Author: Harry Oulton
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 0823433773
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Isla and Heather are best friends. It hardly matters that Isla is a farmer's daughter and Heather is a pig. From the moment Isla was born, Heather has been there for her, through good times and bad. So when a damaging storm forces Isla's dad to sell his beautiful farm in the Scottish countryside and move with Isla to far-off London, Heather is bereft. She is determined to go to London to find her best friend no matter what--even if it means becoming a fugitive pig! Readers will cheer for Heather from the countryside to the big city in this humorous and charming story of long-lasting friendship, unexpected fame and a very unusual quest.
A Pig Called Heather
Author: Harry Oulton
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 0823433773
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Isla and Heather are best friends. It hardly matters that Isla is a farmer's daughter and Heather is a pig. From the moment Isla was born, Heather has been there for her, through good times and bad. So when a damaging storm forces Isla's dad to sell his beautiful farm in the Scottish countryside and move with Isla to far-off London, Heather is bereft. She is determined to go to London to find her best friend no matter what--even if it means becoming a fugitive pig! Readers will cheer for Heather from the countryside to the big city in this humorous and charming story of long-lasting friendship, unexpected fame and a very unusual quest.
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 0823433773
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Isla and Heather are best friends. It hardly matters that Isla is a farmer's daughter and Heather is a pig. From the moment Isla was born, Heather has been there for her, through good times and bad. So when a damaging storm forces Isla's dad to sell his beautiful farm in the Scottish countryside and move with Isla to far-off London, Heather is bereft. She is determined to go to London to find her best friend no matter what--even if it means becoming a fugitive pig! Readers will cheer for Heather from the countryside to the big city in this humorous and charming story of long-lasting friendship, unexpected fame and a very unusual quest.
The Return of a Pig Called Heather
Author: Harry Oulton
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN: 1848125550
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Everyone's favourite pig returns to face her hardest challenge yet! Heather the pig is happily hiding in London Zoo. But something's wrong. Her human friend, Isla, is sad, and if Isla's sad, then Heather's sad. Isla wants to move back to Scotland. Can Heather help? No problem. She'll just break out of the zoo, work out where Scotland is, walk the 500 miles to get there, avoid being re-captured, confront a wildcat, defeat Mr Busby, and then get the farm back for Isla and her dad. Easy!
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN: 1848125550
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Everyone's favourite pig returns to face her hardest challenge yet! Heather the pig is happily hiding in London Zoo. But something's wrong. Her human friend, Isla, is sad, and if Isla's sad, then Heather's sad. Isla wants to move back to Scotland. Can Heather help? No problem. She'll just break out of the zoo, work out where Scotland is, walk the 500 miles to get there, avoid being re-captured, confront a wildcat, defeat Mr Busby, and then get the farm back for Isla and her dad. Easy!
Pig Gets Stuck: For tablet devices
Author: Heather Amery
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1409563006
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Curly the pig is stuck: will Mrs Boot be able to get him out? Young children will love finding out what happens in this humorous short story specially written for new readers with the help of language experts. Exclusive ebook material includes a map of Apple Tree Farm, showing all of the places mentioned in the story. Don't forget to spot the Little Yellow Duck on every double page. This is a highly illustrated ebook that can only be read on the Kindle Fire or other tablet. "Usborne farmyard tales are delightful short stories superbly illustrated and in easy language, just right for the children who are just beginning to read... if you have a child in the age group of two to five, you can be sure that they are going to love these books." - A Spoonful of Ideas
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1409563006
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Curly the pig is stuck: will Mrs Boot be able to get him out? Young children will love finding out what happens in this humorous short story specially written for new readers with the help of language experts. Exclusive ebook material includes a map of Apple Tree Farm, showing all of the places mentioned in the story. Don't forget to spot the Little Yellow Duck on every double page. This is a highly illustrated ebook that can only be read on the Kindle Fire or other tablet. "Usborne farmyard tales are delightful short stories superbly illustrated and in easy language, just right for the children who are just beginning to read... if you have a child in the age group of two to five, you can be sure that they are going to love these books." - A Spoonful of Ideas
A Pig Called Heather
Author: Harry Oulton
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN: 1848125542
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
An inspiring tale of courage, friendship and, above all, apples! Heather's best friend is a girl called Isla, who lives with her dad on a farm in Scotland. Their idyllic life together is shattered when a thunderstorm destroys everything and forces Isla's dad to sell up and move to London - leaving Isla and Heather miles apart and utterly miserable. Then fate intervenes, turning Heather from an everyday pig into a national celebrity, and catapulting her to fame, fortune and, most excitingly of all . . . London. Armed only with her own pig-headedness, Heather embarks on a quest to track down her best friend. After all, how many girls with freckles can there be in London?
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN: 1848125542
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
An inspiring tale of courage, friendship and, above all, apples! Heather's best friend is a girl called Isla, who lives with her dad on a farm in Scotland. Their idyllic life together is shattered when a thunderstorm destroys everything and forces Isla's dad to sell up and move to London - leaving Isla and Heather miles apart and utterly miserable. Then fate intervenes, turning Heather from an everyday pig into a national celebrity, and catapulting her to fame, fortune and, most excitingly of all . . . London. Armed only with her own pig-headedness, Heather embarks on a quest to track down her best friend. After all, how many girls with freckles can there be in London?
