The Boy In The Dress

The sparkling debut children's novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children's author in the country, with sparkling new cover look to tie in with later books. More

David Walliams' bestselling book The Boy in the Dress has gone FULL COLOUR in a brand-new anniversary edition. This beautiful hardback gift book is the perfect present for children of any age, and contains an introduction from David Walliams himself. Available for a limited time only! More

Collection of made-for-TV comedy dramas adapted from David Walliams' children's books. In 'The Boy in the Dress' (2014), despite being the star striker on his school's football team, 12-year-old Dennis Sims (Billy Kennedy) feels ou More

… s novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing childrenâ s author in the country. Illustrated by Quentin Blake and brilliantly written by David Walliams, The Boy in the Dress is full of the sharp humour and vivid characters you would expect from the co-creator and co-star… More

NEW BOOK AND CD PACK - The sparkling debut children's novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children's author in the country. Combo pack of paperback and CD read by David Walliams and Matt Lucas! More

Billy Kennedy stars in this made-for-TV adaptation of David Walliams' children's book. Despite being the star striker on his school's football team, 12-year-old Dennis Sims (Kennedy) feels out of place at school and still misses the mother w More

Tiny prefers not to tell other children whether they are a boy or girl. Tiny also loves to play fancy dress, sometimes as a fairy and sometimes as a knight in shining armour. Tiny's family don't seem to mind but when they start a new school some of their new classmates struggle to understand. More

The debut children's novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children's author in the country. Now experience the whole story in glorious sound as David teams up with an old friend (his name begins with Matt and ends with Lucas) to deliver a hilarious and beautifully… More

The debut children's novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children's author in the country. Now experience the whole story in glorious sound as David teams up with an old friend (his name begins with Matt and ends with Lucas) to deliver a hilarious and beautifully… More

…David Walliams. Boy in the Dress â Dennisâ s ordinary life is about to get a lot less ordinary. Why? Thereâ s a clue in the title of this bookâ Š Mr Stink â When Chloe speaks to a local tramp, she discovers thereâ s more to Mr Stink than meets the nose. Billionaire Boy â Meet Joe Spud,… More

…David Walliams. Boy in the Dress â Dennisâ s ordinary life is about to get a lot less ordinary. Why? Thereâ s a clue in the title of this bookâ Š Mr Stink â When Chloe speaks to a local tramp, she discovers thereâ s more to Mr Stink than meets the nose. Billionaire Boy â Meet Joe Spud,… More

FIVE hilarious and moving novels from bestselling, critically acclaimed author, David Walliams. More

FIVE hilarious and moving novels from bestselling, critically acclaimed author, David Walliams. More

…PLUS some seriously silly ebook-exclusive material, including an author Q&A, character profiles, awesome activities and much more! DEMON DENTIST:Strange things were happening in the dead of night. When children put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, they would wake to find something More

SEVEN hilarious and moving novels from bestselling, critically acclaimed author, David Walliams, PLUS some seriously silly ebook-exclusive material, including an author Q&A, character profiles, awesome activities and much more! AWFUL AUNTIE:Stella Saxby is the sole heir to Saxby Hall. But awful… More

EIGHT hilarious and moving novels from bestselling, critically acclaimed author, David Walliams, PLUS some seriously silly ebook-exclusive material, including an author Q&A, character profiles, awesome activities and much more! GRANDPAâ S GREAT ESCAPEMany years ago Grandpa was a World War II… More

Five screamingly funny stories from number one bestselling children's author David Walliams, in this big, bumper CD boxset, performed by the King of Comedy himself. More

…SE, Washington, DC.  It's the oldest Post of the Corps.  By visiting The Barracks, President Kennedy became the first President to do so since Thomas Jefferson in 1801.  This brought about a special relationship with The Barracks' Marines.  A bond that was brought to a tragic end by a sni More

…Georgia country boy who grew up to fly in Vietnam's non-war. Stories to make you not only smile and laugh, but ponder life's mysteries and blessings. Stories the author believes could be told and re-told to generations. Auto-biographical in the sense that the author lived and loved in the times and… More

Twelve tales of North Americans in Paris and the south of France that are by turns witty, sensual, moving, and surprising. Contains The Little Black Dress, Son and Father, I Love Mozart, The Boy Who Read A Simple Heart, A Melancholy Bride, Domesticity, Woodenheads, Are They Really Cézanne's… More

…you have to dress a dragon, you must be prepared to catch him as he flies by. Also, beware of ticklish toes, shirts with buttons, and hats that do not fit neatly between his horns! In this charming, second-person narrative, our little boy hero imparts his infinite knowledge of how to dress a dragon,… More

…sleepovers on weekends, sharing histories, working through our diversities, our problems with our moms, boys, zits and being fat, we think we have it all together. Until our losses begin to stack up in the form of our close friends death, problems with our diversities that threaten to split us up,… More

James Bond never had to dress up as a girl . . . Spies-in-training Joe and Sam have one last mission to complete before Joe's family is moved on and Joe can finally ditch the dresses and stop pretending to be 'Josie'. They have to handle a series of top-secret collections using their growing stealth… More

