Books with author J. B. Spooner

He is eleven years old. He is football mad. He dreams of growing up to be a football superstar. But Tom Robson's desire to make his dreams come true almost tips into an obsession. Especially when he becomes convinced that he has discovered the magic formula for ultimate football success. He now has a plan- a precisely detailed, day by day, logical plan. In his mind it can't fail.But soon the real world begins to complicate Tom's carefully worked out project. It all starts when his team , Bescot Boys U12s become the centre of a political battle within the club. There is certainly a bumpy road ahead forTom and his mates.Can they really lose their brilliant new manager even before the season starts?And will they be good enough to cope now the committee have signed them up for the tougher City League?As the season progresses the boys find themselves on the end of more destabilizing episodes.But why does the creation of the club's first ever girls' team cause them so many problems?Then there is the question of cheating. Will the boys really be involved in cheating just to win a trophy?And what about Tom's plan? Does it get him any closer to being a professional footballer?

Bliss Taylor and Tamra Gray are absolutely convinced that their boyfriends’ hearts lie in the palms of their hands. But when the girls’ two cynical and mischievous friends beg to differ, a wager is born. An online deception ensues where girl must tempt best friend’s boy, resulting in a comedy of love, hate, flirtation, and revelation. Will the boyfriends remain true to their girlfriends’ hearts? Or is the real question vice versa? Told entirely in chat, IM, text, and blog format, this glimpse into games of the heart is as clever as it is surprising.

Happily in love, Bliss Taylor and Tamra Gray are absolutely certain that their boyfriends’ hearts lie in the palms of their hands. Their friend Annie, however, begs to differ. Thus a wager is born, where hearts and pride are put on the line, and the games are officially begun.Under the guise of a chat room welcoming incoming foreign exchange students, Bliss and Tamra don flirtatious and false identities in order to test their boyfriends’ loyalties. With Bliss and Tamra "out of town," the boys are left to their own devices. To their girlfriends’ hearts will they remain true?

When Norah wakes up one morning with an urge to go for a walk, she isn’t interested in just any kind of walk. She wants to go on an Elephant Walk! Norah’s parents have another idea all together. It’s a perfect day for an elephant walk, but with so much to do and so little time, will Norah really get to see an elephant in her family’s suburban neighborhood? Perhaps more than one. Author and illustrator Joe Spooner makes going on a neighborhood walk more fun, more colorful, and more elephantastic than it has ever been.

When Norah wakes up one morning with an urge to go for a walk, she isn?t interested in just any kind of walk. She wants to go on an Elephant Walk! Norah's parents have another idea all together. It's a perfect day for an elephant walk, but with so much to do and so little time, will Norah really get to see an elephant in her family's suburban neighborhood? Perhaps more than one. Author and illustrator Joe Spooner makes going on a neighborhood walk more fun, more colorful, and more elephantastic than it has ever been.

Did you know that alligators make horrible pilots? That jellyfish are distant cousins of marmaladefish? That some ladybugs are actually menbugs? Be the first kid on your block to impress your friends with your newly acquired knowledge of these incredibly interesting facts! (Or with your awesome ability to recite the alphabet!) From "U is for Uvula, that thing in your throat," to "Y is for Yetis who play in the snow," Joe Spooner's latest zany alphabet book is destined to become a classic. N is for Nostril is the perfect read-a-loud book for young children and grown-ups too. Full-color, silly illustrations by the author make this a wonderful addition to any child's bookshelf. Following the author's first children's book, The Elephant Walk, Joe's lots-of-nonsense style has made him one of Oregon's favorite children's book writers.

Bliss Taylor and Tamra Gray are absolutely convinced that their boyfriends’ hearts lie in the palms of their hands. But when the girls’ two cynical and mischievous friends beg to differ, a wager is born. An online deception ensues where girl must tempt best friend’s boy, resulting in a comedy of love, hate, flirtation, and revelation. Will the boyfriends remain true to their girlfriends’ hearts? Or is the real question vice versa? Told entirely in chat, IM, text, and blog format, this glimpse into games of the heart is as clever as it is surprising.

Excerpt from Machine Drawing and Design for Beginners: An Introductory Work for the Use of Technical StudentsIt is not usual for writers to refer to such minor details as machine and lever handles, so that young draughtsmen are often left to their own resources to guide them in such matters, therefore a chapter (xiii.) dealing with them has been included.In recent years much attention has been given to roller and ball bearings, particularly in motor-car work: so the construction of these, and the principles which govern their design, are explained in Chapter XVIII.In Chapter XIX. The recent and important improvements in spur gearing are described, and although the greatly improved helical gears have made mortise wheels practically obsolete, the consideration that we shall for some years to come still be using some of the old plants led the Author to include mortise wheels in this chapter.In Chapter XXVI. Will be found over one hundred questions relating to the subject, suitable for examinations or for home work purposes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.