Books with author Katie Cunningham

Ginormous Joe's Broken Bark - written and read by S C Cunningham. This is a stunningly illustrated children's picture audiobook about a big, white, huggable rescue dog who learns to stand up to a bully. Ginormous Joe is the size of a lion but has the courage of a mouse. Through his story we learn to care for animals, that good wins over bad and family love conquers all. Joe is a big white huggable dog owned by a man called Nasty Nik. Nik is not a good dog owner, he is mean to the lovely Joe, so eventually Joe loses his confidence and his bark. One day Nik abandons Joe on the streets, but luckily the kind Tuttle family find and rescue him. With plenty of love, hugs, and humour, they bring back his confidence. Joe shares with us his funny look on life; 'Why does Mrs Tuttle pick up my poos, it's SO embarrassing?' 'Why do the Tuttles changes their clothes every day, I have one white fur coat and it suits me just fine'. Young Mary Tuttle becomes his best friend and helps him through the embarrassment of being the size of a lion, but having no bark. The other dogs laugh at him, he is fed up and feels useless. Mary believes in him, she gives him love, hugs, and courage. When a burglar visits the Tuttle's house, can love mend Ginormous Joe's broken bark? PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

This book teaches young coders Python, and also teaches their mentor how to help guide them. The student can move at their own pace, reaching out to the mentor when necessary. Each chapter provides pointers to the expert on where a student might get stuck and how best to help them, as well as completed code samples for the student to play with. All projects also start with stub code, which tends to be much less intimidating for a young learner to work with. There will also be runnable code and videos paired with the lessons.

Seventeen-year-old Brin has spent the last ten years protecting her thirteen-year-old sister, Tess. They were just children when a mysterious plague killed their parents, along with the majority of human life on Earth. The world they knew was gone, and Brin and Tess were on their own. When they found The Republic, a settlement of over 3,000 people living in what was once Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Brin knew it wouldn’t be forever. She agreed to go along with the settlement’s unusual rules . . . it was a sacrifice she was willing to make for Tess. But she always knew the day would come when Tess would be expected to make that same sacrifice. And that’s something Brin can never allow. It would be too horrible, too terrible, too wrong. Now, with Tess’s fourteenth birthday just a few months away, Brin learns that powerful people in The Republic may not let them leave. The world is very different now, with very different rules, and Brin and Tess are valuable assets. When sixteen-year-old Megan is locked up for refusing to join the colony, Brin realizes that time is running out. She enlists the help of nineteen-year-old Cole, a colony newcomer who has his own concerns about the way things are being done in The Republic. Cole and his friend Al are willing to risk their own lives and safety to help Brin, Tess, and Megan escape. But can they make it on their own? And is the world they find beyond The Republic a better place, or just another trap from which they’ll have to escape? Is self-sacrifice the greatest proof of love, or does love demand an even more difficult commitment? And is the preservation of the human race worth the sacrifice of personal freedom and choice? Or is our very humanity defined by our sense of self and our need for autonomy?

It's 1666 and Vlad the flea and his friend Boxton the rat, love eating and biting their way around London. But one night in Pudding Lane they are caught up in a fire that threatens to destroy them, along with most of the City of London. Vlad and the Great Fire of London is a picture book that supports the Key Stage 1 history curriculum. Through Vlad's story and full colour illustrations it shows how the fire is believed to have started, how it spread and what Londoners did to fight it and escape it. This illustrated story of the Great Fire of 1666 includes a fact file about the fire.

It's 1666 and Vlad the flea and his friend Boxton the rat, love eating and biting their way around London. But one night in Pudding Lane they are caught up in a fire that threatens to destroy them, along with most of the City of London.Vlad and the Great Fire of London is a picture book that supports the English history curriculum. Through Vlad's story and full colour illustrations it shows how the fire is believed to have started, how it spread and what Londoners did to fight it and escape it.

On 25th March 1918 Vlad the flea and his friend Crisp VC the carrier pigeon, are on a mission to deliver a secret message from behind enemy lines. They must dodge the dog-fights, survive the trenches and seek help from the staff of the hospital tent as they race to reach Britain safely. In this adventure Vlad encounters Skipper Thomas Crisp, Second Lieutenant Walter Tull, Dr Phoebe Chapple and the Red Baron. Once again Vlad narrates a key moment in history as he experiences it with his friend. This picture book also includes a map, glossary and fact file to put the story in context.

