When Rupert the cat sniffs out a dusty green vase with a toy bear inside, his owner has no doubt this is another of her Uncle Oscar's infamous clues to one of his valuable hidden treasures. Eager to put together the pieces of the puzzle, she's soon heading to Nevada City with her two cats, having no idea that this road trip will put her life in danger.
We are so familiar with the map of the United States that our state borders seem as much a part of nature as mountains and rivers. Even the oddities—the entire state of Maryland(!)—have become so engrained that our map might as well be a giant jigsaw puzzle designed by Divine Providence. But that's where the real mystery begins. Every edge of the familiar wooden jigsaw pieces of our childhood represents a revealing moment of history and of, well, humans drawing lines in the sand.
Simple Sewing with a French Twist: An Illustrated Guide to Sewing Clothes and Home Accessories with Style
The inimitable Celine Dupuy presents sewers of all skill levels with more than fifty projects, each with a touch of something wonderfully, whimsically French. Including easy items to sew for the home, fashion accessories, delightful gifts, and innovative ideas for customizing your favorite pieces of furniture, these chic patterns will inspire you.
Designed to support writing projects, this volume offers advice to children on writing a story. It makes suggestions to guide and encourage children to be creative - whilst delivering and reviewing basic skills. It is part of a series seeking to provide both dip-in resources to support the National Curriculum and the National Literacy strategy and "from cover to cover" projects to produce one or more pieces of extended writing, or multiple pieces of shorter work. The books should also help readers to evaluate work (theirs and that of others) as well as helping them make their own work.
Designed to support writing projects, this volume offers advice to children on writing a play. It makes suggestions to guide and encourage children to be creative - whilst delivering and reviewing basic skills. It is part of a series seeking to provide both dip-in resources to support the National Curriculum and the National Literacy strategy and "from cover to cover" projects to produce one or more pieces of extended writing, or multiple pieces of shorter work. The books should also help readers to evaluate work (theirs and that of others) as well as helping them make their own work.