…food is being stolen from their restaurant, he and his friends decide to investigate. Soon, Aladdin notices a strange boy â dressed in short trousers, despite the freezing cold. But as hard as he tries to catch him, the boy always disappears â leaving no tracks in the fresh snow. Before lo More

…door. The speaker was a boy of fifteen, handsomely dressed, and, to judge from his air and tone, a person of considerable consequence, in his own opinion, at least. The person addressed was employed in the stable of his father, Colonel Anthony Preston, and so inferior in social condition that Master… More

…morning in the month of August, when a lad of some fifteen years of age, sitting on a low wall, watched party after party of armed men riding up to the castle of the Earl of Evesham. A casual observer glancing at his curling hair and bright open face, as also at the fashion of his dress, would at… More

Just your average boy-meets-girl, girl-kills-people story ... Kendare Blake will enchant you with this thrillingly creepy romance. More

…living in Colombo, Arjie is an oddity, a 'funny boy' who prefers dressing as a girl to playing cricket with his brother. In FUNNY BOY we follow the life of the family through Arjie's eyes, as he comes to terms both with his own homo-sexuality and with the racism of the society in which he lives. In… More

…and launched a daring new enterprise, Page Boy Maternity Clothing--the first to engineer elegance in comfort. When Louise Frankfurt Gartner joined the team, the sistersâ combined engineering, business, and PR genius made Page Boy the foremost maternity-clothing manufacturer in the United Stat More

Dress up your baby girl and boy dolls in a wardrobe of beautiful clothes and accessories. More

Dress the girl and boy dolls in fashions through the ages, from togas in Ancient Rome to the miniskirts of the 1960s. There are over 200 reusable stickers of traditional clothes, shoes and accessories, meaning this activity book can be enjoyed again and again. There are also some blank stickers so… More

They thought ghosts didn't exist .Soon, Aladdin notices a strange boy - dressed in short trousers, despite the freezing cold. But as hard as he tries to catch him, the boy always disappears - leaving no tracks in the fresh snow. Before long, Aladdin and his friends are pulled into a web of secrets… More

Mr. Stoner is bad, and it seems his son is turning out just the same. Masked and dressed all in gray, Stoner's Boy moves like a ghost up and down the river, stealing and causing mischief. Seckatary Hawkins and his club have crossed this dangerous lad, and (to make matters worse) Briggen and the… More

Grayâ s life changes forever when she meets a boy as wild as an untamed stallion When Chav walks into Grayâ s class at school for the first time dressed all in black, with wild hair and fierce eyes, Gray knows that her life is about to change. What she doesnâ t yet know is that her mysterious new… More

With over 400 big stickers, this sticker book offers little children the opportunity to dress boy and girl characters in clothes, uniforms and costumes for various different jobs, activities and weather conditions. It includes stickers such as: costumes and equipment for a firefighter, astronaut,… More

With over 150 big stickers, this sticker book offers little children the opportunity to dress boy and girl characters in the clothes and uniforms of various different jobs and professions. It features stickers for 15 costumes including a firefighter, astronaut, diver, scientist, hairdresser, artist,… More

…no one remains safe from the talks of dresses, make-up, shoes, and whoâ s-going-with-who. Not even Jess who hides in the quiet, dusty stacks of the Sunny View Library. Not when her mother insists sheâ ll be attending even this means calling every neighbor in a 50 mile radius to foist a date onto… More

…morning in the month of August, when a lad of some fifteen years of age, sitting on a low wall, watched party after party of armed men riding up to the castle of the Earl of Evesham. A casual observer glancing at his curling hair and bright open face, as also at the fashion of his dress, would at… More

…the other fairy-tale princesses, and Pat was my Prince Charming.' Sam Skye Lee had often thought about getting married, but never imagined that her dress would be bright pink with flashing lights and weigh a staggering 20-stone. But then she didn't count on having a gypsy wedding... It's rare for a… More

…brakeman of the train, as he thrust his head in through the doorway of the car. "Step lively, please!" "Hurrah for home!" shouted a curly-headed youth of sixteen, as he caught up a small dress-suit case. "Come on, Sam." "I'm coming, Tom," answered a boy a year younger. "Where is Dick?" "Here I am,"… More

Cross-dressing in Shakespeare: a context for Elizabethan gender studies More

In the heart of every girl exists a princess. Deep within the hearts of some boys lives the heart of a girl. Tales of these boys are known as the Princess Chroniclesâ Š Princess Aerin Rikutake, destined to become Queen of Cathairâ Š Within one year, Aerin must travel to the space colonies and… More

…the wondering curiosity of childhood. She was apparently about six years of age, and the picture of infantile innocence and loveliness. She was dressed with good taste, her little feet being incased in Cinderella-like slippers, while the pretty stockings and dress set off the figure to perfection More

…The speaker, a roughly clad boy of about fifteen or over, caught hold of his companion's sleeve and looked sympathetically in his face. The lad whom he called Maurice was better dressed, and he seemed to carry with him a certain air of refinement that was lacking in his friend, who was of a rougher… More

