Books with title The Tough Princesss

Dreams come true with Lettice Rabbit!Lettice goes skating and joins in with the crowning of The Ice Princess in this enchanting picture book – perfect for little girls! Over a million Lettice Rabbit books soldIt's a dream come true for Lettice when she is asked to take part in a Winter Festival for the crowning of the Ice Princess. But it seems that the ceremony will be ruined when the Princess's tiara is lost in the snow…Is there anything Lettice can do to help?

Days after she witnesses a mysterious explosion in 19th-century London, 16-year-old Becky Winter is on her way to a small country In Central Europe, as a companion to Adelaide, a Cockney commoner who'd rather play board games than be a princess. But after an assassination makes Adelaide ruler of Razkavia, she rises to the occasion and her new station, gleefully playing international politics with the help of Becky and Jim Taylor, a dashing young detective.

Days after she witnesses a mysterious explosion in 19th-century London, 16-year-old Becky Winter is on her way to a small country In Central Europe, as a companion to Adelaide, a Cockney commoner who'd rather play board games than be a princess. But after an assassination makes Adelaide ruler of Razkavia, she rises to the occasion and her new station, gleefully playing international politics with the help of Becky and Jim Taylor, a dashing young detective.

A poor farm girl gets some unexpected help from a gremlin, very with surprising results! There's magic, humor, drama and maybe even a little romance all rolled into this not-so-traditional children's fairy-tale!Discover the most unusual rags-to-riches story ever in this funny children’s short chapter story book for Primary School kids of all ages to enjoy. Parents and teachers will also like reading this humorous story, while it’s suitable for newly-confident and reluctant readers too.(for ages 6-9: 2500 words)Here's an excerpt from Chapter One: The girl lost her balance, tripped and fell backwards, landing on something soft and squishy.To her surprise, it shouted ‘Get off me!’‘Woah, a talking snake!’ she said in disbelief.She looked down and noticed a pair of pointy little green ears poking out from under her bottom. Attached to the ears was a little round green head, with a long pointy nose, big round eyes and chubby little cheeks.‘Urgh! What kind of snake are you?’ she shrieked.‘I’m not a snake! I’m a gremlin, and now I’m a rather flat gremlin – so please get your big smelly bottom off me!’'BIG'?www.peterallertonwriter.blogspot.co.uk

The American debut of internationally bestselling Swedish writer Camilla Lackberg’s haunting first novel.Returning to her hometown of Fjallbacka after the funeral of her parents, writer Erica Falck finds a community on the brink of tragedy. The death of her childhood friend, Alex, is just the beginning. Her wrists slashed, her body frozen in an ice-cold bath, it seems that she has taken her own life. Erica conceives a book about the beautiful but remote Alex, one that will answer questions about their own shared past. While her interest grows into an obsession, local detective Patrik Hedstrom is following his own suspicions about the case. But it is only when they start working together that the truth begins to emerge about a small town with a deeply disturbing past.

Returning to her hometown after the funeral of her parents, writer Erica Falck finds a community on the brink of tragedy. The death of her childhood friend, Alex, is just the beginning. Her wrists slashed, her body frozen in an ice cold bath, it seems that she has taken her own life. Erica conceives a memoir about the beautiful but remote Alex, one that will answer questions about their lost friendship. While her interest grows to an obsession, local detective Patrik Hedstrom is following his own suspicions about the case. But it is only when they start working together that the truth begins to emerge about the small town with a deeply disturbing past.