Books with author Lucy Christopher

Deep in the woods is a little wooden house, with nine neat windows and a red front door. When a little mouse decides it will make the perfect home, so do the other animals in the wood - including a great big bear!But will the bear be able to put everything right when their home comes tumbling down? Find out in this beautifully illustrated retelling of a classic Russian folk tale.

Celebrate Chinese New Year and learn how every animal earned its place in the Chinese zodiac by taking part in the Great Race! Discover who will come first to win the ultimate prize, and find out why Cat will never forgive his friend Rat in this ancient folk tale that has been passed from generation to generation. Praise for Deep in the Woods, the previous title from Christopher Corr: '… the book looks like a delectable candy box… There is a lesson here — about friendship, and sharing — but the book never feels plodding or pedantic… Which may be why the lesson just goes down like the truth.'

"A romantic comedy in three acts, set in verse, it is set in the Middle Ages, it reflects the world's 'exhaustion and despair' following World War II, with a war-weary soldier who wants to die, and an accused witch who wants to live."Please note line breaks are hard-coded to preserve the original flow of the blank verse and may appear inconsistent on large text sizes.

Discover the Fastest System to Mastering the Freestanding Handstand…Guaranteed.This book has one purpose - to get you into a 30 second+ freestanding handstand as fast as possible.I struggled with learning the handstand when I first began. Making slow if any progress and suffering from daily frustration. It took me over a year to reach a 30 second handstand.But that doesn't have to be you...That's why I put together the Secrets of the Handstand. "If I had Logan's Secrets of the Handstand I could have made more progress in a couple months than my first 3 years!"-Tyler J. BramlettThis is the first time I put together all the information together in a book form. The drills and exercises you'll discover in this book will shave months off of your learning curve for the handstand.Its up to you whether you want to take the path of trial and error and frustration. Or you can follow a proven system that quickly takes you from the start to the end goal.Look, The Handstand Can Be Frustrating...But It Doesn't HAVE To BeThe goal of this book is to get you to hold one for 30 seconds. If you follow the steps you will get there. You'll still have to put in some work, but it won't be nearly as hard as what I had to go through.There are tons to drills and exercises inside. You’ll find insider tips that no one else is teaching. This includes:5 Main Lead-up Stunts you Must Master FirstWant to do an Arched or Straight Handstand? Both are Covered here, plus the differences between them.How to Fix or Circumvent Lack of Wrist FlexibilityStrengthening Exercises to Build Your FoundationHow to Double the Difficulty of Headstands to Gain Balancing SkillsTwo Variations of Wall BalancingThe Ultimate Kick-up DrillWhat to do next? Find where to go from the 30 Second Handstand.How to Balance with your HandsHow to Balance with your ShouldersWhat to Avoid Balancing with (Don’t make these mistakes)And so much more.Get Secrets of the Handstand today and get started on the fast route to handstand success.

* "Beautiful...lyrical...mystical. A superb celebration of life." -- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, starred reviewIn a heartbeat, in a wingbeat, it happens. Isla and her father are racing across the fields, following the migrating swans, when everything goes wrong. The birds collide with power lines, and her dad suffers a heart attack.At the hospital, upset and scared, Isla meets Harry, with his wild red hair and firefly eyes. He doesn't laugh when she tells him about her love of birds. He listens. But Harry is ill, too: He has leukemia.As Isla tries to deal with her father's frailty and the new feelings she has for Harry, she's determined to help the only way she knows how. Outside the hospital windows, Isla watches a lone swan struggling to fly. If she could just save the lost bird, would that magically make everything good again?By the author of the Printz Honor Book STOLEN, a novel SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL calls "a superb celebration of life."

Sixteen year old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and taken to the Australian Outback. This wild and desolate landscape becomes almost a character in the book, so vividly is it described. Ty, her captor, is no stereotype. He is young, fit and completely gorgeous. This new life in the wilderness has been years in the planning. He loves only her, wants only her. Under the hot glare of the Australian sun, cut off from the world outside, can the force of his love make Gemma love him back? The story takes the form of a letter, written by Gemma to Ty, reflecting on those strange and disturbing months in the outback. Months when the lines between love and obsession, and love and dependency, blur until they don't exist - almost.