Books with title Telling Time

"DK Readers" help a child learn to read and encourage a life-long love of reading. Tick, tock. Long ago, people told time using the sun or water - follow a historical timeline and find out how clocks have changed and become more accurate. "DK Readers" are part of a five-level highly pictorial reading scheme, which uses lively illustrations and engaging stories to encourage reading. Level 2 have long sentences, increased vocabulary, information boxes and a simple index - read them together with children who are beginning to read alone and with early or reluctant readers. There are over 70 titles in the series.

Stephen Cartwright's charming illustrations of the immensely popular Farmyard Tales characters help young children develop an interest in telling the time. With the help and encouragement of an adult, young children will be able to achieve the pleasure and satisfaction of understanding how to tell the time. The Farmyard Tales Series has sold over 2 million copies internationally.

At the age of twelve, Cassie is old enough to babysit. But when the father of two children for whom she babysits fondles her, Cassie is too confused and embarrassed to know what to do. She becomes more and more frightened as he continues to aggressively molest her. At last, she tells her teenage cousin, Lisa, and together they try to find ways to cope. Lisa realizes the escalating situation is more than the two of them can handle on their own and she breaks her vow of silence. The story explores the conflicting emotions of a young adolescent and the concern of parents who must protect their daughter's privacy and her well-being. In spite of the horrors of molestation, this is ultimately a story of healing and hope.

A Mysterious Shipwreck Cornwall, today: Arthur Drake at last has some time to think about the Invisible Detective and a past life that seems somehow linked to his own. But then he meets the ghosts of sailors shipwrecked over a century ago… An Extraordinary Watch London, 1937: Whatever your problem, the Invisible Detective can find the answer. But no one suspects that he¹s just a front for four children who solve crimes and mysteries in his name. A pocket watch that seems to rewind time itself leads the children to investigate a strange clock shop. What is wrong with the shop's customers? How are events linked to a shipwreck in Cornwall? Where has Meg vanished to? It is up to the Invisible Detective to find out.