![]() ![]() Plus dont miss the companion books: Miss Nelson Is Missing and Miss Nelson Has a Field Day! Review Quotes This is an artful spoof thats not to be missed. Blandsworth and avoid ending up with The Swamp? Your class or young reader will laugh along with this funny picture book, which its tongue-in-cheek humor and James Marshalls simply silly illustrations. But when the principal ends up being the most boring substitute teacher ever, they hatch a plan to turn their week from dull to delightful. When their teacher has to go away for a week, Miss Nelsons kids are excited to really act up. This edition comes complete with the book plus a CD reading of the story. Book Synopsis In this companion to Miss Nelson Is Missing-the classic, hilarious story of a misbehaving class-the scheming kids in Room 207 are in for a big surprise from the scariest substitute around: Miss Viola Swamp. When their teacher has to go away for a week, the kids in Room 207 plan to really act up. About the Book The hilarious sequel to Miss Nelson Is Missing! is now available as a book and CD. ![]()
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The collection of alleged slang words were coined by a record label worker in response to a journalist asking if grunge musicians and enthusiasts had their own slang terms, seeking to write a piece on the subject. ![]() Grunge speak was a hoax series of slang words purportedly connected to the subculture of grunge in Seattle, reported as fact in The New York Times in 1992. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you like tattooed tough guys, tragic heroes and happy endings, you'll love the award-winning Blacque/Bleu! This book was previously published at another publisher and is largely unchanged. Read 250 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Lukas Blacque is a deeply closeted werewolf, and almost more than any. ![]() ![]() But in the magical town of Arcada, the one thing you can count on is a surprise. Blacque/Bleu (Arcada 3) by Belinda McBride Blacque/Bleu book. In Bleu's world, all living creatures are little more than vessels for food and sex. 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Author James Gurney draws on his experience as a Plein-air painter and science illustrator to share a wealth of information about the realist painter’s most fundamental tools: colour and light. ![]() Unlike many other art books that only give recipes for mixing colours or describe step-by-step painting techniques, Colour and Light answers the questions that realist painters continually ask, such as: “What happens with sky colours at sunset?”, “How do colours change with distance?”, and “What makes a form look three-dimensional?”. Imaginative Realism and Colour and Light are based on his award-winning blog,, which attracts over 3000 readers each day. His most recent book, Imaginative Realism, was the #1 best-selling book on in both the categories of Painting and Art Instruction. ![]() James Gurney is the author and illustrator of the New York Times best-selling Dinotopia books, which have been translated into 18 languages in 32 countries. Title: Colour and Light – A Guide for the Realist Painter ![]() ![]() ![]() That’s not as good as Shinkai’s modern classic Your Name at 98%, but it’s slightly better than his most recent film Weathering with You, which scored a 92%. ![]() Suzume currently boasts a 95% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes after 63 reviews, most from the U.K. Instead, today we’re looking at what U.S.-based publications are saying about Shinkai’s latest. But, this isn’t a box office piece, so we’ll hold off on any further analysis until Monday when we know more about how U.S. The film has already grossed more than $248.5 million globally from just seven markets, although among those seven are Japan, China, and South Korea, likely to be some of the largest contributors to the film’s final total. Today’s the day that Crunchyroll brings Makoto Shinkai’s latest Japanese box office smash, Suzume, to North American theaters. ![]() ![]() ![]() From forward and aft all hands came running. “We must shorten sail,” he made up his mind.Ĭupping his hands to his mouth, he bellowed orders: “Furl the topgallant sail! Furl the coursers and the maintopsail! Shorten the fore-topsail!” “When the wind does strike, it will strike with fury.” His steps quickened. “We lie in the latitude of white squalls,” he said, a look of vexation on his face. He plucked nervously at his rusty black beard as if that would help him think. And now this sudden calm, this heavy warning of a storm. The Moor ponies to be delivered to the Viceroy of Peru could not be kept alive much longer. And if he did not get there, and get there soon, he was headed for trouble. He could feel his flesh creep with the sails. 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