Catkin is a tiny cat given by the Wise Woman to protect the human child Carrie. One day Carrie is taken under the hill by the Little People. Sent to bring her back, Catkin finds his courage and cleverness tested to the full.

A cat's curiosity lands him in a tight spot. Catkin slithers through the grass, creeps by the pond, and explores a rock pile. Along the way he follows the sounds of animals and insects. "Kerik-Kerik." Catkin sees something shiny and small in the thick grass. Catkin hops—but the cricket gets away. "Garrump. Garrump." Catkin sees something green and spotted. Catkin leaps—but the frog hops into the water. When Catkin hears a rustling by the tree, he climbs up to the highest branch to investigate. But it's a long, long way back down to the ground. "Meeeow. Meeeow." Now who will hear Catkin and rescue him? Author Janet Lord's simple, satisfying story of a mischievous cat features cheerful animal sounds and an entertaining seek-and-find element, all richly portrayed in Julie Paschkis's gorgeous illustrations that celebrate the patterns and shapes founds in nature.

Pangamonium is a comic novel that parodies travel adventure stories and satirises globalisation. It is a tongue-in-cheekadventure romp, a mock epic.Francis is a modern Don Quixote who tries to be a cynical journalist looking out for himself but ends up trying to liberate a bunch of child slaves making sex toys for the West. Toss in an African pilgrim named Easter on a quest to find hisgrandfather's grave filled with pirate gold, a military regime oppressing the citizens of Panga, and a Bollywood romance--pandemonium ensues.

Bring life to your robot using ROS robotic applications About This Book This book will help you boost your knowledge of ROS and give you advanced practical experience you can apply to your ROS robot platforms This is the only book that offers you step-by-step instructions to solidify your ROS understanding and gain experience using ROS tools From eminent authors, this book offers you a plethora of fun-filled examples to make your own quadcopter, turtlebot, and two-armed robots Who This Book Is For If you are a robotics developer, whether a hobbyist, researchers or professional, and are interested in learning about ROS through a hands-on approach, then this book is for you. You are encouraged to have a working knowledge of GNU/Linux systems and Python. What You Will Learn Get to know the fundamentals of ROS and apply its concepts to real robot examples Control a mobile robot to navigate autonomously in an environment Model your robot designs using URDF and Xacro, and operate them in a ROS Gazebo simulation Control a 7 degree-of-freedom robot arm for visual servoing Fly a quadcopter to autonomous waypoints Gain working knowledge of ROS tools such as Gazebo, rviz, rqt, and Move-It Control robots with mobile devices and controller boards In Detail The visionaries who created ROS developed a framework for robotics centered on the commonality of robotic systems and exploited this commonality in ROS to expedite the development of future robotic systems. From the fundamental concepts to advanced practical experience, this book will provide you with an incremental knowledge of the ROS framework, the backbone of the robotics evolution. ROS standardizes many layers of robotics functionality from low-level device drivers to process control to message passing to software package management. This book provides step-by-step examples of mobile, armed, and flying robots, describing the ROS implementation as the basic model for other robots of these types. By controlling these robots, whether in simulation or in reality, you will use ROS to drive, move, and fly robots using ROS control. Style and approach This is an easy-to-follow guide with hands-on examples of ROS robots, both real and in simulation.

It's a dull, rainy spring day in Fairy Land. There's only one thing that will brighten things up - Mimi and her friends need to paint a rainbow. But the magic paintbrushes are missing! With a sprinkling of magic, maybe Catkin the fairy kitten will be able to help...The first title in a brand new series of fairies and friendship. With a removable pop-up fairy and animal in each book, plus gorgeous glittery covers, it's the perfect series to collect. You'll want them all!