Yasmeen Ismail

A child has a very difficult time getting Fred, the dog, to bed.

Greta and Gracie are sisters - Greta is chatty while Gracie is quiet and it's all fine until, one day, everything changes. It's nearly Christmas and together the sisters decorate the tree, shop for presents and even try a spot of ice-skating! But Greta, of course, always knows best - poor Gracie can't get a word in edgeways. Then on Christmas Eve, while Greta is quietly sleeping, Gracie hears a funny noise ...whatever could it be? She creeps downstairs...

"Mommy and Lila are going to visit Grandpa, but Lila is busy playing in her own imaginary world. Grandpa decides to join Lila--because using your imagination is even more fun when you play together!"--

All Sophie wants for her birthday is a pet giraffe, but as she tries to convince different members of her rather complicated family to support her cause, each tells her she is using too many words until she finally hits on the perfect one. Includes glossary.

Encouraged by her teacher to approach her art assignment from new points of view, Sophia produces a piece she is proud of, but can she persuade her hard-to-impress family to take a chance on a different perspective?

When her family complains about her pet giraffe's loud snoring and sloppy kisses, Sophia finds an engineering solution.

" "O meu irmão bebé está quase a nascer! Mas ainda terei de esperar. Ele parece um pouco estranho... O Papá diz que ele é uma semente de papoila. Depois um feijão. E depois... um abacate?!" Uma deliciosa e original história sobre a antecipação pela chegada de um irmãozinho, que, com uma abordagem muito atual e relevante, acompanha o crescimento do bebé dentro da barriga da mãe, equiparando-o ao tamanho de vários frutos." -- "It's hard...