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A fun and interactive way for children to learn the alphabetBeautiful artwork improves children inventiveness and academic performance.Included Certificate encourages children to continue learning.Companion workbook available (ISBN: 978-1999477370)Learning Dodo education series along with their workbooks focus on improving children's interest in learning at an early age. The Education series is designed to flourish the learning potential of each child. It is developed based on incremental learning, and help every child step by step along the way. An optional workbook is available for some of the books in the series, to enrich children's experience with learning the alphabet. Please refer to the chart of books for "Education Series" displaying all the choices for your child education. Learning Dodo books are crafted with unique and elegant design and make perfect gifts.

MYTHOLOGICAL POEMS collects the recent poetic comments of William Cooke on the eternal theme of mythology and its relationship to a world that demands the return of the hero.It follows his collection THE BRAID as a powerful sophomore effort on themes that have plagued the poet since time immemorial.

Death in Etobicoke is an eclectic collection of humorous stories, which are clearly valued by intelligent readers with a keen sense of humour. That sounds like you, doesn't it?In this book, journalist and best-selling author Scott Colby focused on two themes: The first is how the tasty and tantalizing desires in life bring us the promise of great pleasure but can ultimately lead us to an untimely demise. But Colby reveals this in a very entertaining and hilarious way, of course. The beating heart of both the desire and destruction is the strangely alluring goth goddess, Lucy Fehr, whom our hero, Scott Colby, cannot resist. How many times must Colby fall for her enchanting, yet lethal, charms? Spoiler alert! Three, to be exact.The second theme is that a healthy perspective to life is often earned by facing our fears and pushing through misery. Everything is going to be all right. Unless, of course, Lucy Fehr suddenly appears!Please note that Death in Etobicoke was originally published in 2019 as Tales from the North Shore. The third instalment of the "Death in Etobicoke" trilogy has been revised for this edition.Praise for "Death in Etobicoke" "My friend and I are reading 'Death in Etobicoke' to each other, laughing our heads off. Actual tears. Best thing I have read in ages ..."- Alexandra Gillespie, English Professor and Principal, University of Toronto Mississauga"Shades of Stephen King, an undercurrent of Flannery O'Connor, wrapped in the best of Ray Bradbury, Scott Colby's 'Death in Etobicoke' takes us on a riveting romp through life's irreversible moments ... and 'then the visions begin.' I love this book!"- Jerry Levitan, Producer of the Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning I Met The Walrus and author of the internationally acclaimed book of the same title"It's a treat to read this book ... (The Thunder Bay stories) are laugh out loud funny."- Lisa Laco, CBC Radio Thunder Bay"The book is beautiful. The way the narrator's curiosity and occasional expression of wonder at whatever revelations are at hand keeps giving the reader a sense that magic is just a word or two away."- Charles Wilkins, author of international bestsellers, Paddle to the Amazon and After the Applause as well as The Circus at the Edge of the Earth, Walk to New York and In the Land of Long Fingernails.

Роман знаменитого прозаика Алексея Макушинского Димитрий - настоящая машина времени, переносящая читателя то в зимнюю Москву начала 90-х, то в эпоху Смуты. Исторические события - первый путч 1991 года, защита Белого дома, царствование и гибель того таинственного персонажа, которого мы привыкли называть Лжедмитрием Первым, - складываются в единую фантастическую картину то ли в реальности, то ли в уме, то ли в безумии рассказчика, который сам по себе и является, может быть, главной загадкой этой необыкновенной книги.

В сборник Новый Браунинг вошли новые стихотворения и поэмы Дмитрия Быкова, написанные во время войны России против Украины.Дмитрий Быков (р.1967) - прозаик, поэт, публицист, литературный критик, журналист, телеведущий, преподаватель, политический мыслитель и активист. В издательстве Freedom Letters вышли книги Дмитрия Быкова Боль/шинство и VZ. Портрет на фоне нации.

Paydirt: Jake Lydon Mystery Series (Book 6)>Toss in a suspicious hit and run, a late-night kidnapping, a vicious home invasion, a bullet through Jake's window, oh, and a dead pickleballer, and he's picking at a big ball of knots like a long string of old Christmas lights. Then the bodies pile up. And Jake and Alexandra find themselves on the verge of joining them. Throughout this sixth Jake Lydon misadventure, he is his usual blunt, clumsy, cranky, and irreverently foul-mouthed self-all the qualities that have made him beloved by a very, very few. And he just doesn't care.