…book that helps young children colour the clothes of the cute boy and girl characters as they get dressed for lots of different situations. The characters are dressed for lots of different seasons and events, including playing in the garden, having fun at the beach, out on a rainy day, going… More

…who rides in the back of your car wants to kiss you." Fashion designer Tara Devine is the poster girl for behaving badly. Itâ s a total sham, but sheâ s always pulled it offâ Š until Michael Cruz saunters into her life, threatening to upturn everything! Itâ s bad girl vs bad boy â and, if… More

…your besties with reading material for the bachelorette weekend."â Lauren Conrad WHAT DO A FORMER FASHION MODEL, AN EX-NUN, AND A FRAT BOY HAVE IN COMMON? VIRTUALLY NOTHING, EXCEPT THAT EACH HAS EXPERIENCED A UNIVERSAL RITE OF PASSAGE: BEING A BRIDESMAID. Each year 11 million bridesmaids… More

Hey, there, Mister! called out Jabez Holt, from one of the two office windows in the little hotel at Dunhaven. As there was only one other man in the office, that other man guessed that he might be the one addressed. With a slight German accent the stranger, who was well-dressed, and looked like a… More

The insanely funny debut children's series from Emmy award-winning comedy writer and cartoonist Andy Riley, scriptwriter for BBC One's Gangsta Granny and The Boy in the Dress. More

…"When did we start dressing girls in pink and boys in blue?" To uncover the answer, she looks at advertising, catalogs, dolls, baby books, mommy blogs and discussion forums, and other popular media to examine the surprising shifts in attitudes toward color as a mark of gender in Ame More

…edition of Supporting Boys' Writing in the Early Years shows how you can help boys to become confident and capable writers by supporting them to write in ways that make sense to them - on the move, outside and inside, in dens, in bushes, in mud, or sprawled on the floor dressed as superheroes. The… More

Adam Sandler movies, HBO's Entourage, and such magazines as Maxim and FHM all trade in and appeal to one character-the modern boy-man. Addicted to video games, comic books, extreme sports, and dressing down, the boy-man would rather devote an afternoon to Grand Theft Auto than plan his next career… More

Female-to-male crossdressing became all the rage in the variety shows of nineteenth century America, and began as the domain of mature actresses who desired to extend their careers. These women engaged in the kinds of raucous comedy acts usually reserved for men. Over time, as younger women entered… More

The insanely funny debut in a new children's series from Emmy award-winning comedy writer and cartoonist Andy Riley, scriptwriter for BBC One's Gangsta Granny and The Boy in the Dress. More

The second book in the insanely funny debut children's series from Emmy award-winning comedy writer and cartoonist Andy Riley, scriptwriter for BBC One's Gangsta Granny and The Boy in the Dress. More

The third book in the insanely funny debut children's series from Emmy award-winning comedy writer and cartoonist Andy Riley, scriptwriter for BBC One's Gangsta Granny and The Boy in the Dress. More

The second book in the insanely funny debut children's series from Emmy award-winning comedy writer and cartoonist Andy Riley, scriptwriter for BBC One's Gangsta Granny and The Boy in the Dress. More

The third book in the insanely funny debut children's series from Emmy award-winning comedy writer and cartoonist Andy Riley, scriptwriter for BBC One's Gangsta Granny and The Boy in the Dress. More

The fourth book in the insanely funny debut children's series from Emmy and BAFTA award-winning comedy writer and cartoonist Andy Riley, scriptwriter for BBC One's Gangsta Granny and The Boy in the Dress. More

The fifth book in the insanely funny debut children's series from Emmy and BAFTA award-winning comedy writer and cartoonist Andy Riley, scriptwriter for BBC One's Gangsta Granny and The Boy in the Dress. More

…United States feels the need, at least occasionally, to dress in women's clothing. Judging from enrollment at her academy, Miss Vera would say that figure is low. Veronica Vera founded Miss Vera's Finishing School for Boys Who Want to Be Girls in 1992 and started a gender revolution. Working from… More

…the rubble of post-war Britain, Ralph is entranced by the theatre. He loves seeing the performances, talking to the actors, the buzz of the audience, and the corridors and dressing rooms backstage. But how can a working-class boy achieve his dream when there is no opportunity for theatre training? More

…award-winning author of *Goodnight Mr Tom.  *** Amid the rubble of post-war Britain, Ralph is entranced by the theatre. He loves seeing the performances, talking to the actors, the buzz of the audience, and the corridors and dressing rooms backstage. But how can a working-class boy achieve his dr More

…What she didn't expect was to feel an instant connection to a stranger in the corridor . . . Who is this boy dressed in black? And why can she feel his eyes following her wherever she goes? The answers will have to wait until the sun goes down, for here in Bixby, midnight is the time for secrets; More

…archives worldwide, and what she discovered could revolutionize our understanding of gender roles in the early twentieth century. Girls Will Be Boys examines over 400 examples of women dressed as men in American films made between 1908 and 1934, revealing that Cross-Dressed women were once viewed as… More

