Gertie the Goat


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A story-based approach to phonics practice helping children to read with confidence. Gertie the Goat eats anything, but especially enjoys skirts and shirts! Gertie the Goat is for children in Year 2/Primary 3. This is a highly attractive, illustrated text with a humorous story incorporating specific phonic elements. The particular phonic focus (er, ir, ur) is reinforced throughout the text. Each children's book includes notes on the inside back cover to support use in guided group reading sessions.




Gertie the Goat


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Gertie is a hungry goat who eats everything from entire gardens to matress springs.




Gertie the Goat Wants a Boat


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Gertie the goat lives by a lake. Gertie loves watching the boats on the lake and yearns to float in a boat. But what happens when you have your front feet in and the boat floats away? Find out if Gertie's dream comes true.




Ollie's Folly


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"Ollie the Obedient Ostrich's experience demonstrates that it pays to follow rules and obey laws. When some of the AlphaPets tease him for being a 'goody-two-shoes', Ollie fells embarrassed and decides to change his ways. He flaunts several health and safety rules with disastrous results. In the end, all the AlphaPets realize just how important rules can be."--Prelim




Mabel Opal Pear and the Rules for Spying


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Fifth-grader Mabel (code name Sunflower) has her parents Rules for a Successful Life as an Undercover Secret Agent to live by and when her parents leave town abruptly she is not too worried--but when her beloved Aunt Gertie is arrested, and her objectionable Uncle Frank and Aunt Stella (Frankenstella) and her annoying (but clever) cousin Victoria take over her house and the family's private museum, Mabel begins to smell a rat and she is determined to find out what her suspicious relatives are up to.




Liona's Tattered Tutu


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Liona is thrilled to wear her homemade tutu to the first day of dance class!







Gertie's Paranormal Plantation


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Everyone’s favorite witch, Gertie O’Leary, is back! And she has a story of her own to tell. “One thing I’ve learned about running a shelter for paranormal creatures, you can’t afford to let your guard down. It all started when I welcomed an enchanting new guest to my plantation. Strange things started to happen. Well, more strange than usual. I was caught off guard by some conflicting feelings and it spurred me on to get Brad, the love of my life, committed. To moving in with me, that is. In any case, I was willing to do whatever it took: love spells, black magic, and something so naughty I’d rather not mention it here. Nothing worked out quite the way I planned, and I ended up having to go to hell and back just to save myself! If it wasn’t for Marie Laveau and the rest of my friends, I wouldn’t be able to share this tale with you in my memoir, Gertie’s Paranormal Plantation.” When you run a shelter for paranormal creatures, you can’t afford to let your guard down. Gertie O’Leary, a carefree and quite naïve, witch welcomes an enchanting new guest to the plantation and finds herself caught up in an ancient struggle. Can Marie Laveau and the gang pull together to save Gertie and her love life? Love, lust, and laughs await at Gertie’s Paranormal Plantation.




Gertie Gorilla's Glorious Gift


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Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Gertie Gorilla is going to a birthday party—and she has a grand, great, glorious gift! But when the gift gets grubby in a soggy, boggy gulch, what will Gertie do?




...As a Tale That Is Told


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BOOK SUMMARY As a Tale that is Told is the story of the dying and death of a Trinidadian woman (Louisa). In dying, the mind revisits the past in experiences that some call travelin. Louisa relives experiences with her husband and thirteen children prior to immigration to the USA in a series of flashbacks. Her travelin is the major content of the book and each section ends with the reaction of each child to her death. Deeply rooted in Caribbean tradition, this story will resonate with every courageous woman who determines to alter the lives of her children for good.