Synopses & Reviews
Liz deals with some andlt;iandgt;unandlt;/iandgt;friendly competition at the beach and tries to rescue a baby octopus in the eleventh book of The Critter Club series.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Liz and her family are at the beach! Liz loves building sand sculptures, so when she sees a flyer for a sand castle competition, of course she enters. She thinks sheand#8217;s found a new friend when she meets her neighbor Tommy, who is also competing, but Tommyand#8217;s not so nice. He teases Liz about the castle sheand#8217;s building and he laughs when one of the pieces caves in. Then Lizand#8217;s castle gets ruined overnight! Itand#8217;s the day of the contest judging, and Liz no longer has anything to enter. Did Tommy destroy Lizand#8217;s sand castle? Plus, Liz finds a baby octopus that needs help! Will she be able to get the octopus back in the ocean and swimming again?andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, The Critter Club chapter books are perfect for beginning readers!
Synopsis
Mallorca (Bal ares) / Marie de Behen
Date de l' dition originale: 1910
Le pr sent ouvrage s'inscrit dans une politique de conservation patrimoniale des ouvrages de la litt rature Fran aise mise en place avec la BNF.
HACHETTE LIVRE et la BNF proposent ainsi un catalogue de titres indisponibles, la BNF ayant num ris ces oeuvres et HACHETTE LIVRE les imprimant la demande.
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Ils n'en appartiennent pas moins l'histoire des id es en France et sont susceptibles de pr senter un int r t scientifique ou historique.
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Synopsis
Sophie Mouseand#8217;s little brother goes missing in the fourth book of The Adventures of Sophie Mouse.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Sophieand#8217;s brother Winston really wants to help Sophie and her friends build a fort at Butterfly Brook. But Sophie doesnand#8217;t want her six-year-old brother hanging around, and she tells him heand#8217;s too little to join. Soon after Winston leaves, Sophie realizes that they could use his help after all. So she returns to tell Winston heand#8217;s welcome to come alongand#8212;but Winston is nowhere to be found! Will Sophie find her little brother?andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Adventures of Sophie Mouse chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.
About the Author
Callie Barkley loves animals. As a young girl, she dreamed of getting a cat or dog of her own until she discovered she was allergic to most of them. It was around this time that she realized the world was full of all kinds of critters that could use some love. She now lives with her husband and two kids in Connecticut. They share their home with exactly ten fish and a very active ant farm.Marsha Riti illustrated the picture book andlt;iandgt;The Picky Little Witchandlt;/iandgt; by Elizabeth Brokamp. She lives in Austin, Texas, where she likes to take long walks, stopping frequently to pet neighborhood kitties.