In 1758 Peter Williamson, dressed as an Indian, peddled a tale in Scotland about being kidnapped as a young boy, sold into slavery and servitude, captured by Indians, and made a prisoner of war. Separating fact from fiction, Timothy Shannon illuminates the curiosity about America among working-class… More

In 1758 Peter Williamson, dressed as an Indian, peddled a tale in Scotland about being kidnapped as a young boy, sold into slavery and servitude, captured by Indians, and made a prisoner of war. Separating fact from fiction, Timothy Shannon illuminates the curiosity about America among working-class… More

…Cottage Homes in Portsmouth. A traumatised little boy, he dreamed his mother would come back for him. She never did. Instead he fell victim to the worst abusers and a system that didn't care. Conditions at the home were harsh, the children poorly fed and hungry, dressed in stained second-hand… More

…to outsiders. As Mongolia had long been under Soviet rule, it was inaccessible to Westerners. That was until 1990, when Stephen J. Bodio began planning his trip. As a boy, Bodio was always fascinated with nature. When he saw an image in National Geographic of a Kazakh nomad, dressed in a long co More

Kim Jai Sook Martin entered the world in 1935, during the Japanese occupation of her native Korea. She was the second daughter of an ordinary family, born to parents who had hoped for a boy; they dressed her as one until she was three, when her brother was born. By the age of six, she had already… More

…With these stunning words Ukmina learned that she was to spend her childhood as a boy. In Afghanistan there is a widespread practice of girls dressing as boys to play the role of a son. These children are called bacha posh: literally "girls dressed as boys." This practice offers families the fr More

Two steamy classics from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Lori Foster In Too Deep P.I. Harry Lonnigan wasn't fooled by her disguise. The waif dressed as a boy, who was about to blow his cover and maybe get herself killed, was every inch a woman. His first priority should have been… More

â For starters, honey, I don't believe in Hell--that's just some old man's way of telling me reasons why I can't be me. Like â biology is destinyâ means I have to be a boy.â -- â Lady Marmaladeâ s Special Place in Hellâ by David Sklar There have always been stories of those willing to blur… More

Mr. Stoner is bad, and it seems his son is turning out just the same. Masked and dressed all in gray, Stoner's Boy moves like a ghost up and down the river, stealing and causing mischief. Seckatary Hawkins and his club have crossed this dangerous lad, and (to make matters worse) Briggen and the… More

Adam Sandler movies, HBO's Entourage, and such magazines as Maxim and FHM all trade in and appeal to one character--the modern boy-man. Addicted to video games, comic books, extreme sports, and dressing down, the boy-man would rather devote an afternoon to Grand Theft Auto than plan his next career… More

Adam Sandler movies, HBO's Entourage, and such magazines as Maxim and FHM all trade in and appeal to one character--the modern boy-man. Addicted to video games, comic books, extreme sports, and dressing down, the boy-man would rather devote an afternoon to Grand Theft Auto than plan his next career… More

Thomas can't work out what goes on in the tiny minds of his toddler twin sisters. They sing all the time but never get the words right. They think cats enjoy being dressed up as fairies. But who else can Thomas turn to when they all get locked out of the house? Besides, it's a brilliant idea to pop… More

…and yields more with each reading. â Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Two shy kids discover the power of friendship in this charming picture book that celebrates being different. A boy likes to dress as a cat, but his best friendâ s dog objects. What will he dress as now? A giraffe? A fox? A s More

…to poetry in A Doctor Dies and Other Stories. A legless veteran leaves footprints in the snow. Boys carry the casket of a friend up ice-covered church steps. A son asks to dress his deceased father in boots and jacket as he and his mother await the funeral director on a winter morning. A boy finds a… More

…Street! Johanna Oakley's lover, Mark, has gone missing in suspicious circumstances. And the man who was meant to deliver Mark's last gift to her, a string of pearls, has gone missing too - last seen entering the barber-shop of Sweeney Todd. In desperation, Johanna decides to dress up as a boy in More

When Harold is invited to a fancy dress birthday party, he and his friends must come up with some fantastic outfits. The party is going really well but when the birthday boy's cake is stolen during a game in the dark, everyone is a prime suspect in the More

…dress in ordinary clothes and look like ordinary women. But they are not ordinary. They are always plotting and scheming with murderous, bloodthirsty thoughts - and they hate children. The Grand High Witch hates children most of all and plans to make every single one of YOU disappear. Only one boy… More

…targets the most popular girls in school Margaret Dunneâ s afternoon job at her motherâ s dress shop is usually tranquil, but in the weeks leading up to prom, her work is nonstop. She wouldnâ t mind helping the popular girls try on dresses if she had a date too, but boys hardly look at Margaret.… More

…• Track: 02 - He's Not a Boy • Track: 03 - Release Me • Track: 04 - Walk of Shame • Track: 05 - Narcissus in a Red Dress • Track: 06 - I Can See It in Your Eyes • Track: 07 - Fair Game • Track: 08 - Square One • Track: 09 - In the End • Trac More

