Books with title The Gotcha Smile

Hers is the most famous portrait in the world. Here, in prose as rich as the high Renaissance, is Mona Lisa's tale. A story of passion, loss, and, above all, love. Elisabetta longs for romance, though she thinks she's too plain. Then, on a visit to Florence, she catches the eye of the great Leonardo da Vinci, and falls for a boy, Giuliano de Medici. It's a dangerous time to be involved with a Medici. As tragedy and chaos threaten their happiness, Elisabetta faces the bittersweet truth of love.

Hers is the most famous portrait in the world. Here, in prose as rich as the high Renaissance, is Mona Lisa's tale. A story of passion, loss, and above all, love. Elisabetta longs for romance, though she thinks she's too plain. Then, on a visit to Florence, she catches the eye of the great Leonardo da Vinci and falls for a boy, Giuliano de Medici. It's a dangerous time to be involved with a Medici. As tragedy and chaos threaten their happiness, Elisabetta faces the bittersweet truth of love.

Hers is the most famous portrait in the world. Here, in prose as rich as the high Renaissance, is Mona Lisa's tale. A story of passion, loss, and, above all, love. Elisabetta longs for romance, though she thinks she's too plain. Then, on a visit to Florence, she catches the eye of the great Leonardo da Vinci, and falls for a boy, Giuliano de Medici. It's a dangerous time to be involved with a Medici. As tragedy and chaos threaten their happiness, Elisabetta faces the bittersweet truth of love.

Hers is the most famous portrait in the world. Here, in prose as rich as the high Renaissance, is Mona Lisa?s tale?a story of passion, intrigue, loss, and, most of all, love. Elisabetta longs for romance, though she thinks she is too plain. Then, on a fateful visit to glittering Florence, she catches the eye of the great Leonardo da Vinci, and falls for a boy named Giuliano de? Medici. It is a dangerous time to be?or be involved with?a Medici. As tragedy and chaos threaten their happiness, Elisabetta faces the bittersweet truth of love.

The entirely true story of how one small person with an overactive imagination can create a lifetime’s worth of drama – all in one morning. In order for Eric to find his cherished possession, he's going to have to think outside the box. Or will he? From The Smile -- ..... “Honey, why don’t you go blow your nose, you sound all stuffed up.” “Huh? My nose is fine.” “I can hear you sniffling,” Mom insisted. Lisa heard it too, between barks. She looked over and her little brother, Eric, was standing in the doorway between the kitchen and family room. Not quite six years old, Eric was small and slender, all big brown eyes and impossibly long eyelashes. With one hand he was tugging on his right ear. His other hand was holding up his pants. He wasn’t wearing a belt and without it he didn’t have a prayer of keeping his pants up. He was so skinny. Mom said it was because he had next to no tushie. The belt was probably still in the dryer after yesterday’s incident. Every so often Eric would forget that the toilet seat was a whole lot wider than he was. That meant that he had to brace himself with a hand on either side of the seat and basically suspend himself. Everything worked o.k. as long he didn’t forget this principle. Remembering to get a fistful of toilet paper ahead of time was also helpful. But being five years old and mostly concerned with keeping his Lego guys away from the dog (who seemed to think they were a delicacy) and trying to remember where he hid his sister’s favorite barrettes, well, that was just a lot to have to keep track of. On this particular visit he was working feverishly at the one handed swat-at-the-roll approach and wasn’t getting anywhere. It was time to use both hands. And then it happened. “MOM-M-M-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E!” the bloodcurdling screech exploded out of the bathroom. Mom and Tooley came at a flat run. She wrenched open the bathroom door as the dog cannoned into the back of her legs. For a moment all she could do was stand there and gape at the tiny boy. He looked back at her, mute and impossibly wide-eyed. On his face was an expression of mingled shock, disbelief and the beginnings of full blown terror. The only thing he had going for him was that his sister wasn’t there with a camcorder to preserve the spectacular moment forever- because Eric was ..... --

Lucy gives her best smile. What could go wrong at the dance club? These were previously published by Oxford University Press in the Headwork series of readers. The stories were written by Michael Thomson who now retains the copyright and is self publishing them for you!The stories are so called “High-Low” readers. That is of high interest but low reading age, or in other words with normal comprehension levels but easier to ‘decode’ or read. They were tried out on children at East Court, a school for dyslexic children and are aimed at an interest level of around 11-14. There are a range of genres from contemporary through fantasy, humour and true 2nd world war stories. They are written in 4 levels of basic reading difficulty starting around the 8 year reading age with level 1 being the easiest to read. However, the themes and interest level are all still at the 11-14 age range. This is Level 2 in a Modern Story Series

Hers is the most famous portrait in the world. Here, in prose as rich as the high Renaissance, is Mona Lisa’s tale—a story of passion, intrigue, loss, and, most of all, love. Elisabetta longs for romance, though she thinks she is too plain. Then, on a fateful visit to glittering Florence, she catches the eye of the great Leonardo da Vinci, and falls for a boy named Giuliano de’ Medici. It is a dangerous time to be—or be involved with—a Medici. As tragedy and chaos threaten their happiness, Elisabetta faces the bittersweet truth of love.