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Baby's First Year Journal: A Day-To-Day Guide to Your Baby's Development During the First Twelve Months
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Sometimes funny, sometimes heartachingly sad, in 'Fortunecookes' Christine Harris gently lifts aside the familiar imagery of places like China, Vietnam, Singapore, Korea, the Philippines, Bali, Australia and allows us to share the reality of lives that are at best only half understood.
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When Claudia′s mother decides to go to Italy, she dumps Claudia with her grandfather - a man she hasn′t even met. Claudia expects to meet an old man with a walking cane, but her grandfather wears clashing board shorts and shirt, licks his teeth in restaurants, sticks incense in his neighbour′s toes to keep away bad spirits and his favourite saying is ′cool bananas′! How is Claudia supposed to survive the holidays? And will Grandpa discover her secret?
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Since losing his parents, Jamil has kept himself apart from the rest of his village. He makes a living by looking after his herd of cattle, which he takes up the grassy slopes of the mountains. But when a stray dog follows him home one day, he finds he can't get rid of it. Can Jamil risk letting anything get close to him again?
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An illegal late-night walk during school camp. Sinister rustlings that don't sound like possums in the trees. The muffled sound of gunshot. Hearing voices. Things just keep getting weirder. What's going on? Will Tenille ever get back her own head space?
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Jesse Sharpe is no ordinary kid. She's an orphan, a genius, and a secret agent. Jesse has been assigned by C2--the mysterious organization that raised her and taught her to be a spy--to protect another girl from a kidnap attempt. Jesse will have to trail suspects, plant listening devices, crack codes, and kick occasional bad guy butt. What Jesse doesn't know is whether she can trust C2 and the information she has been given--or if someone within the organization is trying to blow her cover.
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The Barlows have come to the tiny outback town of Beltana, and Audrey′s enjoying making new friends and seeing amazing sights like houses with real glass in the windows! But when Audrey′s mum is suddenly taken to hospital, Audrey and her little brother are stranded with strict Mrs Paterson, who has some very particular ideas about "good" behaviour. Can Audrey make friends with this lonely old lady who keeps her heart in a cage?
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When Preston collapses suddenly after his meeting, Jesse begins to suspect that Granger's involvement in this affair may be much more sinister. What is Director Granger's relationship to Walter Preston? And what are C2 and Nimbus going to do with their knowledge of germ warfare?
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C2 agent working undercover. The other is a 'child with unusual skills', who has been placed at the camp by a vicious group called Nimbus. That child is some kind of threat. But information is scarce. The threat turns out to be larger and more terrifying than anyone imagined.
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Audrey Barlow has woken up in the dead of night and needs to go to the dunny. The only problem is, the dunny is out yonder down the garden path. And if that isn′t bad enough, Audrey sees what she thinks is a ghost! It′s not such a far-fetched idea, especially as her twin sisters, Esther and Pearl, who tragically died at birth are buried out the back. But Audrey soon discovers that it wasn′t a ghost she spotted at all, but a young girl, her own age called Janet. Audrey soon learns that Janet has run...
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The projects offered here include blankets for cots featuring some of your favourite nursery rhymes, blankets for bassinettes and capsules, and a capsule liner; a beautiful soft toy rabbit and a small teddy bear mobile; a sleeping bag featuring exquisite little teddy bears; a baby's jumper and hat; and other items for the nursery such as coathangers, bottle warmers and pincushions.
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Zeb has a terrible problem. He can't stop hiccuping. His friends offer weird cures, but nothing seems to work. The worst thing is, his hiccups are filling him up with air and he's turning into a human windbag. How can Zeb cure his hiccups?
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Holly thinks she's alone, but when the floorboards start creaking, she discovers a strange elderly lady in her house. The old lady doesn't know her name or where she lives, and she loves telling riddles. Will Holly's family turn up to rescue her in time? And will she discover the true identity of the mysterious woman?
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Spy Girl is Jesse Sharpe. Jesse is eleven years old. She is a prodigy, a genius. She speaks five languages and was reading encyclopaedias at age three. With other child prodigies she has been "adopted" by a secret organisation, C2, and is on assignment as part of Operation IQ. Children can go where adults cannot, and adults seldom notice them. But that doesn't make Jesse's task any less dangerous . . .
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