More than thirty years ago a green and unsophisticated Methodist boy from Oz had to be taught how to dress his salad correctly in a tiny Paris bistro, and felt the first stirring that he could 'perhaps nurture an interest in food'. Stephen Downes, now a renowned restaurant critic, returns to the… More

…decides to move the whole family to the country so they can 'bond'. Social death is looming, her shoes are covered in mud and all Coco wants to do is get herself back to her city friends. After all, things can't get any worse, right? It'll take a boy with no dress sense and tot More

…moved from job to job, each taking her higher on the ladder of success. When her mother marries the owner of a prestigious line of dress shops, six-teen-year-old Jill thinks her life is perfectâ a beautiful home, a private school, and she's dating the most popular boy in school. Then disaster More

…he had on short pants and socks that came up to his knees. Why, I ain't ever seen no boy in these here parts dress like that. Why he even talks funny and ever time he spoke some of us boys would laugh at him. He said he knew all of his numbers, and had won spelling bees in other school. I know my nu More

…what is good. One ordinary Sunday morning, one little boy is turned into a superhero for Godâ right before his grandmamaâ s eyes! During a childrenâ s sermon in church, the little boy responds to a question the pastor asks about the way she is dressed by blurting out, â You arenâ t wearing your More

He rode into our valley in the summer of 1889, a slim man, dressed in black. 'Call me Shane,' he said. He never told us more. There was a deadly calm in the valley that summer, a slow, climbing tension that seemed to focus on Shane. Seen through the eyes of a young boy, Bob Starrett, SHANE is the… More

"Look here, boy, can you hold my horse a few minutes?" asked a gentleman, as he jumped from his carriage in one of the lower streets in New York. The boy addressed was apparently about twelve, with a bright face and laughing eyes, but dressed in clothes of coarse material. This was Jack Harding, who… More

…dressed in the well-known khaki suits that designate Boy Scouts the wide world over. Of course they wore heavy woolen sweaters in addition, for the time was just after Christmas, and Old Winter had taken a notion to set in unusually early that year. They belonged to the Hickory Ridge Troop of Boy… More

…restore their rented historic South Carolina home, but then he sees two boys in the attic--and his hand passes through one of them. Bill has always believed that being absent from the body meant being present with the Lord, but if that is true, what did he see? And why does the boy dressed in More

…doesnt like dressing up in big poofy dresses or having tea parties. Instead, she spends her days exploring the surroundings of her home in the mountains. Lucy and her dog, Max, often go on adventures in the woods near her house. One day while out exploring, they come across a boy who is in need of… More

…for her. Because her father had always longed for a son to succeed him, he had brought her up and educated her exactly as if she was a boy. She dressed as a boy and, although she had been christened Georgina, he liked calling her George. She was completely alone in the huge castle, which was now More

ere comes the fire engine man! Dressed from head to toe in special gear, he drives his trusty fire truck to the scene and puts the fire out. It's all in a day's work for this brave firefighter! Told in simple words from a little boy's point of view, this timeless picture book celebrates a child's… More

…tall. Very soon, he'll dress up as his mum and impersonate a dead man on the radio. Meet Jay, his six year old brother. He looks like an angel but thinks he's a dog. He'll sink his teeth into anyone who gets in the way. Today is Tuesday and the next fifteen days will change the boys' lives for ever. More

…capers of Dirty Bertie - the boy with nosepickingly disgusting habits - in this bumper book of nine revolting stories from Worms!, Fleas! and Pants! Join Bertie as he goes to Angela Nicely's pink party dressed as a worm, dares Know-all Nick to come to school in his pants, and takes a flea-infested… More

…Frederick, who has usurped her father's throne, she flees to the forest of Arden where her exiled father holds court. There, dressed as a boy to avoid discovery, she encounters the man she loves - Orlando, similarly forced into exile - and resolves to remain in disguise to test his feelings for her. More

The trouble which begins with Gussie Fink-Nottle wandering the streets of London dressed as Mephistopheles reaches its awful climax in his drunken speech to the boys of Market Snodsbury Grammar School. More

…spends her days dressing Hollywood A-listers, but after her estranged mother dies she finds herself elbow-deep in flour in her parentsâ bakery . . . in Deer Lick, Montana. She thought sheâ d left small-town life far, far behind, but it seems there are a few loose ends. The boy she once loved, D More

Jennie Hodgers dressed as a boy for the first time in order to help support her impoverished Irish family with a shepherdâ s wages. Then her arrival in America confirmed her belief that the world offers better opportunities to young men than to young women. So Jennie maintained her outward identity… More

…people and old people, rich and poor, male and female in situations that find a parallel in life, and other tales that delve into the fantastic. Why is an old man found dead fully dressed in his best clothes in a shopping mall? How does a young boy retrieve his baseball bat from a bully? How does… More

…a big imagination. She has been a girl who lived under the sea and a boy raised by wolves. She has had adventures in wonderland and visited the world of fairytales. She whispers to the dresses in her closet and talks to birds in the treetops. She has wings that take her anywhere she wants to go, but… More

