Books with author Kelly Thompson

In The Giant and the Big Project, the Giant takes on raising funds for a new community garden. When the Giant’s money-making ideas don’t go as planned, his friends help out. The Giant learns that teamwork is the secret to reaching his goals.Young readers are introduced to the lovable Giant and his friends as they share in funny, real-life adventures! As the curious Giant, along with his loyal friends, faces life's challenges in various quirky situations, children will learn that through hard work, creative thinking, and a little help from a friend, they can conquer any fear and achieve their goals! Young children will enjoy learning and exploring along with the Giant as he discovers Big help for life’s little challenges™. These books are also available in a digital version that is sure to delight young learners as they flip from page to page. As an interactive feature, parents and children can even follow along with the audio as each book is read aloud.

Stephanie is a 4,000 year old teenage witch. Her friend Jessica is a Vampire and her other two best friends, Ben and Cody, are the Powerful Two. They Have to fight Rondoo and try to save him from his evil before the potion that will kill all of human kind is let loose. They also have to fight, defeat, and possibly kill the traitor that gave them all up to Rondoo. They have to Fight so much they forget about Rondoo and chaos is let loose across the world. Stephanie finds out dark secrets from her past and Lilly, Stephanie's sister, Brings a long lost friends, Anabeth into the fight. Anabeth will fight with them until her past catches up with her. And Cody will have to battle his best friend in a battle to the death.

This is a story any boy or girl could enjoy. It tells of Joey, a small kangaroo whose mother is killed before she can fully impart to him all that knowledge that bush creatures need in order to fend for and protect themselves. Joey goes through many vicissitudes - attack by men and by dingoes, capture, gunshot wounds - before he comes to rule his fellows, and by a hard-won victory over a rival animal, becomes King of the Ranges.

Responding to the upsurge of interest in wind and brass bands, Dr Kevin Thompson has written a practical manual for all who are involved with them whether in school or music centres, or in an adult community band. This essentially pragmatic book - the first of its kind - gives helpful advice on how to start a band, the choice of instruments, basic organisation, useful seating plans, rehearsal tips, composing and scoring for bands of different sizes. Additionally, there are innovative approaches to instrumental teaching, new ideas for bringing together classroom and group instrumental activities, and exciting repertoire suggestions.

CCBC’s Best Books for Kids & Teens (Spring 2016) ― Commended After defeating the forces of evil in Eldritch Manor, Willa must rebuild the manor ― and her family. Can Willa rally her supernatural friends to defeat an invasion from beyond? After battling and defeating the forces of darkness, Willa is looking forward to a little well-earned peace and quiet. Unfortunately, her recent adventures have given birth to new problems, not the least of which is the task of rebuilding Eldritch Manor, a retirement home for supernatural beings, from the ground up. And no one is behaving themselves: Mab’s fairies have declared war on the dwarf construction crew, Willa’s Mom and Belle are feuding, Baz is running amok, Horace is living in the woods, the phoenix squawks all night long, and there’s never a dragon around when you need one. To be perfectly honest, Willa is starting to think the forces of darkness were easier to handle than her family and friends ― until those forces start to rise again! Trouble is definitely brewing, and the source lies very close to home, Who can Willa trust? Who will betray them? Who will open the door for the darkness to enter?

The 2nd printing (Stated) bound in cream colored cloth boards with black drawing of Eloise on the front board and red lettering. 4to (11.25 X 8.00 ") size, 65pp., pictorial endpapers, color illustrations by Hillary Knight through-out. The book is in VG condition, both of the spine tips are bumped and have small (1cm or less) tears. The cloth on the front board has a slight, puckered diagonal line (binding flaw?). There is also a 1cm deep soil line across the bottom edge of the front board (only) that is discolored from dust soiling. Internally the book is in Fine condition with clean, tight pages and no marks. Good cond. Dj is not price clipped but has several shallow chips and tears to the panel edges and at both spine tips. Overall a clean, solid copy of the first book in the series.