One foot in both worlds, welcome in neither. Fathered by the most hated man in the shifter world, Griffin is considered a half-breed and is welcome by neither the shifters nor one-forms. When he's captured by the Alliance, he has the choice of remaining loyal to blood, despite loathing everything they represent, or helping the shifters and earning the chance of a life. All of his plans change when the animal his family suppressed for decades decides it's time to take over and there is no going back to how Griffin was. Blaise is a mutt in her community. A mixed breed shifter marked by a darker skin pigmentation for all to plainly see. Having a family and happily ever after has never been part of her plans, and she made sure it could never happen. She survived her cruel childhood and is content with her adult life. The only thing she lives for is her job. As part of the Alliance's Special Operations team, she spends her time on the road enforcing laws for her kind and bringing justice to those who break them. Her every moment for the last year has been bringing an end to the terrors her kind have faced at the hands of a human organization-anything and everything she can do to stop them, she will. When she is sent to watch over someone the Alliance captured, her life takes an unplanned turn. This man is nothing like she thought he'd be. It becomes a struggle to keep him alive and out of the hands of those that will do anything to get him back, but she's determined to keep him safe. In Jacqueline Paige's Animal Senses Series, hearts and tempers collide with wild passions and animal instincts. Animal shifters live among normal humans (one-forms) and have since the dawn of time. They blend in without any cause for notice until a crime organization finds out and starts hunting them to sell off across the globe. The shifter alliance is formed to protect all their kind. Their teams are working endlessly to rescue all of theirs from lives of servitude and shutting down any involvement in the underground organization.

SURVIVE THE TRIALS, AVOID HER CAULDRON Deep in the centre of the woods is a cabin where all beings befall a feast. Many eat and leave, but a trial must be survived by all who eat the pie. Jhaeros was thrown into the dungeon with a belly full of pie. The magic of the impastusae witch assaulted him as he realized he was a prisoner. If he wants answers, he is going to have to do something he's never been good at. Jhaeros was going to have to play nice.Obscura had survived more of the witch's trials than she cared to keep count of, with each being plucked up for the cauldron, another was always thrown down to join them. Jhaeros was no different than any other being, though his arrogance caused anger to burn in her belly. He wants to escape, and he doesn't care just who he had to step over to do it but even she feels the claws of desperation when the hatch remains closed and no new beings are thrown down to join them.With their numbers dwindling, can they work together to avoid the cauldron of the wicked witch?

The final chapter in Grampa's story; did he imagine it all? Was it all real, or did he dream it? Daughter, Janet still doesn't believe it. Yet another story, about to be told on the occasion of Milly's 12th birthday, compels Janet to tell her father to "stop pretending the aliens were real", otherwise she might be forced to "talk to someone about it". Grampa Ethan needs to put up or shut up. Can he confirm that it was all real? Or is he just a crazy old man. He resorts to the one final thing that will prove it, if it works. Maybe. No one is prepared for what happens next.

Utilizing an arsenal of tools amassed from years of study and teaching, Ace Baker unleashes a powerful collection of 12+1 tales.Always compelling, sometimes irreverent, often shocking; revealing layers and levels not often achieved through short stories.How to Make a Killing Jar will linger long after the last page is read, proving the world of fiction can unveil some harsh, hard, and sometimes humorous truths about the human condition. Praise for Ace Baker's Writing "The Killing Jar" "A wonderful story of love, heartbreak, and redemption, all sliding past each other in overlapping layers of depth and meaning." -Diana Gabaldon, author of the Outlander series "This story is a tour de force that left me breathless and awed by the indelible images it thrust into my awareness. It's a searing piece of writing--terse, taut, and terrific in its brilliant intensity, with the poetic commentaries falling like sparks from a brilliant rocket. A stand-out winner by anyone's standards." -Jack Whyte, author of The Camulod Chronicles "Plow Breaks Soil" "Big Red Schoolhouse (the poem included in "Plow Breaks Soil") keeps us up to our elbows in the muck of the moment...the poem is dynamic and dramatic in its details, as elegiac as it is realistic and beautifully sequenced though stanza and line...a choreographed chaos of feelings and action, dominated by a double dimension of obligation..." -George McWhirter, Vancouver's first Poet Laureate "Graphic and painful, but so wonderful to read. Really interesting and compelling story." -Geraldine MacDonald, Blank Spaces fiction contest judge "Menos Coca, Más Cacao" "Now that I know that Ace is also a poet, it makes sense because I noticed the rhythm and the flow and the pacing." -Rachel Laverdiere, editor Barren Magazine TW: violence, suicide, abuse, sexual assault

