Bella Goes to Sea


Book Description

Happy in her new home with William the fisherman, Bella the goose learns to fly. One day she decides to follow William in his boat and flies far out to sea. Then William gets shipwrecked and has to depend on Bella to save him. Are her wings strong enough to carry her back to the mainland for help. . . . ?




Shiver-by-the-Sea 1: Bella and the Vampire


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For fans of Eerie, Elementary, Bailey School Kids, and The Notebook of Doom, the first book in a magical, spooky new chapter book series about friendship, community restoration and involvement, and helping your neighbors . . . even if some of them may be monsters. Bella Gossi just moved from New York City to the Massachusetts beach town of Shiver-by-the-Sea to live with her Uncle Van. Bella’s excited about helping her mom fix up the old movie theater, but she’s already missing her old home and her old friends, and just driving through downtown, it’s pretty clear that this place has seen better days. After meeting Cooper and his adorable basset hound, Casper, things start looking up. But when mom tasks them with clearing out an old trunk from the theater and picking the first movie they’ll show, that’s when the trouble begins. Out of the trunk pops a bat! But not just any bat . . . a kid vampire. A very hungry, very scared kid vampire, who’s lost and doesn’t know how to get home to his family. Bella and Cooper are a little frightened at first, too, but soon they’re on a mission to help Bram find his way home, because that’s what real friends do.




The Sea


Book Description

This exciting topic-based series offers early years practitioners collections of activities based on familiar themes. The activities can be easily implemented and readily incorporated into curriculum planning through links made to the Foundation Stage curriculum. Each book includes: activities that can be used on their own or as part of a themed program ideas for enjoying an all round curriculum approach guidance on expanding existing ideas and resources linked ideas to be carried out at home. The Sea includes themes of seasides, beaches, fish and boats. It provides a wonderful topic for room nursery displays and is a positive theme for boys and girls.




Bella the Blue Crab


Book Description

Bella the Blue Crab is a wonderful story of a brave little she-crab who helps save the Chesapeake Bay. Bella is a positive role model who enjoys helping her fellow sea creatures with acts of kindness and bravery. Bella's story comes alive through the beautifully animated pictures of the Chesapeake Bay and coastal towns along the Eastern Shore.




Bella Lost and Found


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Bella is an indoor cat who lives inside a lighthouse and who has always imagined exploring the high seas. One day, Bella hops onto a sailboat and drifts away. . . . In this whimsical picture book, author-illustrator Ryan O'Rourke introduces lovable Bella, whose travels bring her to new friends and magical under-the-sea adventures and, ultimately, return her home. O'Rourke's distinctive artwork conveys the humor and curiosity of Bella and her friends, including a friendly whale and a wise octopus. Sea dogs and landlubbers alike will delight in the beautiful seascapes inspired by O'Rourke's summers on Cape Cod.




The Silence of the Sea


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Winner of the Petrona Award 2015! From the queen of Icelandic crime fiction comes a truly chilling story that will leave readers breathless right up to the memorable ending. This is possibly her best book yet. Bestselling and award-winning Icelandic crime author Yrsa Sigurdardóttir has produced here a dazzling display of brilliant crime writing that is both groundbreaking and immensely satisfying. As The Silence of the Sea opens, a luxury yacht crashes into a Reykjavik pier. But the boat is empty; no one is on board. What has happened to the crew? And what has happened to the family who were very much present when the yacht left Lisbon? What should Thora Gudmundsdottir, the series sleuth, make of the rumors that the vessel was cursed? She is spooked even more when she boards the yacht and thinks she sees one of the missing children. Where is Karitas, the glamorous young wife of the yacht's former owner? And whose is the body that has washed up further along the shore? The most chilling novel yet from Yrsa Sigurdardottir, an international best-selling author at the height of her powers.