Curly the Pig
Author: Heather Amery
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780746021361
Category : Apple Tree Farm (Imaginary place)
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
This board book about Curly the pig has been written especially for very young children from one year upwards.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780746021361
Category : Apple Tree Farm (Imaginary place)
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
This board book about Curly the pig has been written especially for very young children from one year upwards.
Heather's Piglets
Author: Harry Oulton
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN: 1848125224
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Two young pigs wave farewell to their mum and set off on an epic journey to find their father. . . It's been two years since Heather got the farm in Scotland back for Isla and her dad, and she is struggling. As her piglets grow up, Heather is having to adjust not only to being a single mum, but also to having to deal with their adolescence. Over the years Heather has had many litters, but, not to put too fine a point on it, hitherto none of them made it past the suckling stage. But now Heather is no longer a working animal and is raising the two piglets she had with Aitor the stripey Bearded pig from London zoo. She's having to cope with the inevitable problems which come with being the mother of two cheeky, opinionated, adolescent piglets - Eder and her brother Tor. When a near disaster leaves Heather at death's door, her friend Rhona takes matters into her own hands. She decides the piglets need some discipline, and if Heather is too ill to provide it, she must find someone who can. She sends the piglets off to find Aitor, their father, last seen in a disused coalmine outside Gateshead some two years ago. . .
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN: 1848125224
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Two young pigs wave farewell to their mum and set off on an epic journey to find their father. . . It's been two years since Heather got the farm in Scotland back for Isla and her dad, and she is struggling. As her piglets grow up, Heather is having to adjust not only to being a single mum, but also to having to deal with their adolescence. Over the years Heather has had many litters, but, not to put too fine a point on it, hitherto none of them made it past the suckling stage. But now Heather is no longer a working animal and is raising the two piglets she had with Aitor the stripey Bearded pig from London zoo. She's having to cope with the inevitable problems which come with being the mother of two cheeky, opinionated, adolescent piglets - Eder and her brother Tor. When a near disaster leaves Heather at death's door, her friend Rhona takes matters into her own hands. She decides the piglets need some discipline, and if Heather is too ill to provide it, she must find someone who can. She sends the piglets off to find Aitor, their father, last seen in a disused coalmine outside Gateshead some two years ago. . .
Different--A Great Thing to Be!
Author: Heather Avis
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 0593232666
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This joyful rhyming book encourages children to value the “different” in all people, leading the way to a kinder world in which the differences in all of us are celebrated and embraced. Macy is a girl who’s a lot like you and me, but she's also quite different, which is a great thing to be. With kindness, grace, and bravery, Macy finds her place in the world, bringing beauty and laughter wherever she goes and leading others to find delight in the unique design of every person. Children are naturally aware of the differences they encounter at school, in their neighborhood, and in other everyday relationships. They just need to be given tools to understand and appreciate what makes us “different,” permission to ask questions about it, and eyes to see and celebrate it in themselves as well as in those around them.
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 0593232666
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This joyful rhyming book encourages children to value the “different” in all people, leading the way to a kinder world in which the differences in all of us are celebrated and embraced. Macy is a girl who’s a lot like you and me, but she's also quite different, which is a great thing to be. With kindness, grace, and bravery, Macy finds her place in the world, bringing beauty and laughter wherever she goes and leading others to find delight in the unique design of every person. Children are naturally aware of the differences they encounter at school, in their neighborhood, and in other everyday relationships. They just need to be given tools to understand and appreciate what makes us “different,” permission to ask questions about it, and eyes to see and celebrate it in themselves as well as in those around them.
Wait Till Helen Comes
Author: Mary Downing Hahn
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547346034
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Twelve-year-old Molly and her ten-year-old brother, Michael, have never liked their seven-year-old stepsister, Heather. Ever since their parents got married, she's made Molly and Michael's life miserable. Now their parents have moved them all to the country to live in a house that used to be a church, with a cemetery in the backyard. If that's not bad enough, Heather starts talking to a ghost named Helen and warning Molly and Michael that Helen is coming for them. Molly feels certain Heather is in some kind of danger, but every time she tries to help, Heather twists things around to get her into trouble. It seems as if things can't get any worse. But they do—when Helen comes.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547346034
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Twelve-year-old Molly and her ten-year-old brother, Michael, have never liked their seven-year-old stepsister, Heather. Ever since their parents got married, she's made Molly and Michael's life miserable. Now their parents have moved them all to the country to live in a house that used to be a church, with a cemetery in the backyard. If that's not bad enough, Heather starts talking to a ghost named Helen and warning Molly and Michael that Helen is coming for them. Molly feels certain Heather is in some kind of danger, but every time she tries to help, Heather twists things around to get her into trouble. It seems as if things can't get any worse. But they do—when Helen comes.
Where's Curly?
Author: Heather Amery
Publisher: Usborne Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780794505448
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Can you help Poppy and Sam find Curly the pig, Rusty the dog and Woolly the sheep? Look under the flaps to see where they are hiding. These durable, safety-tested bath books will provide hours of bathtime fun!
Publisher: Usborne Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780794505448
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Can you help Poppy and Sam find Curly the pig, Rusty the dog and Woolly the sheep? Look under the flaps to see where they are hiding. These durable, safety-tested bath books will provide hours of bathtime fun!
Home for the Holidays
Author: Heather Vogel Frederick
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442406860
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Four girls continue their mother-daughter book club, reading Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol," but from unexpected blizzards to a sledding disaster, nothing goes as planned.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442406860
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Four girls continue their mother-daughter book club, reading Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol," but from unexpected blizzards to a sledding disaster, nothing goes as planned.