…the Cossit Island Village living historical museum. Every day she has to wear long, awkward 1830s-style dresses and card wool in the hot, gloomy Grimes homestead. Then two children appear -- a boy who knows how to spin wool without even using a spindle and his little sister who throws a fit in the More

The activities of a young boy on a small farm in the Texas Cross Timbers during the 1880s seem especially distant today. No one can remember the adventure of a sixteen-and-a-half-mile journey, which consumed the greater part of a day; or hurried predawn dressing in a frosty cold loft while the… More

…Sunday is the Lordâ s Day. Sunday is for God.â A boy longs to play in the river on this hot summer day, but instead he has to sit quietly in a pew. His collar itches and his tieâ s too tightâ why does the Lord care whether people get dressed up for church, anyway? But as hymns and prayers fill… More

Seven-year-old Keighly Barrow never forgot the night she spied a boy her own age at her grandmother's Redemption, Nevada, mansion. He was staring at her from an antique mirror in the ballroom, standing among gaudily dressed women in an old-time western saloon. Keighly could only discover that his… More

…a heavy family carriage, drawn by two spirited horses. The gray-haired coachman had them well in hand, and by no means needed the advice or the assistance of the fat little boy perched at his side, though both were freely proffered. The child was dressed in deep mourning, but his clothes alone gav More

Dressed in Delgadoâ s diamondsâ Š No longer the Brazilian boy born to the streets, Cruz Delgado is the renowned owner of a diamond empire. But there is still one dent in his pride: aristocratic Sabrina Bancroft, the only woman ever to walk away from him. With Sabrinaâ s beloved home under threat,… More

…that he's no longer possessed by a demon. He stubbornly refuses to resign as pope. In the Pacific Ocean, an Australian naval vessel encounters a ghost ship. On board and completely alone is blond boy dressed in white. He calls himself Raymond. A few days later the naval boat is discovered off the… More

…Shape Books portray kids dressed up to fit many different grown-up roles, or in some titles, imaginative roles inspired by favorite children's stories. Heavy board covers and pages are die-cut so that when the books are closed they take the shapes of the cheerful boy or girl shown on the cover.… More

…Shape Books portray kids dressed up to fit many different grown-up roles, or in some titles, imaginative roles inspired by favorite children's stories. Heavy board covers and pages are die-cut so that when the books are closed they take the shapes of the cheerful boy or girl shown on the cover.… More

…girls, but not excluding the boys! Buffy is always playing tricks on her friends and trying to make them jump. She has a wicked streak in her. Sheâ s been asked to be a bridemaid at a wedding where the bride and groom have an equally weird sense of humour â they dress in gothic style, so Buffy… More

…BRIDE IN BLUE JEANS? Boy, how Billie Rae Gunther had changed! She'd gone from a neighbor's pigtailed, skinned-knee little girl to a vision in white satin and laceâ at least, until she lifted her dress and Nick Latham saw cowboy boots! Yep, Billie was a capable, confident womanâ except in matters… More

…has usurped her father's throne, she flees to the forest of Arden where her exiled father holds court. There, dressed as a boy to avoid discovery, she encounters the man she loves now a fellow exile and resolves to remain in disguise to test his feelings for her. A gloriously sunny comedy, As You Li More

…with corpses, a ragged figure, dressed in wolfskin and intent on death, slips past the guards into the tent of the Emperor and draws his sword. The terrified citizens of Constantinople are plagued by mysterious sorcery. The wolves outside the city are howling. A young boy had traded the lives of his… More

In the fantastical world of Michael Pryorâ s new novel, humans live alongside elves, dwarves, werewolves and ogres. Bruno Trask is a human boy with a very boring job: he has to parade around the local shopping mall dressed as Roger, the Smiley Dragon. One day at the mall a fabulous collection of… More

In Renaissance Italy, Carla Buonomi is determined to find a new life for herself where she can put her artistic talents to good use. Dressed as a boy - albeit a very pretty one - she travels to Florence and finds work as an apprentice to master craftsman, Piero Cortoni. All goes well until she is… More

It isn't nice but you're an animal, so you can do it, dressed in green and brown and black waiting to be attacked and smiling because you had bullets for teeth. Adnan Sarwar, a Pakistani boy from Burnley, joined the British Army â the White Manâ s Army. Why did he do it? To prove he was as white… More

…the Detectives strikes again...'Gadzooks!' said Dot ... 'The things that boy can do!' Dot loves play-acting, dressing up her pet dachshund Piefke and making up words like 'splentastic'. Her best friend is Anton, who lives in a little apartment and looks after his mother.They share a secret - every… More

Penelope Crumb is not having a very good week. First she accidentally comes to school dressed as an elephant. Next, in gym class she's made to dance with a boy who is known as Lippy Gordon because of how sweaty his lip is. Penelope is mortified. And she's extra mortified when she discovers that… More

…favorite rock group, the Bayside Boys, at the Cherrydale Arena! And not only do they get to see the show, but they get to attend the dress rehearsal and go backstage to hang out with the group! But when the magic wind turns Katie into one of the band members in the middle of the rehearsal, she… More

