Disillusioned by the indifference of the crumple-faced girl he adores and by the dismal decline of his beloved Everton, 10-year-old Michael McBride is increasingly sceptical about the credentials of the God that his terrifying schoolteachers and Catholic fundamentalist grandmother would have him pray to night and day and even on the toilet. Meanwhile, as the millennium draws to a close, the Creator himself is feeling the effects of age: his remote control is on the blink, he is drinking more than he should and, to the alarm of those around him, he has taken to plagiarising Shakespeare....

Per quel brontolone di Jimmy Scoiattolo, la felicita consiste nello sdraiarsi al sole con soltanto il suo iPod e un po' di noci come compagnia. Ma quando le sue impertinenti amiche conigliette, Maddie e Bella, lo trascinano con loro fino al misterioso Bosco delle Pietre Blu, Jimmy scopre che la vita puo riservare delle sorprese che lui non avrebbe mai immaginato.

Il libro comprende anche una sezione con giochi e attivita per bambini. Altri giochi sono disponibili sul blog di Jimmy Scoiattolo http: //jimmyscoiattolo.blogspot.it/"

For grumpy Jimmy Squirrel, happiness is stretching out sleepily in the sun with just his iPod and a pawful of nuts to keep him company. But when his cheeky rabbit friends, Maddie and Bella, drag him along on their trip to the mysterious Blue Stone Wood, Jimmy discovers that there is more to life than he ever dreamed of.

The book also includes a "Games & Activities" section. Further games and activities can be found at the Jimmy Squirrel blog: http: //jimmysquirrel.blogspot.it/

A bilingual story and activity book for children and language-learning adults.
For grumpy Jimmy Squirrel, happiness is stretching out sleepily in the sun with just his iPod and a pawful of nuts to keep him company. But when his cheeky rabbit friends, Maddie and Bella, drag him along on their trip to the mysterious Blue Stone Wood, Jimmy discovers that there is more to life than he ever dreamed of.
The book includes a "Games & Activities" section.
Further games and activities can be found at the Jimmy Squirrel blog: http: //jimmysquirrel.blogspot.it/

Un racconto bilingue...

"English Grammar Crosswords" offers intermediate and upper-intermediate students a fun, practical way to both expand their vocabulary and improve their grammar. In addition to the puzzles themselves, the book provides a focused, practical grammar task (and an appendix with suggested possible answers) for each of the following structures: SIMPLE PRESENT; PRESENT CONTINUOUS; SIMPLE PAST; COMPARATIVES; SUPERLATIVES; WILL/SHALL/'LL; CONCRETE NOUNS; ABSTRACT NOUNS; ADJECTIVES; ADVERBS; PREPOSITIONS; PRESENT PERFECT; PAST CONTINUOUS; USED TO; CONJUNCTIONS; GERUNDS; WOULD; CAN/COULD; SHOULD; BE...

Anni ottanta, la generazione del baby boom sta crescendo. Dio Onnipotente inizia a perdere il controllo della situazione: non riesce piu a manovrare il telecomando con cui gestisce le vicende umane, beve piu del dovuto e, con grande preoccupazione da parte di suo figlio Gesu, ha preso a citare Shakespeare nel bel mezzo di una conversazione. Intanto nel Merseyside, si profila una crisi: Michael McBride, frustrato da anni di preghiere inascoltate e infuriato con il Creatore per le enormi ingiustizie perpetrate ai danni della sua squadra, l'Everton, e sul punto di insorgere contro la Chiesa, la...