Hard Child

Hello! Allow me to introduce myself... I'm Brian Brain. Welcome to volume four of my Great British Quiz: The Really Hard One! As with all Brian's quizzes, the Great British Quiz contains his unique formula: The questions always come in pairs--one for the Budding Brains (youngsters) and one for the Boffs (adults). It's this stroke of genius that allows the whole family to join in the fun! How well do you know the British Isles?

Junior can climb faster and higher than any other boy in his neighborhood. There is nothing he enjoys more than climbing his neighbors' fruit trees to steal their apples, mangoes, oranges, june plums, and guineps when they are away from home. His mother and Mr. Roy warn him to stop but he does not listen. One day, Junior ends up “biting off more than he can chew” because of his disobedience. The lesson he learns is one that can serve as an example to other little boys just like him.

In the third book of the series, Me and Coach Biggs, Dean and the guys face a tough situation. They must deal with something few athletes have had to deal with. Coach Biggs is there to help his boys handle a tough situation.

A London princess long ago named Emma has her heart set on a prince who doesn't appreciate her. The witch with no name in the forest has a trick: she can get the prince to love her if Princess Emma trades her own heart's ability to love onto the witch! In her fairy tale, Emma learns that Prince Charming isn't always who you think it is.

Esme tells us about the night she and her mother became "egg vigilantes" against an illegally parked car; her freewheeling first school, where kids sat on sofas instead of at desks and could choose disco dancing instead of math; her dangerous neighborhood, which her father made seem friendly and wondrous; the Passover dinner when she stole a matzoh right out from under a rabbi; the awe-inspiring, life-threatening Chicago snowstorms; and lessons about love from tea-reading gypsies and Popeye cartoons.

You’ve tried to eat healthy many times. You’ve probably found by now it is not the easiest thing to do. It can be challenging to get all the right nutrients to achieve good health. There is so much junk food around you all the time and the world doesn’t make it very easy on you. People your around always seem to influence your eating habits. The problem with this is most people don’t eat healthy foods. You're busy, it's expensive and time-consuming. Sound familiar? If it does, then the information inside this book will give you the answers you are looking for.

The troubled childhood of the first posthuman as it is shaped by destiny. As the triad ascends into the holy sanctuary of Amenti as the all-powerful Ogdoad, the child created from Feng’s failure grows up, caught between plans thousands of years old and the desires of its own heart.

Can artificial intelligence write a novel? In 2174, authors are obsolete. With the exception of a few human "author" titles printed in the small basement and back room libraries, all stories are created by the Artificial Intelligence of the Archive. Most believe the "authors" are only brands to lure people into spending their credits on print. One woman believes that one of them, author Hugh Howey, is real and still alive.

Jackson Bolger is a new kindergartner at Summit Park Elementary School. Having high-functioning autism is not easy for him. He is a germ freak, and he is sensitive to many other things. This short-chapter audiobook will get you through the life of a K-5 grade kid who has autism. This audiobook is based on the author, Zachary Weber. Some events in this audiobook are fictional.

Jack's got a great life. Successful at work and in love. He appears to have it all. A thoughtful gift soon leads to events that make those closest to him question what they have always thought true. Circumstances compromise his happiness, integrity, and in fact, his whole life.

Packed with exciting storytelling, A Kid’s Guide to Basketball Legends will captivate your child’s imagination and inspire a lifelong love for the game. Perfect for young sports enthusiasts or anyone curious about basketball’s greatest heroes!

Adding "Yet" to the end of an "I can't" statement encourages resilience and makes difficult things seem possible. Clutz is a very CLUMSY cat! He doesn't like to try new things because he's afraid he'll get hurt. Maybe his motto will help: I don't know how to do this YET, and though it may be tough, I'll try my best to do it right. My best is good enough. Will Clutz learn that it's okay to make mistakes, that there are such things as second chances, and that doing our best is what matters most?

Hard work makes the world go round. Hard work produces life's great rewards. Hard work makes us happy. So now let us use our freedom of speech to honor hard work.

Here's another fabulous book from number-one New York Times best-seller Jamie Lee Curtis. This time she tackles self-control and manages to make it fun.

After moving from Korea to New York, Doki and his twin brother Kebi have been settling into their new home. Doki has so many new books to read! But Kebi hasn't been adjusting as easily. He has no friends! And his pranks on New York City haven't been working. Subway delays. Traffic jams. Scary smoke. New Yorkers have seen it all! It's up to Doki to cheer his brother up and come up with pranks big enough to shock their New York City neighbors in this humorous and heartwarming story inspired by the Korean mythology of dokkaebi.

Eggworth is a hardboiled egg. In this book, Eggworth goes on a field trip with his class and starts to think about what he will be good at when he grows up. His imagination carries him to faraway lands and comical scenarios. With his birthday and Easter around the corner, Eggworth finds out... he might be great at being an Easter egg.

Sia har äntligen lyckats bli andreskötare åt sin favorithäst Pontus. Men en dag kommer en ny tjej till ridskolan som vill ta Sias plats. Hon vet bäst och lägger sig alltid i saker hon inte har med att göra. En dag när Sia och hennes kompis kommer till stallet ser de att det brinner. Sia försöker rädda Pontus men han är rädd och vägrar gå ut! Och varför dröjer brandkåren med att rycka ut ...? Berit Härd (född 1936) är journalist och författare som bland annat har arbetat på Göteborgs-Tidningen, Göteborgs-Posten, Hertha och Dagens Nyheter.

Sia ska snart fylla 11 år och är en av de minsta och nyaste i stallet. Hon är inte ens andreskötare åt någon häst än och får ofta höra att hon är för liten för att vara på ridskolan. Men en dag får hon rida sin favorithäst, den underbara vita skimmeln Pontus. Han är nyckfull och opålitlig enligt ridskolan och därför tänker de sälja honom. Det får bara inte ske! Sia måste göra allt för att förhindra det ... Berit Härd (född 1936) är journalist och författare som bland annat har arbetat på Göteborgs-Tidningen, Göteborgs-Posten, Hertha och Dagens Nyheter.

11-åriga Sia är andreskötare åt den underbara skimmeln Pontus i ridskolans stall. En dag dyker det upp en kille i stallet som gör alla tjejerna oroliga. Sias bästa kompis Kattis vill plötsligt byta ridgrupp och beter sig konstigt. Sia fattar ingenting, kan en kille verkligen vara viktigare än en häst? En dag tar Joel med sig två hundar till ridskolan. När de får syn på hästarna i hagen springer de dit och skrämmer livet ur dem. De vettskrämda hästarna hoppar över stängslet och in i skogen. Precis bredvid ligger motorvägen ...

Learning from humans, when the supercomputers became self-aware, they warred with one another heralding in an apocalypse for humanity.