in this story, no single obvious hero. Sekaran has taken real life & applied it to fiction; the results are moving & revelatory.

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Originating in Japanese culture, Lucky Cat, or maneki-neko, is regarded as a charm that brings good fortune to its owner. Included herein is a mini Lucky Cat figure with motorized arm & a 32-page illustrated book on the history of this ancient talisman. ...

Kingsley Amis` witty campus novel, ” Lucky Jim” is a comedy that skewers the hypocrisies & vanities of 1950s academic life. This ” Penguin Modern Classics” edition contains an introduction by David Lodge. Jim Dixon has accidentally fallen into a job at one of Britain`s new red brick universities. A moderately successful future in the History Department beckons
- as long as Jim can stave off the unwelcome advances of fellow lecturer Margaret, survive a madrigal-singing weekend at Professor Welch`s, deliver a lecture on ` Merrie England` & resist Christine, the hopelessly desirable girlfriend of Welch`s awful son Bertr&. Inspired by Amis`s friend, the poet Philip Larkin, Jim Dixon is a timeless comic character, adrift in a hopelessly gauche & pretentious world. Kingsley Amis (1922-1995), born in London, wrote poetry, criticism, & short stories, but is best remembered as the novelist whose works offered a comic deconstruction of post-war Britain. Amis explored his disillusionment with British society in novels such as ” Lucky Jim” (1954) & ” That Uncertain Feeling” (1955); his other works include ” The Green Man” (1970) ” Stanley & the Women” (1984), & ” The Old Devils” (1986) which won the Booker Prize. If you enjoyed ” Lucky Jim”, you might like Amis`s ” The King`s English”, also available in ” Penguin Modern Classics”. ”A flawless comic novel...I loved it then, as I do now. It has always made me laugh out loud.” (Helen Dunmore, ” The Times”). ”A brilliantly & preposterously funny book.” (” Guardian”).
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From Steve Light, the creator of Have You Seen My Dragon?, Have You Seen My Monster? & Swap!, comes a riotous romp backstage at the theatre! Lazlo is in love. So, with the perfect red rose in h&, he sets off to the theatre, where the girl of his dreams is starring in Alice in Wonderl&. But when a cat snatches the flower & dashes backstage, Lazlo is in for a bit of bad luck. & it`s no wonder, since, at the Peacock Theatre, they`ve broken every superstitious rule in the book. The chase is on
- past the tailor, into the orchestra, over the prop table.. . even through the Mad Hatter`s tea party! Will Lazlo catch the cheeky kitty in time to present the flower to his lady love?
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Lucy & Tom know a lot of words- they have Books read to them at Bedtime. They know that D is for Dog, like the dogs that live on their street, F is for Friends, & P is for Park & for Playing. Join Lucy & Tom on a journey through their life, in this satisfying alphabet tale from master storyteller, Shirley Hughes. ...

One morning, very early.. . one little girl called Lucy fast asleep in bed, with one very special teddy tucked in beside her. Lucy`s little brother Tom is the first to wake up, & tugs at her quilt. Now there are two children, wide awake & ready for the day!A story with numbers, as Lucy & Tom go through their day, exploring their world, counting, sharing & learning as they go. ...