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""Here's some advice. Stay alive."" --Haymitch AbernathyWhen it comes to "The Hunger Games," staying alive means finding food any way possible. Katniss and Gale hunt live game, Peeta's family survives on the bread they make, and the inhabitants of the Seam work twelve-hour days for a few handfuls of...

Kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, sugar gliders, and opossums are just a few of the marsupial babies introduced in this book. Children will love the pictures of these cute animals peeking out at the world around them. The book introduces life cycles, bodies, the foods these animals eat, how they move, a...

With 365 puzzles, this bumper "Moshi Monster Daily Challenge" book will keep you guessing all year round! Featuring all the trickiest activities from the "Puzzle Palace" plus crosswords, word searches and more, you'll be Furi-flummoxed! It includes exclusive virtual gift for your room! Adopt your ow...

For use in schools and libraries only. In this retelling of the Indian fable, seven blind mice discover different parts of an elephant and argue about its appearance.

This title is packed with simple, delicious chocolate recipes including chocolate cinnamon fondue, rocky road, white chocolate cheesecake, truffles, chocolate cupcakes and many more. It includes straightforward, jargon-free text with clear instructions for altering recipes and swapping ingredients t...

"Utterly Gorgeous Fashion" is the perfect book for girls and teens with a passion for all things stylish. Stacks of sensational fashions to make, from customizing and up-styling old clothes with cool prints, tie-dying and stencils, to creating fabulous accessories, such as fascinators, Katy-Perry st...

Pick and preen. Fluffy feathers fall out. Sleek feathers grow in. Whats it like for ducklings to grow up?

See their shapes. Watch for a thunderstorm. Its time to learn about clouds.

Who can imagine an orangutan being friends with a dog? Is it even possible?With Suryia and Roscoe it is! Dogs and orangutans rarely meet, and when they do, they are naturally shy around each other. But when Suryia the orangutan first meets Roscoe, a stray dog, they become best friends from the start...

Kobe Bryant may be one of the youngest basketball players in the NBA, but no one would dare call him inexperienced. The son of Joe "Jellybean" Bryant, a former NBA player and star of various European teams, Kobe spent his childhood watching professional basketball. From the moment he could pick up a...

Meet the minifigures from the LEGO[registered] Harry Potter' Magical World. "LEGO Harry Potter Characters of the Magical World" is an exciting character encyclopedia featuring every minifigure and creature from the LEGO Harry Potter range of toys. From Harry, Hagrid and the Hungarian Horntail to the...

The authentic information regarding vegetative parameters, floral characters, quality parameters, genetic parameters and correlation coefficient based on the research carried out in nine gerbera genotypes at Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, India has been compiled in the form of book. The book is intend...

"The Haunting of the Snarkasbord" is a dark, humorous parody of Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark" concerning what followed the Baker's vanishing and the Crew's continued hunt for a snark on Snark Island. Alison Tannenbaum wrote the poetry in "Snarkasbord: A Crewsome Choice" and also wrote n...

Linspired reveals the inside story of the remarkable and meteoric rise of Jeremy Lin, superstar of the New York Knicks the first Asian-American-born player of Chinese/Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA. Discover the journey of the underdog who beat the odds to reach his current stardom and catch t...

Danny the dog wants to be a superhero. So what does he do? He makes his own costume out of things he finds from around the house! This book is great for children who are just learning how to read.

May the Force be with all aspiring Jedi cooks as they use Yoda, Darth Vader, and R2-D2-shaped cookie cutters to create 30 sweet and savory treats! From Chocolate Chewies to Obi-Wan Tons, this galactic cookbook features easy-to-make recipes for Star Wars-themed treats that will delight any Jedi appet...

Step-by-step instructions with callouts to photos that show you exactly what to do on Pinterest Help when you run into problems or limitations Tips and Notes to help you get the most from Pinterest Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping Pinterest working just the way you...

Single, Black, and Government Owned is the explosive follow up to O. Keeys's critically acclaimed memoir, Rise and Fall of a Track Star. After walking away from a rising track career Omegia joins the military and leaves her son at home with her family. For nearly thirteen years she balances being a ...

