This playful dinosaur will slither, skid, slide and glide his way into children's hearts! Encourage children to explore synonyms with the loveably cheeky Thesaurus Rex, who has an irresistible way with words. Action-verb and noun synonyms feature throughout Laya Steinberg's energetic text which, paired with award-winning Debbie Harter's vibrant watercolors, will engage boys and girls alike. The alliteration, repetition and rhyme featured in this delightful book will also help to foster speaking and listening skills.
The stories in this collection are prizewinning entries in the Category Sports Stories in the Competition of Writers of Children's Books organized by Children's BookTrust. Sport is an activity though done for pleasure, requires physical effort, appropriate skill, sheer hard work and a strong will to win. It helps in all-round development of an individual. It teaches discipline and tolerance, and inculcates healthy competition. The collection of stories aims to inspire children to play the game in the spirit of the game.
A brilliant, big, old-fashioned drawing-room mystery with a denouement worthy of Agatha Christie, from the international bestseller. Wealthy, cultured and respectable, the Finney family is the epitome of gentility. When Irene Finney and her four grown-up children arrive at the Manoir Bellechasse in the heat of summer, the hotel's staff spring into action.