`Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three`. But it`s dangerous being a Stick Man. A dog wants to play with him, a swan builds her nest with him. He even ends up on a fire! Join Stick Man on his troublesome journey back to the family tree. Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler`s magical story is accompanied by a fun-filled audio CD that includes full story with music, the Sick Man Song (plus instrumental version) and a readalong version of the story with musical page turns.
ISBN: 978-1-4071-1729-4
Издательство:
Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
Gorgeous mini gift editions of STICK MAN, TABBY MCTAT and THE HIGHWAY RAT, in an irresistible presentation slipcase. All three classic stories are written in Julia Donaldson`s fabulous rhyme and illustrated by the inimitable Axel Scheffler, of GRUFFALO fame.
In Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, fate conspires to draw Bertie Wooster back to Totleigh Towers, the site of an earlier ordeal that nearly landed our hero in prison and, worse still, in continuing danger of marriage to Madeline Bassett, the svelte and sadly syrupy daughter of the house. Only one thing stands between Bertie and the dreaded state of matrimony, and that is his good friend Gussie Fink-Nottle, lover of newts and Madeline Bassett. So long as Gussie and Madeline continue to profess their undying love for each other, Bertie is safe...but disaster looms when Gussie rebels at Madeline`s attempt to turn him into a vegetarian. Throw in the intrigues of Miss Stiffy Byng and her dog Bartholomew to gain the Reverend Stinker Pinker a...
ISBN: 0-14-002479-4
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
What happens to your body after you have died? Fertilizer? Crash Test Dummy? Human Dumpling? Ballistics Practise? Life after death is not as simple as it looks. Mary Roach`s Stiff lifts the lid off what happens to our bodies once we have died. Bold, original and with a delightful eye for detail, Roach tells us everything we wanted to know about this new frontier in medical science. Interweaving present-day explorations with a history of past attempts to study what it means to be human Stiff is a deliciously dark investigations for readers of popular science as well as fans of the macabre.
ISBN: 978-0-14-100745-8
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011