A delightful, enthralling tale of vast imagination depicting a band of refugee cats in their quest for a "Purrfect Paradise." In the aftermath of a great war between cats, humans and dogs, cats are banished and they flee persecution in their homeland. Their adventures as they follow Holey Moses, their leader, and his canine friends, Brutus and Caesar, and eventual colonisation of a Brave New World, are portrayed with humour, and a sense of fun. But with a subtle underlying theme of everyday human issues, aspirations, endurance and achievement. The refugee cats set out to conquer a new world in true pioneering style, and encounter danger, betrayal, rebellion, romance, laughter and fun. A brilliant tale not just for cat lovers, but will capture hearts and imagination of the young, and young at heart.

The Nine Lives Of Cats is a fantasy story aimed at young and grown up adults too. The book is of the humour cum thriller genre. The book evolves around the theme that cats have nine lives and the protagonist of the story is Jimbo a young cat whose mistress is Meera. She prays to God to do something for Jimbo so that he can survive in his own and her prayers are answered because an angel as messenger of God comes to them with a device called a Cat Life Device CLD for short. The device can be used by Jimbo only and with it lives can be extracted from cats and stored in the CLD, similarly lives stored within the CLD can be transferred back to cats. Transfers and extractions of lives can be done only if the concerned cat gives his consent to the procedure, in this regard the device can detect consents which though explicitly given but the concerned cat did not mean it from its heart the CLD will abort the process. This protects cats who have been intimidated to give their consent and this feature leads to numerous amusing incidents. Initially all cats think that the CLD is a hoax a scam to make money but slowly he gets the confidence of people and there are humorous interchanges with a cat who is a gossip columnist and also with a cat who is a punk. Then there is the question of legislating permission to carry on the CLD business and this process wends and weaves its way through the senate with numerous amusing incidents. While waiting for the trading license there is an urgent need for a CLD intervention on a precariously ill young cat; as it is illegal to use the device in Catland they decide to subvert the law by using it in Dogland where Catland laws do not apply and because of this numerous thrilling incidents happen. While Jimbo is in Dogland he gets more clients for the CLD. Finally the trade license comes through and Jimbo can commence his CLD banking business in Catland. While commencing business Jimbo encounters several problems such as collecting on loans made and there is also a run against the bank; then there are marriages the CLD way where the husband and wife exchange their lives, here they are warned that one of them may be left hanging at the altar if the love of any one of them is not genuine. Then there is the question of using the CLD on lions and tigers all belonging to the cat family. Finally the story ends when the CLD gets lost and how it is recovered using the services of ace cat detective Merlock Jomes!

A Caboodle of Cat Tales is a book of short stories narrated by cats and kittens. Their tales are captivating adventure stories that parents and grandparents will enjoy reading as well as the young reader. The clever stories in rhyme by little kittens are excellent as a help in improving reading skills. Simply unpredictable, each tale stirs the imagination but always has a happy ending.

With the horrors of Halloween behind them, Kiko and Dom turn their puzzle solving skills to surviving the holiday season. Dom hasn't had a proper Christmas in years, and Kiko's sister visiting makes him feel almost like family -- until his brother, Devin, decides to show up and throw his disapproval into the mix. Just when it seems like they have enough to deal with at home, local artist Cat asks them to solve her vandalism problem. Still shaken from their last mystery, Kiko and Dom only agree to help her due to the lack of murder. But when the property damage escalates and Kiko begins receiving threatening letters, this harmless little problem turns deadlier than anyone thought. And if they can't get to the bottom of the family drama fast enough, Kiko might never be home for the holidays again.

The aim of Excel Test Skills - Opportunity Class Tes ts Skills and Strategies Years 3-4 is to identify, develop and practise the skills which are useful in test situations, in particular for the Op portunity Class Placement Test. Recognition of these skills and strategi es, and confidence in applying them, will lead to test success. I n this book your child will find: an introduction with advi ce for parents and students an explanation page for each skill with sample questions and strategies a page of practice test qu estions for each different thinking skill answers to all multip le-choice questions explanations that outline the thinking skil ls required for each question

When Dominic agrees to join his boyfriend Alec and his kids for a weekend away at the annual Eggstravaganza in Mount Angus, Wisconsin, he’s expecting a boring, if kitschy, experience. He isn’t expecting to discover Alec is cheating on him, and he certainly isn’t expecting an exploding cow to drop him in the middle of a deadly mystery. Suddenly single and surrounded by a town’s worth of suspects, Dom finds himself oddly drawn to playing the sleuth, especially if it will get him closer to Kiko, the owner of the niche shop Yolks on You. Together the two men navigate a web of intrigue and lies, and the sniping of a jealous Alec, in a town filled with murder and Easter-themed mayhem. Will they manage to make it through the Eggstravaganza alive, or will the murderer leave them much more than just Shell Shocked ?

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