This gorgeous new paperback edition of the delightful story featuring the loveable Ollie the zebra and his pet dog, Fred is the perfect gift for Fathers’ Day!

An amusing, touching and heart-warming look at the special relationship between father and child from the bestselling Giles Andreae, perfectly portrayed by Emma Dodd's charming and vibrant artwork. The follow-up to the award-winning I Love My Mummy.

Asks the reader a series of yes or no questions as Ollie and his classmates visit an aquarium.

Dawn Cogger’s memoir, Womb to Tomb to Womb, provides fodder for life’s journey, a journey with unimaginable positive changes. Her story demonstrates how our life journey and its teachings are unique for each of us. Her life starts with sporadic Christian teachings, and contrary messages that belief in God is not acceptable, her behaviour often unacceptable. Her love of nature brings her solace and inspiration. She shares her hunger for prayer and a relationship with God. The bold, yet gentle book of life memories starts as a child, travails through her moments of desperation, to a seasoned woman, nurse, spiritual director and writer. It will touch your heart, inviting transformation. Her memoir includes her struggle with the deaths of two young patients. She considered marriage to be a life-long commitment, and found it wasn’t. She went to therapy more than once. Dawn seeks and receives spiritual direction. She also walks the contemplative discernment process through the education of providing spiritual direction. As you witness her life, you’ll see her major losses turn into her gifts. Ageing and the virus COVID-19, at times seen as insurmountable challenges, bring about a grateful, inclusive, energized being. She shows the joys and woes of our lives have energy to foster: healing of a broken heart, a fulfilling relationship with God, and a life open to being true to our authentic selves.

When things start to look bleak for Ollie, Isabelle and Violet enters into his life. These two elderly sisters were on a crusade to stop their nephew from swindling the family fortune, and Ollie starts on a journey with them. The odyssey Ollie shares with these sisters and the special connection he has with Isabelle soon changes his life. Faced with the responsibility of his two elderly charges, Ollie confronts his demons. He realises that he's been using his mental illness as an excuse for not facing up to the world. He accepts a job promotion and his life starts to change. He soon finds himself improving his compulsive nature and turns his life around.

Lightning provides: 32 books with 3 levels of differentiation per book; whole texts that provide NLS genre coverage; linked themes across fiction, non-fiction and the wider curriculum; focussed teaching support for each book including comprehension and writing activities; and a teaching and practice CD that provides opportunities for ICT.