Spellbound by the Sea Lord: A Merman Shifter Fated Mates Romance Novel


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Enjoy this HOT merman shifter romance by USA Today Bestselling paranormal romance author Starla Night! Tattooed warriors are climbing out of the secret depths to claim their soul mates and save their race! Balim, the sarcastic healer of Atlantis, has finally found his soul mate. Bella’s fierce red hair teases his fingertips, velvet-encased curves entice his eyes, and intricately patterned freckles awakens his most dangerous desires. Single mother Bella has a knack for outrunning trouble, but lately, trouble’s been catching up. She can’t stop herself from responding to the hard-muscled doctor, even though her secrets might get them killed. What she doesn’t realize? His secrets might kill them first. Spellbound by the Sea Lord is the exciting seventh novel in the bestselling Lords of Atlantis series. For fans of Jaymin Eve, Anna Hackett, and Bella Blair, this paranormal medical romance contains cursed daggers, magical diseases, heroic giant octopuses, and the power of love. Settle in for a twisty, steamy adventure of passion beneath the sea!




Men Against the Sea – Book Set


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DigiCat presents to you this unique sea adventures collection with novels about mutinies, shipwrecks, travels, and tales of the South Seas. Table of Contents: The Bounty Trilogy: Mutiny on the Bounty Men Against the Sea Pitcairn's Island Other Sea Adventures: The Hurricane The Dark River Botany Bay Lost Island The High Barbaree The Far Lands Faery Lands of the South Seas The Forgotten One and Other True Tales of the South Seas: The Forgotten One Captain Handy's Memoirs Sing: A Song of Sixpence A Happy Hedonist Rivnac Frisbie of Danger Island James Norman Hall (1887-1951) was an American writer best known for The Bounty Trilogy, three historical novels he wrote with Charles Nordhoff. During World War I, Hall had the distinction of serving in the militaries of three Western allies: Great Britain as an infantryman, and then France and the United States as an aviator. After the war, Hall spent much of his life on the island of Tahiti, where he and Nordhoff wrote a number of successful adventure books, many adapted for film.




Across a Summer Sea


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For the sake of her children, a young mother endures a violent marriage - but there is hope of better things to come... Lyn Andrews writes a moving saga in Across a Summer Sea, a tale of a mother's devotion and taking chances. Perfect for fans of Anne Baker, Katie Flynn and Cathy Sharp. Mary McGann's marriage has always been difficult, thanks to her husband Frank's drunken, jealous nature. Only because the little money he earns in the docks keeps food in the mouths of their children is Mary prepared to put up with him. When Frank throws them all out on the street, Mary flees to her family in Dublin. There she meets Richard O'Neill, a handsome though solitary man. Despite the attraction between them, Mary's not looking for love, and when she hears that Frank needs her, she returns to Liverpool, foreseeing a future of yet more hardship. But there are surprises in store. Though tragedy and danger are looming, a brighter horizon lies beyond - if Mary's prepared to be strong and take the chances that come her way... What readers are saying about Across a Summer Sea: '[Lyn Andrews] is most definitely my favourite author - I have never read anything which has been less than brilliant' 'What a truly enlightening story from heartbreak to untold hardships to finally find true love - beautiful' 'Five stars'




Shiver-by-the-Sea 3: Creature from the Gloppy Green Pool


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The third book in this spooky, sweet series makes a big splash as Bella and her friends help a new mucky monster. Perfect for fans of Eerie, Elementary, Bailey School Kids, and The Notebook of Doom. When Bella, Cooper, Casper, and Bram go to help get the new community pool ready for its grand opening, they find more than just a place to swim and splash. Gloppy green webbed footprints lead right out the back door, and right into Shiver-By-the-Sea! Soon there are reports from a few Shiver residents that something’s been eating the fish in their ponds. Can the three friends find the creature and help it find a new cozy home before its caught and sent off to the aquarium? Creature From the Gloppy Green Pool is monstrously fun, warm, and welcoming, and a perfect addition to the Shiver-by-the-Sea chapter book series.