Most Popular Books by Sally Gardner

Headmaster Farley''s back and he''s ready for revenge, but an unexpected visit from his estranged sister brings monstrous results as she takes over Splurch Academy. Forced to retreat to his laboratory, he hatches a plan to reclaim the school. Meanwhile, Cody Mack and the other boys are pitted against their new classmates-the girls of Priscilla Prim Academy for Precious and Proper Young Ladies.

Award-winning author Sally Gardner delivers another whimsical tale about the daughter of a mermaid and an ice cream maker, a mysterious talking tiger, and a search for a sea dragon''s magical underwater orchard in this second book in the Mr. Tiger series. From a magical world of well-dressed animals, talking toads, and bossy princesses comes a fresh tale of Mr. Tiger, Betsy K. Glory, and a wicked pirate in search of golden apples. A rare egg has gone missing and a very unhappy sea dragon wants it back. It''s time for Mr. Tiger, Betsy, and the Gongalongs to set sail on their second adventure.

Faced with ever growing patron demands, tight budgets, and limited personnel, libraries are relying more and more on volunteers to assist the paid staff. But for every professional who "manages" volunteers there is a horror story--a "problem volunteer" who lacked the talent, commitment, team spirit, personality or available time to do the job. How does the busy librarian develop and manage a successful volunteer program? This is the guide to implementing and managing a volunteer program tailored to the needs of the individual library. Issues such as recruitment and placement, training, development, and evaluation, and the "challenging" volunteer are discussed. Sample applications, advertisements, press releases, job descriptions, and skills and aptitude tests are also included.

Halloween has nearly arrived, but a young witch is in a pickle. She has cast a spell and shrunk herself by mistake! When a gust of wind blows her out to sea, her best friend, a little ghost, goes with her. They find themselves landing on Rubbish Island where the Tindims haven''t met witches or ghosts before, and the witch and ghost didn''t know the Tindims even existed. But Skittle, Brew, Pinch and the gang are soon helping their spooky new friends get back to the right size and home in time for their Halloween parade. And the Tindims might just decide to hold their own Halloween-Helloween party... Printed in dyslexia-friendly font with pictures on every page and perfect for the reluctant reader, the Tindims of Rubbish Island is an empowering series for 5-8 year olds inspiring conservation and inventive ways to recycle.

Sally Gardner expands her Magical Kids series with two more delightfully quirky chapter books, packaged together in this fun “flip” format for twice the magic! Fans of Judy Moody and My Weird School are sure to snatch this one up!

The authors asked library leaders and other prominent Americans to select the quotes that inspire their efforts in preserving intellectual freedom in the US. The contributors reflect on the meaning of their quotes and examine how they promote intellectual freedom in their own communities.

It''s Hallowe''en and Podgy Bottom is in trouble. All over town cars are being shrunk to the size of a matchbox in the blink of an eye; a giant purple bunny rabbit is running riot and a strange-looking broomstick is causing chaos and calamity... Sounds like a case for Wings & Co, the famous fairy detective agency! Can Emily, Budget and Fidget put a stop to this magical mischief before it''s too late? Another fantastic story for younger readers from Sally Gardner, winner of the COSTA BOOK AWARD 2013, and acclaimed artist, David Roberts. If you loved David Walliams''s GANGSTA GRANNY, you''ll love these hilarious tales of mischief, mayhem, magic and mystery.

At the Wings & Co. Fairy Detective Agency, Emily Vole and her friends are beginning to worry. It''s five months since their official opening and they still haven''t had one case. Then local landowner Sir Walter Cross dies suddenly and mysteriously. The detectives suspect fairy meddling. And when Mr Rollo the tailor mysteriously loses everything and Pan Smith''s wedding plans are ruined the night before her big day, they''re convinced there must be magic at play. Now they have not one, but three pickled herrings to deal with! Can they solve the mystery of who is stealing people''s luck before the meddling fairy goes too far?

The fairy catalogue brings you the very best from Fairyland and everything you could wish for in a fairy tale.

Turning our everyday rubbish into treasure, the tiny Tindims dive deep for an underwater adventure. The Tindims all have diaries, but nothing exciting to write in them. Until the day that Pinch digs a very deep hole and finds something interesting. Adventure is in the air! The Tindims come face to face with a fearsome Garbage Gobbler, they bump into Stumbling Stone Island and find Skywhistle, Googletop, Eggnot, Peggnot and Cloud. And Broom meets Brush in a story with the happiest of happy endings.

Libraries might get the support they need a little easier with this book. Part one looks at library advocacy on the local level from immediate concerns to ongoing support strategies. Part two examines tactics to gain state and federal support.