Ruthie Rossley loves horses more than anything. When her parents buy an old dairy farm Upstate, she struggles to persuade them to give her the pony of her dreams. When they finally relent, she buys the first horse she sees. Sam. He's huge, ugly, opinionated and rank to shoe. Ruthie, her sister Evv...

Football is the world's most popular sport globally, more than 240 million people play the game regularly. This colourful and exciting book is the essential guide to soccer, offering easy-to-follow instruction that is sure to improve the all-round play of any young football player, from passing and ...

From lions and tigers to mice and monkeys, Wild Faces shows you how to create over 40 fantastic animal faces. Find out how to paint feathers and fur, spots and stripes, beaks and bills, noses and eyes and much more! A comprehensive guide to materials and basic techniques is included, while dynamic p...

Five-Minute Faces shows you how to create a range of fabulously effective face-painting designs using quick and simple step-by-step techniques. Whether for parties, outings or just for fun, the book offers a choice of unique face-painting ideas, colour photographs of every face, a guide to materials...

Eyewitness Animal introduces readers to the exciting world of animals. This book takes a broad view of the animal kingdom, discussing animals from the tiniest insect to the mighty humpback whale, including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and invertebrates.See the newest species ...

For use in schools and libraries only. Inspired by the true life experiences of Henry Winkler, whose undiagnosed dyslexia made him a classic childhood underachiever, this series is about the high-spirited and funny adventures of a boy with learning differences.

For use in schools and libraries only. Determined not to be pushed into marrying a boring and proper prince, Princess Cimerone flees her kingdom and becomes an assistant to the dragon Kazul.

Two sliding doors are on each spread for children to open up. Behind each one is the hidden, photographic answer to a simple question.

This is the series that packs a world of knowledge into your pocket. Get fast facts at your fingertips with this "DK Pocket Eyewitness: Sharks", packed with bite-sized chunks of information that will encourage and inform even the most reluctant readers. From sharks and rays, skates and all their oth...

This is the series that packs a world of knowledge into your pocket. Get fast facts at your fingertips with this "DK Pocket Eyewitness Animals", packed with bite-sized chunks of information that will encourage and inform even the most reluctant readers. Explore the animal kingdom's family tree and y...

This is the series that packs a world of knowledge into your pocket. Get fast facts at your fingertips with this "DK Pocket Eyewitness: Dinosaur", packed with bite-sized chunks of information that will encourage and inform even the most reluctant readers. This title includes coverage that ranges fro...

In this colorful volume, illustrated by elementary school students from the Chicagoland area, veteran All-Star pitcher for the Chicago Cubs Kerry Wood shares the valuable principles he's learned throughout life. The importance of education, working hard to attain goals, building character, maintaini...

Scribbles, the Bin's outgoing newshound, has disappeared! Where can he be? Can you help Tink and Clott solve the mystery, or will the three of you go off on your own reporting adventure and forget all about poor Scribbles?Author BiographyMandy Archer is an experienced children's writer who specialis...

The Bin Weevils Sticker Activity Book is packed full of crazy Bin Weevils fun! Practise brain strain puzzles, hone your game skills, help the Secret Weevil Service with a top priority mission and join Tink and Clott on a treasure hunt, plus lots more! You'll find over 40 weevily stickers insiside so...

Why did the alien take a bath? So he could make a clean getaway! Why are giraffes pleased they have such long necks? Because their feet smell awful! What do you get if you eat baked beans and onions? Tear gas!

This is a hands-on, write-in, look-and-feel sketchbook. Children follow the process of a real fashion designer to create their own fashion collection. This includes finding inspiration, making a mood board, collecting and gathering research, choosing colours and a defining silhouette, experimenting ...

Ages 9 years & over. In this completely revised and updated edition, children are introduced to the world of the ancient Maya, the most advanced and mysterious civilisation of the New World. From ceremonial masks and hieroglyphics to calendars and musical instruments, the hands-on projects in this f...

Ages 9 years & over. In this completely revised and updated edition, children are introduced to the world of the ancient Maya, the most advanced and mysterious civilisation of the New World. From ceremonial masks and hieroglyphics to calendars and musical instruments, the hands-on projects in this f...

Young readers will learn about gymnastics through simple sentences and highly supportive pictures.