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Leonora Bolt: Secret Inventor (Leonora Bolt: Secret Inventor #1)
Par Lucy Brandt. 2022
'Fizzing with fun, friendship and fabulous inventions!' - Maria KuzniarWARNING: EPIC INVENTIONS AND SECRET SOCIETIES AHEAD . . .Leonora Bolt…
spends her days creating incredible inventions in her TOP SECRET laboratory, under the watchful eye of her terrifying uncle.Everything changes one day when a strange boy washes up on an inflatable lobster and reveals that Uncle Luther has been stealing her inventions and selling them on the mainland. Leonora, armed with her most important inventions, must leave Crabby Island for the first time EVER to embark on an unforgettable journey that will test her brainpower to its limits.With the help of an otter with a special skilll, a questionable cook and a singing sea captain, can Leonora dream up an invention that will defeat her evil uncle once and for all?Violet Baudelaire meets Peanut Jones in this epic STEM-themed adventure about believing in your brainpower - and yourself!Leonora Bolt: The Great Gadget Games (Leonora Bolt: Secret Inventor #4)
Par Lucy Brandt. 2023
The fourth hilarious book in the brilliant STEM adventure series Leonora Bolt. With glorious illustrations by Gladys Jose throughout.It's Leonora…
first Christmas, and the brilliant young inventor is feeling festive! She's made presents, Mildred's boiling cabbage for the candy canes (yuck!), and best friend Jack's brought along . . .an invite to the Great Gadget Games?!Her villainous Uncle Luther is behind this new inventing show, and planning on stealing the creations made by the very talented contestants. And in ANOTHER twist, the judges of the competition are two people very dear to Leonora's heart.Leonora HAS to enter - it's her best-ever chance to finally stop Luther's dangerous games! But she can't enter as herself - he'll never allow that - so she'll need a foolproof disguise, and a brilliant idea for a winning invention . . .Violet Baudelaire meets Peanut Jones in this epic STEM-themed adventure about believing in your brainpower - and yourself.Leonora Bolt: Eco Engineer (Leonora Bolt: Secret Inventor #3)
Par Lucy Brandt. 2023
Book 3 in the LEONORA BOLT: SECRET INVENTOR seriesLeonora Bolt makes amazing gadgets from any old junk. And her inventions…
have already stopped villainous Uncle Luther TWICE, though she hasn't rescued her super-scientist parents from him - yet.Leonora and her pals find clues that lead them to Luther's latest evil plan. It's an amusement park called Brightworld built in a desert, under a massive snow globe - and it's terrible for the environment!But when all their fancy-pants gadgets fail in the hot-hot heat, it's down to Leonora to use her eco-engineering imagination. Can she invent something to shut down Brightworld and save her parents - before there's a meltdown?With nothing but courage and Leonora's trusty tool belt to hand, the gang must battle swirling sandstorms, navigate plunging canyons and finish Uncle Luther...FOD GOOD!Praise for LEONORA BOLT:'A hilariously silly adventure' - The Guardian'Fizzing with fun, friendship and fabulous inventions!' - Maria Kuzniar, author of The Ship of Shadows'A joyous story' - iLeonora Bolt: Deep Sea Calamity (Leonora Bolt: Secret Inventor #2)
Par Lucy Brandt. 2022
THE SECOND LAUGH-OUT-LOUD ADVENTURE FOR LEONORA BOLT, SECRET INVENTOR.'Fizzing with fun, friendship and fabulous inventions!' - Maria Kuzniar, The Ship…
of Shadows Leonora isn't supposed to be building a submarine in a tree. Or turning the local wildlife luminous. In fact, she is supposed to be keeping her head down and drawing no attention - because Leonora Bolt is an inventor in secret.But she can't stop thinking of the clues she found to her missing parents' location. So, deep in hiding in Snorebury, desperately trying to avoid being discovered by her evil uncle, Leonora is hatching a plan.So what if involves launching a homemade submarine into the middle of the ocean, accompanied only by a couple of friends and an otter with particularly sensitive whiskers? For when disaster strikes, Leonora's wackiest plan might just be her most brilliant yet...Olivette Is You
Par Nico Tortorella. 2024
Meet Olivette, who wants kids to know that "all of it is YOU!" and to embrace every part of themselves.…
The brainchild of actor Nico Tortorella, this buoyant story is a celebration of all the many different parts of us.Olivette is here to let you in on a secret: you can be anything you want to be. And even better, you can be all of it! Olivette is energetic, moody, and unique—just like you, Olivette contains multitudes. Olivette Is You—all of it is you—is inspired by actor, musician, and author Nico Tortorella's own experience. Through this buoyant picture book, Nico shows you that you don&’t have to choose who or what to be; you are already everything.Stella Brings the Family
Par Miriam B. Schiffer. 2015
Stella's class is having a Mother's Day celebration, but what's a girl with two daddies to do? It's not that…
she doesn't have someone who helps her with her homework, or tucks her in at night. Stella has her Papa and Daddy who take care of her, and a whole gaggle of other loved ones who make her feel special and supported every day. She just doesn't have a mom to invite to the party. Fortunately, Stella finds a unique solution to her party problem in this sweet story about love, acceptance, and the true meaning of family. Plus, this is the fixed format version, which will look almost identical to the print version. Additionally for devices that support audio, this ebook includes a read-along setting.Blue Fire: Blue Fire (The Healing Wars #2)
Par Janice Hardy. 2010
Part fugitive, part hero, fifteen-year-old Nya is barely staying ahead of the Duke’s trackers.Wanted for a crime she didn’t mean…
to commit, she risks capture to protect every Taker she can find, determined to prevent the Duke of Baseer from using them in his fiendish experiments. But resolve isn’t enough to protect any of them, and Nya soon realizes the only way to keep them all out of the Duke’s clutches is to flee Geveg. Unfortunately, the Duke’s best tracker has other ideas.Nya finds herself trapped in the last place she ever wanted to be, forced to trust the last people she ever thought she could. More is at stake than just the people of Geveg, and the closer she gets to uncovering the Duke’s plan, the more she discovers how critical she is to his victory.To save Geveg, she just might have to save Baseer—if she doesn’t destroy it first.Ho'onani: Hula Warrior
Par Heather Gale. 2019
An empowering celebration of identity, acceptance and Hawaiian culture based on the true story of a young girl in Hawaiʻi…
who dreams of leading the boys-only hula troupe at her school.Ho'onani feels in-between. She doesn't see herself as wahine (girl) OR kane (boy). She's happy to be in the middle. But not everyone sees it that way.When Ho'onani finds out that there will be a school performance of a traditional kane hula chant, she wants to be part of it. But can a girl really lead the all-male troupe? Ho'onani has to try . . .Based on a true story, Ho'onani: Hula Warrior is a celebration of Hawaiian culture and an empowering story of a girl who learns to lead and learns to accept who she really is--and in doing so, gains the respect of all those around her. Ho'onani's story first appeared in the documentary A Place in the Middle by filmmakers Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson.