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The First of Everything by Nury Vittachi
$19.90Sam Jam sat in a school library and challenged the school community to ask him about the origin of anything at all ― and pledged to use library resources to answer within 60 minutes. Children and adults delivered clever, funny, unexpected questions: Who owned the first pet dog? Who invented toilets? What was the first song? Were the first newspapers really made of rock? And who was the first human, anyway?
ISBN: 9789813274778
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Public Service Leadership by Tan Yong Soon
$35.00What is the role of a leader? Why do you want to be a leader? Can anyone be a leader? Public Service Leadership will help you answer these questions and more.Drawing on the rich public service leadership experience of the author, this book introduces the five practices of good leadership (Clarity, Courage, Communications, Caring-ness and Culture); demonstrates how you can be a leader by managing yourself, your boss and luck; and explores the fulfilment of life goals such as success, happiness and friendship.While the book is about public service leadership, the lessons and stories can also be applied to leaders in the private and non-profit sectors. Even those holding middle or junior positions of organisations can discover how to be better leaders.
ISBN: 9789819800223
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J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter Box Set 1-3 (MinaLima Edition)
$269.90The most magical gift for anyone who loves the wizarding world! A stunning, interactive collector’s set featuring the first three books in J.K. Rowling’s spellbinding Harry Potter series, designed and illustrated by MinaLima – the acclaimed studio behind the iconic graphics of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films.
Experience J.K. Rowling’s first three Harry Potter stories as never before! Each hardback edition is brimming with MinaLima magic and features J.K. Rowling’s complete and unabridged text accompanied by full-colour illustrations on nearly every page and eight brilliant paper-engineered elements:
ISBN: 9781526680068
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Under the Stars by Lisa Harvey-Smith
$25.90Under the Stars: Astrophysics for Everyone transports curious kids and inquisitive adults on an incredible journey through the night sky. Explore our solar system from the comfort of your cosy bedroom. Find out why the sky is blue. Fly around a black hole and peer inside! Learn why Jupiter has stripes.When astrophysicist Lisa Harvey-Smith isn’t looking skyward, she is answering the smart questions of school kids.
ISBN: 9789811218255
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Jacqueline Wilson: The Magic Faraway Tree, A Christmas Adventure
$16.90Explore the much-loved Magic Faraway Tree at the most special time of the year. This brand-new story by superstar author Jacqueline Wilson is set in the original world created by Enid Blyton.Milo, Mia and Birdy are excited to return to the cottage beside the Enchanted Wood for Christmas. They can’t wait to visit their magical friends Silky the fairy and Moonface again. Which amazing worlds will arrive at the top of the Faraway Tree at this time of year? The children are hoping for a trip to the Land of Presents or perhaps the Land of Snow. But before they can celebrate, there is a chilling visit to the Land of the Frozen North . . . The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton was Jacqueline Wilson’s own favourite book as a young child. Now Britain’s favourite contemporary children’s author, creator of Hetty Feather and Tracy Beaker, is revisiting it in her second wonderful book about this magical world.
ISBN: 9781444971583
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J.K. Rowling: Christmas at Hogwarts
$34.90Christmas was coming. One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow.’
So begins Chapter 12 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the story of Harry Potter’s magical first Christmas at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. From the wonder of the Great Hall decked with sparkling, decorated fir trees to cosy evenings by the fire in the Gryffindor common room and the joy of opening presents on Christmas morning, it’s a school holiday filled with warmth, friendship, treats and magical surprises that Harry will never forget.
With text drawn directly from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and luminous artwork by Ziyi Gao, this favourite moment, showing Harry’s very first Christmas amongst friends, is now fully illustrated for the whole family to enjoy. Sure to be treasured by Harry Potter fans of all ages, it’s the perfect gift to put under the tree or read together at Christmas – the beginning of an enchanting new festive tradition.
ISBN: 9781526677082
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Tranport Pop-Up: Train
$7.90This delightful pop-up book is a wonderful means to introduce the young minds to the world of transport! Do you like trains? Do you want to learn more about them? Come with us and see what all they do in our huge world!
ISBN: 9789354404221
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Tranport Pop-Up: Car
$7.90This delightful pop-up book is a wonderful means to introduce the young minds to the world of transport! Do you like cars? Do you want to learn more about them? Come with us and see what all they do in our huge world!
ISBN: 9789354404061
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Peppa Pig: Peppa Loves Soft Play A lift-the-flap book
$17.90Peppa is very excited for Richard Rabbit’s birthday party at the soft play centre! Peppa, George and all their friends love the soft play centre, but the grownups are a little bit less excited. . . Whenever it’s time to go home, the children are having so much fun that they don’t get out when they’re called, so their parents have to go in after them, and they always get stuck! Can Daddy Pig rescue the grownups? Lift the flaps to find out in this fun board book!
ISBN: 9780241322024
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Dr. Aammton Alias: Real Ghost Stories of Borneo 7
$15.00Real Ghost Stories of Borneo 7 is the seventh book in the popular Real Ghost Stories of Borneo book series. This book is a compilation of ghost and supernatural encounter stories, written by a family physician working in Borneo. Illustrations commissioned to local artist Hadimages. The supernatural tales are actual accounts revealed to him by his patients and other members of the local population. The stories offer a unique insight into the local population and what ails them.
ISBN: 9781326899639
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The Book That Really Did Not Want To Be Read
$27.90The second interactive picture book from the author of the bestselling Swedish children’s book The Book That Did Not Want To Be Read. WARNING! Back off! Put this book away RIGHT NOW. Don’t you know that this book REALLY does not want to be read? It will BITE. And SNAP. And NIBBLE. If you try to read this book it will play all sorts of strange and sneaky tricks on you. Outrageous tricks and ridiculous tricks. And you will have to promise some very silly things to unlock a …
ISBN: 9780241539958
