Books with author Jennings

Adventure may be found in distant lands and among exotic creatures, but risk-taking isn't limited to faraway places. It may be discovered when loneliness finds friendship or when fear gives way to courage. Join Mia on her travels as she encounters Africa's wild animals and birds, and wrestles with the strained relationship between her and her two oldest brothers. Learn about the mysteries surrounding the disappearance of a sister she never knew, and find out what it means to follow the ripples in the water.

WOW! All About Animals LadybugsThis is a WOW Me! Level 3 Book. Suitable for young readers whoare able to read more complex sentences. Or why not share this book with a younger child and enjoy learning about ladybugs together.With over 1,500 words and 33 beautiful pictures. You will soon be a ladybug expert.* Learn about the life cycle of a ladybug. How they go through complete metamorphosis* Discover if all ladybugs have spots* Find out what a ladybug eats and what eats ladybugs!* See why gardeners love ladybugs so much. Do you know why? * Learn how the ladybug got it's nameFull of color pictures and lots of information. A glossary is at the back of the book to help explain words you may not have come across before. There are also fun questions to test your new found knowledge.Safe internet links with ladybug themed games and pictures for you to print outand color. Also videos that will show you the amazing world of ladybugs.

WOW! All About Animals Owls This is a WOW Me! Level 3 Book. Suitable for young readers whoare able to read more complex sentences. Or why not share this book with a younger child and enjoy learning about owls together.With over 2,600 words and 36 beautiful pictures. You will soon be an owl expert.* Learn about the life cycle of an owl * How and where they nest * What owls eat and how do they catch their prey * Find out how owls theses amazing birds of prey learn to fly. * Take a look at different owls and find out which ones come out in the daytime.Full of color pictures and lots of information. A glossary is at the back of the book to help explain words you may not have come across before. There are also fun questions to test your new found knowledge.Safe internet links with owl themed games and pictures for you to print out and color. Also videos that will show you the amazing world of owls.

Nelson Green has learned to live with the seven stinky monsters that were extracted from his soul. Sure, they sometimes get up to mischief and land him in trouble, but at least he hasn't had to fight any giant angry abominations in a while. But something still isn't right. Nelson's hair hasn't grown a single millimeter since the monsters were created. He hasn't got any taller, and his chewed off fingernails aren't growing back. Something strange is happening, and the Deadly 7 know more than they're letting on . . . But then someone else finds the soul extractor—someone with a grudge against Nelson. Soon Nelson has more to worry about than his fingernails: there's an army of angry monsters coming to get him, and his own monsters might not be there to help

Alrla McAdams ALphabet Adventures follows a week in the world of Arla McAdams as she starts kindergarten for the very first time. So come and join Arla, her twin brother Fin, their family dog Mr.Dooley Ducks, and the rest for an adventure through the Alphabet! This book was written with 4 to 8 year old children in mind, and can help them learn their alphabet letters and reading sight words.

Longlisted for the 2019 Carnegie Medal'If you've got a bad deal,' his father used to say, 'get out of it and move on.'When he finds himself in a cruel orphanage Anton does just that, and hides on an ocean liner. Fear and desperation are his only companions. And this time there is no escape.Or is there? Two other passengers have secrets of their own. When nothing is what it seems, can they help each other? Or will they sink into a sea of troubles?You'll never know. Until the last page.Another top story from Australia's master of the trick ending.

Hedley Hopkins has a few problems: he is the new kid at school, straight off the boat from England in the 1950s. The only friends he has made are the kids at the Loony Bin especially bald headed, long armed Victor. But if he could just fulfil a dare and dig out the hideous skull hidden in a grave in the sand dunes, he could impress the bullies at school and become their friend. But Hedley is not so sure. Weird things are happening to his body. Is he being punished for his terrible actions? And if his uptight parents ever found out what he was up to, they might blow up. Full-moon murderers, an open grave, religious conversions and sexual awakening meld sometimes poignantly, sometimes hilariously in this riveting, stunningly original account of growing up in 1950s Australia. This coming of age tale is Paul Jennings at his very best!

In 1874, Napoleon Augustus Jennings moved to Texas to join the Rangers and was soon hurled into the bloody conflict between the native Spanish speaking Americans and the English speaking white settlers. In an era of cattle thieving and terror along the southern border, A Texas Ranger presents a vivid portrait of life in the late 19th century in one of the most lawless and hardest places to live in the early United States.

Excerpt from Beating BackHe said this in a perfectly matter-of-fact tone, as though he were speaking of an old job at selling groceries. Then he turned the conversation to other and more commonplace topics.It was some time yet before I understood the deeper meaning in this conversation. Harris Dick son, it appeared, had introduced him at the club, and had, by special request, explained to his host at luncheon the old record of this Mr. Jennings. I, how ever, was a newcomer; and I must know. So J en nings had taken the first opportunity to tell me, as he has told every man, woman and child to Whom it can possibly make any difference in the eleven years since, with a new suit on his back and a ticket to Chicago in his pocket, he stepped out of the penitentiary.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.

For millenia, humans thought they were the only life in the galaxy-- Until the day an alien species claiming to have humanity's best interests in mind forces its way onto an unsuspecting exploration craft. In another part of space, the Star Traveler's crew sets out on a camping trip to the surface of the moon. There, they stumble upon an object covered in alien writing revealing the first piece of a galactic map that will lead them into an intergalactic controversy--all while the Platonian race strives to sabotage their every move.