Children

Babies who cry often or excessively can create stress for parents by preventing sleep or causing concern over what the cries may mean. This comprehensive guide offers parents practical and reassuring advice on why their babies cry and how to respond to and reduce their outbursts. Hints are also provided on learning to interpret certain cries, as are key remedies that will soothe and relax a child. The exact nature of colic is also outlined, as are common misconceptions about colic and the top methods to ease its effects.

Going solo tells of how, when he grew up, roald dahi left England for Africa and a series of daring and dangerous adventures began.

From tales of plane crashes to surviving snake bites, read all about Roald Dahl’s life before becoming the world’s number one storyteller.

Nikki Maxwell and her BFFs are all counting down to the end of the school year. Nikki thinks she hasher summer all figured out with lots of fun plans to hang out with her friends and her crush, Brandon. Its going to be perfect! Squeee!

But then a new boy turns up at school and shows interest in Nikki and things become confusing super-quickly! The last thing Nikki wants to do is hurt Brandon…..what do you do when you accidentally crush your crush?!

Mean girl Makenzie is planning to use her school newspaper column to spread rumors about Brandon, so Nikki decides to join the paper to keep an eye on her.

But being given the role of agony aunt, Miss-know-it-all, definitely isn’t part of the plan…..At first answering letters is fun, but when her inbox starts overflowing, Nikki needs some help herself! Can she keep up with demand and stop Mackenzie from getting Brandon into trouble?

The worst possible thing has happened to Nikki Maxwell…..she’s lost her diary! Since starting at her new school Nikki has filled the diary with all her secrets and if the wrong person finds it then her life will be over! So the hunt is on to track it down, before anyone else does….

Nikki Maxwell’s school is holding a talent competition and Nikki can’t wait to start practicing dance moves with her BFFs, Cloe and Zoey, and impressing Brandon, her crush, with her singing skills!

But then Nikki finds out that her arch-nemesis, Mackenzie, is entering the contest too, and she’s determined to hog the limelight. Can a dork like Nikki take on the most popular girl in school and win?

OMG. Nikki Maxwell is getting her own TV show! Nikki and her friends were spotted at their school talent show, and now a reality TV crew is following her as she heads for pop stardom.

SQUEEZ!

But while having cameras wherever she goes isn’t always fun, especially when its making things awkward with Brandon and Mackenzie keeps trying to steal the limelight….Is TV star one stop too far for Queen for the Dorks?

Max Crumbly is about to face the scariest place he’s ever been: South Ridge Middle School.

There’s a lot that’s great about his new school, but there’s also one big problem- Doug aka Thug Thurston, the school bully whose new hobby is stuffing Max in his locker.

If only Max could be like the heroes in all the comics he likes to read-or the ones he draws. Unfortunately, Max’s uncanny, almost superhuman ability to small pizza from a mile away won’t exactly save any lives or foil bad guys. But that doesn’t mean max won’t do his best to be the hero his school needs!