Books with author John Sutherland

A new dog with new troubles! Tombo the boxer chews up everything in sight -- can this bad dog learn to be good?Michelle's new boxer is a handful. He's huge, he has tons of energy, and he chews everything in sight! Worst of all, Michelle's best friend Rosie doesn't want Tombo playing with her poodle, Buttons. Michelle wants to prove to everyone that her new pet isn't bad -- but how can she make him be good?

Two Shot had many enemies, but he treated everyone the same, whether they were enemy or friend; he treated them very poorly. The one exception was Mildew Scatterbrain. He was just a scarecrow. Mildew was everyone’s friend.After his last trick, stealing Max’s dumplings, Two-Shot now had another enemy to add to his long list. Max.Two-Shot just laughed at all of it. They couldn’t possibly do anything to him, he was too clever for them. He’d escaped the farmer, when the farmer had thought to cook him up for dinner that Saturday. Two-Shot was still angry with Silver Tonsils, the rooster, for singling him out for the farmer that day. He’d outwitted that dumb old owl; he’d even turned Mildew’s foolish idea about capturing the moon, to his own advantage, with a nest full of food. After all of that, they had still not be able to catch the moon. Try how they might, they would never get even with Two-Shot. Or so he thought. That thought was his undoing. He was too cocky, and needed to be brought down a peg or two. And that’s what happened. Except he even managed to escape that.

Two-Shot's friends have found a new hero to admire; an owl. Not only an owl, but a King Owl!They now begin to ignore Two-Shot. This will never do. Two Shot must find some way to get rid of the owl or his life will never be as comfortable as it was.So, that owl thinks he's a King Owl does he? We'll soon see about that. He will have to meet with The Examiner of Kings first. Of course, the exalted Examiner of Kings is none other than Two-Shot.

Two-Shot’s very best friend was Mildew Scatterbrain, the scarecrow. Mildew stood in the middle of his field all day in all weather and throughout the seasons and the years. The wind pulled at his clothes and his straw filling. He got wet in the rain, and he got baked in the sun, yet he never complained. The mice who lived in his head tried to keep him stuffed with straw, but even that was soon lost from all of the holes in his clothes, which were falling to bits around him.Two-Shot felt sorry for him and decided, one day, that Mildew deserved to be better dressed. So that’s what he did.He felt very good about what he did to make that happen, but the farmer didn’t, because the new suit that Mildew was now dressed in, was the farmer’s best suit.

Mildew Scatterbrain, the scarecrow, was not known for his ability to think, though he sometimes had a lot to say, most of it confusing, even to himself. Then, one day he had an idea, and said something to Two-Shot which showed that he was completely crackers. Two-Shot had no patience with such foolishness and tried to let him see that what he suggested—catching the moon—was impossible. However, the other animals did not think so.What was worse, they all began to blame Two-Shot for not seeing how clever an idea it was and not helping bring it about.Two-Shot could only stand so much of it and had to give in eventually, but only when he saw how he could turn Mildew’s foolish idea into something else that would benefit himself.It all went according to plan. Not Mildew’s crackpot plan, but Two-Shot’s brilliant plan.

A new dog in the hilarious series! Jeopardy the Shetland sheepdog could help new-kid Noah make friends -- or she could cause him nothing but trouble!Noah is new in town and nervous about making friends. So when his mom suggests taking their Shetland sheepdog, Jeopardy, to agility training, Noah is ready to give it a try -- and in fact, he meets a lot of other kids (and dogs) at class. But Jeopardy is so embarrassing! She barks, she runs away -- the other kids are going to think Noah and his dog are totally weird! How can he get his shouty Sheltie under control?

This 6x9 activity book is with pages full of word search puzzles that the kids can do during a playdate. A fun yet helpful activity that will keep them busy while developing skills that are essential for school, like problem-solving skills, spelling, and word recognition skills. Give them something useful and fun, get them a copy of this activity book today.

Would you kill yourself to save your loved one?Detective Jenny Price and tech wiz Brody Taylor are investigating the same bizarre, Sherlockian murder: how did a highly venomous snake get into the home of a war veteran — and how did the victim send Brody an email one week after his untimely death?Working side by side, but with very different objectives, Brody must lie to Jenny once again and jeopardise their blossoming relationship. But with a cyberweapon programmed to cause the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent people, does he have any choice?Forget nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. The modern-day weapon of mass destruction is digital. And we’re all at risk.

Ronald Reagan was a Hollywood actor turned Republican politician known for his sunny optimism and gifted salesmanship. He entered the White House in 1981, a time when many Americans were wondering if their country's best days were behind them. But things had changed by the time he left office--the economy was thriving and the Cold War was coming to a close.The child of an alcoholic, he was an intensely private man, yet he was so charming that he routinely befriended even his enemies. Reagan was both a complex man and political figure, and his legacy strongly influences politics today.

“But Dad,” Martha protested, tears welling in her eyes “Ernie didn’t mean to poop in your slipper!”Banned from the Miller household following an unfortunate incident with Dad’s slipper, Ernie the dog is, quite literally, in the dog house. Things only get worse when his owner, a little girl named Martha, accidentally throws his favourite toy bone into next door’s garden.With the help of Montgomery, a small, somewhat mangy mouse who lives under an old wheelbarrow, Ernie sets out on a desperate mission to rescue his bone. Little does he know that the garden next door is patrolled by a fierce and bad-tempered bulldog named Max who, having discovered the toy bone, has already decided it belongs to him, and who will not take kindly to anyone he catches trying to steal it…Will Ernie and Montgomery survive their daring mission?Will Dad ever find it in his heart to forgive Ernie for ‘The Tartan Slipper Scandal’? And will Ernie ever manage to recover his most precious possession in the whole wide world – his beloved yellow rubber bone? A fun, comic adventure for kids from the writer of Norbert!