Both educational and fun and during their summer holidays, Walter and his friends went on 6 adventures! – one for every week of the break from school. The first adventure – I am not ready. The second adventure – Help Dennis find his dog. The third adventure – Sally the Scarecrow breaks her leg. The fourth adventure – Help the cattle stay safe. The fifth adventure – Quick, there is a fire. The sixth and final adventure of the school holidays – Walter forgets the ice-cream. Walter the Waller...

This edited collection opens up new intellectual territories and articulates the ways in which academics are theorising and practicing new forms of research in ‘wild’ contexts. Many researchers are choosing to leave the familiarity of their laboratory-based settings in order to pursue in-situ studies ‘in the wild’ that can help them to better understand the implications of their work in real-world settings. This has naturally led to ethical, philosophical and practical reappraisals with re...

With careful research and imagination, author Linda Goyette has created a collection of 25 stories based on the true stories of named children of the past and present.Too often the youngest Canadians are erased from our historical memory. Rocky Mountain Kids provides firstperson creative non-fiction narratives from the region's children, many of whom went on to be influential adults. In the style of its successful predecessor, Kidmonton, ...

The Lonely Peach is about a Peach called Percy who is picked off a tree by a Farmer called Farmer Green, he escapes from the farm so he is not sold on the market, he begins to realize that the world outside the farm is not so safe after all as he finds himself in all kinds of danger; that is of course until he meets a friendly owl named Oliva, Percy quickly becomes friends with her and she helps him make his way home to save his brothers and sisters from being sold; Percy convinces Farmer ...

Have you got what it takes to keep Dennis and Walter from erasing each other from history?It’s a week night and you have a sleepover round Dennis’s house! It’s going to be EPIC!… Is what you thought before Dennis pulled a prank that shut the school down and you were forced to go to work with his parents. BORING!… Is what you thought before you, Dennis, Gnasher and Walter got sucked into a time machine that sent you ...

Two crocodiles, Victor and Al have one wish: to buy some video games and play with them during rainy afternoons.After counting the savings in their money-boxes, they arrive at the local shopping mall on their bikes ….only to find that they don't have enough money to buy their favourite games. In this beautifully illustrated story, the two amusing friends show us, in a simple but entertaining way, some rules of economics that we all have to use in our everyday lives. Let's follow the...

In this adventure, Ms. Bogus' class goes back in time to the pioneer era. They learn (a lot more than they want to!) about he Dust Bowl, sodbusting, Prairie Schooners, and much more while having fun (well mostly!) and return to class smarter, appreciating what they have, and also, a little dustier.This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in...

Bear and his friends love journeys. Snake uses this against them in this case though. The group is taken on a dangerous voyage. This was all planned by no one other than Snake. But will this "trip" pay off in the end or lead to disaster. Well you will just have to come along on this extraordinary journey and find out!

Everybody loves a good Christmas story because most of them convey a wonderful lesson. In author Don Hiscox’s The Sled: A Christmas Story, readers will find a beautiful and lesson-filled Christmas tale that will surely capture their hearts. While searching the attic for some Christmas decorations, Peter discovers his old battered sled. As he examines every detail of his old sled, a flood of memories propels Peter back to the winter of 1971 when he learned some valuable lessons about giving...

Two furry friends head out for an adventure in the yard and meet all new and fascinating creatures.

Learn about the courageous Americans who journeyed on the Oregon Trail in this picture book perfect for the Common CoreIt’s 1848, and brave families band together in covered wagons to head west. Each spread introduces a different speaker to tell his or her part of the story: there’s Carl Hawks, son of the wagon train leader; Louisa Bailey, the newlywed; Chankoowashtay, a Sioux brave; and more. Like its acclaimed predecessor Colonial Voices, this book showcases a thrilling—...

This is the story of Tommy Twigtree and his Easter adventure. This book is the second story in the Tommy Twigtree series by the author Michael Firman and follows Tommy Twigtree and the Carrot Crunchers.