Sir Charlie Stinky Socks: the Really Frightful Night (Sir Charlie Stinky Socks)


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At the top of a tall, tall tower with a pointy roof something is stirring. Lightning flashes, thunder roars and something goes bump in the night. Sir Charlie Stinky Socks - honourable, feisty, tenacious and courageous - enters. But, will he be able to thwart his foes in this ghostly adventure or will he succumb to the hideous Cellar Dweller.




Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Really Big Adventure


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Sir Charlie and his cat, Envelope, seek adventure in a deep, dark forest, where he faces moaning beasties and more on his way to an unexplored tower, using gentleness and generosity to reach his goal.




Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Really Dreadful Spell


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The best-selling children's picture book about one brave knight and a whole lot of adventure - with added audio book. Once upon a misty morning, from the top of a twisty-wisty beanstalk, someone was looking down on to a tall, tall tower . . . Magic and mischief are afoot as a dreadful spell is cast on the forest. But who can save them before the sands of time run out. Enter Sir Charlie Stinky Socks - honourable, feisty, tenacious and courageous as always. Our pungent hero must face this new foe and break the spell before he's turned to stone. A swashbuckling, funny and charming adventure from best-selling picture book author/illustrator Kristina Stephenson - an ideal readaloud story to share with your little adventurer. And now, you can sing along and read along with the bonus audio book CD.




Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Tale of Two Treasures


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The fifth swashbuckling adventure finds Sir Charlie Stinky Socks embarking on a truly terrifying quest to bring back long lost treasure Following a musty, dusty map Sir Charlie Stinky Socks, his faithful cat Envelope, and—of course—his good grey mare, enter a scary underground world with all manner of tricks, traps, and medieval puzzles. Sir Charlie must use all his cunning and wit to get the others through. But all of a sudden our trusty hero can't get anything right. Has someone bewitched Sir Charlie? Or stolen his socks? Or maybe this bold brave knight isn't Sir Charlie at all? Yikes! A fraud! An impostor! A fiendish foe who might be after the treasure!




Sir Charlie Stinky Socks: the Tale of the Terrible Secret (Sir Charlie Stinky Socks)


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Once upon a time, there was a dark forest, where monstrous trees groaned, terrible beasties moaned and wiggly woos waited to tickle your toes. Nobody went there until... Sir Charlie Stinkysocks, his good grey mare and his pet cat decide the time has come for a big adventure. But when he comes across the princess, he realises he's met his match.




Sir Charlie Stinky Socks: the Dinosaur's Return (Sir Charlie Stinky Socks)


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By the light of a silvery moon, Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and his faithful friends are heading for Thunder Mountain. Their mission? To take a little dinosaur home. But the biggest adventure EVER lies in store. Join our brave young knight and his faithful friends as their adventure leads them towards a volcano that might erupt at any moment and into the middle of a dinosaur stampede Can Sir Charlie save the day again and help the lost dinosaur safely home? A swashbuckling, funny, and charming picture book adventure that is perfect for reading aloud before bedtime and sharing with little adventurers aged 3 years and up




Sir Charlie Stinkysocks - The Pirate's Curse


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Once upon a time, a message in a bottle said someone needed help; help from a certain bold, brave knight! So the brilliant Sir Charlie Stinky Socks, his cat Envelope, and his good grey mare must find a ship so they can set sail and rescue the messenger. But, who needs their help, and what fearsome sea dangers and frightful pirates might they encounter on their voyage? Join our hero and his companions on this rip-roaring, timber shivering adventure on the high seas! This is Charlie's seventh exciting, fast-paced adventure with a mystery at its heart and a surprise at the end. Big flaps add to the fun!




Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Tale of the Wizard's Whisper


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Once upon a winding path, a wizard made his way from a tall, tall tower with a pointy roof, to a castle on top of a hill.'I've heard a rumour', said the wizard to the king, 'that a legendary knight is here. A hero of old, who I've been told, has helped dragons, monsters, princesses, and kings. If the rumour is right, then he's the perfect knight to do a little something for me.'Who could this gallant and courageous knight be? Why, it''s Sir Charlie Stinky Socks, of course!In his most fearsome quest yet, a mysterious, whispering wizard seeks out Sir Charlie, and gives him a dangerous mission. With his trusty sidekicks by his side - his fearless cat, Envelope, and his good grey mare - Charlie is off on another exciting adventure! He must travel along the treacherous track, through the spooky forest, and into a deep, dark cave to retrieve a black sack from within. But there''s a catch - he mustn''t look inside the sack! Is this wizard up to no good? Could he be playing a trick on Charlie? And what is inside the sack? Find the answers to these curious questions and more, in the sixth adventure starring our favourite hero, Sir Charlie Stinky Socks.




The Hundred Decker Bus


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All aboard for an amazing adventure! Every day, the bus driver finishes his cup of tea, puts on his jacket, and sets off on his route. Every day , the man with the big red tie gets on at the roundabout, the lady with the pram gets on at the library, and the noisy children get on at Clover Drive. But what if one day the driver turned down a new and exciting road, and picked up new and exciting people? So many people that the bus simply wouldn't be big enough? Well, they would only be one solution . . . A bright, bold, and funny book with a surprise GIANT fold-out ending.




Catfish and Mandala


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Winner of the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Winner of the Whiting Writers' Award A Seattle Post-Intelligencer Best Book of the Year Catfish and Mandala is the story of an American odyssey--a solo bicycle voyage around the Pacific Rim to Vietnam--made by a young Vietnamese-American man in pursuit of both his adopted homeland and his forsaken fatherland. Andrew X. Pham was born in Vietnam and raised in California. His father had been a POW of the Vietcong; his family came to America as "boat people." Following the suicide of his sister, Pham quit his job, sold all of his possessions, and embarked on a year-long bicycle journey that took him through the Mexican desert, around a thousand-mile loop from Narita to Kyoto in Japan; and, after five months and 2,357 miles, to Saigon, where he finds "nothing familiar in the bombed-out darkness." In Vietnam, he's taken for Japanese or Korean by his countrymen, except, of course, by his relatives, who doubt that as a Vietnamese he has the stamina to complete his journey ("Only Westerners can do it"); and in the United States he's considered anything but American. A vibrant, picaresque memoir written with narrative flair and an eye-opening sense of adventure, Catfish and Mandala is an unforgettable search for cultural identity.