Books with author Janet Marsh

One grey dismal day, Janine Marsh was on a trip to northern France to pick up some cheap wine. She returned to England a few hours later having put in an offer on a rundown old barn in the rural Seven Valleys area of Pas de Calais. This was not something she'd expected or planned for.Janine eventually gave up her job in London to move with her husband to live the good life in France. Or so she hoped. While getting to grips with the locals and la vie Française, and renovating her dilapidated new house, a building lacking the comforts of mains drainage, heating or proper rooms, and with little money and less of a clue, she started to realize there was lot more to her new home than she could ever have imagined.Ten years ago, Janine Marsh decided to leave her corporate life behind to fix up a run-down barn in northern France. This is the true story of her rollercoaster ride, in many ways a love story, with her sharp observations on the very different way of life, culture and etiquette of France.From her early struggles and homesickness through personal tragedy, to her attempts to become self-sufficient and to breed 'the fattest chickens in the village', Janine learned that there was more to her new home than she could ever have imagined.

One grey dismal day, Janine Marsh was on a trip to northern France to pick up some cheap wine. She returned to England a few hours later having put in an offer on a rundown old barn in the rural Seven Valleys area of Pas de Calais. This was not something she’d expected or planned for. Janine eventually gave up her job in London to move with her husband to live the good life in France. Or so she hoped. While getting to grips with the locals and la vie Française, and renovating her dilapidated new house, a building lacking the comforts of mains drainage, heating, or proper rooms, and with little money and less of a clue, she started to realize there was lot more to her new home than she could ever have imagined. These are the true tales of Janine’s rollercoaster ride through a different culture—one that, to a Brit from the city, was in turns surprising, charming, and not the least bit baffling.

RESULT STUDY GUIDES are everything you need to achieve your full potential in the GCSE English literature exam. Written by an examiner and ex-teacher, this comprehensive guide will ensure you are prepared to get the top grade. Stone Cold by Robert Swindells is a novel about homelessness, written in 1993 and set on the streets of London.Chapter-by-chapter summaries and character analysis of Shelter and Link will help your understanding of the text. Themes, contexts, settings and language sections will be invaluable in achieving exam success.The exam section gives you advice on answering the essay and extract questions as well as tips on attaining higher grades. Although Stone Cold is no longer an examination text set for GCSE, it has proved a stimulating and relevant novel for study at Key Stage 3. These resources will provide useful background to the text.

Using her trademark cut-paper illustrations and ingeniously playing with the names of twenty-six wildflowers, Janet Marshall has cultivated a woodland cast of animal characters and a one-of-a-kind wedding ceremony between sweet William and black-eyed Susan--and you're invited! Clever wordplay fun and a humorous introduction to nature's treasure trove of flowers make for a picture book that blooms all year round.

My Little Warrior is a story about a young boy named Johnny and how he copes with the obstacles of everyday life. Every morning, Johnny gets out of bed and prepares for the day by putting on his armor of God that we all have access to every day. Every piece serves its own special purpose and together they strengthen all God’s children.Johnny uses each piece of God’s armor to help him get through the day by not getting infected by the world’s view of life. He stays focused on what God wants for his life and not what the world would want for his life. By staying focused on God’s promises and what he wants for his life, Johnny becomes God dependent, not self dependent, to make it through the day. He must learn how to use each piece of armor, combined with the word of God, to combat any negative situations that he encounters in a day. This is a book that children, parents, and grandparents can enjoy together. It demonstrates the importance of being God dependent when life challenges you! My Little Warrior shows how with trust in God, determination, and a positive attitude, everyone—even you—can be one of God’s little warriors!