Tilly Steps Out


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Tilly is just an ordinary girl with just one special talent - dancing. But she faces a world full of challenges that she struggles to deal with. How does she survive school where she doesn't do very well? How can she cope with a home where she feels overlooked? And how can she use her dancing to make her life more fun?




Tilly


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Tillys found the perfect hiding place to keep her special treasures. No one knows about it, not even her big brothers and sister, who know everything. But one day, something happens that Tilly could never have imagined... Jane Godwin and Anna Walker have created a wistful, enchanting and timeless story about an old house, a young girl, and how the small things we hold dear stay with us always.




Love at First Stitch


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Love at First Stitch gives you all the know-how you need to start making the dresses of your dreams. Written for novice stitchers, Tilly Walnes demystifies dressmaking for the generations that have never been taught to sew. This book presents the core sewing basics in an informal style, with Tilly's friendly and encouraging voice cheering the reader on throughout.




Harklights


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"A charming fairytale adventure with an enduring ecological message." Peter Bunzl, author of Cogheart Wick has always lived in the dark and dreadful Harklights Match Factory and Orphanage, working tirelessly for greedy Old Ma Bogey. He only dreams of escaping, until one day a bird drops something impossible and magical at his feet - a tiny baby in an acorn cradle... As midnight chimes, Wick is visited by the Hobs, miniature protectors of the forest. Grateful for the kindness shown to their stolen child, they offer Wick the chance of a lifetime - escape from Harklights and begin a new life with them in the wild... Winner of the Joan Aiken Future Classics Prize, Harklights is a magical story celebrating family, friendship and the natural world, filled with a message of hope for our times.




The Sounds of English


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Social Movements, 1768-2004


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Westerners invented social movements during the 18th century, but after that social movements became vehicles of popular politics across the world. By locating social movements in history, prize-winning social scientist Charles Tilly provides rich and often surprising insights into the origins of contemporary social movement practices, relations of social movements to democratization, and likely futures for social movements.




Tilly and the Time Machine


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Tilly is seven and a half - and about to make history. When Tilly's dad builds a time machine in the shed there's only one place she really wants to go: back to her sixth birthday party, when she ate too many cupcakes and her mummy was still here. But then something goes wrong! Tilly's dad gets stuck in the past and only she can save him . . . Will they make it back in time for tea?




Singing Songs


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Child abuse from the perspective of the child. When Anna, the narrator, is five years old, her mother marries a drunkard who takes a fancy to her daughters, repeatedly raping one. The mother turns a blind eye.




The FunGkins


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Clara Gooday, age 9, hears what she thinks is her Aunt Tilly’s tall tale about seeing the FunGkins. Things heat up when Clara meets two FunGkins and helps them get back the Magic Mushroom. The Jacks reward Clara and Aunt Tilly by shrinking them down to their size and whisking them off to the magical land of Mushroom Valley. There they see creatures never seen by any human and FunGkins who are from all nationalities and races living in harmony. Meanwhile, the skinny, seven-foot-tall, evil Mr. Mustashio has moved into the funeral home next door. Clara plans to watch every move he and his talking dog, Snodsty, make. Follow Clara in this tale of friendship, faith, and moral fiber.




Tattletale Tilly


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Meet the girl who knows all the rules . . . and makes sure everyone else follows them!Tattletale Tilly, the youngest O'Toole, made sure those around her kept every rule. From her big sister Milly to her big brother Tom, Tilly kept them in line with her threats to tell Mom.Little Tilly is such a squealer, both at home and at school. After a while her family has had enough of her self-righteous tattling. When her dad tells her the tattling must stop, Tilly realizes she needs help being more kind and merciful to others.The whole family will love this rhyming read-aloud book from the Attitude Adjusters series. These stories help kids discover what it means to be more like Jesus in their attitudes and actions.Joanna Weaver is a pastor's wife and the mother of John Michael and Jessica. She loves working with children using music, drama, and story telling. Joanna lives with her family in Whitefish, Montana.As art director for several companies, Tony Kenyon won numerous awards for his advertising and television work. He is currently a freelance illustrator living in an eighteenth-century house overlooking Winchester Cathedral in England.