Books with author Katherine Bell

Explore the amazing world of Animal Jam, the online virtual world where you take on an awesome avatar and start exploring. This book reveals insider information about the game's world and its animal inhabitants. Packed with photos, facts, and fun, it's also a great guide to real-world animals, making it both a fact extravaganza and a useful game handbook. The new edition is totally updated, with new games, facts, and quizzes, plus new profiles on the coolest new animals and lands in Jamaa -- everything you need to become an Animal Jam master!

Two juniors in high school, each fresh out of a breakup, thousands of miles away from each other. Connor Hall and Sydney Porter didn't expect anything to happen when they were assigned to be each other's pen pals at their respective schools, yet feelings can emerge from anything, even simple letters. Written completely in notes, texts, and social media posts, Dear Sydney is a modern take on the conventional love story, proving that you don't have to be close in miles to be close in your hearts.

The official guide to the amazing virtual world of National Geographic Kids Animal Jam, this colorful, fun companion book offers novices and expert gamers alike all they need to know. Richly illustrated with colorful photography and Animal Jam-style art, this book reveals never-before-known information about the game's world and its animal inhabitants. Packed with photos, facts, and fun, it's also a great guide to real-world animals, making it both a fact extravaganza and a game handbook.

Bailey and her friends are back at school. First graders this year and a little nervous about what that may mean, but her teacher Mrs. Sharp seems nice upon first impressions. Then one of the kids at lunch mentions something a little odd about the teacher. Will Bailey and her friends have a fun year? Will they find a way to stop the one they have dubbed Fingernail Falcon? Don't miss out on the excitement! If you haven't read it yet, check out book #1 in this School is Scary series to see what unexpected surprises Kindergarten held for Bailey and the Halloween treats they never thought they would eat.A fun read for kids and parents alike as you see school dilemmas from the perspective of these imaginative friends and classmates. Like the original book of this series, there is a grain of truth to the Fingernails of First Grade from my personal experience that is spun into an interesting tale of friendship and teamwork in an unlikely situation.

Fiction. A humorous look at school from the viewpoint of little Bailey as she starts Kindergarten. It seems that parents don't notice the mean looks or scary faces of the teacher,Mrs. Bones, but Bailey and her new friends do. They had their guesses all along, but finally on Halloween the true nature of Mrs.Bones is revealed. This book is appropriate for ages 5 and up.

A sweet little girl asked me to write a story about a rose, a garden, and a fox. This is their tale.Princess Bethani has trouble behaving like a princess, but today she will do her very best because she has been invited to her very first garden party. Unfortunately, her idea of a garden party is not the same as that of the other girls. She seeks adventure in the maze where she finds everything you can imagine, except an exit. Will Bethani escape? Will her adventures teach her to act like a princess, after all?

Annawadi is a slum at the edge of Mumbai Airport, in the shadow of shining new luxury hotels. Its residents are garbage recyclers, construction workers and economic migrants, all of them living in the hope that a small part of India's booming future will eventually be theirs. But when a crime rocks the slum community and global recession and terrorism shocks the city, tensions over religion, caste, sex, power, and economic envy begin to turn brutal. As Boo gets to know those who dwell at Mumbai's margins, she evokes an extraordinarily vivid and vigorous group of individuals flourishing against the odds amid the complications, corruptions and gross inequalities of the new India. About the Author Katherine Boo is an investigative journalist focusing on matters of poverty and opportunity. A staff writer at the New Yorker magazine since 2001, she was previously a writer and editor at the Washington Post. Among the honours her work has received are a MacArthur Foundation 'Genius' Grant, a National Magazine Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. She is married to Sunil Khilnani, political historian and director of the King's India Institute in London. This is her first book.