Amira Swift is a chatty, energetic 7-year-old who loves to dance. A series celebrating friendship, family and Lebanese-Australian culture with highly appealing stories for all to enjoy.Year One student Amira Swift has three favourite things: her BFFs Ellie (one) and Naya (two), and dancing (three).So when her school holds a Talent Show, the BFFs can't wait to enter as a dance group. But soon the girls go from having fun to having fights. Will they stay frie...

Amira Swift is a chatty, energetic 7-year-old who loves to dance. A series celebrating friendship, family and Lebanese-Australian culture with highly appealing stories for all to enjoy.Amira Swift has a problem! All of her friends are bringing special foods that represent their cultures to sell and raise money at the school fair, but Amira comes from two cultures and doesn't know what to take. Both her grandmothers want to share their special family recipes with he...

Dad says it's time for a bath, but Maya is certain that kittens do not need baths. In fact, this curious kitten would much rather hunt for prey and climb trees all night than wash herself and get ready for bed. Can this feisty kitten be coaxed into starting her night-time routine?Preschool Problems is a brilliant new series about all the big problems faced by our littlest people!

Who will I meet at school? All the people inside the cheerfully illustrated Who's Who at School care about kids from the principal to the music teacher, the school nurse to the cooks and custodians. A 1st-person student narrator introduces young readers to common members of a diverse elementary-school community and explains the work they do.

How do I find my way around school? This Is My School gives young readers the grand tour through all the rooms and special areas that make up an elementary-school building. Featuring playful illustrations that embrace diversity, and led by a 1st-person student narrator, the tour takes kids to the front office, the library, the gym, the nurse’s office, and other rooms.

Our family is moving to a new country.We can’t take all our things, so we need to make a list …In this warm-hearted and lovingly detailed picture book, Niña Nill weaves a story about the pieces of ourselves we bring along when we move, the things we have to leave behind, and how we rebuild a sense of home.We're Moving Away is the perfect book for any family facing change – no matter how big or how small.A 2024 ...

The education we provide our children is most likely to determine whether or not we nurture in the next generation a commitment to the common good, civility, and truth. Surveys consistently indicate that a majority of Americans believe its schools should help students embrace such values and lead lives that contribute to the common good. Indeed, we all have a vested interest in seeing that our schools are successful in nurturing good human beings.Why, then, is there no national com...

Understand the fundamentals of Kubernetes deployment on Azure with a learn-by-doing approachKey FeaturesGet to grips with the fundamentals of containers and KubernetesDeploy containerized applications using the Kubernetes platformLearn how you can scale your workloads and secure your application running in Azure Kubernetes ServiceBook DescriptionContainers and Kubernetes containers facilitate cloud deployments and application...

This is the story of a young boy, named after a licence plate, and his sister, named after a type of floor polish who battle an alien menace, the void of space, scary things in sewers and massive explosions, all while discussing the psychologically paradoxical nature of evil, the universe and everything else.They are aided in their quest by Bopi, a cyborg posing as the family pet, Madame Esmeralda- a small medium, a welsh self taught astronaut in a home made suit, a computer with a...

Kick-start your DevOps career by learning how to effectively deploy Kubernetes on Azure in an easy, comprehensive, and fun way with hands-on coding tasksKey FeaturesUnderstand the fundamentals of Docker and KubernetesLearn to implement microservices architecture using the Kubernetes platformDiscover how you can scale your application workloads in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Book DescriptionFrom managing versioning efficient...

In this warm-hearted story from the bestselling Preschool Problems series, Manu the crocodile is far too busy to use the toilet at day care.Manu has an action-packed day ahead, and Dad reminds him that even busy crocodiles need to use the toilet at day care. But Manu doesn't want to miss out on any fun – not when there's painting to do, friends to chase and games to play!Can this energetic crocodile find the time to use the loo

Plucked from his nest by a hawk, Scamper, a baby squirrel, escapes the death-grip of the raptor bird only to find himself lost and alone. Luck places him into the tender care of his new, adopted parent, Mother Nutworthy, a kind and experienced squirrel, who discovers that Scamper is very different from any squirrel she has ever seen. His color, size, shape, and sleeping habits are all wrong. Drowsy during the day and alert as soon as the sun sets, the insomniac Scamper ventures out into th...