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It's Joy's first summer in her grandmother's South Carolina garden - a rite of passage. In the midst of okra, spinach, and strawberries, Grammy teaches Joy that plants are friends with many uses. Herbs, for example, can be turned into medicine. ...

Now available for the first time in softcover, this delightful collection of 55 nursery rhymes - specially reworked and adapted for South African children - is a must on every young child's bookshelf. Nursery rhymes are an essential part of a child's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781561459384Author Kelly Starling LyonsFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Peachtree Publishing CompanyPublisher Peachtree Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602198517Author Adam GamblePage Count 20Imprint Good Night BooksPublisher Our World of Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432865863Author Kimberly Brubaker BradleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 347Imprint Thorndike Press Large PrintPublisher Thorndike Press Large...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780545666725Author Katherine CoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic USWeight(grams) 68gDimensions(mm) 218mm * 147mm * 3mm

A little iceberg strikes out on a big journey in this new picture book that explores the wonders of the water cycle Little Blue lives at the North Pole with his parents until, one day, he floats away and strikes out on his own. Along the way, Blue...

Trapped. For eleven-year-old Gopal and his family, life in their rural Indian village is over: We stay, we starve, his baba has warned. They flee to the big city of Mumbai in hopes of finding work and a brighter future. Gopal is eager to help support...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593181928Author Rebecca EvansFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602198180Author Adam GamblePage Count 20Imprint Good Night BooksPublisher Our World of Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature (Children/Young Adult) 2010.Book InformationISBN 9780618841981Author Pat MoraFormat HardbackPage Count...

A Creole variant of the familiar Cinderella tale set in the Caribbean and narrated by the godmother who helps Cendrillon find true love.AwardsCommended for Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature (Grades K-4) 1998. Short-listed for Georgia...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760760755Author Alice OehrFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty LtdPublisher Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781499807561Author Mark LoweryFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Yellow JacketPublisher Yellow JacketWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 150mm * 30mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780823450404Author Anna Rose JohnsonFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Holiday House IncPublisher Holiday House IncWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 217mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award 2012.Book InformationISBN 9780399254994Author Jan BrettFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Putnam Publishing Group,U.S...

Welcome to Mermaids Rock! The entrance to the mermaid realm in the deep, blue ocean... When animals start disappearing from the reef into the mysterious Midnight Realm, Naya and her friends investigate! There they find a glowing cave with a tentacled...

A "moving tale of two enterprising siblings determined to find a safe way to get to school" (New York Times), this singular picture book celebrates the creativity, ingenuity, and passion of children all over the world.Features an afterword from Julian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781536210651Author Martin HandfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Candlewick Press,U.S.Publisher Candlewick Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm)...

It's the weekend, first in June; speaker's blasting out big tune! Cousins, aunties, uncles, friends, pack the house and fun begins. Shane is shy, but loves to dance- and all year long, he's picked up cans to earn some money toward his goal: ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781554987658Author Deborah EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Groundwood Books Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada

The second installment of the action-packed, fantasy-adventure series, The Jumbies. Deep beneath the waves, a great enemy awakens . . . Corinne LaMer defeated the wicked jumbie Severine months ago, but things haven't exactly gone back to normal in her...

Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there's no turning back, not with the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781597021562Author Oliver ChinFormat HardbackPage Count 36Imprint ImmediumPublisher ImmediumWeight(grams) 411g

Adventure begins when Grandma takes her two grandchildren out for a trip to the lake. After showing the kids how to prepare for a fishing trip, Grandma and the kids enjoy a day of jigging in the ice for fish. Grandma shows them every step they need to...

They are all in search of some shade and food on a very hot day. The Koala, enjoying his eucalyptus leaves, watches as events happen around him. Then a bug, a water dragon lizard, an Emu and a mother Kangaroo with her Joey, all enter the story. See what...

Amy has been sent to live with her aunt at Meadow Hill Manor in Belper, Derbyshire, to help her 'recover'. Rumours abound that the house is haunted, but Amy doesn't care. It's just another place to live and Amy is determined not to care about anything...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734208108Author Mubuso ZamchiyaFormat HardbackPage Count 34Imprint Zamchiya BooksPublisher Zamchiya BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 279mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593380093Author Andrea PippinsFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Get ready to meet Violet Remy-Robinson – an amateur Sherlock Holmes in the making – in the third book in this delightful young detective series, perfect for fans of Robin Stevens, Enid Blyton and Anisha, Accidental Detective!‘There is a new girl sleuth...

A middle grade novel in verse about Samira, an eleven-year-old Rohingya refugee living in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, who finds strength and sisterhood in a local surf club for girls.Samira thinks of her life as before and after: before the burning and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780823451005Author Hasan NamirFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Holiday House IncPublisher Holiday House IncWeight(grams) 380gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 237mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933693200Author Tim TingleFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Cinco Puntos Press,U.S.Publisher Cinco Puntos Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 198gDimensions(mm)...

Her name is Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop, and she lives on an island in Lake Superior. One day in 1850, Omakayas's island is visited by a group of mysterious people. From them, she learns that the chimookomanag, or white...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781336342Author Christine MacKayFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Rethink PressPublisher Rethink PressWeight(grams) 482gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911115687Author Mylo FreemanFormat HardbackPage Count 28Imprint Cassava Republic PressPublisher Cassava Republic PressWeight(grams) 340g

BELIEVE IN THE IMPOSSIBLEYou are about to read THE TRUE STORY OF FATHER CHRISTMASIf you are one of those people who believe that some things are impossible, you should put this book down right away. (Because this book is FULL of impossible things.)Are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing.Book InformationISBN 9780803728509Author Kadir NelsonFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Dial Books for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368054874Author Kwame MbaliaFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Rick Riordan PresentsPublisher Disney Book Publishing Inc.

A common Huntsman spider is caught in the world of a little human girl. Will the Huntsman spider survive? Children are too often taught to quickly rid their world of pesky, scary spiders. A Huntsman Spider in My House is an imaginative and...