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Wisha Wozzariter
A charming story about a little girl’s dream of becoming a writer.‘I wish I was a writer,’ sighed Wisha.‘Well, you are Wisha Wozzariter,’ said the Bookworm.‘So I am! But I don’t quite know where to begin.’‘At the beginning, of course,’ said the Bookworm, rolling his eyes.Ten-year-old Wisha wishes to be a writer. When she meets Bookworm, she stops wishing and starts writing. With him, she rides on the Thought Express to the Marketplace of Ideas, the Superhero Salon and the Bargain Bazaar, and encounters a motley crew of characters.Along the way, she discovers the creative process by which anything beautiful and lasting is created, a process in which Faith, Luck and Destiny play no mean part.Roger Dahl’s zany illustrations bring Wisha’s imaginative world to life. Join Wisha on this rollicking writer’s adventure and find out how she finally fulfils her dream of becoming a writer!
Angry River
It was a small island in the middle of a big river, and just large enough for Sita and her grandparents to live with their three goats, the hens, a vegetable patch and a peepul tree. But one day, the river fl ooded and took everything with it, including Sita. How will Sita survive when the angry river sweeps her away? Find out in this classic story of courage and friendship, now in a brand new look.
Uncle Leo's Adventures
‘Uncle Leo,’ I said, ‘are your clothes new or do you also get hand-me-downs?’‘I bought my suspenders and shirt two years ago, but these pants are morethan two hundred years old.’‘How can those pants be more than two hundred years old?’ I asked.‘I’ll tell you about it,’ said Uncle Leo.Uncle Leo is no ordinary uncle, he’s one-of-a-kind—he’s an adventurer, atraveller, a magician, all rolled into one. Join him as he tells Andy and hisbrother Graham all about his adventures in the Sahara forests—from beingcursed to sleep for two hundred years to living with the giant Imama birdsand learning how to fly; from meeting the highly advanced Robotov-48,foreman of the robot factory, to travelling to the land of Fastonia: wherepeople live their entire lives in only one day!Funny and endearing, the fifth book in the Uncle Leo series brings to life themagic of storytelling, accompanied by lively and colourful illustrations.
Christmas Carol
A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!” cried a cheerful voice. “Bah!” said Scrooge, “Humbug!” In the city of London, on the night of Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge—a bitter, cold-hearted old miser—refuses his nephew’s invitation for Christmas dinner and rudely turns away the gentlemen seeking donation for the poor.And as he comes to sit down alone in his cold, dark apartment, he is visited by the ghost of Jacob Marley, his dead partner. Haggard and double-ironed, Marley is cursed to wander the earth. As Marley relates his unfortunate story, Scrooge is warned. And before Marley leaves, Scrooge is told that he would be haunted by Three Spirits. As the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet To Come take Scrooge on respective journeys, will he learn the true meaning of the season? Will Ebenezer Scrooge be redeemed? One of the best-loved Yuletide tales by Dickens, A Christmas Carol is filled with compassion and humour. With larger than life characters, who continue to live outside the pages, this Ghost story of Christmas will make you laugh and cry in the same breath. Published more than two centuries ago, it continues to be adapted into films, stage operas, and other media."
