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Best Selling Books by Sally Gardner

Sally Gardner is the author of The Good, the Great, and the Unfriendly (2017), The Little Nut Tree (1994), Speaking Out (1999), The Boy who Could Fly (2013), The Tindims of Rubbish Island and the Deep Sea Treasure (2024).

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The Good, the Great, and the Unfriendly

release date: Sep 29, 2017

The Little Nut Tree

release date: Jan 01, 1994
The Little Nut Tree
A child is given a birthday gift of a tree which bears most unusual fruit.

Speaking Out

release date: Jun 01, 1999
Speaking Out
The authors asked library leaders and other prominent Americans to select the quotes that inspire their efforts in preserving intellectual freedom in the US. The contributors reflect on the meaning of their quotes and examine how they promote intellectual freedom in their own communities.

The Boy who Could Fly

release date: Jun 20, 2013
The Boy who Could Fly
When Thomas''s wish is magically granted, he can fly! But it''s not a soaraway success . . . A brilliant story from award-winning author Sally Gardner, in her MAGICAL CHILDREN series. One day a fairy turns up at Thomas Top''s house to grant him a birthday wish. Thomas wishes he could fly and soon goes from being just an ordinary boy whom no one notices to being the most popular boy in the school. But his flying gets him suspended from school, and that makes his dad so cross and his mum miserable. Then the fairy turns up again and, with help from her and Thomas''s new friend Mr Vinnie, a retired painter and decorator who has been flying since he was Thomas''s age, everything changes. An enchanting story about growing in confidence and using your gifts.

The Tindims of Rubbish Island and the Deep Sea Treasure

release date: Apr 11, 2024
The Tindims of Rubbish Island and the Deep Sea Treasure
Turning our everyday rubbish into treasure, the tiny Tindims dive deep for an underwater adventure. The Tindims all have diaries, but nothing exciting to write in them. Until the day that Pinch digs a very deep hole and finds something interesting. Adventure is in the air! The Tindims come face to face with a fearsome Garbage Gobbler, they bump into Stumbling Stone Island and find Skywhistle, Googletop, Eggnot, Peggnot and Cloud. And Broom meets Brush in a story with the happiest of happy endings.

The Matchbox Mysteries

release date: Oct 23, 2014
The Matchbox Mysteries
It''s Hallowe''en and Podgy Bottom is in trouble. All over town cars are being shrunk to the size of a matchbox in the blink of an eye; a giant purple bunny rabbit is running riot and a strange-looking broomstick is causing chaos and calamity... Sounds like a case for Wings & Co, the famous fairy detective agency! Can Emily, Budget and Fidget put a stop to this magical mischief before it''s too late? Another fantastic story for younger readers from Sally Gardner, winner of the COSTA BOOK AWARD 2013, and acclaimed artist, David Roberts. If you loved David Walliams''s GANGSTA GRANNY, you''ll love these hilarious tales of mischief, mayhem, magic and mystery.

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release date: Jun 16, 2016

Making the Case for Your Library

release date: Jan 01, 2001
Making the Case for Your Library
Reed, director of the Norfolk Public Library, VA, and coauthor of Speaking Out: Voices in Celebration of Intellectual Freedom (ALA, 1999), presents an excellent collection of handy tips and tricks librarians can use to assure success in promoting, defending, and assuring funding for their libraries. In a step-by-step discussion, she explains various public relations and marketing materials for creating, developing, and sharing the messages librarians want to get out to the public. These include fundraising techniques, negotiating with the media, writing editorials and op-ed columns, and preparing public service announcements and presentations. The text is replete with practical examples of the various public communication tools that have been used by other public libraries nationwide. Although geared primarily for use by library directors, staff, trustees, and Friends in public libraries, Reed''s book outlines the basic principles of public relations that can be adapted in any situation. This is a nice supplement to Lisa Wolfe''s Library Public Relations, Promotions, and Communications (Professional Media, LJ 9/1/97) as it focuses more on the politically sensitive aspects of these communication tools.

Saving Your Library

release date: Jan 01, 1992
Saving Your Library
Libraries might get the support they need a little easier with this book. Part one looks at library advocacy on the local level from immediate concerns to ongoing support strategies. Part two examines tactics to gain state and federal support.

I, Coriander

release date: Aug 01, 2005
I, Coriander
In 17th century London, Coriander, a girl who has inherited magic from her mother, must find a way to use this magic in order to save both herself and an inhabitant of the fairy world where her mother was born.

Creating the Future

release date: Jan 01, 1996
Creating the Future
A collection of fifteen essays answering questions posed by the information age toward libraries and librarian practices. Most of the answers involve the role of technology on public and academic learning environments, and the claims and concerns evolving from a future cyber library. Obviously, these discussions lead to the changing roles of librar

My Little Princess 2x Pack Rainbow

release date: Jun 01, 1995
My Little Princess 2x Pack Rainbow
Enabling power: Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, ss. 117 (1), 175 (3) & Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, ss. 117 (1), 171 (3) (10). Issued: 19.03.2014. Made: 13.03.2014. Laid: 14.03.2014. Coming into force: 06.04.2014. Effect: S.I. 2001/1004 amended. Territorial extent & classification: E/W/S/NI. General

The Boy Who Could Fly *Custom*

release date: Jun 03, 2013

The Boy with the Lightning Feet

release date: Jan 01, 2013
The Boy with the Lightning Feet
Timmy Twinkle is chubby. That means he gets bullied at school and hasn''t any friends. He longs to play football, but he''s hopeless at games. He''s miserable. And it doesn''t help when Gramps tells him about Great-Uncle Vernon, a chubby boy who grew up to be a famous footballer. Then his gran''s friend May comes to stay. May is a fitness fanatic who knocks Timmy and Gramps into shape in no time, and Timmy discovers there''s magic in his toes -- he can kick a ball just like Great-Uncle Vernon. And when Timmy performs on the football field, everyone wants to be friends with him.

The Countess's Calamity

release date: Jan 01, 2003
The Countess's Calamity
Five dolls, abandoned in a park, are rescued by Mr. and Mrs. Mouse who provide a home for them and protect them through various adventures, despite the horrible behavior of the doll called the Countess.
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