Captain Duck – animated story book

Posted by admin on June 17th, 2010 and filed under story books | No Comments »

Ahoy there! “Captain Duck” by Jez Alborough, one of the UK’s most beloved children’s authors, is now available as an interactive app for iPhone: http://bit.ly/b5DWxA

Join Duck, Frog and Sheep on a trip out to sea in Goat’s boat. But is Duck really the expert sailor he thinks he is?

Featuring Jez Alborough’s original artwork, beautifully enhanced with animation and the ability to touch the screen for sound effects. Readers can swipe the screen to turn the page, and choose whether to read alone or read along with Matt Lucas’ brilliant audio rendition.

‘Captain Duck’, part of the wonderful ‘Duck’ series, provides children with a fun and colourful way to develop their reading skills.

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January Book of the Month – Parsnip meets a Snowman

Posted by admin on June 13th, 2010 and filed under story books | 10 Comments »

Has Parsnip accidentally thrown a snowball at a scary monster??

The Foodies Books are a series of picture story books for young children, set in a veggie patch. There is a different book for each month of the year and all the characters in each story are in season to grow or buy in the UK that month.

The book of the month is always available to read on our website.
For more information visit www.thefoodies.org

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Top 10 Banned Books 2006 – Banned Books Week 2007

Posted by admin on June 9th, 2010 and filed under story books | 25 Comments »

Here are the 10 most frequently challenged books of 2006. For more information visit http://www.ala.org/oif.

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How do you make magnetic story books?

Posted by admin on June 6th, 2010 and filed under story books | 1 Comment »

What is a magnetic story book and how do you make magnetic story books?

By fixing a magnet in the book & a metal on the head. Attraction will take place.

Crocheted Jewelry, Book Reviews, Threadbanger

Posted by admin on June 5th, 2010 and filed under story books | 25 Comments »

This week on Thread Heads bust out your crochet needles and get inspired as we hang out with Alicia of Unicocreations. And trust us, this ain’t your grandmother’s crocheting. She’ll be hookin’ us up with a quick lesson and a look at her unique jewelry. Plus book reviews, web viewers, some cool stuff from the forum. Tip of the week: when life throws you scraps, make a quilt.

Links in this episode:
Alicia of Unico Creations
http://www.unicocreation.com/
Book: Dominknitrix
http://www.amazon.com/Domiknitrix-Whip-Your-Knitting-Shape/dp/1581808534/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196437819&sr=8-1
Books: 99 Ways Series from the Compai ladies and Crown Publishing
http://www.compai.com/
Music Video: The Spinto Band
http://www.spintoband.com/

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iPad sneak preview: The best and novel apps

Posted by admin on May 28th, 2010 and filed under story books | 9 Comments »

As UK gears up for all night queues at the Apple store ahead of the iPad launch, we get a demo from Kieran Alger of T3.com.

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Brian Regan – Epitome of Hyperbole – Books & Movies

Posted by admin on May 23rd, 2010 and filed under story books | 25 Comments »

his last release, great!

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any suggestions for sad love story books?

Posted by admin on May 20th, 2010 and filed under story books | 4 Comments »

I love reading books and well, I’ve finished all my books at home and I’m planning to buy a new one :)
Well I’ve read the notebook, a walk to remember, message in a bottle, the last song (nicholas sparks), my sister’s keeper (jodi picoult), etc and now I want to read other sad love story books from other authors. Any suggestions, please?
Thanks before ! :D

Sunshine by Norma Klein (guaranteed to bring tears to your eyes)
P.s. I love you by Cecilia Ahern
The Time Traveler’s Wife
Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks
The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks
Plain Truth by Jodi Piccoult

the books – smells like content

Posted by admin on May 18th, 2010 and filed under story books | 25 Comments »

From the recently released play all dvd. If you like this you should buy it from the books website.

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Quickbooks Tutorial Part 1

Posted by admin on May 12th, 2010 and filed under story books | 25 Comments »

http://quickbookstutorials.blogspot.com

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