NEW VERSIONLove small town romance, second chances and cowboys?HIS COUNTRY HEART SIERRA CREEK BOOK 2 by REGGI ALLDERAmy Long's new life in the small town of Sierra Creek is all planned, men and marriage not needed. But then she meets the perfect man in gorgeous rodeo champion Wyatt Cameron. After only a few months, she promises to marry him. Is everything happening too fast? Should she listen to listen to her head or her heart? Confirmed bachelor, cowboy, Wyatt Cameron, wonders why he asked a woman he hardly knows to marry him. Yeah, she's sexy and sweet, but she comes with baggage he doesn't need. If he follows through, will he marry in haste and regret in leisure?

Explore the vibrant tapestry of Brazil's musical heritage with our comprehensive guide that unravels the rich history, diverse genres, and iconic artists in Brazilian pop, jazz, and orchestral music. Immerse yourself in the rhythms of Bossa Nova, savor the complexity of Brazilian jazz, and indulge in the symphonic wonders that have shaped Brazil's cultural landscape, ensuring an endless journey of musical discovery and delight.

Пригоди у стилі фентезі українською мовою.

Would you sacrifice millions of lives to save billions?The world is burning. A deadly virus has spread throughout cyberspace. Every day, thousands of people succumb to its devastating effects, and finding a cure seems as unlikely as stopping its creator. The fabric of society is in shambles. Extremists foment hatred and rebellion as political institutions collapse and destruction spreads across the globe. In this time of chaos and conspiracy, Saemangeum City is under attack. Cybernetically enhanced soldiers walk the city streets; their goal-bring the resistance to its knees.Leading the soldiers is a powerful and mysterious figure the Omnilogos himself feared, someone capable of destroying the secret project for which he gave his life.The war predicted by the Omnilogos has started.And history will acknowledge only one victor...

Every woman longs to become the greatest version of themselves. But sometimes life gets in the way and derails our God-given destinies. It's not until we listen to that small still voice encouraging us to fight the good fight of faith that we become empowered and transformed by the renewing of our minds. This book will replace your fears with faith in your Heavenly Father who has never left you. Each story rebuilds you...day by day. COMPILED BY: Jasmine E. Clarke, CO-AUTHORED BY: Clare Mcsween, Tara Lomonte, Evangelist Suzette Haylett-Radlein, Charlene Wilson-Evans, Shelleanne Hardial, Meg Knight, Helga A. Clarke, Janet Gordon, Sharon Walters, Lisa Patrick, Karen Mighty, Koreen J. Bennett, Rev. Carolyn J. Anderson, Alicia Grant, Jasmin Cher Monasterial-Baguio, Lisa Simpson, Reverend Alice Blaylock, Patria Robert Francis, Marcia Hall, Candace Lalor, Lesa Rose Isaacs, Joan Steward, Judy Brown, Lisia Malcolm-Burnett, Rachel Colley, Maryanna Stevanovic, Lesley C. Morgan, Denese Dihele, Nerrissa Myers, Marilin Reid-Henry, Dr. Rev. Inez R. Brown, Lisa Harewood, Janice Prescott, Sharon Riley, Jean Lawrence-Scotland, Nasha Alexis. Ruth Odia, Lisa Arthey & Karleen Juanita Poyser

The old Go-Team is gone, long live the All-New Go-Team. Led by Jessica "Doll-face" Dawes; they're sent in to infiltrate a tiny African nation in the throes of a bloody civil war. Their mission: to try to preserve the peace in the face of a brutal warlord.But are the supreme sniper Brutal-Suzy and the kung fu assassin Hunglo enough to take on the American's better equipped, highly public, not-so-secret commando team; Uncle Sam Squad?It's a battle between Bitter Rivals for the right to save Baangolo in an African Assault full of action, suspense, and... spring break?

SoleNumbers decodes the energy of numbers and the impact that your birth date has on the whole of your life. Numbers give structure to your own unique life experience. illuminating your purpose and the impact you will have on others.