Reed, director of the Norfolk Public Library, VA, and coauthor of Speaking Out: Voices in Celebration of Intellectual Freedom (ALA, 1999), presents an excellent collection of handy tips and tricks librarians can use to assure success in promoting, defending, and assuring funding for their libraries. In a step-by-step discussion, she explains various public relations and marketing materials for creating, developing, and sharing the messages librarians want to get out to the public. These include fundraising techniques, negotiating with the media, writing editorials and op-ed columns, and preparing public service announcements and presentations. The text is replete with practical examples of the various public communication tools that have been used by other public libraries nationwide. Although geared primarily for use by library directors, staff, trustees, and Friends in public libraries, Reed''s book outlines the basic principles of public relations that can be adapted in any situation. This is a nice supplement to Lisa Wolfe''s Library Public Relations, Promotions, and Communications (Professional Media, LJ 9/1/97) as it focuses more on the politically sensitive aspects of these communication tools.

In 17th century London, Coriander, a girl who has inherited magic from her mother, must find a way to use this magic in order to save both herself and an inhabitant of the fairy world where her mother was born.

Emily Vole makes headline news in the first weeks of her life, when she is found in an abandoned hatbox in Stanstead Airport. Then, only a few years later, her neighbour Mrs String dies leaving Emily a mysterious inheritance: an old shop, a small bunch of golden keys and a cat called Fidget. In the shop Emily discovers drawers full of fairy wings and the beginning of an adventure of a lifetime as the old Fairy Detective Agency comes back to life. It is up to Emily to reopen the shop, and recall the fairies to duty. Together they must embark on their first mystery to find Emily Vole''s real parents and do battle with their great fairy-snatching enemy, Harpula. Read by Simon Russell Beale. Simon Russell Beale has starred on stage, screen and TV and has been described as one of the greatest stage actors of his generation. He has been in numerous roles for The Royal Shakespeare Company and has won the Lawrence Olivier Theatre Award 3 times. In 2003 he was appointed a CBE. In 2008 Simon made his debut as a television presenter, fronting the BBC Four series Sacred Music with Harry Christophers .He has read numerous audiobooks including Orion''s Don''t Cook Cinderella by Francesca Simon.

A child is given a birthday gift of a tree which bears most unusual fruit.

A collection of fifteen essays answering questions posed by the information age toward libraries and librarian practices. Most of the answers involve the role of technology on public and academic learning environments, and the claims and concerns evolving from a future cyber library. Obviously, these discussions lead to the changing roles of librar

Timmy Twinkle is chubby. That means he gets bullied at school and hasn''t any friends. He longs to play football, but he''s hopeless at games. He''s miserable. And it doesn''t help when Gramps tells him about Great Uncle Vernon, a chubby boy who grew up to be a famous footballer.

''shades of Sarah Waters...irresistible'' - The Guardian ''I would like to make myself the heroine of this story - an innocent victim led astray. But alas sir, I would be lying...'' London, 1756: In Newgate prison, Tully Truegood awaits trial. Her fate hanging in the balance, she tells her life-story. It''s a tale that takes her from skivvy in the back streets of London, to conjuror''s assistant, to celebrated courtesan at her stepmother''s Fairy House, the notorious house of ill-repute where decadent excess is a must... Tully was once the talk of the town. Now, with the best seats at Newgate already sold in anticipation of her execution, her only chance of survival is to get her story to the one person who can help her avoid the gallows. She is Tully Truegood. Orphan, whore, magician''s apprentice. Murderer? A compelling mix of bawdy romp and magical realism.'' -Sarra Manning, Red magazine

Standish Treadwell (15) lebt mit seinem Grossvater in Zone 7 und sie sind tagtäglich den Schikanen eines allmächtigen Geheimdienstes ausgeliefert. Als auch noch sein bester Freund verschwindet, hat Standish nichts mehr zu verlieren ...

Ein gesunkenes Schiff, ein Kristallleuchter, der in tausend Stücke zersplittert und ein Mädchen, das sich plötzlich in einem Kostümkorb in der Königlichen Oper wiederfindet. Von da an ist nichts mehr wie zuvor. Was hat es mit dem mysteriösen Mann mit dem smaragdgrünen Anzug auf sich, der dem Mädchen Celeste ein Spiel vorschlägt? Wird sie die retten können, die sie liebt? Ein gefährlicher Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt. Sally Gardner erzählt in ihrem neuen Jugendroman eine magische Geschichte, die tief hineinführt in die Welt des Theaters, von Liebe und Familienbande.