Through 'The Ginormous Series' children learn how to communicate their problems and work through their feelings. These picture books are a loving, cuddly, engaging collection of children's books showing pets discussing their 'life handling' problems and how they solve them together. A great addition to any child’s home collection or teacher’s read-aloud library. Encouraging thought-provoking conversation between adult and child. ~~ Looking for a way to help children face bullies? ~~ Have them follow along on the adventures of Ginormous Jo and her dog friends as they learn to face bullies in her dog neighborhood. When Ginormous Jo notices that her friend Muttley is very down. He doesn’t seem to want to do their normal play activities. Jo is worried, and finally gets Muttley to bravely tell her why he won’t go outside. The dogs down the street are bullying Muttley. ~~ Will Muttley stand up to them? Or will it take some help from his friend Jo first? ~~ This is a great read-aloud for the whole family or for a class working on beginning of the school year skills. Children will learn the techniques on how to stand up to a bully. This is the fourth book in the Ginormous Jo collection. ~~ ABOUT AUTHOR S C CUNNNGHAM ~~ Owned by 3 dogs and a cat, Cunningham normally writes suspense thrillers. As respite from her crime novels, she creates children’s picture books, each with a theme to gently teach our precious young, and help start thought-provoking conversations between adult and child. ~~ She is an ex-model, British born of Irish roots, that married a rock musician and has worked in the exciting worlds of music, film, sports celebrity management and as a Crime Investigator and Intelligence Analyst for the Police. She supports causes for: Veterans, MH, Child and Animal Protection. ~~ www.sccunningham.com ~~ @sccunningham8

Fia Crombie has been living two lives; the problem is she doesn’t know it yet. But with the world as she knows it on the brink of destruction, she’ll need to learn the truth or lose everything.At sixteen, Fia has lived on the outside looking in. Her only friend is her neighbor, Jason, despite the fact that he gives new meaning to the word ‘unreliable’. To make matters worse, Fia has started having the dream again; a reoccurring nightmare of being trapped in a city consumed by fire. When Jason tells her he discovered something strange in the woods near their home, she agrees to investigate only to be ripped from everything she knows and thrown into the world from her nightmare.Fia wakes in a parallel life with parents and friends she has never met, and magical powers that should be impossible. While she struggles to get a handle on her new life, the city is attacked and Fia is kidnapped. Her captors ransack the city of Athnos looking for the Source that holds extraordinary power and binds the worlds together. In her struggle to escape and save Athnos, Fia must call on a forbidden power and ultimately make the sacrifice of a lifetime.

Seventeen-year-old Brin has spent the last ten years protecting her thirteen-year-old sister, Tess. They were just children when a mysterious plague killed their parents, along with the majority of human life on Earth. The world they knew was gone, and Brin and Tess were on their own. When they found The Republic, a settlement of over 3,000 people living in what was once Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Brin knew it wouldn’t be forever. She agreed to go along with the settlement’s unusual rules . . . it was a sacrifice she was willing to make for Tess. But she always knew the day would come when Tess would be expected to make that same sacrifice. And that’s something Brin can never allow. It would be too horrible, too terrible, too wrong. Now, with Tess’s fourteenth birthday just a few months away, Brin learns that powerful people in The Republic may not let them leave. The world is very different now, with very different rules, and Brin and Tess are valuable assets. When sixteen-year-old Megan is locked up for refusing to join the colony, Brin realizes that time is running out. She enlists the help of nineteen-year-old Cole, a colony newcomer who has his own concerns about the way things are being done in The Republic. Cole and his friend Al are willing to risk their own lives and safety to help Brin, Tess, and Megan escape. But can they make it on their own? And is the world they find beyond The Republic a better place, or just another trap from which they’ll have to escape? Is self-sacrifice the greatest proof of love, or does love demand an even more difficult commitment? And is the preservation of the human race worth the sacrifice of personal freedom and choice? Or is our very humanity defined by our sense of self and our need for autonomy?

Vlad the flea introduces a range of activities relating to the fire of 1666 including word puzzles, drawing, colouring, spot the mistake, London maze, design a new St Pauls cathedral, finger puppets, easy bread recipe and dot-to-dot. There is a fire board game with dice and counters. Within the book are fact questions with multiple choice answers. The book is packed with information and the chance to think about where the fire happened, who was involved and what life was like in seventeenth century London and it supports the topic taught in school. All this is guided by Vlad flea. Vlad is cheeky but always right! There are 24 black and white pages with illustrations by Sam Cunningham who drew the images from the picture book Vlad and the Great Fire of London. The book is part of the Vlad, a flea in history, series.