Category: Animals
What can we learn from the gentle art of listening? With affection and wit, artist and writer Megan Anderson has assembled characters from the dog world to put a canine face on human observations - those things that occupy our thoughts, and delight, move or perplex us. By imagining dogs as the bearers o ...Show more
Category: Humour
Following the success of the first volume of The Little Things, not surprisingly comes More Little Things Written by Matt Lawrey and drawn by Peter Lole, The Little Things is the most successful cartoon to come out of New Zealand in many years, and this book is a second collection from the popular daily ...Show more
Category: Humour | Reading Level: near fine
Description: The experience of parenthood is different for everyone. And every day can be different too. Read a hilarious and moving collection of perspectives from the well-loved Emily Writes and her friends. Some of them are experienced writers, others have put pen to paper for the first time. If it t ...Show more
Category: Humour | Series: The\Wicked Wit Ser.
There is no doubt that the British royal family is THE most famous family in the world. Watched and picked over in the media for everything from fashion choices to baby bumps, sporting achievements to nightclub preferences, there doesn't seem to be a moment when they can escape public scrutiny. But, som ...Show more
Category: Humour
To keep children clean is something that should never be attempted. It cannot be done. The mere provision of the vegetable is not sufficient; it must be actually eaten. If there is room enough for somersaults, the child can be satisfied. These are just a few of the words of wisdom on offer in How to be ...Show more
Category: Humour | Series: Spring Chicken Ser.
"Never eat healthy food. We so need all the preservatives we can get." "Save water--drink wine." Cheeky but charming, these books--one for men and one for women--bring together the best of Bev Williams' cartoons with selected witty quotations on food, wine, and growing old grac ...Show more
Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good
Feminism is all about demanding equality and learning to love yourself. But not too much - men hate that! From the writers of Reductress, the subversive, satirical women's magazine read by over 2.5 million visitors a month, comes HOW TO WIN AT FEMINISM: The Definitive Guide to Having It All--And Then So ...Show more
Category: Humour
This is an illustrated collection of prayers. It contains 28 meditations/prayers, plus an introduction on prayer. The prayers have an element of social comment for a secular audience.
Category: Gift
How should a motorist converse with the police? Should you switch off your headlights when another car approaches? What parts of the engine can you fix with a sheet of emery paper, insulating tape and copper wire? The 1920s heralded the age of motoring with the arrival of the 'affordable' Austin Seven a ...Show more
Category: Humour | Series: Spring Chicken Ser.
"Save water--drink wine." "Never eat healthy food. We so need all the preservatives we can get." Cheeky but charming, these books--one for men and one for women--bring together the best of Bev Williams' cartoons with selected witty quotations on food, wine, and growing old gracef ...Show more
Category: Humour
Across the centuries, few experiences in life rival the excitement and emotional intensity of falling in love. Yet from the moment we set eyes on a special someone, the path to their heart seems strewn with devastating pitfalls. What if the object of our affection hates the way we wear our hair, finds o ...Show more
Category: Humour
A person kneels to contemplate a tree and to reflect upon the troubles and joys of life. The person imagines mornings and evenings in a great forest of prayers, swarming and teeming with life. The person is learning how to pray. Michael Leunig.
