New Release Books by Karen Wallace

Most leadership books written for women today either advise us to lean in, speak up, and demand more. They are filled with tactical advice on everything from where to position yourself in the board room to how to negotiate a total compensation package.However, very few leadership books start with the simple question - What matters to you?Who are you? What do you care about? What makes you an effective leader?In Significant Women, you will meet corporate executives and entrepreneurs who have grappled with these questions. They have led accomplished lives in the business world by revisiting their sense of significance often - sometimes by choice and oftentimes after being confronted with immense challenges on their path.This book is for ambitious women - and men - who seek to have a big impact on the world while also being true to themselves and their values. By hearing the stories and lessons from over twenty successful, accomplished business leaders from around the globe, you'll see yourself in their trials and triumphs and learn how to:-Accept all parts of yourself as the leader that you are.-Honor your growth and inspire others.-Appreciate the beauty in the detours of your life.-Discern what matters most to you on your path to significance.-Lead from a place of humility and fiery passion.-Inspire your teams by creating shared significance.This leadership book is designed to give you permission to define success on your terms and to turn struggles into a deep well of wisdom that you draw from throughout your life. You are significant. And the time has come for you to own it.

Describes the development of a tadpole into a frog.

A tired and thirsty giant came to the palace and asked for a drink. The queen tried to send him away because he was so stinky! Princess PJ really wanted him to stay, but how could she get him to take a bath?

Princess P.J. helps give her mother a royal makeover after a magic mirror tell her she is ugly.

When the farm animals are frightened by large footprints in the snow, Detective Dog sets out to discover who left them.

Detective Dog is looking for Goose's egg that might have been stolen.

Cat had lost her kittens. Detective Dog looked all around the farmyard but he couldn't find them anywhere! Where could those kittens be?

Angels have the power to guide and protect us throughout daily life, and this collection of bedtime stories introduces their loving energy to your child. The tales are both magical and compelling with settings and characters sure to capture the imagination of every child. Offering a gentle introduction to the techniques of meditation and visuali...

Alice the anteater has a dream - she's going to be a film star! So she finds herself a pair of high-heeled sandals, a frilly satin dress and some film-star sunglasses and sets off for Hollywood. Soon Alice is the talk of the town, but there's just one problem - will she ever get to star in a film?This dreamy and glamorous tale from award-winning author Karen Wallace is perfect for children who are learning to read by themselves and for Key Stage 1. It features engaging illustrations from Katy Halford, and quirky characters young readers will find hard to resist. Bloomsbury Young Readers are the perfect way to get children reading, with book-banded stories by brilliant authors like Julia Donaldson. They are packed with gorgeous colour illustrations and include inside cover notes to help adults reading with children, as well as ideas for activities related to the stories.Book band: GoldQuizzed for Accelerated ReaderIdeal for ages:5+

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1-6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding vocabulary. Jump on a magical bus and take a tour of strange and wonderful lands in this wonderfully imaginative poem by June Crebbin. Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language. Pages 14 and 15 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall. Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover.

In this classic fairy tale, retold with a twist, Snow White has had enough! The dwarfs treat her like a slave, so she decides to play a trick on them. She pretends to eat a poisoned apple. Now she will find out what the dwarfs really think of her!

Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure. Independent Reading Yellow stories are perfect for children aged 4+ who are reading at book band 3 (Yellow) in classroom reading lessons. In this story, Rabbit and Mouse start showing off - but Rabbit cannot hop quite as high as he would like!

The Magic Pyjamas is an exciting story for all adventure fans who are beginning to read independently. It is perfect for children aged 4+ who are reading at orange band 6. Jack cannot get to sleep. It is just too boring! Then Granny sends him some magic pyjamas and the adventure really begins! The Froglets series is perfect for children aged 5-7 who are reading on their own, with fun stories of no more than 200 words. A reading game at the end of each book encourages retelling the story and boosting vocabulary. Compiled in consultation with Catherine Glavina, Early Years Course Leader, The Centre for Professional Education, University of Warwick.

Jack cannot get to sleep. It is just too boring! Then Granny sends him some magic pyjamas and the adventure really begins!

Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows children to build up their reading knowledge of Arabic step by step. Level 16 books offer more complex, underlying themes that give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view. A wide range of language structures is used to reflect progression in the teaching of Arabic grammar, while still retaining the core aim of encouraging a love of reading through Arabic stories and texts. Samira has a problem. The ostrich eggs at a nearby farm are being stolen. Without them her father can t do his famous musical performance, and the farm will have to be sold. Who s stealing the eggs, and why do they want them?"

Quagmire Castle is the much-loved, but totally dilapidated, home to a motley cast of humans and ghosts. When it comes to saving the Castle from demolition at the hands of the the gruesome bank manager, Gordon Grabbit, Aunt Tabitha's solution is to start knitting. Fortunately, her niece and nephew, Emily and Jack, are determined to preserve their beloved home. Meanwhile, upstairs in the attic, the whist-playing ghosts, Dudley and Delicia (together with their pet monkey, Powderball), can smell trouble, too. Soon, it's all hands to the pump (even if some of those hands are see-through) in an effort to save Quagmire Castle. And nobody could ever have predicted the chaos and hilarity that will ensue! This is a laugh-a-minute action adventure with as madcap a cast of characters as you're ever likely to meet. Another winner from the highly-acclaimed author of Something Slimy on Primrose Drive - which sold out in hardback virtually upon publication.

Poor King Codger! His daughters, Goldie-Ox and Wolverina, do not get along, so he wants to retire to the seashore. Luckily his magician sees a solution to his problem: the Golden Seesaw. The two daughters go searching for this, and before they can find it, they find friends in one another. All ends well when the two daughters learn how to work and play together. So well, in fact, that King Codger doesn't leave after all!Text Type: General Narrative, MysteryTheme/Topic: Adventure, Family

Novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading! TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at a href=http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/"www.oxfordowl.co.uk/a. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book. This pack contains 36 books, six of each of: Star Struck!, Pet Squad, Cat Out of the Bag, The True Diary of Carly Ann Potter, The Quest for the Golden See-Saw, The Anti-Bully Machine."

It's strange, it's weird - it's the extraordinary behaviour of animal pairs. Discover what he will do to attract her attention; what she will do to get the best nest; who looks after the little ones and which pairs share all the work and stay together for life. 'It Takes Two' the 'Wonderwise' series presents facts in a way that will inspire young children's imaginations about the world around them.

Wonderwise books bridge the gap between stories and facts, perfect for building children's love of learning and reading.

'Chomp Munch Chew ' explores all the ways that animals eat - those that chomp on grass, others that munch leaves and the scary ones that chew on bones.

In The Quest for the Golden See-Saw King Codger wants to retire to the seaside. But how can he leave his kingdom to his daughters when they argue about everything. Can Spangle, the magician, find a solution? TreeTops Fiction contains engaging novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading!

Emerald St. John is in trouble. She has been condemned to marry a man she hates, her enemies are conspiring to have her pet bear Molly torn apart in the baiting pits, and the man she loves is far away on the high seas. And she has stumbled into a web of spies with a plot to poison Queen Elizabeth I. To save herself and the kingdom, Emerald must beat the spies at their own game - which means transforming herself from a country girl into a lady of the court. Can she do it in time?

A young dolphin's life is full of adventure--can he escape the killer whales?

With a handy strap and an innovative sticky pad that can be stuck to a variety of surfaces - from car windows to tables to high chairs - this bright, crinkly cloth book is bursting with favourite vehicles to spot.