The anthology Blended Voices: Blending the Voices of Virginia began as a Poetry Society of Virginia (PSV) workshop I designed during the PSV Centennial year (2023). The Centennial theme was to celebrate the diverse voices of Virginia poets. I conceived of the idea of highlighting historic Virginia poets from diverse backgrounds, with the aim of blending their voices with those of diverse contemporary Virginia poets. The second goal was to educate participants about historic Virginia poets as they prepared to blend their voices with those of the historic poets.We had a small, enthusiastic group of participants for the workshop I ran in Richmond, Virginia, on May 6th, 2023, during the PSV Centennial Festival. The format of the workshop was slightly different from that of this book. In the workshop, participants picked poetry lines at random from four color-coded bins, one for each historic Virginia poet. The lines had been excised from two different poems by each historic Virginia poet: Edgar Allan Poe, Ruby Altizer Roberts, Anne Spencer, and Karenne Wood. Together, these authors represent several of Virginia's demographics: Caucasian male (Poe), Caucasian female (Roberts), African-American female (Spencer), and Native-American (Monacan) female (Wood). The workshop participants then created their own poems, using the four lines they had randomly chosen from the work of these historic poets. I presented a second workshop via Zoom to another set of participants.For the book, I decided to extend the challenge to all Poetry Society of Virginia members. Since the contributors would be working remotely, they were presented the same two poems from each of the four historic poets-a total of eight-and invited to choose one line from one poem by each poet. From these lines, or woven around these lines, they each created a novel poem, thus adding their voices to those of the historic poets.As the reader will find, the result is a joyful selection of widely different poetic contents and styles. Most of the historic poems are reprinted in the beginning of the book, so the reader can understand the original intent and experience the historic poets' voices before they are blended with voices from contemporary Virginia poets.Sofia M. Starnes, Virginia Poet Laureate, Emerita, has been kind enough to add her editing expertise and keen poetic eye to the process of compiling the anthology. We hope you enjoy the resulting collection, and that the blending of voices it represents will foster a further blending of Virginia's diverse peoples and cultures.Kathleen P. Decker - Past Vice President, Eastern Region, Poetry Society of Virginia

In "Aaron and Benny," join 5-year-old Aaron on a heartwarming adventure of kindness and compassion. When Aaron discovers a colorful bird named Benny who's been hurt, he doesn't hesitate to lend a helping hand. With love and care, Aaron nurses Benny back to health, and a special friendship blossoms between them. But the story doesn't end there. As Benny's wing heals, he faces a fear - tickling by other birds during their flights. Aaron, always ready to help, comes up with a brilliant solution. With the help of his mom, he creates a special outfit for Benny, one that will protect him from tickles in the sky. This enchanting children's book teaches a valuable lesson that even the smallest acts of kindness can have a big impact. "Aaron and Benny" reminds young readers that helping others and showing kindness can make the world a better place. Join Aaron and Benny as they show us all that friendship and compassion truly make a world of difference.

Adina's mentor plans to sacrifice her to save the world. Her worst enemy will sacrifice the world to save her.

Reader beware: Inside this book, you'll be transported to an insidious realm of horror via this chilling selection of short stories from the dark mind of MJE Clubb. Take a walk through psychological terrors and traumas alike that explore the depths of human depravity and question the distinction between "person" and "monster". Can you ever really know what evil another person-friend, family, or spouse-is capable of committing? Or, going further, can you ever know your own capacity for immorality? Just how far would you go to succeed and what would you be willing to sacrifice for that new life? With each turn of the page, you will be confronted with the darkest aspects of the human psyche as a silent witness where only heartbreak is your constant companion. Dive in, turn the page, and for goodness' sake-don't turn off the lights.

Dive into Sophia's melodious journey of self-discipline! This Zoy storybook is a fun blend of SEL and joy crafted by experts. Ages 2-4

Daisy confronts her fear of a snowy hill with help from her brother. An entertaining blend of humor and social-emotional learning (SEL) by Zoy.

Huey the hole feels left out. Journey with him as he discovers the joys of being unique & the magic of friendship. A delightful tale infused with SEL principles.

Discover Sonia's whirlwind of goofs! Dive into Zoy's playful story on the beauty of making mistakes and the magic of learning from them. For ages 5-8.

Dive into Hazel & Dogfish's playful adventure of coping with Daddy's trip. Explore emotions & connections in Zoy's latest SEL storybook.