Author: Jill Murphy Publisher: Walker ISBN: 9781406331844 Category : Monsters Languages : en Pages : 0
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His grandmother thinks he is too big to have a pacifier, his mother agrees, and the other children make fun of him, but Marlon will not give it up until he is ready.
Author: Andrew Davenport Publisher: Scholastic ISBN: 9780590278553 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 10
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When the Noo-noo tidies up, he finds some messy surprises, in a lift-the-flap board book which invites toddlers to look under the flaps and see what surprises await them in Teletubbyland.
Author: Noo Saro-Wiwa Publisher: Catapult ISBN: 159376491X Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 265
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A “remarkable chronicle” of a journey back to this West African nation after years of exile (The New York Times Book Review). Noo Saro-Wiwa was brought up in England, but every summer she was dragged back to visit her father in Nigeria—a country she viewed as an annoying parallel universe where she had to relinquish all her creature comforts and sense of individuality. After her father, activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, was killed there, she didn’t return for several years. Then she decided to come to terms with the country her father given his life for. Traveling from the exuberant chaos of Lagos to the calm beauty of the eastern mountains; from the eccentricity of a Nigerian dog show to the decrepit kitsch of the Transwonderland Amusement Park, she explores Nigerian Christianity, delves into the country’s history of slavery, examines the corrupting effect of oil, and ponders the huge success of Nollywood. She finds the country as exasperating as ever, and frequently despairs at the corruption and inefficiency she encounters. But she also discovers that it is far more beautiful and varied than she had ever imagined, with its captivating thick tropical rain forest and ancient palaces and monuments—and most engagingly and entertainingly, its unforgettable people. “The author allows her love-hate relationship with Nigeria to flavor this thoughtful travel journal, lending it irony, wit and frankness.” —Kirkus Reviews
Author: Jill Murphy Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) ISBN: 9780763607852 Category : Braille books Languages : en Pages : 0
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This introduction to the history of science in the seventeenth century examines the so-called ‘scientific revolution' in terms of the interplay between two major themes. The Platonic-Pythagorean tradition looked on nature in geometric terms with the conviction that the cosmos was constructed according to the principles of mathematical order, while the mechanical philosophy conceived of nature as a huge machine and sought to explain the hidden mechanisms behind phenomena. Pursuing different goals, these two movements of thought tended to conflict with each other, and more than the obviously mathematical sciences were affected - the influence spread as far as chemistry and the life sciences. As this book demonstrates, the full fruition of the scientific revolution required a resolution of the tension between the two dominant trends.
Author: Jill Murphy Publisher: Candlewick Press ISBN: 0763672580 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 93
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Catch up on Mildred Hubble’s magical adventures at Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches with these reissued editions featuring energetic new covers. Mildred is back in trouble thanks to the new girl, Enid Nightshade, who isn’t as well behaved as she appears. The more Mildred tries to stay out of trouble, the more she finds herself in horrible situations. What can the disaster-prone worst witch do?
Author: Jill Murphy Publisher: Pan Macmillan ISBN: 0230752004 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Jill Murphy's bestselling classic Peace at Last has delighted young children for almost forty years, and is equally beloved by tired parents who are all too familiar with the plight of poor Mr Bear. With a snoring Mrs Bear, an excitable Baby Bear and a house full of tapping and dripping and ticking, peace is hard to come by – will Mr Bear ever get a decent night's sleep? The familiar noises, repetition and beautiful illustrations make Jill Murphy's delightful Peace at Last an all-time favourite bedtime story with children and adults everywhere.
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