Most Popular Books by Judy Allen

A story concerning racial prejudice. Age group young adult.

The arrival of some unusual new ducks causes a bit of a stir among Kate and fellow helpers at Lee Road City Farm. And digging a pond for them unearths something most unexpected.

Some odd things are happening to Mike. First a meteorite hits his backpack, then his garden starts sinking and he begins to have bizarre dreams. When Mike hears about a kidnapping that seems identical to his night-visions, he and his best friend Scott decide to solve the mystery in this humorous adventure story by award-winning author Judy Allen. * Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading programme and longer chapter books. * Text type: A mystery story. * Curriculum links: Citizenship: Taking part. * This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

"Be part of the action as dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes stomp, roar, and pounce their way through this interactive book. Uncovr the fascinating answers to questions about these magnificent creatures and look out for unexpected scene changes as you flip the flaps"--Back cover.

This introduction to the world of the ladybird aims to bring this familiar, small creature sympathetically to life. Young children should be fascinated by this tiny life found just outside their back door.

The weird things start as soon as Mike and his parents move into their new home, 31 South Street. Mike''s things fly out of the window, footsteps pad up the stairs at night - the house is haunted, Mike is sure, and the ghost wants him out. But why and what can he do? Mike has to solve the mystery.

When the villagers hire a famous hunter to kill the tiger rumored to live in the woods, only one young boy wishes to protect the animal; and, in fact, the hunter knows more than one way to shoot a tiger.

Discover fascinating answers to questions about whales and dolphins and look for unexpected scene changes as you flip the flaps.

A tired witch ignores her cat''s advice about where to find a nice place to sleep and instead travels around trying out new places, including a treetop, a star, and a cave full of bats.

Young Joseph Oklahombi sees a panther in the woods near his home and never forgets the piercing scream of the animal and how it makes his heart skip a beat! When Joseph enlists in WWI as a 23-year-old man, an elder Choctaw holy man tells Joseph to use a special war cry - the cry of the panther. Joseph has the opportunity to use this special panther war cry during WWI! Joseph also becomes one of the famed Choctaw Code Talkers of WWI. This is a story of young Joseph Oklahombi''s journey from childhood in McCurtain County, Oklahoma to his heroics in WWI.

Projects that children can make with natural materials found in the garden, in the countryside, by the seashore, or even in the kitchen.

Highflyers is a new series in which two young girls begin to realise their dreams of world travel. In this book they find themselves welcoming people into holiday homes in Spain, but soon realise that the people concerned are not holiday-makers

Discusses technological innovations in electronics such as digital signals, optical fibres, lasers, and bio-chips and their applications in homes, work places, hospitals, and space and military programs.