Best Selling Books by Elizabeth Laird

When bad weather prevents the children from going to the beach, they turn their bedroom into a beach and pretend they are on a boat and a desert island.

Peter Castle, on holiday in France with his parents, gets left behind by mistake and finds himself without food, money or means of communication. Elizabeth Laird is the author of Kiss the Dust, winner of the Children''s Book of the Year in 1991.

Designed for elementary to lower intermediate level, this series aims to give readers a feeling for the USA, its people and culture. This book looks at travel and transportation in the USA from the early days of wagon trains and railroads to the age of the automobile and the airplane.

Whether at work or at play--these cuddly bears will provide children hours offun and teach such fundamental skills as counting and rhyming.

Bored with her little brother Pog''s childish games, Dindy decides that she''s finally grown-up enough for a real adventure. While her mother is sleeping and the servants are busy, she takes Pog deep into the tea gardens, a place they are never supposed to go alone. Terrified by wild animals and snubbed by the local children, Dindy starts to realize how little she really knows about India, even though it''s the only place she''s ever called home. But little does she know her life is about to be turned upside down when her mother is taken ill and her father tells her they are leaving India, for good. Dindy and the Elephant by Elizabeth Laird is a wonderful portrait of a young British child coming to terms with leaving her beloved childhood home, while at the same time realizing that many of the things she has been raised to believe are wrong.

When Tina brings her new puppy, Toto, with her to the circus, he runs off and gets lost.

Stan''s reliable farm tractor Duncan comes in handy when the ducks'' pond freezes over and they cannot get to the water.

The Cubby Bears have fun making a mask, playing pretend, walking in the woods, and putting on a magic show. Includes directions for activities.

Duncan the tractor comes to the rescue of Stan the farmer when a nosy calf disturbs a nest of hornets.

"Simon Simple is going on holiday and the police are looking for a spy. On the train, Simon meets a beautifaul girl. He likes her and she likes him. But the spy is there too. Simon and the police can''t see the spy. Can you?" - back cover.

It''s Jani''s first day at school and she''s nervous. Will the other monkeys be friendly? Will they all stare at her? Jani is in a wheelchair, and this makes her different. But, thanks to her sense of cheekiness, she makes friends and has a very nice first day at school indeed.

Fahali anafanya kazi ngumu lakini Punda hamuamini.

Susie finds herself in a very strange situation when her little dog Toto runs away at the circus and she is forced to chase him.

Voici un beau livre où les enfants découvriront mille idées pour fêter tous les anniversaires. Comment organiser une fête, à la maison ou au jardin, confectionner une carte pour son meilleur ami, préparer un gâteau en forme de cœur pour sa maman, imaginer un déguisement, réaliser un cadeau tout simple mais original : tout cela vous sera expliqué dans ce livre. Satomi Ichikawa et Elizabeth Laird vous souhaitent un joyeux anniversaire !

Una nena arrisca la vida per salvar l''àvia, que és el pal de paller de la seva família destrossada per la guerra i que està greument malalta perquè no pot disposar dels medicaments que necessita. Enmig de l''horror, la destrucció i els odis d''un conflicte armat, hi esclaten espurnes d''amistat, tendresa i solidaritat.

Iran has mountains striped with snow, dense forests where bears and lynxes still roam, deserts, bazaars...but above all it has stories - of fairies and demons, of a monstrous metal eagle called the okab, of romantic cockroaches and foolish weavers. During her travels, Elizabeth Laird has gathered a wealth of stories, and here she retells, in her own inimitable style, some of Iran''s best, with delightfully offbeat illustrations from Shirin Adl. Praise for A Fistful of Pearls and Other Tales from Iraq: ''Its baddies are wolves and thieves; its stories are fabulous.'' The Daily Telegraph

This is a new release of the original 1947 edition.

Tessa Maclean never wanted to come to Seagull Island. Her father''s new wife, Sheena is expecting a baby. Tessa feels angry and unhappy. But then Sheena has an accident, and Tessa must take the boat across to Inverkeld to fetch a doctor. Will she get there through the storm? Includes activities. Suggested level: primary.

An Ethiopian retelling of the events surrounding the birth of Jesus illustrated with traditional works of art.

This book aims to improve social work training and practice by arguing that a thorough understanding of people''s values, social norms and family arrangements are crucial to achieving culturally sensitive practice.

Pourquoi Tara et ses parents doivent-ils abandonner si soudainement leur maison ? Pourquoi vont-ils se cacher dans un petit village du Kurdistan ? Parviendront-ils à franchir les montagnes pour gagner l''Iran ? Réussiront-ils à s''adapter à la vie du camp de réfugiés ? Tara reverra-t-elle son frère Ashti ? L''histoire bouleversante d''une famille qui, confrontée à de cruels événements, saura préserver son unité et son identité.

Faces of the USA introduces you to Americans from all walks of life and from all major regions of the U.S. In lively and informative reading passages, suitable for students at intermediate level, Faes of the U.S.A. gives you real insight into the lives of individual Americans and into American Society.