D. I. Butterworth never quite manages to deliver the goods. With the redoubtable W. P. C. Miller in tow, he investigates the suspicious death of a child after a family party in a small English country house. As ever, things are never as Butterworth thinks they ought to be.

PRINCESS BELLA HAS been snatched from her secret garden by a terrifying monster, leaving behind nothing but a glittering golden ball. Not even the bravest knights in the kingdom can save her from the huge, dark, firebreathing creature with enormous wings, a great swishing tail, and deadly claws. But clumsy Ned, the stable boy, is determined to succeed where the gallant knights have failed. Can he defeat the dragon and get the girl? Or will he let the chance to become a hero slip through his butterfingers? Join our unlikely hero and his animal friends on their daring quest across the plain, through the woods, and into the mountains to find out. . . .

Watch out! With Butterfingers around, nothing and no one is safe!Amar Kishen, nicknamed Butterfingers, can send books, balls, bats, people, anything flying! When school term begins, the Green Park Under 15 cricket team, of which Butter is the vice captain, is determined to win the Colonel Nadkarni Under 15 Inter-School Limited Overs Cricket Trophy. Practice begins in earnest, but disasters soon follow. Will Amar's team win the coveted trophy and save the school’s grounds? Or will it slip from their grasp like a classic Butterfingers catch?

THE STORY: Dealing with the story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus from a fresh and richly creative point of view, the author combines a series of deftly constructed short scenes, traditional Christmas music, and often antic characterizati

Benjamin Butters is called Butterfingers because he always drops everything, but when he is given his new baby sister to hold, he knows he won't drop her because she's his sister.

Front cover: A book of rhymes, games, jokes, stories, secret languages, beliefs and camp legends, for parents, grandparents, teachers, counselors and all adults who were once children.

A new adventure with Butterfingers! What Amar, aka Butterfingers, really wants is to hold a cricket match to honour the memory of Colonel Nadkarni. Meanwhile, the principal wants the teachers of Green Park School to be more healthy and active. And so, Amar playfully writes a proposal for the teachers of the junior and senior schools to play a match against each other—which actually gets accepted. What follows is a roller-coaster ride of adventure, intrigue and madness! Entertaining, uplifting and hilarious, this third novel featuring the beloved character, Butterfingers, will delight readers both old and new.

About the Book A BOOK FOR ALL TIMES, TONGUE IN CHEEK SHOWS US HOW HUMOUR CAN ENLIVEN THE MOST ORDINARY OF EXPERIENCES. Tongue in Cheek is a rib-tickling ride—and everyone’s invited! Within these pages, Khyrunnisa A. gamely experiments with organic trash-based skin care, battles her way to a wedding feast, firmly deals with a contemptuous visitor to her home and flavours her potato curry with rather dubious ingredients. Every paragraph crackles with laughter, and page after page is fun. A guaranteed pick-me-up that has something for every reader.

Chocolates & Confections, 2e offers a complete and thorough explanation of the ingredients, theories, techniques, and formulas needed to create every kind of chocolate and confection.Ê It is beautifully illustrated with 250 full-color photographs of ingredients, step-by-step techniques, and finished chocolates and confections.Ê From truffles, hard candies, brittles, toffee, caramels, and taffy to butter ganache confections, fondants, fudges, gummies, candied fruit, marshmallows, divinity, nougat, marzipan, gianduja, and rochers, Chocolates & Confections 2e offers the tools and techniques for professional mastery.