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SUMMARY : Rebecca loves food, any kind of food. She loves food so much that her favourite hobbies are sorting out the pantry shelves, defrosting the fridge, going to the supermarket and chatting to the butcher. The other children think she's weird and no-one wants to play with her. Then her cousin Emma comes to stay and Rebecca hopes they'll be friends. But Emma doesn't seem at all the kind of person who spends much time in the kitchen.

Amid rumors of liberation, inmates at Germany’s Belsen camp create toys for a celebration in a moving story of hope, based on a true account. Miriam lives in hut 18, bed 22. She has little to eat and nothing to play with, but she can remember what it was like before, when she had her own food, her own bed, and her very own toys. As World War II nears an end, everyone says the soldiers are coming, so Miriam joins the women in planning a celebration. Every night, while the guards sleep, they busy themselves crafting toys out of scraps of their clothing to surprise the younger children. Based on a reference to a small collection of stuffed toys made by women in Belsen for the first party held after the liberation of the camp, this new edition of Let the Celebrations Begin!, originally published in 1996, is an affecting story of human survival.

Gabe is the best looking guy in school—that’s why his friends send him to get girls to their party. Helen is not much to look at—that’s why her friends want her to come along. But Helen gets under Gabe’s skin in a way no other girl has. It was one night. One night with lasting consequences. Now Helen has to decide if she wants to keep the baby—and if she should tell Gabe, who hasn’t spoken to her since their one night together. Filled with love, fear, and the tough choices born of casual acts, One Night is a passionate and compellingly readable novel about teen life, the hardships of parenthood—and the joy and forgiveness between family and friends.

With the help of her understanding mother and a close friend, Jen eventually outgrows her nickname, Jinx, and deals with the deaths of two boys with whom she had been involved.

Pink is a small dinosaur who stands out from the crowd. Hide-and-seek is her favourite game, but her colour means she's always the first one to be found. She doesn't want to be pink anymore until her difference helps her friends find their way home again.

Rosie the hare is afraid to hold her premature baby brother because he seems so fragile until their father tells her a special story about a tortoise and a hare.

Hush! All over the world, little ones everywhere are going to sleep. Sweet dreams!

There's only seven more sleeps until the party and Mum, Babs the Baby and Fog the Dog are busy. There are invitations to make, decorations to hang, balloons to be blown up and the cake to be baked. And when the day comes, there's a big surprise.

A father describes his first walk with his newborn baby on the day the child was born, an adventure on which they splashed through puddles, followed busy honeybees, and celebrated the bounties of nature.