I dipped through the filmy curtain into the boys' half of the dressing room and there was Sid sitting at the star's dressing table in his threadbare yellowed undershirt, the lucky one, not making up yet but staring sternly at himself in the bulb-framed mirror and experimentally working his features… More

Just you average boy-meets-girl, girl gets sucked into Hell story ... This is Kendare Blake's follow-up to the thrillingly creepy romance that was Anna Dressed in Blood More

…remotely sinister. In fact, Alex Callahan, a news correspondent, surprises himself by enjoying the Renaissance Faire that his six-year-old twins, Kevin and Sean, have forced him to visit. The boys are delighted by the jugglers and magicians, jesters and foodmongers dressed in full Elizabethan… More

…flying in the sky, one flew low the other flew high. Flying high, flying low, round and round they went. The sun went down, they flew around, and lit up the dark night sky. Little girls with jars came running, little boys with lids to boot. One little girl had on a dress, one little boy had on a… More

…sucked into Hell story ... This is Kendare Blake's follow-up to the thrillingly creepy romance that was Anna Dressed in Blood. Cas Lowood is no ordinary ghost hunter - he's in love with a dead girl. Her name is Anna Korlov. Anna Dressed in Blood. The girl who sacrificed herself to save his life. More

If you ever dreamed of marching round the fountains singing "Do Re Mi", or dressing in a playsuit made from drapes, you will love this enchanting story of how seven boys and girls became a family - and how they kept that closeness for over 50 years. More

Amid the conflict and desolation of post-Communist Albania, teenage boys Agim and Bujar share restless dreams of escape. After Bujar's father dies and Agim's family discover him dressed in his mother's clothes, the pair flee to the Albanian capital of Tirana, hungry for a chance to shape their own… More

…Hathorn's academy in the little town of Marsden in Yorkshire. Their appearance would create some astonishment in the minds of lads of the present generation, for it was the year 1807, and their attire differed somewhat materially from that now worn. They were for the most part dressed in breeches… More

…her girlfriends and the boys in the local surf posse, Alannis Meredith leads a fairly typical teenage life in the small seaside town of Poseidon's Bay. But then one chilly December morning she sees a beautiful young man walk out of the Atlantic Ocean dressed only in swimming trunks, and her… More

Titles in the charming Little People Shape Books portray kids dressed up to fit many different grown-up roles. Some books in the series stimulate toddlers' imaginations with stories about magical places, while others give safety instructions in simple terms that very young boys and girls can… More

…the most righteous The stars of our time Pod says it began with the crow. Manny says it began with the rat. Flaco says it doesnâ t matterâ the boys in the band have to roll with the trouble that started in Podâ s barn, when their song summoned a strange little man. Dressed like a gangster, the More

…of planters imported since the 1950s, mainly for use by the floral industry. From lovely ladies in brightly colored Christmas and Valentine dresses to little boys playing baseball, there is something for everyone in this book. A large section is devoted to baby vases, as well as nursery rhyme More

…resolution. The year is 1965. London, Dr. Michael Turner receives a lawyer's letter. Misty photographs - a three-year-old boy with long blond hair. A teenage girl full of sensuality, full of hope. A woman in her twenties, faded dress, slim frame, hollow cheeks, painful rictus grin, haunted ey More

…meets boy at a champagne-fuelled book launch. After they share a joke at a celebrity's expense, nothing can ever be the same again. 1958: Two young women go to a ball in home-made dresses. When they catch the eye of their hostess's sons, everything changes. 1939: A young woman sits crying in a… More

…you posed for the camera in a silk dress, still as if stuffed, aware and not aware the foreign shores were home. Your bobbed locks, I once wrote, impossibly black, a tar waterfall marcelled as if to death - this was the hair we saw on you, not the white, hood-like boy's cap we later cut and pasted… More

…from the street, in the town of the same name. It is a two-story building, surmounted by a cupola, or belfry, and, being neatly painted brown and well cared for, is, on the whole, an ornament to the village. It was a quarter of nine, when a boy of sixteen, rather showily dressed, ascended the acad More

…deputy, Sergeant Major Tom Black, are called to investigate a brutal attack on a young boy at a fancy-dress party. Meanwhile, security must be tightened ahead of a chess convention, and Max is soon caught up in a case which offers little light relief, until he is introduced to one of the competing… More

…and Rebecca Stead, internationally bestselling author Nadia Hashimiâ s first novel for young readers is a coming-of-age journey set in modern-day Afghanistan that explores life as a bacha posh**â a preteen girl dressed as a boy.** Obaydaâ s family is in need of some good fortune, and her aunt More

…dressed as a man, Lady Antonia Lamb became Lord Anthony Lamb, desperate to keep the property entailed to her twin brother, who is missing at sea. Trappedâ and liberatedâ by her masquerade, Tony meets her new guardian, the devastatingly dangerous Adam Savage, who has returned from his plantation in… More

…and an enormously creative writer, Emily Hahn broke all of the rules of the nineteen-twenties including traveling the country dressed as a boy, working for the Red Cross in Belgium, being the concubine to a Shanghai poet, using opium, and having an illegitimate child. Hahn kept on fighting against… More