In the wasteland it is eternal day, no clocks mark the passing hours. In 1937 clouds of war gather over Britain. Fifteen-year-old Ezra meets the rich, beautiful and undeniably spoiled Amaryllis Ruben, recently expelled from boarding school. Amaryllis has been playing the rebel since she was nine years old and Ezra is both disturbed and enchanted by her. But Amaryllis is hiding a secret even she does not understand. On the grounds of her father Arnold''s decadent mansion a memory machine take shape. Despite Arnold''s brash playboy exterior Arnold Ruben is seeking to master time. But time is running out for him. And then, on her 17th birthday, Amaryllis vanishes. The years that follow reverberate with the events of that summer''s day. As Britain is shaken by war Ezra pieces together the fragments of his shattered memory in the name of love, loss and hope.

Uma história original e contundente sobre amizade e revolta. Standish Treadwell é um jovem disléxico que vê o mundo de maneira diferente da maioria. Graças a essa visão, ele percebe que o mundo lá de fora não tem que ser necessariamente cinzento e opressor. Quando seu melhor amigo, Hector, é de repente levado embora, Standish percebe que cabe a ele, a seu avô e a um pequeno grupo de rebeldes enfrentar e derrotar a opressão permanente das forças da Terra Mãe. Com o pano de fundo de um regime implacável, disposto a tudo para vencer seus rivais na corrida para chegar à Lua. Este impressionante Lua de larvas é o novo livro da premiada autora Sally Gardner. "A publicação mais original dos últimos anos." (The Times) "Deslumbrante, arrepiante, de tirar o fôlego. Um livro perfeito". (Meg Rosoff)

Standish Treadwell es un héroe poco común. Es joven y disléxico. Y, sin embargo, es el único capaz de desenmascarar la gran mentira que prepara el gobierno... En Patria no se canta En Patria todo es sombra En Patria se premia a los delatores y desaparece sin dejar rastro cualquier enemigo. Sus habitantes viven bajo el yugo del opresivo y despiadado régimen dictatorial que controla y dirige cada uno de sus pasos, están acostumbrados a hablar entre susurros, a recelar de los vecinos, a los continuos cortes de luz, y ya ni se asustan cuando oyen el toque de queda. En Patria, la fantasía es la única vía de escape. Pero Standish no se rinde, sabe que más allá de las infranqueables y herméticas fronteras de su país, tiene que existir otro mundo, un mundo donde la libertad y la verdad no sean solo sueños imposibles sino una maravillosa realidad. «Por un lado están los que piensan linealmente, y por otro lado estás tú, que eres como un golpe de brisa en el parque de la imaginación.» Reseñas: «Hermoso, sobrecogedor, deslumbrante. Un libro perfecto.» Meg Rosoff « Las tres caras de la luna es una novela de otro planeta.» The Sunday Times «Esta novela es un canto al rechazo del ser humano a vivir cualquier tipo de represión.» Books for Keeps «Una novela destinada a convertirse en un clásico moderno.» Booktrust

A beautifully crafted new fairy tale with a dark twist. Be careful what you wish for. "I have no idea how long I have been incarcerated in these ancient walls. . . Let me explain how I find myself in this predicament . . ." Set in the hot houses of a stately home in the eighteenth century, a gardener falls from grace when the Duke sets him the impossible task of growing prize pineapples fit to show off in high society. The gardener''s star falls further when he is replaced by Mr Amicus, a pineapple ''specialist'', who he believes to be a charlatan and a trickster - but nevertheless miraculously produces fruit to delight the Duke. Determined to uncover Mr Amicus''s tricks, the gardener sneaks into the pineapple house to uncover the mysterious shrouded birdcage Mr Amicus carries with him. And what he finds changes his life for ever . . . A cautionary tale with echoes of myth and fairy tale, this bewitching fable will make you careful what you wish for.

Enabling power: Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, ss. 117 (1), 175 (3) & Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, ss. 117 (1), 171 (3) (10). Issued: 19.03.2014. Made: 13.03.2014. Laid: 14.03.2014. Coming into force: 06.04.2014. Effect: S.I. 2001/1004 amended. Territorial extent & classification: E/W/S/NI. General

Mysterious Yann returns to revolutionary France in 1794 to smuggle out aristorcratic refugees who will otherwise face the guillotine. His darling Sido is in England, safe from the Reign of Terror. But while the two are apart, Yann''s Gypsy origins Prejudice Sido''s guardian agains their marriage, spoiling their longed for reunion. When Sido is kidnapped under strange circumstances, however, Yann must use all his strength and courage to outwit the fearful count, rescue Sido, and help save all of France.