Little Sarah is found in the snow: an orphaned new-born baby. She is taken in at Meadow Hall in South Riding, Yorkshire, to be trained as a scullery maid. Feisty and headstrong, at fourteen Sarah decides to run away. Dressed as a boy, she meets good-hearted Aidan and impulsive Danby, forming an… More

…town, a hidden boy, a courageous girl - and a mystery in desperate need of solving. San Francisco, 1900. Thirteen-year-old Lizzy Kennedy is not like the other girls in her town. She'd much rather be helping her doctor father with his patients than be stuck in frilly dresses and learn how to… More

…"The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare from early in his career. It has the smallest cast of any of Shakespeare's plays, and is the first of his plays in which a heroine dresses as a boy. It deals with the themes of friendship and infidelity. The highlight of the play… More

'I don't care what else you've seen in the bookstore today. Read this one' - Kevin Hearne 'I enjoyed the hell out of it' - Patrick Rothfuss Nettie Lonesome lives in a land of hard people and hard ground dusted with sand. She's a half-breed who dresses like a boy, raised by folks who don't call her a… More

…Lord, dresses in male training clothes and takes up the sword to defend her home against the hated Viking Raiders. However, when her Viking takes her in his arms night after she is unable to fight both her Viking and her own heart. Raghnall is concerned when they imprison the â pretty faced boy.… More

In preparation for the upcoming Sugar Ball, all of the Candy Fairies are making fabulous new dresses to wear and candy treats to share. Cocoa wants to make her outfit extra special (to impress the Sugar Pops, her favourite boy-band) and so creates a magical chocolate wand to match her stunning new… More

The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare from early in his career. It has the smallest cast of any of Shakespeare's plays, and is the first of his plays in which a heroine dresses as a boy. It deals with the themes of friendship and infidelity. The highlight of the play is… More

…horse is ready to be ridden, and the girls hope that one of them will get to sit in the saddle first. Then Stevie Lake has to go to Pennsylvania for her cousinâ s Sweet Sixteen party. Yuck! Who wants to think about boys, bands and dresses when thereâ s a horse to be trained? Samson needs all the g More

…Mommy Plan Widower Grant Adams loves his twin stepdaughters, but what does he know about pigtails and dresses and being a full-time dad? With his new job in a remote Canadian center for troubled boys, Grant needs a good nanny. But when he meets Dahlia Wheatley, who's loving, patient and kind to his… More

"I was twelve years of age when I chopped off my hair, dressed as a boy, and set off to save my family from impending ruin. I made it almost to the end of my front garden . . ." Magic may be the greatest scandal in Regency England. But that's not going to stop Kat Stephenson when there are… More

Two boys were walking in the campus of the Bridgeville Academy. They were apparently of about the same age - somewhere from fifteen to sixteen - but there was a considerable difference in their attire. Herbert Grant was neatly but coarsely dressed, and his shoes were of cowhide, but his face… More

…called home. They were in fact cousins but preferred to call themselves friends. tÃtan was ten years of age and the oldest of the group. beca was eight and second in age but first in attitude, always wanting to do everything the boys did even though she loved to wear a dress. nene was seven, very… More

…award-winning author Steven Herrick. Jack is an everyday sixteen-year-old boy. He's obsessed with Annabel, sport and nose hair. He's also obsessed with a ghost ... There's a ghost in our house in a red evening dress, black stockings and Mum's sling back shoes. Her hair whispers over white shoulders… More

…moments before they were supposed to marry in the society wedding of the year. Now sheâ s stuck in Runt River, Ohio, with a broken-down car and a tattered wedding dress. All she wants is a place to hide. But what she finds are a handsome mechanic, a little boy, and family secrets that could change… More

…classic from award-winning author Steven Herrick.Jack is an everyday sixteen-year-old boy. Heâ s obsessed with Annabel, sport and nose hair. Heâ s also obsessed with a ghost â ŠThereâ s a ghost in our housein a red evening dress,black stockingsand Mumâ s slingback shoes.Her hair whispersover… More

…Jess holidays there with her au pair and is slightly too tubby for her summer dresses. They are miles apart even when they stand next to each other. This is a story of growing up, fitting in (or not), boys, girls, secrets, scotch eggs and maybe even love, but most of all, it's about friendship More

…Jess holidays there with her au pair and is slightly too tubby for her summer dresses. They are miles apart even when they stand next to each other. This is a story of growing up, fitting in (or not), boys, girls, secrets, scotch eggs and maybe even love, but most of all, it's about friendship More

…Beaâ s twin-sized bed as if they had known each other forever. Bubbly, adventurous Awilda taught sheltered, shy Bea how to dress, wear her hair and what to do with boys. She even introduced Bea to her husband, Lonnie, in college, who pledged to take good care of her for the rest of their lives. More

One snowy midnight in Chicago a drunken ex-priest is accosted on the street by a well-dressed stranger, who turns out to be his former altar boy. The young man â now a successful lawyer â wants Father Delaney to perform a very special ancient ritual â the spiritual cleansing of a mystery… More